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Planned cuts to school budgets in Monmouthshire will be reduced or abandoned altogether if the council receives additional funding from the Welsh Government, a senior councillor has said.

There are separate plans to build up to a dozen new homes in Hereford.

Shropshire's council-owned housing firm aims to start work on its first two developments in autumn 2020, a company boss has told councillors.

Developers have appealed a decision by Herefordshire Council to reject plans for more than 625 homes in Ledbury over access concerns.

Police have arrested a driver after a collision on the A49 in North Herefordshire.

North Herefordshire MP Bill Wiggin has thrown his support behind the Love Live the Local Campaign.

Lakefest has announced Seasick Steve will perform at this year's festival in Herefordshire.

A man aged in his 50s has died following a single vehicle collision in Lydney.

An inquest into the death of a seven-year-old who was hit by a minibus has been opened and adjourned.

A 28-year-old man has pled guilty and been sentenced to 21 years’ imprisonment for the attempt murder of a mother and her baby and possession of a knife.

Doctors at Hereford County Hospital are being encouraged to take short power naps following the installation of sleep pods, as part of the national Fight Fatigue campaign.

Herefordshire transport chief John Harrington hopes to solve Hereford’s congestion problem by turning it into a traffic light-free city.

Hereford and South Herefordshire MP Jesse Norman has blasted the local enterprise partnership for undermining and ignoring plans for a new university in the city.

Changes to the way the Welsh Government funds councils in Wales should be made to “reduce inequality” between authorities, Monmouthshire councillors have said.

A bid to protect the site of a Monmouthshire school for educational or community purposes after it closes has been defeated, with questions over its future use dismissed as ‘premature.’

Campaigners have lost their legal battle to prevent Withers Fruit Farm from placing polytunnels for table top strawberry production on fields in Ocle Pychard.

Poverty and inequality have been highlighted as major problems facing Monmouthshire in a council motion which won cross-party support.

Herefordshire councillors went against professional advice last week and rejected two separate proposals for homes in Welsh Newton.

Tributes have been paid to a man killed in a single car crash near Brynmawr.

Government inspectors say Herefordshire Council has made little progress in improving their children’s services.

Monmouthshire councillors have raised concerns over a proposal to cut grants which help disabled people stay in their own homes.

Police are appealing for witnesses or information after a transit van, trailer and two diggers were stolen from various sites in Hereford.

Fire crews have spent the night tackling a fire at an agricultural building near Leominster.

A Hereford man has been given a 3 year Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO).

Police in Herefordshire are investigating a suspected cyber attack at a Ross-on-Wye School.

Herefordshire councillors disregarded professional advice this week and approved plans for eight homes for a village near Leominster.

A brewery has hit back at “ridiculous” claims that its planned taproom would be a “mini-Wetherspoons”, saying the long licensing hours are so it can sell beer online.

Herefordshire councillors have approved plans for a manager’s home at a local tourism hotspot.

A man has died following a serious collision near Brynmawr.

A teenager who was reported missing has been found safe and well.

Marketing Gloucester will no longer run key events such as Tall Ships and Gloucester Carnival.

Residents and businesses in Usk will be “reminded of their responsibilities” over the use of the town’s recycling centre amid concerns it is being used as a ‘dump.’

Herefordshire Council has approved the of three homes put forward by a councillor despite laments over their proposed appearance.

The next steps to turn three historic warehouses in Gloucester into a waterfront hotel were approved yesterday.

Revised plans for a £6.3 million revamp of Caldicot Leisure Centre have won the backing of councillors in Monmouthshire.

Hereford and Worcester Fire & Rescue Service has been told it must improve how it treats staff and be more efficient as part of an annual inspection.

Herefordshire Council’s top boss earns £78.20 an hour according to the latest figures.

Tributes are being paid to a 7-year-old boy who has died after being hit by a council mini bus in Monmouth.

Herefordshire Council is considering spending up to £39m on new electric buses to improve transport links in the county.

More than 500 people have taken the plunge in Monmouth in memory of a teenage boy who died unexpectedly from leukemia in June 2018 at the age of 13.

More than half of residents who responded to a consultation on council tax said a 4% rise was about right or too little.

Monmouthshire County Council will be hosting a series of public meetings to share their 2020/21 budget proposals with residents.

County councillors have blasted hospital chiefs for using ‘false’ statistics to justify the temporary closure of minor injury units in Ross-on-Wye and Leominster.

A seven-year-old boy has died after being hit by a council mini bus in Monmouth.

Herefordshire Council will soon allow its workers to buy more holiday on a trial basis.

Plans for 24 extra care bungalows, which would form an extension to a Llanfoist care home, have been submitted to Monmouthshire County Council.

Police in Hereford are searching for a man who attacked an ambulance taking a seriously ill child to hospital.

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