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County planners will consider next week proposals to build four homes in a village near Hereford which were deferred over flooding concerns.

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A Herefordshire entrepreneur has been named Start-Up Entrepreneur of the Year for the Midlands at this year's Great British Entrepreneur Awards. 

Herefordshire Council will consider plans to build three homes in a hamlet near the Welsh border nex week.

Police investigating a robbery in Caldicot are appealing for witnesses to come forward.

Wye Valley NHS Trust is asking that only patients who have pre-arranged appointments or pre-agreed visits, or those who need urgent A&E treatment, attend Hereford County Hospital.

Leominster has been awarded £1.8million from the government.

Police in Hereford are appealing for witnesses after a woman was assaulted.

A trial's being launched in Hay on Wye which will allow customers to make free cash withdrawals from tills in certain convenience stores.

Longtown Mountain Rescue assisted Gwent Police and the Welsh Ambulance Service in rescuing an injured person earlier.

The police and crime commissioner still believes there is a case for bringing the region’s fire brigades under his office’s control, despite the government suspending the process until next summer.

The New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering has completed the refurbishment of its Blackfriars Street site in Hereford.

The financial impact of Covid-19 and Brexit may bring hardship to local people and economy which could lead to suicides, a council report suggests.

Renewed plans to build 1,200 homes in Hereford have been submitted to Herefordshire Council.

Police are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage of a fatal collision on the M50 eastbound near Ledbury.

Monmouthshire County Council is proposing to move ahead with the closure of Usk recycling centre – despite opposition from residents in the town who have held a protest against the plan.

Police investigating a fatal collision in North Herefordshire are continuing to appeal for witnesses.

People who consistently flout the new coronavirus rules will be fined, West Mercia’s police and crime commissioner has said.

The shortage of available coronavirus tests in Herefordshire is due to swabs being allocated worse affected areas elsewhere in the UK, county health bosses say.

Two GP surgeries in North Herefordshire have re-opened after six people tested positive for coronavirus.

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Coronavirus laws are being tightened in four more Welsh authorities – Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Newport – following a sharp rise in cases, Health Minister Vaughan Gething today announced.

Families across Worcestershire are being asked not to visit loved ones in care homes, to protect them from Covid-19.

The outgoing Lord-Lieutenant of Herefordshire, the Dowager Countess of Darnley, was presented with a commemorative bowl at a farewell lunch recently in recognition of her support for two military charities.

Herefordshire Council is expected to have overspent almost £16m in the last three months, mainly due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

Councils in Gwent are drawing up plans to support people to find work, with unemployment expected to increase in the coming months.

County council leaders will consider proposals to spend £500,000 next week on essential works needed to reopen Hereford Leisure Pool.

Senior councillors admit recommendations from a report into student sex abuse should have been shared three years ago to protect other children.

Developers have submitted new plans to build five homes in village near Bromyard.

The search for a new boss of the region’s fire service has started.

Six councillors have resigned from a parish council near Ross-on-Wye.

There are plans to build two homes near Weobley.

A number of new electric vehicle fast charging points across the county are nearing completion and will shortly be ready for use.

A parish councillor who declared the wrong interest at a meeting has been found in breach of the code of conduct.

Projects designed to improve access to the countryside are to receive a £7.2m funding boost, the Welsh Government has announced.

Herefordshire Council’s newly re-elected chairman says he hopes they will leave the ‘Covid-induced electronic nightmare’ they are in and return to normality soon.

Monmouthshire County Council has launched a consultation to hear views from residents on how garden waste should be collected going forward.

Independent councillor David Hitchiner has been re-elected as leader of Herefordshire Council.

Residents of Abergavenny will now be able to visit the new Community Hub located at the Town Hall.

Police are appealing for witnesses following an assault in Hereford.

Police are appealing for witnesses to an aggravated burglary in Ross on Wye.

West Mercia Police’s planned savings were delayed by the extension of its alliance with a neighbouring force, but a commissioner’s report says they are still achievable.

West Mercia Police has seen a surge in Covid-19 and spitting assaults on officers since March.

Elderly residents in Herefordshire are being warned not to fall for a spray foam loft insulation scam.

A man has died following a three-vehicle collision on the M5 early this morning.

A man has died following a collision in North Herefordshire.

Missing children Millie Woods age 12 and Nathaniel Carpenter age 14 have been found safe and well.

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Five members of staff at the Marches GP practice in Leominster and at the Bodenham branch surgery, have tested positive for Covid-19.

Visiting at all of Worcestershire's community hospitals and mental health wards is suspended this weekend.

A new adult autism assessment, diagnosis and support service will be provided for Herefordshire residents.