BALLOT papers have been posted out to everyone registered to vote in and around Ledbury, Bromyard and the surrounding areas.

A total of 135,000 parish and county election papers were sent out across Herefordshire over the first three days of this week as part of the county's first ever postal ballot.

Neil Pringle, Herefordshire Council chief executive, appealed for people to return them as soon as possible.

"We all live busy lives and we all forget things," he said, "So it's best to do it when it arrives so time doesn't slip by and you end up forgetting about it and miss your chance to vote."