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Hereford Opens Up It’s been a long time, but at last Hereford along with the rest of the country is opening the doors as shopping and shops can open up – the pleasure of shopping is allowed once again. Hereford has a remarkable range of independent specialist stores and we ask three of them for their thoughts and views on the city and future plans. With a combined total of 390 years of business life in the city, these three retailers are collaborating to promote the city and their own b...

John Alfred Hodgkins and Isaac Jimmy Janes entered guilty pleas when they appeared before magistrates in Hereford. The court heard the pair had dumped controlled waste including woodchip, plywood, plasterboard, doors, and other general waste stripped from the Poundstretcher store in Herefords Eign Gate in a layby on the B4203 at Bromyard Downs between October 10 and 19, 2019. 40-year-old Hodgkins and 48-year-old Janes also admitted tipping similar materials stripped from the same propert...

A HEREFORD business owner has slammed Herefordshire Council for a "filthy and disgusting" city centre which he says will kill trade when lockdown eases. Financial advisor Paul Davies, of Kingfurness and Associates, said a bag of overflowing rubbish had been outside his office in Eign Street for almost a month before Herefordshire Council removed it. He said that was only after emailing and calling Herefordshire Council to try and get it cleaned up, even though the council says it empties ...

"Theres a lot of problem with drug addicts down there [Eign Gate], but that bin has been there for maybe three or four weeks," he said. "Were supposed to tie another seagull sack up the next window down every Thursday, they clear the sack on Friday morning and we bring the sack back in. "But this is filthy and disgusting. "Somebody came to pick the bag up and walked off. All the spillage out of the bag was on the floor, never picked it up. "I had to send another email to complain abou...

Pedestrians are being asked to use different routes to cross the citys busy A49. The underpass in Victoria Street/Eign Gate has been hit by the recent deluges. A spokesperson for Highways England said: “We are working hard to reopen the underpass as soon as we can. "But in the meantime we would urge people not to try to get across the main A49 carriageway here but to find a safe point to cross. “Working with Hereford City Council, signs are being erected pointing to a safe diversi...