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Fears drunken revellers could wander into the woods and fall and die if plans for a summer festival in the Forest of Dean get the go-ahead.

Council tax payers across Gwent could face a rise of five per cent in the amount they pay towards policing from April.

Police are appealing for information following the death of a woman who died after she was knocked over by a vehicle in Malvern.

A brewery in North Herefordshire has announced its going to close this year.

Police are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage after two people suffered serious injuries in a collision near Blakeney in the Forest of Dean yesterday.

A masterplan for Usk, which will focus on future improvement projects and opportunities for the town, has been approved by Monmouthshire County Council’s Cabinet.

A prominent Hereford pub has been given the go-ahead to revamp its beer garden.

A plan to build up to 37 houses in a Herefordshire village has finally been thrown out.

Tributes have been paid to a man who was killed in a road traffic collision on the A40 in Monmouthshire.

Citizens Advice Herefordshire are appealing for volunteers to meet rising demands for advice.

A new Welsh medium school is expected to open in Monmouth in September 2023.

A historic Herefordshire hotel has been given the go-ahead to convert a large adjoining garage into a weddings and events venue.

Senior councillors have agreed to launch a consultation on budget proposals which include a 3.95 per cent council tax rise in Monmouthshire.

A scheme to restart construction across much of Herefordshire, frozen for over two years due to environmental rules, is about to begin.

Police in the Forest of Dean are appealing for witnesses to an altercation which took place between two groups of teenagers earlier this month.

Hereford could become “a 20-mile-an-hour city” under radical transport plans currently being drawn up.

Bus passengers in Herefordshire face substantial disruption to their journeys from next month if bus drivers employed by Stagecoach vote for strike action in a dispute over pay.

A Christmas tree collection service has raised more than £12,000 for a local hospice.

Two men have been arrested after suspected drugs were found during a stop and search.

A clampdown on off-road biking in an area of the Wye Valley which is said to be “causing misery” to residents is being planned.

Abergavenny Leisure Centre has re-opened its doors to the public following a £1.7 million refurbishment.

A high-end restaurant, music and events venue in the Herefordshire countryside has won an “incredibly draining” planning battle to host weddings in its new £3 million facilities.

The Conservative leader of Monmouthshire council has questioned whether Boris Johnson “can ever repair the broken bond of trust between him and the public”.

A business park bought by Monmouthshire council as a commercial investment is facing a budget shortfall of more than £1 million next year.

A man has died following a collision on the A40 yesterday.

The pay of top-earning Herefordshire officials will be frozen this year.

Shropshire’s £2 billion public sector pension fund has rejected calls to pull out of fossil fuel investments by 2023.

Alleged gatherings in the garden of 10 Downing Street were “clearly wrong”, Conservative MP for Monmouth David Davies has said.

The A40 Monmouth Road at Raglan remains closed due to a collision.

A multi-million pound investment in town and city centres across Herefordshire, Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin is helping to herald a new era for the region according to the Marches LEP.

Nozstock have announced this year's festival line-up.

Green Party councillors and activists staged a small protest in Hereford on Saturday against the government’s imminent “draconian” policing bill.

A viral TikTok trend for pouring tinned beans on people's doorsteps has led police in Hereford to issue a warning.

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for fog across Herefordshire, Monmouthshire and Shropshire.

The footballers at Monmouth School for Boys warmed up for the new season with a hard-fought 2-0 friendly victory against The Dean Academy.

Westfields recorded a fine 3-1 home win on Saturday over visiting Royal Wootton Bassett when they came back from an early visitors’ goal to win in style at allpay.park.

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of burglary and criminal damage.

Hereford and South Herefordshire MP Jesse Norman says he “shares the public’s anger at the goings-on in Downing Street”.

Herefordshire’s Council Tax is set to go up by just under 3 per cent from April, the council’s chief finance officer Andrew Lovegrove has said.

A further 545 cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in Gwent, but no new deaths, according to the latest Public Health Wales figures.

The Met Office has issued another yellow weather warning for fog.

Changes to the way funding is allocated to schools for pupils with additional learning needs in Monmouthshire are to be considered.

Firefighters tackle blaze on industrial estate in Hereford.

West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner John Campion has committed £2 million to extend a project that challenges perpetrators of domestic abuse to change their behaviour, and ensure specialist support services for victims can continue.

Rock legends Supergrass will headline Sunday night at this year's Lakefest.

A new website has launched to support children and young people's mental health in Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Warm tributes have been paid to long-serving Monmouthshire councillor Peter Clarke following his death earlier this week.

No more farming units that turn the river Wye into “pea soup” should be approved, an influential group of MPs has demanded.

A major revamp of 66 prominent rented “prefab” flats beside the river Wye in Hereford is planned.

The M50 has re-opened following an earlier vehicle fire.

Police in Hereford are appealing for information following at incident at the weekend.

Contentious plans to build up to 155 homes on a greenfield site in Monmouthshire have been given the green light.

The Met Office has issued another yellow warning for fog later.

Plans to extend a GP surgery in Hay-on-Wye have been given the green light by councillors.

A Herefordshire festival has been awarded £3,000 in funding from Hereford City Council.

Another yellow warning for fog is in force this morning.

A much-loved and respected long-serving member of staff at Monmouth School for Girls has died, aged 74.

Herefordshire Council will continue to give out lateral flow testing kits at locations across the county this week.

Residents in #Monmouthshire could see a 3.95 per cent rise in their council tax bills under draft budget plans drawn up by the county council.

A North Herefordshire care home has been acquired by Rotherwood Healthcare.

There has been outrage at plans to introduce car parking charges in a North Herefordshire town.

Emergency services are responding to a collision on the A40.

Emergency services were called to a collision between a tractor and 4x4.

A long-serving Monmouthshire councillor who has been described as “a pillar of the community” has died.

Herefordshire’s only fixed speed camera clocked nearly 3,000 speeding offences in the year to December, including one driver travelling at 73 miles per hour in the 30mph zone.

A yellow weather warning has been issued for fog this evening.

A man has died after being found unresponsive at the side of a road near Raglan.

Hereford and South Herefordshire MP Jesse Norman has thanked healthcare workers at a pop-up vaccination site in the city.

A two-acre site on the main road south of Hereford could be turned into a 10-house estate.

A Monmouthshire councillor has resigned from the council’s Labour group to be an independent member.

A grocery shop in a Herefordshire town has lost its licence to sell alcohol after selling bootleg cigarettes.

Westfields’ home Hellenic Premier Division Match with visiting Westbury United was postponed on Saturday when overnight rain had left allpay.park goalmouths saturated.

Police are appealing for information following a burglary in Hereford.

Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a report of a sudden death involving a 25-year-old quad biker on Saturday.

Plans to build up to 155 homes on fields near the M4 in Monmouthshire have been recommended for approval, despite dozens of objections.

West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner John Campion is committing a further 125 police officers and £1 million to prevent crime.

None of Wales’ 21 newly recorded deaths relating to Covid-19 were in the Gwent region, according to the latest Public Health Wales figures.

One in every eight places on Herefordshire’s parish and town councils is currently unfilled, according to Herefordshire Council, the county’s electoral services authority.

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.