Herefordshire Council leadership has pledged to protect essential services despite facing a projected eleven point six million pound budget overspend in the current financial year.

Herefordshire bus operator Sargeants Brothers has confirmed it will join the government’s two-pound bus fare cap scheme, following recent criticism from county representatives over local participation in the national initiative.

The Grade Two Star listed Glibes Farmhouse and adjoining barns, situated near Michaelchurch Escley, date back to the early sixteen-hundreds.

Initial site preparations, including boundary fencing, ground investigations, and drainage and pavement surveys, are underway along the route.

A temporary Post Office counter has opened in Leominster following a four-week closure of the town’s main postal facilities.

Outline planning permission has been approved for a new 84-bedroom care home in Leominster, almost three years after initial proposals were submitted.

Herefordshire Council has begun essential maintenance on the town’s Market Hall and the adjacent Coach House, which houses the public facilities.

Chancellor John Healey insisted the UK economy was “turning a corner” as he promised to control government spending in next month’s Budget..

Jaguar Land Rover is expected to announce thousands of job cuts as part of a voluntary redundancy programme to help save £1.7 billion over the next two years..

Fire crews are spending a second day tackling a blaze at a tenement building in the north of Glasgow..