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  • Young people celebrated for award-winning app

    A SERIES of free health podcasts featuring young people from Herefordshire has won a coveted award. The ‘Health Uncovered’ podcast won silver in the ’Best Podcast’ category at the national Arias awards for the UK's audio and radio industry. The

  • Raided Hereford brothel is 'tip of iceberg'

    A FORMER dominatrix said people in Hereford need to be more realistic about the sex trade after police closed a suspected brothel in the city centre. Lindi St Clair, who hit the tabloid headlines as Miss Whiplash in the 1980s, claimed there was

  • Benches at city park in memory of Stamford

    THE memory of a teenager who died earlier this year will be kept alive with two benches at a Hereford park. A two-seater bench and a three-seater bench have been placed at the College Estate park in memory of Stamford Griffin. Stamford died,

  • Hereford FC shines bright - from the sky at least

    THE green grass at Hereford FC's Edgar Street stadium shines brightly in this stunning picture taken from high up in the sky. Pelham Carrs, from Above-it-all-Aerial, took the photograph from above the Old Market Shopping Centre. A second football

  • Bells are re-dedicated at Armistice Day Service

    OVER 200 people were packed into St Faith’s in Dorstone for the Borderlink Group Armistice Day Service, at which Bishop Richard officiated. All the parishes had decorated part of a windowsill in honour of their war dead, and the church was adorned

  • Racing stars launch book

    RACING buffs will get a flavour of the sporting life when Herefordshire’s own stars of the course launch a compelling new book entitled ‘Three of a Kind – The Scudamores’’ by Chris Cook. The launch takes place at Castle House in Hereford this Sunday

  • Amazing video shows castle then and now

    GOODRICH Castle was praised by William Wordsworth as the "noblest ruin in Herefordshire". Historian Adrian Pettifer, meanwhile, described it as the "most splendid in the county, and one of the best examples of English military architecture".

  • Cash machine blown up by thieves

    A CASH machine was blown up by thieves in Presteigne. Thieves broke into the cash machine on Station Road just after half past midnight on Tuesday, November 13. The perpetrators stole the contents of the machine and sped off in what police describe

  • Jesse Norman MP promoted

    JESSE Norman MP has been promoted in government. The MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire has been promoted to the Minister of State at the Department of Transport. His promotion from Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department

  • Hereford Medical Group's phone line is down

    THE phone line for the Hereford Medica Group is currently down. Calls are not getting through due to a system outage, according to the group on Facebook. People who call the group are advised not to wait in the queue as calls are not getting

  • Masquerade ball coming to Hereford

    A MASQUERADE ball will be held at Hereford's Left Bank next year to raise funds for the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity. The glitzy evening takes place on Friday March 8 2019 and will include a drinks reception, a three course meal and an auction

  • Masked glamour for Midlands Air Ambulance charity

    A MASQUERADE ball is being held on Friday, March 8 at The Left Bank in Hereford in aid of Midlands Air Ambulance Charity. The glamorous event will include reception drinks with local all-girl cello quartet Cellissimo, a three course meal, an auction

  • Bredwardine Art Club 2019 Calendar

    The art group have put a collection of their paintings into a calendar for 2019.  It goes on sale this month; is A4 size when open and costs only £6.00, but be quick as this is a limited edition print. The calendars make really striking and colourful

  • BREDWARDINE MARKET in December

    Our market and coffee morning will be held on Friday, December 14th  from 10 am until noon, in the Bredwardine & Brobury Village Hall.   There’s always someone to chat with, find out what’s going on in the village or just browse the stalls.

  • BREDWARDINE ART GROUP: December dates for your diary

    Join us in Bredwardine village hall for one of our regular workshops, which run from 1:00pm until 4:00pm each Friday.  December dates are 14th and 21st. Bring your own materials to the Friday sessions but be inspired by what others are doing too

  • Fires claimed seven lives in Herefordshire brigade area

    Fires claimed seven lives and led to around 100 casualties in the last year, in the area covered by Herefordshire's fire brigade. The Fire Brigades Union said that an increase in fire deaths across the country showed that services are in "crisis

  • School officially opens new pre-school

    A NEW pre-school has been officially opened in a village northwest of Hereford. More than 140 students, staff, parents and visitors gathered at Stretton Sugwas Church of England Academy to open its "New-Bees" pre-school. Work on the new pre-school

  • Water leak at newly laid pipe

    FURTHER roadworks will need to be carried out in Three Elms Road following a water leak at newly laid pipes. Welsh Water carried out work at the site during the summer and finished last month. There were temporary traffic lights at the site

  • Charity horse race open for applicants

    A CHARITY raceday will mark the end of the Hereford Racecourse fixture list culminating in a flat race where each rider will raise a minimum of £1,500. St Michael’s Hospice has teamed up with Hereford Racecourse on March 26 for the inaugural St

  • Business broken into in Leominster

    THERE was damage caused to the door of a business in Leominster in the early hours of the morning. Police from Leominster are appealing for information to the burglary in Burgess Street at around 3.44am on November 7. Officers said a resident

  • Information needed to identify mystery soldier

    ONE Hereford church’s quest to find out more about men from the parish who fought and died during the First World War has left a question mark over one soldier who still remains a mystery. In this special centenary year marking the end of the war

  • Dunne takes double for trainer Price at Hereford races

    JOCKEY Robbie Dunne took riding honours at Hereford races on Tuesday where he scored a double courtesy of Neachells Bridge in the opening race and Samsons Bridge for local Stoke Prior trainer Richard Price later in the afternoon. Neachells Bridge

  • Mum shares photo of bullied 10-year-old after suicide bid

    A MUM has shared a heart-breaking image of her 10-year-old daughter in hospital after a suicide attempt because of alleged bullying at school in Worcestershire. Jess Brown rushed her daughter Lily-Jo to Worcestershire Royal Hospital on Monday night

  • Town is short on police officers

    A POLICE officer told town councillors have there were not enough officers to carry out speed enforcement in Ross-on-Wye. At Monday night's town council meeting Councillor Paul Symonds asked if there could be speed enforcement carried out in Gloucester

  • Just over £5m to be invested in county roads this winter

    JUST over £5million will be invested in county roads this winter. Jesse Norman, MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire, made the announcement this week in his role as the Roads Minister for the Government. The West Midlands received £43,523,000

  • Ex-council leader told to apologise after misconduct

    FORMER county council leader Tony Johnson has been told to apologise after saying he was not aware of a complaint being upheld against one of his fellow Conservative members. Herefordshire Council’s monitoring officer considered a complaint last