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  • Motorcyclist flown to hospital after crash

    A MOTORCYCLIST has been flown to hospital after a crash to the east of Hereford today. The emergency services were called to the A417 between Burley Gate and Newtown Cross this afternoon. Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service said

  • Fire destroys car in rugby club car park

    A CAR was destroyed by fire in Bromyard today. Firefighters were called this afternoon to the car park of the town's rugby club. Pictures posted on social media show that the car was destroyed by the fire off Tenbury Road. There is, as yet

  • HT opinion: great to see investment in traditional trades

    TONY Blair did finally see his pledge to get half of all young Britons into university – but what did this actually achieve? Many of these graduates have now been left with worrying debts – especially after all three major political parties played

  • Bogus callers steal from elderly couple in Hereford

    BOGUS callers stole cash and sentimental jewellery after tricking their way into a Hereford house. The man told the elderly homeowners that there were gas and electric problems in the area. He asked them both to step outside their property

  • Reader's letter: stop wasting time and get on with bypass

    Criticising my call for Herefordshire Council, after a delay of more than 30 years, to get on with the bypass, Janette Ward (Letters, July 11) says that “We need to get out of cars and on to public transport, so let’s get on with a new cleaner and

  • Stereotypes smashed as village reaps rewards

    CASTING an eye over Robin Page’s updated book, The Decline of an English Village, can make for gloomy reading; thus a visit to the “unique” Herefordshire village of Shobdon might well counteract all those modern-day gripes about the state of rural

  • Reader's letter: wrong plan for Kington

    The proposed Kington plan gives support for building a large estate of 100 dwellings on green fields. If the “Neighbourhood” Plan does not represent the wishes of Kington residents It is NOT a Neighbourhood Plan. This was shown in a questionnaire,

  • Fears 'someone will be killed' near tourism hotspot

    A DISTRICT councillor says it’s only a matter of time before someone is killed along a bad stretch of road near one of the area’s most popular tourist attractions. Motorists travelling along Jubilee Drive which straddles the Herefordshire side of