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Herefordshire Council is heading towards a 10-million-pound overspend this financial year – but bosses say this figure still be reined back to £2 million.

A Herefordshire family say they are begging their social landlord to move them from a flood-prone house which they say isn’t safe for their one-year-old son.

Monmouthshire County Council will host drop-in events in December to assist residents with pension credit eligibility checks and applications.

Local campaigners are angry that a controversial planned anaerobic digester (AD) at a Herefordshire farm has been quietly given an environmental permit.

Questions have been asked in Parliament on why Herefordshire was not better able to help those hit by recent floods.

A teenager has been taken to hospital after a collision involving a car and a lorry in Hereford this morning.

More than 10,000 people in Herefordshire have signed a national petition calling for a fresh general election.

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A man's been arrested after a tractor was driven through floodwater in Worcestershire following Storm Bert.

Plans have been revealed to turn a former Herefordshire bingo hall into a KFC restaurant.

Visitors could soon have to start paying a tourism tax when staying overnight in Monmouthshire.

A number of flood warnings and alerts are currently in place as river levels continue to rise.

Police appealing for witnesses after a road traffic collision on Bryn Deri, Ebbw Vale.

Local pub campaigners have joined a bid to block the sale of a Herefordshire village pub for use as a holiday rental property.

A Herefordshire hotel, pub and music venue has won its bid to hosts events till late, despite neighbours’ objections.

A proposal to build five larger houses by a busy Herefordshire road has been knocked back – again.

Nearly half a million pounds is to be spent readying plans for a new building for a Herefordshire village primary school.

Storm Bert has been causing chaos with heavy rain and flooding.

A proposal to use Hay-on-Wye’s former cattle market site as a long stay pay and display car park could bring Powys County Council an extra £6,500 a year.

A man from Hereford who was jailed for producing cannabis has been ordered to pay back the proceeds of his crime or face more time in prison.

A North Herefordshire woman has finally been given permission to run a nail bar from a room in her house, a year and a half after an anonymous complaint.

Farmers “can easily get the shelves empty” if the government fails to listen to their concerns, a Herefordshire farmer has warned on national television.

A Herefordshire couple claim that three former barns that were converted into holiday lets have in fact been let out as homes since the Noughties.

More environmentally friendly farming can make good business sense in challenging times, farmers heard at a recent event organised by Herefordshire Rural Hub.

More details have emerged of a planned new 450-home estate south of Ledbury.

Police in Hereford have released a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to following a number of fraud incidents.

A Herefordshire pensioner says his rogue contractors have left his house in an unliveable state.

Neighbours have expressed anger at a Herefordshire hotel bar’s bid to sell alcohol and food and to provide live entertainment until 1am each night.

West Midlands Ambulance Service is undertaking new research aimed at designing a lateral flow test which can quickly tell whether someone is having a stroke.

A former West Mercia student officer has been formally dismissed following an accelerated gross misconduct hearing.

Concern is growing for 76-year-old Tony Brown who is missing.

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.