Getting around Herefordshire is becoming easier as passengers can now use their contactless cards, smartphones or smartwatches to pay for their bus tickets.
Yeomans Travel and its sister company Lugg Valley Travel in Leominster have now gone contactless.
Passengers using services in Hereford, Leominster and Ludlow will be able to to pay with a contactless card or smartphone.
It means passengers no longer have to pay for fares by cash or Swift card.
Hereford and Leominster May Fairs to stay in traditional town centre locations following public consultation
Hereford and Leominster’s historic May Fairs will remain in their traditional locations following a public consultation which showed support for keeping the popular events in the heart of both communities.
Shropshire Libraries invites residents to take part in Green Libraries Week
Shropshire Libraries is inviting people of all ages to take part in Green Libraries Week, from Wednesday 21 to Wednesday 28 October 2026.
Appeal following Tesco burglary in Worcester
Police are appealing for information following a burglary at the Tesco petrol station on Mill Wood Drive in Worcester.
Shropshire Council shows racism the red card to mark Hate Crime Awareness Week
Shropshire Council is supporting local and national efforts to Show Racism the Red Card through Wear Red Day today (Friday 16 October 2026), which comes at the end of Hate Crime Awareness Week.
Sheds housing nearly 200,000 broiler chickens at a Herefordshire farm are to be demolished and rebuilt to a higher standard.
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”.
