3+ day, 33+ min ago   (226+ words) A Government decision to block hundreds more offenders from early release has been welcomed by a grieving mother whose daughter was killed in a crash caused by a dangerous driver. Manslaughter, death by drunk or dangerous driving, and historic child…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1103+ words) Hundreds of police officers lined the street at the funeral of a colleague who was killed in a collision on the A66. Standard bearers represented every UK force at the service for Pc Matthew Blades, 37, at St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (698+ words) A list of explosives made by triple killer Valdo Calocane was not disclosed by Nottinghamshire Police until more than three years after the paranoid schizophrenic went on a deadly rampage. The former mechanical engineering student also searched online for large…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (272+ words) A Hereford man has been fined for smashing a wing mirror and lobbing a tin of paint after going to confront another person. Hereford Magistrates Court heard how Michael James Johnson, 38, threw a tin of gloss paint to the floor…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (332+ words) A big new housing estate being planned next to the national headquarters of the SAS could undermine security at the base, the Ministry of Defence has warned. Local firm James Spreckley Ltd is seeking outline permission for up to 250 new…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (581+ words) A doctor colleague “crush” of child serial killer nurse Lucy Letby can be named as reporting restrictions were lifted today following his death two months ago. Consultant paediatrician Dr Mark Deakin, 53, was granted lifelong anonymity ahead of giving evidence in…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (886+ words) Releasing prisoners early is needed to maintain confidence in British justice, the Justice Secretary has told the Commons, after a summer when the issue dominated news headlines. The Government’s plan to free up capacity in the UK’s overcrowded male prison…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (310+ words) A pub brawl that erupted into violence ended in the death of a police officer. The incident took place at the Anchor and Can Inn in Hole-in-the-Wall, Herefordshire, in May 1853. Six young farm labourers and servants were brought before the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (124+ words) A Hereford man has been sentenced for assaulting two people on the same day. Matthew Staples, of Old Mill Close, admitted two offences of assault by beating, both committed on August 24, 2025, in Hereford. Staples, 43, pleaded guilty on March 4, 2026, to both…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (356+ words) A labourer was found dead in the River Wye after vanishing three weeks earlier in Hereford’s red-light district. William Dee, from Sutton St Nicholas, was discovered under one of the arches of the old Wye Bridge at 6am on a Sunday…...