Local News

Gwent Police are appealing for information to find 35-year-old Michael Hitchings from Herefordshire.

Ledbury traders will do “as much as they can” to bring shoppers back to the town when the A449 finally reopens.

Herefordshire Council has announced which companies will take on much of the roads and public realm work in the county once it switches to a new approach at the start of June – with several local and regional firms on the list.

A Hereford Indian restaurant whose premises licence was revoked earlier this year is seeking a new licence under a different named individual.

Herefordshire Council says its Trading Standards team has helped shut down scam websites targeting a local business.

A poultry farm in the west of Herefordshire is the latest in the county to seek permission for new premises as part of moves across the sector to higher-welfare bird rearing.

Herefordshire Council is launching a new free parking initiative called “Pop and Shop”.

A prolific shoplifter has been jailed following offences in north Herefordshire.

Big changes planned to parking in Hereford risk undermining its “fragile” city-centre economy, a senior local figure has warned.

Transport experts have sounded a note of caution on whether the first phase of Hereford’s bypass will make the county’s roads safer overall.

Parking charges have a role in reducing trips by car, a senior Herefordshire official has said.

A diversified Herefordshire farm has agreed to rein in its noisy late-night events.

VisitEngland has named four Herefordshire businesses as finalists in its 2026 Awards for Excellence.

Dogs Trust is calling for volunteers to support its charity shop in Hereford.

The spending of close to a million pounds on a plan to transform Hereford that was then dropped has been branded a disgrace.

A Herefordshire brewery says installing solar panels on a neighbouring field will make it more environmentally and financially sustainable.

A new “puffin” crossing is to be installed across a busy Herefordshire A-road to link a long-awaited housing estate to the village primary school and post office.

A Turkish takeaway restaurant in Herefordshire conservation area is seeking retrospective permission for its new frontage following “many complaints” about it.

A former Hereford public toilet which then operated as self-service dog washing facility has been cleared to be put to a new use.

A charity that promotes nature-friendly farming and education is having to sell off a heritage farm in a scenic Herefordshire spot, where the main building is intended to be turned into a house.

Rob Thomas, the former chief executive and director of Herefordshire social charity Vennture, has lost an appeal against his dismissal over claims of bullying.

Herefordshire Council spent nearly a million pounds working up a masterplan for how Hereford should develop in the coming years – before dropping it and starting again.

A Herefordshire town councillor is the latest in the county to resign his seat – but insists there is “nothing dramatic” behind the move.

An open “anaerobic digestate” lagoon the size of an Olympic swimming pool at an elevated Herefordshire spot has been permitted, despite local concerns it could leak into sensitive local waterways.

A list of main roads in Herefordshire to be resurfaced in the coming weeks has been revealed.

Police in Monmouthshire are concerned for the welfare of Darren Thurgood, 40, who is reported as missing.

A man has been arrested in connection with a stabbing incident last week in Hereford.

A new group to help food and drink businesses across the Marches work more closely together, develop international markets and access specialist support has been launched at an online event.