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  • Football clubs must start putting fans first

    WHEN will football clubs start to realise that for them to grow fans need to be at the forefront of every decision? Those hardy Hereford fans who made the 220-mile round trip to Kettering last Saturday to not even see a ball kicked won’t be hurrying

  • Building work starts on new high school in Hereford

    IT MIGHT not seem that long ago, but it was 15 years ago tomorrow when work could start on the new Whitecross High School in Hereford On January 27, 2005 contractors were given the go-ahead to start work on the new site in Three Elms Road after

  • Builder fights decision to block new homes

    DEVELOPERS have appealed a decision by Herefordshire Council to reject plans for more than 625 homes in Ledbury over access concerns. Planners turned down the Bloor Homes scheme to build on the 69-acre site field north of the railway viaduct and

  • Avoid GP by going to pharmacy instead

    Herefordshire residents are being encouraged to talk to their pharmacist if they need help and advice managing minor health conditions, avoiding a trip to the GP. NHS Herefordshire Clinical Commissioning group is supporting the ‘help us help you

  • It's our school of the month

    AS PART of our regular monthly series celebrating Herefordshire's schools, Orleton CE Primary says how pupils have big part to say in the running of the school. Orleton CE Primary School is set in stunning north Herefordshire between the market

  • Land steward bids fond farewell to Duchy of Cornwall

    A WELL-KNOWN land steward for the Duchy of Cornwall has retired after more than 40 years working for the royal estate. David Curtis set up the Hereford office 20 years ago and has been managing more than 37,000 acres across Herefordshire and further

  • Empty shops and offices in Herefordshire hit rates income

    ALMOST one in 10 of Herefordshire's shops, offices and warehouses would be empty in 2019-20, it was forecast... costing local taxpayers nearly £2m. And last year saw the lowest intake of business rates for Herefordshire Council in five years, new

  • Police warning after 'spate' of thefts across Herefordshire

    POLICE are warning motorists to be vigilant after a number of thefts across Herefordshire. Officers in Leominster and Ross-on-Wye said they have seen a spate of catalytic converter thefts from cars parked in car parks and commercial areas in the

  • Helen's fight for benefits justice

    In the last 16 years Helen Boughen has undergone 16 operations, including radical surgery to remove a tumour in her face. She lost an eye and her face has had to be rebuilt. Three metal pins keep her false eye in place, but the bones in her head

  • Can we go back to days of speaking to human beings?

    If only we could bring back the days when it was possible to phone Herefordshire Council and speak to an operator who would put you straight through to a real live human being in the department you needed. Nowadays it’s as if the council’s intention

  • Owen-Evans ‘buzzing’ to be back firing for Bulls

    TOM Owen-Evans said he was ‘buzzing’ to be back playing for Hereford FC in his favoured attacking midfield role under new interim player/coach Josh Gowling. After being recalled from a loan spell at Chippenham Town by the Bulls earlier in the week