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A Leominster woman has been jailed for 16 weeks after she punched and bit a member of staff.

A patient has died from coronavirus in Herefordshire.

A man from Gloucestershire has been arrested after coughing in the face of a paramedic.

Herefordshire Council leaders are expected to consider plans to spend up to almost £4m on redeveloping Brookfield School in Hereford.

Around eight per cent of pupils eligible for free school meals (FSM) in Monmouthshire have taken up the offer.

A secondary school headteacher is delivering packed lunches to children on free school meals by push bike after pupils were sent home last week due to the coronavirus.

Freedom of Information (FOI) request responses “may be much slower than usual or not at all,” during the coronavirus pandemic, Monmouthshire council has said.

Herefordshire Council leaders are next week expected to approve spending of more than £1.4m on school maintenance in the county.

Most businesses in Gwent are complying with closure orders issued by the government last week, although complaints have been made.

Wye Valley NHS Trust is inviting retired doctors and nurses, or nurses whose registration has lapsed, to support hospitals across Herefordshire during the coronavirus outbreak.

Herefordshire Council has confirmed all Household Recycling Centres in the county have closed from immediate effect for the next three weeks.

Monmouthshire County Council are appealing for people not to put tissues in the red recycling bags which puts people at risk.

Businesses who have ceased trading in Herefordshire are being asked to get in touch with the council regarding waste collections.

Monmouthshire Council says new registrations for the garden waste service are now suspended due to customers having limited access to collect garden waste bags.

Police are concerned for the welfare of 13 year old Cody Hassall who went missing from his address in Froomes Hill, Ledbury on Saturday.

The region's ambulance service is “doing everything it can to protect its staff and the public” from coronavirus, and is striving to keep its 999 response up to standard, its CEO says.

A person has died from COVID-19 in Worcestershire.

Developers who want to build up to 100 homes next to the SAS camp in Credenhill, near Hereford say they are close to an agreement with the authorities over drainage issues.

A council chief executive who quipped that he requested Gwent Police to shoot people moving road closure signs has shrugged off critics who called it ‘foolish.’

Wye Valley NHS Trust is suspending non-urgent elective operations and changes introduced to outpatient appointments.

People struggling to meet council tax payments in Monmouthshire could be allowed a two month holiday amid the coronavirus crisis, the council’s top boss has said.

Plans to increase the number of houses at an already controversial development site have sparked outrage from nearby residents.

Police have recovered the body of a missing man from Hereford.

Public Health Wales has confirmed a patient has died from COVID-19 at Nevill Hall Hospital in Abergavenny.

Police are appealing for information following a missing person in Herefordshire.

Monmouthshire Council are preparing to scale back services amid the coronavirus pandemic.

As more people are being encouraged to stay at home to prevent the spread of COVID-19, PCC John Campion is asking people to be mindful of those who don’t see home as a safe place.

Strict restrictions have been put in place at Nevill Hall Hospital in Abergavenny.

A primary school in North Herefordshire has been forced to close due to a suspected case of coronavirus.

Agencies across Gwent are working together after the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak “triggered major incident arrangements locally”.

Villagers near Leominster are calling for their lane to be put back as it was before engineers dug it up to install fibre broadband last year.

There has been a “significant spike” in children and staff absent from schools in Monmouthshire following the coronavirus outbreak, a council boss has said.

Developers have submitted plans for the next stage of a new housing estate in Ledbury.

Volunteers who rebuilt a bridge and restored an ancient county track are calling on Herefordshire Council to honour their responsibility to upkeep the footpath and ensure it is safe.

Hereford Civic Society leaders are calling on residents to have their say in the council’s review of transport in the county.

Police are increasingly concerned for the welfare of Michael Burbidge from Hereford.

Herefordshire Council will close the county’s museums, libraries and archive services at the end of Friday until further notice due to government advice regarding the coronavirus outbreak.

Monmouthshire County Council has taken the decision to temporarily close the Borough Theatre in Abergavenny and the council-run museums,

West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner John Campion is asking people to be mindful of those who don’t see home as a safe place as more people are being encouraged to stay at home to prevent the spread of COVID-19

The army has released a member of its personnel to Gloucestershire to prepare the county for incidents and emergencies caused by the coronavirus outbreak.

Wye Valley NHS Trust has taken the precautionary decision to restrict visiting times in its hospitals across Herefordshire.

Herefordshire Council will not be releasing figures of confirmed coronavirus cases in the county in line with national guidance.

Shropshire Council is asking people living in or near Shropshire’s main market towns for their views on a series of draft Local Economic Growth Strategies.

Hereford Racecourse has confirmed that its meeting on Tuesday 24th March will be held behind closed doors.

A Hereford film enthusiast who battled cancer and heart problems has left over £130,000 to charities in his Will.