Comments on the Hereford Times website are currently disabled.

This is owing to a technical problem believed to be caused by exceptionally high volumes of traffic from people reading our local elections coverage.

Our technical team is working hard to fix to fault and we will restore your ability to comment as soon as we can.

All comments previously posted on the site will return once the issue has been resolved.

I know this will be disappointing for those of you anxious to have your say about the local election results and I apologise for the inconvenience.

John Wilson
Editor