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Glow sticks and feather boas will light up the night next month as one of Hereford’s best loved and longest running fundraisers hits the city streets.

Working Together Ludlow Thanks Mayor for Donation Supporting Community Garden Renovation

Calls have been made for a road safety study to be carried out on a south Shropshire road.

Thousands of patients are still being treated in hospital corridors. In Worcestershire and Herefordshire, an average of 67 patients were treated in corridors each day in May.

A parish council has been given permission to restore a war memorial back to its former glory.

A Herefordshire town could be about to get the county’s first branch of a quirky and eclectic café-bar and restaurant chain.

The death of a troubled young woman in a tent in Hereford nearly three years ago could yet lead to a homicide inquiry, a court has heard.

Herefordshire families are being encouraged to head over to the Herefordshire Cat Centre in Allensmore this June as Cats Protection hosts its much‑loved Summer Charity Event, a community favourite packed with activities, treats, and of course, plenty of feline charm.

Broken glass and a soiled duvet are just some of the issues Ludlow Town Council (LTC) has had top deal with as it continues to monitor waste and litter being left around.

A family’s two-pitch gypsy and traveller site can stay near a busy Shropshire A road despite objections from the parish council, planners have decided.

A number of Herefordshire highway workers failed drugs tests after a social event.

A reopened Herefordshire village pub plans to regularise changes that were made when it previously served as an Airbnb.

An shop in a Herefordshire market town which lost its premises licence over illegal sales could get a fresh start as a Chinese takeaway.

Hereford Crematorium will open its doors to the public on Saturday 4 July, from 10am to 1pm, for a special event designed to offer guidance, reassurance and practical advice for those dealing with bereavement or planning ahead.

A new funding scheme has been launched to support businesses in Herefordshire working in, or developing ideas for, the defence and security sector.

A long-serving Herefordshire town councillor has been rebuked a second time – partly over failing to apologise or undergo training following a previous complaint over an inappropriate joke.

Neighbours have spoken out against plans for a new care home, raising concerns about traffic and overdevelopment.

Shropshire Council has been accused of allowing community assets and local services to decline – then using it as a justification for closure, disposal or withdrawal.

The Mayor of Hereford, Cat Hornsey, will be taking part in the St Peters Church Charity Abseil, to help raise money for the Firefighters Charity.

The biggest football tournament has officially kicked off and as the Three Lions prepare to take on the 2026 World Cup, pubs across our region are gearing up for a summer of football fever.

A planning application by Avara Foods, one of the county’s largest employers, says the replacement sheds at Parkway Farm, Madley west of Hereford would have the same footprint as the current eight within the two-hectare site, and “will not result in any increase in floor area, bird numbers, or operational intensity”.

The reopening of a historic Herefordshire village pub has taken a step closer with the submission of plans for new hand-painted exterior signs.