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There is enough interest in running a community bakery in a Herefordshire town to take the idea to the next stage and seek funding for it.

Herefordshire Council is pushing ahead with plans to increase the use of 20mph zones on the county’s roads with a £100,000 investment in working up the policy.

Building society Nationwide plans to refresh the look of its Herefordshire branches, as part of a commitment to buck the national trend by investing locally.

Plans to convert what is claimed to be England’s oldest filling station into a house have raised concerns that the ground around it may be contaminated by nearly a century of garage use.

A prominent Herefordshire pub has been given permission to convert part of its upstairs manager’s flat into a meeting room for work groups.

A Hereford Indian restaurant has had its alcohol and late food licence suspended with immediate effect, after a member of staff was found to be working there illegally.

Monmouth MP David Davies has called on Monmouthshire County Council to “stand up” for residents after a shock report revealed they face huge rises in council tax. 

Hereford is to get another tattoo studio, at a prominent city spot.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced Monmouthshire will see a share of a multi-million pound fund for regeneration projects. 

Herefordshire could be about to blow its only chance at getting its new multi-million-pound city transport hub right, a local group has warned.

A delay in reporting up-to-date information on council spending is a “concern” for councillors who want to keep an eye on a £6 million overspend. 

A Herefordshire grower of ornamental plants has dropped a large-scale expansion plan after wrangles with council officers over its environmental impact.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a car and cyclist collided on Newmarket Street in Hereford.

Garrick House car park is to be closed overnight for upgrades.

Applications are now open for two new Access Improvement Grant schemes aimed at improving access at Monmouthshire’s visitor attractions or visitor related events.

Police are calling for a Hereford Indian restaurant to lose its drinks and late food licence, following an arrest there for immigration offences.

Plans to build a new hangar for light aircraft at Herefordshire’s only licensed airfield have been approved.

A bid for levelling-up funding to revamp Caldicot town centre has failed – for the third time.

Hereford councillors say they can avoid raising tax in the city – by simply stopping paying for a CCTV service they don’t even use.

Monmouthshire school named as one of the top 100 senior schools in the UK for their Cricket programme.

Controversial plans to build a house in the garden of a former Herefordshire village pub have been refused permission.

Firefighters at Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service’s Malvern Fire Station are holding a car wash to benefit two great causes.

Up to £6.3 million could be spent in Herefordshire to provide two two-bedroom homes for children in care over the next five years.

A community initiative offering men a free homecooked meal and the opportunity to meet new people is celebrating its first anniversary.

The ticket office at Hereford Railway Station was broken into on Sunday morning.

Another bank has closed down its branch in Leominster.

Households in Herefordshire looking after Ukrainian guests are to get an extra £200 a month to cope with the extra cost of winter.

A girl reported missing from Abergavenny has been found safe and well.

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A record-breaking crowd turned out to see Hereford's Christmas lights switch on in the city centre yesterday.

Officers from Hereford's Safer Neighbourhood Team went out into the city centre to engage with shop managers and young people about knife crime as part of Op Sceptre week.

Monmouthshire County Council has launched a public consultation on our draft Local Transport Plan, which will shape our vision and ambition for transport in and around our County.

Herefordshire museum service has launched an exciting new project that uses interactive digital technology to showcase museum items that would otherwise be unseen.

Plans for a new look at Hereford railway station’s platform café have been put forward – but the proposed signs mis-spell one key word.

Hereford FC has been given the go-ahead to upgrade its Edgar Street ground’s floodlights to LEDs.

Plans have been put forward to build five new homes in a garden off a Hereford street.

Ten child asylum seekers were cared for last year by a Gwent council – but only three of those could actually live within its boundaries. 

Plans to build a large modern house by a Herefordshire hamlet, and to demolish nearby farm buildings, have been approved.

The number of homeless people in Herefordshire being housed in budget hotels has surged in the last 18 months.

Police in Monmouthshire are concerned for the welfare of Darren Thurgood, 40, who is reported as missing.

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.