The Bomb Squad are on site in Fordshill Road in Rotherwas.
West Mercia Police were called to the location after a potential suspect explosive was found.
Bomb disposal experts from Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) are on scene.
Several businesses in the area have reportedly been evacuated as a precaution.
Chapel Road and Fordshill Road at Rotherwas have been closed.
More to follow.
Sheds housing nearly 200,000 broiler chickens at a Herefordshire farm are to be demolished and rebuilt to a higher standard.
A planning application by Avara Foods, one of the county’s largest employers, says the replacement sheds at Parkway Farm, Madley west of Hereford would have the same footprint as the current eight within the two-hectare site, and “will not result in any increase in floor area, bird numbers, or operational intensity”.
