Archive

  • Hawkin's Bazaar toys and gift chain collapses

    GIFT and toy chain Hawkin's Bazaar, which has a branch in Maylord shopping centre, Hereford, has collapsed into administration, putting 177 jobs at risk. The chain is the latest retailer to enter insolvency under the pressure of dwindling high street

  • 10 hotels with great restaurants in the Herefordshire area

    If you’re looking for somewhere extra special to enjoy a celebratory meal with family or an intimate dinner with your partner, why not check out one of the many restaurants to be found at the region’s best known hotels ... The Green Dragon Hotel

  • Herefordshire baby features on screen in popular BBC show

    HE'S a TV star in demand... and he's only six months old. Milo Charlie Edwards-Crisp was just two weeks old when he made his acting debut in an episode of the BBC drama Doctors filmed last August. Mum Lauren Edwards, of Hereford, works at the

  • Herefordshire treasure hoard plotter sentenced

    AN ANTIQUES dealer who conspired with others to conceal a £12 million hoard of ancient treasure buried in Herefordshire has been spared jail. Coin seller Paul Wells, 60, took items from the Viking treasure trove to fellow dealers to have them valued

  • Incident on the bridge and we're gridlocked!

    Recently Hereford's Greyfriars Bridge, constructed in 1966, has been closed on several occasions due to ‘incidents’.  The whole of Hereford and parts of the surrounding county became gridlocked. If this bridge became seriously damaged due to

  • Date set for rearranged match at Kettering

    HEREFORD FC will visit Kettering Town for their rearranged match on Tuesday, February 18, kicking off at 7.45pm. The Bulls were due to play at Kettering last weekend but saw the game postponed on arrival due to the pitch condition. VIDEO: Bulls

  • Tackling the stigma around mental health in the workplace

    A PROPERTY consultancy firm which has an office in Hereford has pledged to tackle the stigma around mental health. Fisher German has signed a pledge to be a 'Time to Change' employer, which should improve how people view mental health. The campaign

  • Burr appointed to Bulls' management team

    HEREFORD FC have announced Steve Burr as an assistant to interim player/coach Josh Gowling. Burr, aged 60, has had a management career for 18 years and his former clubs include Chester, Kidderminster Harriers, Southport and most recently Stafford

  • What they said at big tourism meeting in Herefordshire

    THE tourism industry in Herefordshire has been neglected for too long and has suffered from under-investment, business leaders say. A director at one of the most iconic hotels in Hereford fears the true potential of tourism in the county and its

  • Vintage metal advertising signs stolen from garden

    POLICE are still appealing for information following the theft of two vintage metal advertising signs from a garden at Presteigne. Officers appealed after the theft was reported as having taken place sometime on January 11. The Mobil Oils and

  • Why cars should be banned from the school gate

    I was shocked to read in the Hereford Times that more than 600 Herefordians are destined for an early death from the toxicity of our air from car pollution. At 3pm after reading the article I walked along Broadlands Lane, Hereford. There were

  • New burger van starts serving in Herefordshire lay-by

    A NEW burger van will park up in a Herefordshire lay-by to start serving hungry drivers. There are existing traders on several roads in the county, including the A49 at Much Birch and the A465 near Allensmore. But Tully's Catering is a new

  • Hereford man jailed for attempted murder of mother and baby

    A MAN from Hereford who stabbed a mother and her baby has been jailed for more than 20 years. Kamil Kopec, 28, of Hunderton Avenue, pleaded guilty for the attempted murder of the mother and her nine-month-old baby as well as possession of a knife

  • Nothing must stand in way of our university

    The Hereford Times says: MAKE no mistake, MP Jesse Norman's accusations that the Marches Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) is deliberately stalling efforts to launch a new university in Hereford are incendiary. It is rare for a Conservative politician

  • Crime rate is rising in Herefordshire

    THE CRIME rate in Herefordshire rose last year, new statistics show, reflecting an increased police workload across England and Wales. The Office for National Statistics's crime data shows that police recorded 10,891 crimes in the area during the

  • Driver arrested after car overturns on A49

    A DRIVER was arrested after a crash on the A49, with one person taken to hospital. West Mercia Police said one person was arrested on suspicion of drug-driving after officers were called to the A49 at Lyde, north of Hereford, this evening.