Dark smoke could be seen over large parts of south Hereford this evening. Firefighters were called to Ash Avenue, Putson, one hour ago. Neighbours close to the affected property said the smoke was caused by a mattress being placed on a bonfire. It
A HEREFORD nightclub has launched a bid to open until 4am each night. Bosses at Play nightclub on Blueschool Street also want permission to open until 5am on what it calls ‘notable days’ including A-Level results day, St David’s Day and Burns Night
LUKE Churchous and Steve King both triumphed as Hereford Wheelers staged events over the Easter weekend. The first was a 10-mile time trial at Allensmore on Thursday evening, which attracted 55 riders. Churchous of Gannett CC came home first
WESTFIELDS have won the HFA County Challenge Cup for a fifth successive year after beating Wellington 3-1 after extra-time at a barmy Old School Lane. The higher-graded Westfields opened the scoring on the stroke of half-time after Marcus Palmer
A MAN has been taken to hospital following a three-vehicle collision in Leominster. Emergency services were called to the B4361 at Bridge Street at around 1.20pm following reports of a collision involving three vehicles. All vehicles were
NEIGHBOURS have raised a toast after finishing their communal gardening project. Those living in St James, Hereford, last year installed a number of tree planters as part of the Sustrans and Herefordshire Council Greenway cycle route enhancement
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‘TOUGH on the causes of crime’ should be more than just a sound bite, it should be the focus for any government seeking to reduce the pressure on our criminal justice system and make people feel safer and more secure day to day. However, I believe
THE relatively low levels of crime in Herefordshire are a tribute to all of us who live here. We remain fairly law-abiding as police officer numbers fall, our local police stations from Kington to Bromyard effectively close – opening times are,
FROM my perspective the crime that stands out above all others is the sexual abuse of children. A nation is measured on how it treats its children and I really cannot begin to understand how the British government can hold their heads up on the
OVER the last 20 years there has been a significant decline in recorded crime. However, we must continue to be vigilant: the forced removal of the cashpoint in the Kington branch of the Co-op in the early hours of the morning shocked many people
CRIME is down by more than a fifth – there were 2.4 million fewer crimes this year than in the year before the last election. Three hundred foreign criminals have been deported – with nearly 500 more to follow; red tape has been cut to help police
RECORDED crime, including violent crime, has been falling under successive Governments since the late 1990s in Europe, the US and Britain. No-one really knows why and it will be of little to comfort anyone who has been a victim of crime. Police
AS an SAS veteran I know a few police officers and I can say that they feel more disillusioned now than at any other time during their service. It’s such a difficult and stressful job I couldn’t do it, could you? So, why consecutive Home Secretaries
NEARLY 50% of crime in Herefordshire is from anti-social behaviour. Neighbourhood policing teams are a necessity in our area and give a good argument for keeping counter services in police stations. People feel reassured and need face-to-face contact
IT has been a great honour to serve my constituents as the MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire over the past five years. During that period the key priority has been to rescue the country from the disastrous effects of the financial crisis
ALONG with all residents of Herefordshire, I am delighted that reported crime is reducing, and that we do better than the national average in nearly all categories. Our police force listens to local people – in my own area police officers and PCSOs
AT Ashperton, they wait for the “aliens” to return. It’s been two years since the Earth Stars were last seen. But still the believers come to St Bartholomew’s church yard seeking a sign. The “aliens” are small white fungi that have just
FIREFIGHTERS from North Herefordshire helped put out a blaze at a property near Craven Arms on Sunday.Crews from Leintwardine and Kingsland assisted Shropshire fire in putting out the fire at a single-storey building, approximately 30m x 40m, and also
THE Hereford university project says it is ready for “serious discussion” over a major city centre re-development plan for student accommodation. Hereford-based architects Hook Mason has put its plans for accommodation blocks in the Aubrey Street
A HEREFORD teacher is going the distance to raise funds for a greyhound rescue charity.Dave Matthews, who teaches at St Marys RC High School in Lugwardine, will run for Greyhound Rescue West of England (GRWE) in next week’s Worcester Marathon.Having adopted
A TABLE football champion from Hereford will represent Great Britain at the World Championships in Turin, Italy, writes SAUL COOKE-BLACK.Sarah Brice, who has won over 50 caps for Britain, won the UK Championship in both the women’s singles and doubles
LUCTON School became the centre of the county's culinary world when the school hosted the inaugural Lucton Food Festival recently.Boasting around 30 local producers, growers and brewers, festival goers were treated to a chance to sample and purchase some
A HEREFORD couple have been helping to transform lives in one Eastern European country for almost two decades.But now they need a new base here in the county to continue doing so.Arthur Etheridge founded his charity, Hope Carriers Trust, in 2004 after
IN response to the letter by Martin Field (I’m paying more and more for less and less, March 19), I would like to reassure readers that if the transfer of management responsibility for Queenswood and Bodenham Lake to Herefordshire Wildlife Trust (HWT
