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  • Use Hereford Racecourse as a park-and-ride

    IN reply to John Harrington's comments about Hereford parking, I guess most people can understand the reasoning. But not everyone can carry three or four bags of shopping from town to the Merton Meadow car park. And you still have problem of

  • I'm fed up with this climate change bleating

    I AM exasperated by the constant bleating from climate fanatics towards people for using their cars. For many people car use is necessary due to their location, health or personal circumstances. In fact, there are published views that the benefits

  • Australian trade deal could hurt Herefordshire farmers

    I SUPPORT free trade in principle: it keeps down prices for consumers. But I am concerned about the environmental and social effects of the proposed free trade agreement with Australia. In particular, it could harm the high-quality livestock

  • Increasing Hereford parking charges at a stroke is foolish

    WITH regards to the increase in parking fees that John Harrington of Herefordshire Council is trying to justify, can anyone explain to him that in the real world of business no one would consider putting up their prices by 100 per cent overnight and

  • When is Father’s Day in the UK this year?

    Father’s Day will take place in the UK this month. The annual celebration allows us to show appreciation for the important father figures in our lives. Send a free message to your dad for Fathers Day We’ve been celebrating fathers

  • River Wye pollution concerns could lead to housebuilding ban

    POLLUTION levels in the river Wye could bring about a temporary ban on housebuilding near Ross-on-Wye, according to council leaders.  The stretch of the river from Walford Brook, near Ross-on-Wye, to Bigsweir Bridge in Gloucestershire is failing

  • How they're fighting back against the Offa Dyke vandals

    VANDALISM to a centuries old, historic piece of land bordering Wales and England has prompted conservation groups and government bodies to join forces in an attempt to secure its fragile existence. Offa’s Dyke – an earthwork monument – was built

  • Were Herefordshire's green spaces nicer in the 1990s?

    WERE Herefordshire’s parks and public spaces better kept in days gone by? That is the question members of our We Grew Up in Hereford Facebook group have been debating after David Barrett shared this picture of Hereford’s King George V playing fields

  • Mowing Herefordshire's roadside verges harms nature

    THE annual verge cutting in south Herefordshire is surely an outdated practice. The world is experiencing its greatest mass extinction event and the UK government has pledged its desire to reverse the loss of biodiversity. Despite this Herefordshire