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  • Kington Food Festival 2019: What to expect

    This year’s Kington Food Festival tomorrow (Saturday, December 7) will be the biggest ever with more than 95 stands. It take place from 9.30am until 3.30pm and features hand-picked borders’ produce to give shoppers the best charcuterie, patisserie

  • Woman seriously injured in A40 crash

    A DRIVER was airlifted to hospital after being seriously injured in a crash near Ross-on-Wye this afternoon (Friday). The serious collision happened on the A40 in Pontshill shortly after midday, with two women taken to hospital with injuries.

  • Train crew shortage disruption on Hereford-Birmingham line

    TRAIN services are disrupted on the line which runs through the county from Birmingham to Hereford, meaning travel headaches for Worcester commuters. West Midlands Railway say "significant" crew shortages is the reason behind the disruption.

  • Sapey Golf and Country Club Ladies fund raising

    SAPEY Golf and Country Club Ladies section throughout their season, raised money for the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), one of the UK's leading sight loss charities and the largest community of blind and partially sighted people.

  • It's Small Business Saturday! Support your local shops

    SCORES of small businesses will come together to promote and support each other today (Saturday, December 7). Many are offering customers special offers and incentives to shop and trade locally promoting Small Business Saturday. How will you

  • 13 places to find your perfect tree

    If you’re not one of those who went full Christmas in November, your thoughts will now be turning to finding a tree to take centre stage. We’ve rounded up the best places to find your real Christmas tree ...If you’re not one of those who went full

  • 'Inadequate' Hereford secondary school making improvements

    A SECONDARY school in Hereford branded “inadequate” by inspectors is showing signs of improvement, a monitoring inspection has found. The Hereford Academy was handed the worst possible rating by Ofsted after an inspection in November 2018 where

  • Short mat bowlers raise £2,600 for Macmillan

    TEAMS from Herefordshire missed out on the title as an annual short mat bowls competition raised £2,600 for Macmillan Cancer Support. A total of 42 teams took part in the 27th annual competition which was held for the first time at Leominster Indoor

  • Stunning charity performance from choir

    STUNNING was the only way to describe the festive performance from Hereford Cathedral School's Cantabile Girl's Choir. The Christmas concert was held at The Green Dragon Hotel November 22, raising £500 for Breast Cancer Haven. The venue was decorated

  • National drive to provide meals

    EARLIER this month saw the first ever community fitness week. A national drive by the Community Fitness Network to encourage people to get active and to help build communities and friendships locally. Throughout the week, which took place between

  • Westfields thrash Malvern 8-0 in quest to retain county cup

    Westfields raced through to the next round of the HFA County Senior Challenge Cup with a clinical 8-0 home win over Hereford Premier Division league leaders Malvern Town Reserves. Westfields, the current cup holders, raced into a 2-0 lead at half

  • 'Drink-drive' lorry driver arrested on M5

    A LORRY driver has been arrested at a motorway service station on suspicion of drink-driving.  The driver of this HGV pictured was arrested last night (December 5) at Strensham Service on the M5. OPU Worcetsershire tweeted: “Driver of this

  • Homes-debate councillor broke the rules

    A PARISH councillor has breached the code of conduct because she discussed plans to build two homes on land next to her home without having the proper permission. Councillor Luci Watkins declared she had an interest in a planning application debated

  • Salt and grit blamed for road closure at level crossing

    A MAIN road was closed at a busy level crossing in north Herefordshire this morning (Friday) as salt and grit caused a system failure. The A44 Mill Street in Leominster was closed from around 5am because the barriers at the level crossing were

  • Social workers ‘in tears’ over their huge workload

    SOCIAL workers at Herefordshire Council are breaking down in tears due to the excessive work stress they are under. Current case loads for workers are so high they feel it’s unsafe and unethical as they are unable to give children and families