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  • Firefighters tackle crop blaze near Tenbury

    Firefighters had to use thousands of litres of water to tackle a crop fire near Tenbury Wells. Crews from Bromyard, Leominster and Tenbury grappled with the blaze over an area 150m x 50m. A tractor and straw bales were also caught up in the flames

  • Last call for Health and Social Care Award nominations

    THIS is the last call for nominations for the Hereford Times Health and Social Care Awards 2018. Nominations close tomorrow so click here to put your candidate forward for an accolade. It only takes a few minutes!  We owe so much to the people

  • Co-operative opens at former car wash in Ross

    A NEW Co-operative shop has opened today in Ross-on-Wye on the site of a former car wash. The Co-op opened its food store in Over Ross Street today and includes an in-store bakery, hot food, and a Costa coffee dispenser. This is a £500,000 investment

  • Food and Drink Awards 2018 launches

    THE Hereford Times has launched The Food and Drink Awards to celebrate all the amazing produce the county has to offer. Within our wonderfully rural county there is an abundant supply of quality produce and many pubs, restaurants and cafes take

  • Drunk man assaulted paramedics and damaged ambulance

    A DRUNK patient being treated by paramedics flicked crew with his own blood and damaged the inside of an ambulance, a court has heard. Luke Berry, 24, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to common assault and two counts of criminal damage to property

  • Optimistic pub prospects in the county

    PUB goers should be optimistic about the future of the trade in the county, a real ale spokesman has said. Herefordshire has bucked the trend for the number of pubs closing their doors for good compared to closures in the the rest of the UK, figures

  • Hereford business owner meets Tom Hardy

    FOR all you Tom Hardy fans out there - now is the time to feel very jealous of a Hereford business owner. For Andy Morgan got the chance to meet the film star when he was delivering a motorbike for a promotion photoshoot for Hardy’s new film, Venom

  • Hip hop night to support homeless young people

    A HIP HOP night will bring rap and break dancing to Hereford later this month in support of homeless young people. The event, which takes place on 15 August, has been organised by Hereford’s Supported Housing for Young People Project. The group

  • Singing chef hopes to win online talent competition

    AN aspiring musician is hoping to win an online talent competition. Nico Michael from Hereford is down to the final 16 in a competition called Now That's Entertainment. It was set up this year with the mission to find undiscovered talent and

  • Rubbish dumped at town's cemetery

    A DAUGHTER who went to tend to her mother's grave was shocked to discover a pile of bin bags in the cemetery. Jane Greenwood took her dad to the Ross-on-Wye Cemetery in Walford Road yesterday to tend to her mother's grave as it would have been

  • Retired engineer died from natural causes, inquest hears

    A RETIRED engineer died from natural causes after being transferred from Hereford County Hospital to Birmingham, an inquest has heard. Colin Wilkinson, 79, died on June 5 at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest. Mr Wilkinson

  • Sports fixtures

    THURSDAY, AUGUST 9 FOOTBALL FRIENDLY Hereford FC Women v Bartestree Ladies SATURDAY, AUGUST 11 FOOTBALL NATIONAL LEAGUE NORTH Curzon Ashton v Hereford THE EMIRATES FA CUP Extra Preliminary Round Romulus v Westfields

  • Only 0.5 per cent of museum's artefacts are on display

    ONLY a tiny fraction of the county’s publicly held works of art and historical artefacts are on display, a freedom of information request has revealed. Herefordshire Council currently holds 180,000 objects in its museum collection and more than