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  • SAS inquest - airstrike destroys helicopter wreck

    AN airstrike obliterated the wreck of a Puma helicopter that crashed killing two SAS soldiers and seriously injuring several others. The airstrike was called in to ensure total destruction of the downed Puma which lay in a "hostile" area, an

  • Driver may have had seizure after car hits road sign

    A DRIVER may have had a seizure at the wheel after hitting a road sign in Hereford this morning. The accident happened shortly before 6.50am in Folly Lane. Pete Butcher, police press officer, said the male driver was taken to hospital for a check-up

  • Car ends up in field after leaving road

    A CAR ended up in a field in Leominster after coming off the road this morning. The Peugeot left the A49 at the Cadbury roundabout at just after 8.40am and hit a fence and another vehicle at Marlbrook Farm. It is believed that an oil spillage caused

  • Power cut hits Ross-on-Wye

    MORE than 1,000 people were without power in Ross-on-Wye yesterday. A small explosion was reported at a substation in Brookend Street shortly before 3.40pm. A total of 1,532 customers were affected, mainly in Brampton Street, Broad Street, Alton Road

  • Weobley’s goal is to improve children’s facilities

    A HEREFORDSHIRE football club are holding a junior six-a-side tournament later this month with the goal of improving their facilities for children. Weobley Football Club have only basic changing facilities for their junior section. The club want to

  • Elderly man assaulted in Leominster

    AN ELDERLY man receieved a gash to his head after he was allegedly assaulted in Leominster. The 65-year-old victim may have been kicked in his left rib between 10.30pm and 10.45pm on Wednesday August 5 in South Street. Shorty before, someone shouted

  • DJs move Heaven and Hell to help Peterchurch boy

    A HOST of DJs are to perform at Hereford nightclub The Jailhouse this weekend to help a young muscular dystrophy sufferer from Peterchurch. Josh Dovey, 10, suffers with the rare muscle-wasting disease Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). To help with

  • Speaking up for learning disability in Herefordshire

    PEOPLE with learning disabilities are being encouraged to speak up for themselves and to shape the future of services they need. They are doing this through The People’s Union, small groups across Herefordshire which discuss issues affecting

  • 6 The Willows, Luston, Leominster, Herefordshire

    6 The Willows, Luston, Leominster, Herefordshire Agent: Nicholas Craddock Offers: £169,995 Call: 01568 676999 THIS detached, modern bungalow is situated in The Willows, which is a quiet culde- sac in the centre of the village of Luston. The

  • Herefordshire Council urges people to plant trees

    PEOPLE are being urged to plant two trees to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of a Herefordshire horticulturist. Thomas Andrew Knight developed many of the fruit and vegetable varieties eaten today, wrote the original Pomona Herefordiensis