2+ day, 23+ hour 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, 14+ 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, 16+ 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…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (211+ words) PICTURES have been released after a woman was sexually assaulted in Hereford city centre. The assault happened at around 4.30am on September 5, in which a woman was sexually assaulted by touching, took place on a slip way to the rear of…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (393+ words) The agent of a Herefordshire village pub owner has accused Herefordshire Council planners of being “corrupt” after they refused a bid to turn it into a home. Denise Langford was told at the end of July that the closed Castle…...

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…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (171+ words) A police officer helped catch three suspected shoplifters while off duty. PC Davis, part of Ledbury’s Safer Neighbourhood Team, was out shopping in Malvern when he noticed suspicious behaviour. He followed the suspects to their vehicle and called 999, allowing on-duty…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (341+ words) Two men were sentenced to death after a brutal murder in a Herefordshire village in our latest edition of murder files. John Hill, 34, and John Williams, 26, were found guilty of murdering hop-picker Ann Dickson after visiting a pub. The incident…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (559+ words) A murder investigation has been launched after a young man died after a stabbing at a council headquarters building. Emergency services were called to Brent Civic Centre in Wembley, north-west London – the home of Brent Council, where the council’s headquarters…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (144+ words) A Hereford business wants to stay open until 3am on weekends. Falafel Hereford in Commercial Street has applied to Herefordshire Council for a grant/variation of a premises licence. The proposed new hours would allow the business to serve late-night refreshments…...