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  • Veterans football league returns for the summer

    A LEAGUE for over-35s is returning to Herefordshire in May with the aim of attracting former players back into the game. The Herefordshire FA's Veterans League is now in its fourth season and six teams will compete against each other to try

  • Firkin brace helps Hereford to cup victory

    A LUKE Firkin brace helped Hereford FC’s under-18s to come from behind twice to lift the Herefordshire FA Giantkillers Cup last night. The young Bulls fell a goal behind inside five minutes at Edgar Street, but managed to equalise before half time

  • Norovirus outbreak forces hospital ward closure

    A NOROVIRUS outbreak has forced health bosses to close a ward at Hereford County Hospital. Gilwern Ward has been closed to visitors today, April 12, due to cases of diarrhoea and vomiting caused by the virus.  Health officers have taken the

  • Breakdancer bids for place on Hereford city council

    A DJ and breakdance teacher says he will bring more things for youngsters to do in Hereford if he gets elected to the city council. Thirty-year-old Daniel Ovel, also known as Didge, is standing as a candidate for the Saxon Gate parish ward.

  • Children learn the power of mediation

    WHEN six-year-old Ruby Jackson told her mum that she had "failed in her mission" to make someone happy at school, she did not realise that three years later, her mum and 101 children would be celebrating the use of mediation to help their peers enjoy

  • New app developed to fight crime in Hereford

    It’s thought a security app for businesses has deterred criminals from thefts, drug dealing and anti-social behaviour in Hereford. Hereford BID represents 400 businesses in the city centre and launched an app in 2017 to show real-time information

  • Wellwishers turn mean theft into a triumph

    A CAFÉ owner has been overwhelmed by the generosity of others after charity money was stolen from his premises. Bill Sewell's Café @ All Saints in High Town, Hereford, began selling charity cookbook Displaced Dishes, which features an array of

  • 17th-century house transformed into stylish modern home

    Hagley Hall Bartestree, Herefordshire Agent: Sunderlands Offers: £475,000 Call: 01432 356161 AN interesting Grade II-listed 17th century part timbered house dating originally from the 17th century; being gentrified in the 18th century

  • Reader's letter: council's disrespectful process

    It is an important part of local democracy, to be able to talk directly to our local representatives and hear their replies in the public forum of an open meeting. Members of Herefordshire Women’s Equality Group are concerned that councillors often

  • Country's best grass-track racers to compete in Pencombe

    AN AFTERNOON of high-speed action is promised when Ledbury Motorcycle Grass-Track Racing Club hold their opening meeting of 2019 on Sunday. Sparrington Farm in Pencombe is hosting the event which has attracted 174 riders from across the country.

  • Herefordshire GC hold Invitational Day

    THE Herefordshire Golf Club held a Captain's Invitation Day recently when three players from an invited club played with a member of the Herefordshire. The winning team were from Oswestry with 86 stableford points. The best individual score