FIREFIGHTERS were called to Bodenham last night after carbon monoxide leaked at a house. Crews were sent to Orchard Close shortly before 8pm and found that there were the levels were unsafe. The occupants were evacuated and the property
AS chairman of Burghill Parish Council I am most concerned that Herefordshire Council is making proposals to the Local Government Boundary Commission without consulting or even informing the communities affected. The proposal to split the ward
A pocket watch that stopped a bullet – and might have saved a man’s life - has stirred feelings at a Leominster charity shop. The silver full hunter pocket watch, handed in to Forces Support shop in a box full of bric-a-brac, dates back to the Victorian
TWO cars were in collision in Hereford this morning. Emergency services were called to St Owen Street at around 11.30am. Two women were taken to hospital, but their injuries were not reported as being serious.
A HEREFORDSHIRE man has appeared in court this morning charged with 27 child sex offences. Michael Allfrey, of Wild Goose Hill in Storridge, just off the main Hereford to Worcester Road, will appear at Worcester Crown Court next month. No pleas were
A TRACTOR caught fire in Little Hereford on Saturday. Firefighters were called to Upton Court at 12.45pm and used two hose reel jets to extinguish the flames, which spread to a nearby caravan and telegraph pole.
A NEW £1million maintenance depot has been unveiled at Hereford railway station. The facility has extra room to house a bigger team and is part of Network Rail’s plans to improve the railway in the area. Around £8million of improvement and maintenance
A CAR and a people carrier were in collision in north Herefordshire last night. Emergency services were called to the B4362 between Bircher and Mortimer’s Cross at 8.40pm. A woman was trapped inside the car and had to be released by firefighters. She
AN elderly woman was taken to hospital with serious leg and back injuries following an accident in Wormbridge on Saturday. Emergency services were called to the A465 at 7.15am after two cars were in collision.
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving following an accident at Lugwardine on Saturday. Emergency services were called to the A438 at 2.20am. There were no reports of any serious injuries.
FIFTEEN ornaments worth more than £30,000 have been stolen in Leominster. Anyone with information about the burglary, which happened at a business just off Mill Street at 11.25pm on Tuesday March 6, should call police on 0300 333 3000, quoting reference
TWO people sustained serious injuries following a crash between a mini and a lorry on the main Hereford to Worcester road yesterday. Emergency services were called near to the Red Lion pub in Stiffords Bridge, near Cradley, at around 4.15pm. The male
WELSH border residents can get a head-start on their Herefordshire counterparts when it comes to celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee after Buckingham Palace confirmed The Queen will be visiting Powys next month. Residents in Hay-on-Wye and surrounding
A storm in a Royal teacup has seen the chairman of a parish council face a no confidence vote after a children’s Jubilee treat backfired. Leonard Sainsbury, aged 85, paid £400 of his own money for 60 Diamond Jubilee mugs with the aim of handing
GLYN Arrowsmith took the top prize at the Whitbourne hedging competition. Mr Arrowsmith, from Glasbury, braved several downpours to take the Hereford Times cup. Judge Cecil Pritchard said moves would now be made to enter Mr Arrowsmith in
IT would seem inevitable that the Schmallenberg virus that causes birth defects and miscarriages in livestock will soon be found in the borders and Wales. Cases have already been reported in Gloucestershire, with the virus originally spreading
THE final route details of Herefordshire’s much-anticipated Olympic Torch relay have been announced. Hereford Sixth Form College and the city’s Skate Park are just two of the venues set to get up-close-and-personal with the Torch as it pays
