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  • Please let's not have another costly bypass review

    I write to express the urgent need of a bypass for our city. I believe that the number of vehicles and HGVs passing through Hereford to join the A49 and A438, is having an effect on local businesses and also affecting people’s physical and mental

  • Smaller increase in Covid cases reported

    The number of recorded coronavirus cases in Herefordshire has increased by 65 over the last 24 hours, official figures show. Public Health England figures show that an accumulative total 4,381 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid

  • RIP: Who we're mourning in Herefordshire this week

    HERE are the death notices published in the Hereford Times on Thursday, January 7. To place any family notices visit bit.ly/HTnotices, or to view visit bit.ly/HTannoucements. WILLIAMS David Charles It is with great sadness to announce the

  • More deaths after positive Covid tests recorded by NHS Trust

    ANOTHER two new coronavirus deaths have been recorded at Wye Valley Trust in the latest 24-hour period, the latest official figures show. NHS England figures show 113 people had died in hospital at Wye Valley NHS Trust after testing positive for

  • Casualty taken to hospital after crash

    A CASUALTY was taken to hospital after a crash involving two vehicles today. The crash happened on the A465 between Hereford and Abergavenny at Allensmore at 12.30pm. When firefighters arrived at the scene nobody was trapped, and the fire crew

  • "I think football should continue," says Hereford manager

    HEREFORD manager Josh Gowling thinks that elite football should continue despite the rise of Covid-19 cases. The Bulls are currently in isolation after midfielder Giles Coke tested positive for the virus earlier this week. This meant their game

  • A 'tidy' river is not a healthy river

    The issue of the damage done to a long stretch of the River Lugg at Kingsland should be kept alive and the perpetrator made aware that such behaviour is completely unacceptable. A “tidy” river is not a healthy river. Using heavy machinery to scour

  • New Year Honour for man determined to remember the Fallen

    A MAN who created a walking route to remember 13 villagers who made the ultimate sacrifice in the First World War has been awarded the British Empire Medal. Hugh Maclean Vernon, 73, was named in the New Year's Honour List for services to the community

  • How our current problems have spooky echoes of the past

    The similarity of the events in the first quarters of the 20th and 21st centuries are spooky. Then as now: four years of conflict with Europe, although now the alliances are different. Then as now: hope, at the outset, that it would be over

  • Cottages could be built on land strewn with abandoned cars

    LAND described as a "dumping ground" and potentially infested with rats in a Herefordshire town centre could have 10 new cottages built on it, if plans are approved by the council. Outline planning permission for a "terrace of 10 mews-style cottages

  • Baby Florence brings joy to coronavirus-hit Hereford family

    A HEREFORD couple have told of the frightening experience of learning they had coronavirus moments before the birth of their first child. Gemma Robinson, who is landlady of the Stables in West Street, Hereford, was informed as she was being taken