IT’S a familiar story. You open the front door and step out into the sobering cold to find your car in a blanket of ice. Cue a long struggle punctuated by the occasional expletive to de-ice it. Many of us have endured this most unwelcome of
SENIOR defender Josh Gowling will take charge at Hereford FC on an interim basis. The 36-year-old centre-back will take charge of first team matters including training first team matters. Gowling joined the Bulls 13 months ago and was a regular
GOVERNMENT inspectors say Herefordshire Council has made little progress in improving the county's children’s services. Ofsted told the council it needed to improve the services after its inspection in June 2018. At the time, inspectors said
TWO months of roadworks are underway in a north Herefordshire market town as roads are prepared to become an approved route for heavy goods vehicles. This will mean a 7.5 tonne weight-limit can come into force in Bromyard town centre, making it
I have to say how excellent our county hospital is! Mum’s been in three times over the last couple of months, twice with heart failure and more recently with a mini stroke. When we went to A&E, it was heaving, but the staff could not have
HEREFORD FC midfielder Tom Owen-Evans has been recalled from his loan spell and will be available for this weekend's game. The attacking-minded player has been on loan at Vanarama National League South side Chippenham Town since December 10.
THE trend away from eating meat is a disaster for British agriculture, a Herefordshire MP has said. Conservative Bill Wiggin said he has "an issue" with people wishing to move to a plant-based diet as it means that big pharmaceutical companies
WELLINGTON Reserves recorded their third win on the bounce after coming from two goals down to beat Ludlow Town Colts 3-2. A slow start to the season saw Welly fall behind the leading pack in the early stages of their campaign. However, they
HEREFORD'S new junior mayor says he is honoured to have been elected. Theo Ashton from St Mary's High School was one of 16 young people nominated to fulfill the role and following interviews was selected and installed at a meeting of the council
FUNDING is available to support the academic, sporting and musical achievements of primary schools and children in Herefordshire. Around 50 children and a wide range of schools from across Herefordshire have received funding from the Margaret Allen
A TEAM of Herefordshire kart drivers fought hard to come away with a podium place at Llandow Raceway in round two of the winter endurance series. Competed over four hours it was not just the distance that competitors had to battle against as a very
CO-DRIVER Keaton Williams is preparing for his first full British Rally Championship campaign directing a Hyundai i20 R5. The former Herefordshire College of Technology student will team up once again with young Irish driver Josh McErlean in their
HEREFORD chairman Andrew Graham said that the club doesn’t want a ‘revolving door syndrome to take hold’ as they look for a third head coach/manager in 16 months. Last night the Bulls parted company with manager Russell Slade after he had been
HEREFORDSHIRE councillors went against professional advice last week and rejected two separate proposals for homes in Welsh Newton. Hilary Boughton wanted permission to build two new four bed houses at Steepways and another at Woodside Stables on
AFTER weeks of rain and gloomy days it was such a joy to see a bright, crisp morning today... even though there was a little mist around. Members of the Hereford Times Camera Club were certainly inspired by the scenes. They posted these fabulous
A ROSS Golf Club teenager is celebrating a successful season which has seen him win a host of trophies. Matty Dobbs, aged 17, was introduced to golf in 2013 when at Brampton Abbots Primary School and the Ross Golf Club's head professional Tim Hall
EMERGENCY electricity repairs have closed a road in Herefordshire this morning. A Herefordshire Council spokesperson said the C1279, Alton Street in Ross-on-Wye is currently closed while engineers from Western Power carry out emergency underground
THE one and only Chesney Hawkes will be singing at Hereford Racecourse on a special day for both racing and music lovers. Nathan Moore, the former lead singer of Brother Beyond, will also entertain guests at The Little Princess Trust Hair and Hope
A MAN has been banned from begging for money in Hereford city centre after he was caught breaching a court order. Paul Leslie McDougall, 34, of no fixed address, was handed a three year criminal behaviour order after he was convicted of failing
A PERSONAL data breach at a Herefordshire secondary school was "mindless" and has been labelled as vandalism. West Mercia Police has been investigating and taking the cyber attack "extremely seriously" after personal documents are believed to have
WORK is set to start today (Tuesday) to replace the bearings on a busy Herefordshire bridge. Essential work to replace the bearings at the western end of the B4399 Holme Lacy Bridge was originally expected to take place during last summer, but
I refer to the recent articles about children’s services: the extremely high rate of looked-after children (LAC), a projected overspend of £2.2million, and social workers in tears over their huge workload. LAC are extremely costly. If the number
CAMPAIGNERS have lost their legal battle to prevent Withers Farm from playing polytunnels for table top strawberry production on fields in Ocle Pychard. Soft fruit farmer George Leeds submitted the plans for the land at Highway, Lodge and Haycroft
