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Farmer efforts to reduce phosphate losses into the river Wye in Herefordshire have received a significant boost from the poultry sector, after a major

POLICE say young people have been using a lifering as a swing as they meet at the river Wye in Hereford, criticising them for misusing the potentially lifesaving device. West Mercia Police said it had attended multiple reports of young people jumping and swimming in rivers across the county in Saturday. Officers said they appreciated the desire to cool off as temperatures hit 30C, but urged people to act sensibly. Police gad attended reports of such activity at Canary Bridge, over the river Wye in Hereford, and found the lifering tied to the bridge being used as a swing. "Those ...

POLLUTION levels in the river Wye could bring about a temporary ban on housebuilding near Ross-on-Wye, according to council leaders.  The stretch of the river from Walford Brook, near Ross-on-Wye, to Bigsweir Bridge in Gloucestershire is failing to meet environmental standards due to the level of phosphates in the water according to Natural Resources Wales (NRW) research.  The high levels of phosphates in local rivers are believed to be due to run-off from farming and sewage treatment works.  The situation in the River Lugg, which is a tributary of the Wye, is so bad Hereford...

River conditions and restrictions and safety information for boaters on the Rivers Wye and Lugg.

HERE are the death notices published in the Hereford Times on Thursday, March 27.