Local News from Thursday, February 27th, 2025

A Herefordshire venue plans to host a double bill of politics and the reunion of an infamous band, both featuring Britain’s longest-serving political party leader.

Ludlow Town Council could be taken to court over a heated legal dispute regarding a collapsed wall and how it will be repaired.

In a rare show of cross-party unity, Herefordshire’s two MPs have jointly presented a Bill in Parliament pressing the government to bring back a plan to clean up the river Wye.

A councillor says he is worried about what nickname people may give to a housing development “due to its shape”.

Extinction Rebellion (XR) will be carrying a coffin in Shrewsbury on Thursday (February 27) to highlight Shropshire Council’s decision ‘to kill off its climate emergency declaration’.

Locals are optimistic they can bring a much-loved Herefordshire village pub back into community use.

It has cost Shropshire Council more than £500,000 to maintain 47 properties during the past year.

Planners have granted permission for 323 houses to be built in a village near Bridgnorth.