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A MAN three times the legal drink-drive limit was involved in a three-car crash in Hereford, a court has heard.

A BUILDER has been banned from the roads after he was caught drug-driving in Hereford.

David Paul Williams admitted assaulting a woman by beating when he appeared before magistrates. The victim had been driving on a country lane near Llangrove when she came up against Williams travelling in the opposite direction on January 1, prosecutor Elizabeth Blacklock said. She pulled over onto the verge to let Williams by, but as she drove away after he passed, she heard shouting and screaming from behind. The victim reversed and got out of her car to speak to Williams, who accused...

KEYT SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – The City of San Luis Obispo plans to be carbon neutral by 2030. On Tuesday, the City Council adopted a plan for city operations to meet the goal. The plan sets out to establish a path to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across city operations. “We want to serve as a model for the community and demonstrate local leadership and action to address the climate crisis,” says San Luis Obispo City Manager Derek Johnson. “Climate leadership takes shape in many fo...

Yarra’s Tim Toohey.  Eamon Gallagher The Bank of Canada began tapering in April but Australia is only likely to begin easing its monetary policy this week, despite the two countries sharing similar economic profiles and Australia’s recovery tracking well ahead of Canada’s. “The Bank of Canada has laid out a roadmap on the timing of its first hike for the second half of 2022, essentially two years ahead of the RBA’s current guidance,” said Tim Toohey, Yarra Capital Management’s he...

A FULL-TIME carer crashed his car into a ditch in Herefordshire after "over doing it" at the pub, a court has heard. Police were called to Tyberton, near Peterchurch, as there was a Mitsubishi L200 pickup crashed in a ditch, Hereford magistrates court was told by prosecutor Shafquat Reaz. Officers ran checks on the vehicle and found it belonged to Darren Palmer, 41, and when they visited his house he admitted to drink-driving and crashing his car. After being arrested and taken to Heref...

Share Easter holidays, not the end of JobKeeper, turned out to be a bigger drag on employment last month. The end of the $90 billion wage subsidy and the final one million workers rolling off the scheme passed with barely a blip. The labour force survey overlapped with the Easter school holidays period.  Attila Csaszar Indeed, more than 132,000 people have exited welfare since JobKeeper finished in late March, defying doomsday warnings and calls for another extension. The reason for this parad...

Chris Read, for Morgan, said the 18-year-old had been to see a friend that day and was travelling to see another friend in the early hours of the morning when police decided to stop him. "Police noted a smell of alcohol on his breath during the discussion on the Locks Garage forecourt," he said. "He had drunk alcohol at his friends home and it is difficult sometimes to keep track of exactly how much has been consumed and unfortunately he miscalculated. He had tried to moderate his intake,...

Anthony Paul Halladay admitted drink-driving when he appeared before magistrates in Hereford. Police were called to reports of a crash in Herefords Victoria Street at 12.25pm on March 29, prosecutor Ralph Robyns Landricombe said. The offending car, a Land Rover Freelander, had been driven from the scene before coming to a stop in Blueschool Street. Police spoke to driver Halladay, who they noted was unsteady on his feet and had glazed eyes, and he was arrested after failing a roadside b...

A TRAIN passenger was caught with an eight-inch kitchen knife in his pocket on a visit to his online friend in Hereford, a court has heard.