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  • Independent music shop to close in Hereford

    AN independent shop is to close in Hereford city centre. Music Plus in Union Street has been trading for 30 years. It sells instruments and sheet music, and offers lessons and instrument repairs, but is due to close at the end of January. It

  • Traffic lights break... and we're home quicker than ever!

    A rush-hour fault on a key set of traffic lights in Hereford has failed to bring roads chaos. In fact, it appears the reverse has happened. Vehicles are flowing freely around Steels roundabout, where Edgar Street and the A438 meet in the city centre

  • Cash help for girls and women in Herefordshire

    PROJECTS working in Herefordshire will get much-needed grants to help support local women and girls facing a range of challenges. The projects will receive grants of between £5,000 and £10,000. This is the second time Herefordshire Community

  • Missing Malvern teenager believed to be in Sussex

    A teenager who went missing from her home in Malvern is now thought to be in Sussex. Paige Feltham is described as white with long, black straight hair and of slim build. She was believed to be wearing jeans and a grey hoodie the day she went missing

  • Drivers' fury as pothole damages cars

    DRIVERS are furious about a large pothole they say is damaging cars on a Herefordshire road. One man, Mark Gill, of Ross-on-Wye, said he saw four cars at the scene, all of which had tyre or wheel problems as a result of hitting the hole. He saw

  • 12 pictures of wonderful wassails in Herefordshire

    CROWDS have flocked to the many wassails held across Herefordshire. Morris groups have been very busy entertaining people and the pictures on these pages show a stunning display of tradition. January has been damp and grey, with the exception

  • Could you help preserve Herefordshire's history?

    DOES volunteering at one of Herefordshire's historic National Trust sites sound like your sort of thing? The National Trust is on the hunt for volunteers to help care for their Berrington Hall, Brockhampton, Croft Castle and The Weir Garden sites

  • Avara Foods backs Three Counties Farming Awards

    ONE of the UK’s leading poultry firms with a Herefordshire heritage dating back to the 1960s is supporting this year’s Three Counties Farming Awards. Avara Foods, which formed in 2018 as a joint venture between UK fresh poultry firm Cargill, which

  • How raid has hit staff at St Michael's Hospice shop

    STAFF have been left devastated after thieves went to extraordinary lengths to steal £600 from St Michael’s Hospice charity shop in Hereford. The burglars cut through iron bars, smashed a window and then cut away bolts attaching one the shop’s

  • Deadline for Herefordshire primary school places is today!

    PARENTS in Herefordshire are almost out of time to apply for their child's primary school place. The closing date for all primary school reception class applications is midnight tonight (January 15)! Herefordshire Council is accepting applications

  • Fleet of electric buses mooted for Herefordshire

    HEREFORDSHIRE Council is considering spending up to £39m on new electric buses to improve transport links in the county. The ambitious proposals, which form part of the local authority’s, medium term financial strategy and will go ahead in the

  • Fields 'tick another game off' as unbeaten run continues

    WESTFIELDS manager Phil Glover is happy to keep ticking matches off after his side came from behind to clinch a 1-1 draw at Windsor. Fields, who had thumped Windsor 5-0 on the opening day of the season at allpay.park, found the home side a very

  • Drink-driver stopped at green light

    A DRINK-DRIVER was caught by police after he stopped at a green light in Hereford, a court heard. Iulian Bejenaru, 29, of Catherine Street, Hereford, also pleaded guilty to having no insurance when he appeared before magistrates on January 8.

  • Pothole Day: Where are Herefordshire's worst potholes?

    TURNS out there really is a day for everything. And on January 15 every year attention turns to one of road users' biggest scourges: the pothole. This National Pothole Day we want to hear from you about the worst potholes on your road to find

  • Health bosses blasted for using ‘false’ statistics

    COUNTY councillors have blasted hospital chiefs for using ‘false’ statistics to justify the temporary closure of minor injury units in Ross-on-Wye and Leominster. Wye Valley NHS Trust, with the approval of Herefordshire Clinical Commission Group

  • Job-creating investments at Skylon Park

    Work is due to complete this year on two of Hereford Enterprise Zones' most significant developments to date, after a year of progress at Skylon Park. The development of the nationally-important £9million Cyber Quarter – Midlands Centre for Cyber