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With summer gone, business recommences in Herefordshire this month with a ward by-election that defies ready prediction. Will the Conservatives once again defy their poor national standing?

Meanwhile the fate of Hereford's hugely ambitious museum and art gallery plan now seems altogether less clear. Let's hope the vision for this ground-breaking plan isn't compromised.

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Till next time,
Gavin McEwan
Local democracy reporter
gavin.mcewan@newsquest.co.uk

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LibDem candidate for Credenhill Debbie Hobbs, and Labour's Mike Crofts

Bumper crop of candidates for Herefordshire election this month

Six candidates have been announced for the byelection in Herefordshire’s Credenhill ward later this month.

Eye Manor in Herefordshire, and inset, its owner Robert Jenrick MP

MP with Herefordshire home emerges as Tory party front-runner

An MP with a stately home in Herefordshire has emerged as the front-runner to lead the Conservative party.

The museum building in Hereford's Broad Street and inset, Coun Harry Bramer

Hereford museum and gallery plan 'likely to be revised' as costs rise

Hereford’s flagship project to transform its museum and art gallery risks going £2.5 million over budget, and may have to be trimmed as a result.

Why Herefordshire is spending £170,000 on weather forecasting

Herefordshire Council has explained why it is tendering for a £170,000 contract for weather forecasting.

Efforts to fix Herefordshire's river Wye have been 'misplaced', study says

Efforts to fix the declining health of the river Wye have focused too much on one particular problem and have overlooked others, according to researchers.

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