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COUNTRYWIDE, the Worcestershire-based firm supplying products to the rural community, has gone into administration. The firm has stores in Herefordshire including Hereford, Bromyard and Ledbury. The company is one of the UK's leading suppliers of agricultural goods including a range of farming, equestrian, harvesting and agricultural supplies, and employs more than 700 people and has 48 stores. Administrators have been appointed from KPMG, which say no "initial redundancies" have been made. On the company's website it says:

Planning refused.

Councillor Jonathan Lester has been elected the new Leader of Herefordshire Council at Full Council today (Friday 9 March 2018). Councillor Lester has served with the council since 2011. He is Ward Member for Three Crosses and has been a Cabinet Member for Young People and Children’s Wellbeing since 2015. More recently, Councillor Lester was Deputy Leader of the Council. Councillor Jonathan Lester, Leader of Herefordshire Council The new Leader of Herefordshire Council, Councillor Jonathan Lester, said: Councillor Tony Johnson is retiring following five years as Leader of Herefordshire Council, and wishes the new Leader well:

Plans for Delicatessen and Cafe for Heggies A planning application has been submitted by Mr Heggie for the proposed change of use of shop (A1) to Delicatessen and cafe (A3). With internal and external works. (Plans are for the property opposite the current shop, previously the Solo army surplus store) The cafe would have a limited seating area of 22m2. Application P180732/PAA

28 Commercial Street Hereford Herefordshire HR1 2DE, Proposed hair salon (A1 use) that will occupy 30% of the building withan education and training centre (D3 use) for students of hairdressingto take up the remainder of the premises., Determination Made Planning approved here

Police have had reports of people trying to open van doors in the Belmont area overnight. Please make sure your vehicles are secured and valubles removed.

New Look stores identified for potential closure: Aberdeen - Bon Accord Beckton Bolton Mens Borehamwood Brynmawr Burton Mens Cameron Toll Cardiff - Queen Arcade Cheshunt Clevedon Craigleith Doncaster Mens Dundee – Wellgate Exeter Mens; Fleet Gateshead - Team Valley Glasgow - Buchanan Street Mens Gorleston; Hanley Mens - Intu Potteries Hounslow Mens Hull – Whitefriargate Keynsham - Kingswood; Leeds - The Core Shopping Centre Leicester – Haymarket London - Marble Arch London - Moorgate/ London Wall London - Oxford Circus Maidenhead; Maidstone Mens Merry Hill Mens Metro Centre – Mens Monmouth; Newport Mens Newton Mearns North Shields Nottingham Mens Ocean Terminal Peterbrough Bridge Street Pontypool; Portswood Ramsgate; Reading - Broad Street Reading Oracle Mens Rhyl; Romford Mens Rugby Shrewsbury Mens Sidmouth; Stockport – Merseyway Stockton-on-Tees Stratford Upon Avon -Bridge Street Thornaby; Tonypandy Torquay - Union Street Tredegar; Troon Wallsend Weston Favell Wigan Mens

Blue Badge application fee and renewal costs waived for eligible members of the Armed Forces community Herefordshire Council has today approved the decision to waive the Blue Badge application fee and renewal costs for eligible members of the Armed Forces community. A motion was put forward to Full Council by Councillor Mark McEvilly, a champion for the Armed Forces community and member of the Civilian Military Task group. The motion called for the Blue Badge scheme to offer greater support to Armed Forces veterans in receipt of disability pensions and was passed by Full Council on 26 January 2018. This decision reflects the council’s commitment to the Herefordshire Armed Forces Community Covenant which recognises the contribution personnel, veterans and their families have made to Herefordshire and the wider country. Armed forces veterans who receive a war pensioners’ mobility supplement or receive a benefit under the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces scheme are automatically eligible for a Blue Badge from 1 April 2018. Councillor Nigel Shaw, Herefordshire Council’s Cabinet Member for Finance, Housing and Corporate Services said: Waived application and renewal fees for eligible Armed Forces veterans will take effect from 1 April 2018.

WIN a fantastic Hot Tub for the whole weekend! We have teamed up with our very good friends over at 'Hereford Hot Tub Hire' to offer this fantastic PRIZE for the WINNER of our latest competition: The winning package would be a 'full three day weekend hire' available for the weekend of either 16th March or 21st March. Delivered Thursday, collected Monday. Gazebo, Tub Lights and Gazebo Lights. Delivery, set up and collection included. Prize value £175 To enter simply across to Facebook: 1. LIKE Hereford Voice and Hereford Hot Tub Hire Facebook pages AND this topic. ✴️ 2. TAG somebody who would love to WIN this prize. ✴️ 3. SHARE this post on your timeline. ✴️ A winner will be selected at random from all valid entries on Monday 12th. Good luck!

The bridge has now been reopened.

Police, Ambulance and Fire services are dealing with an incident on Greyfriars Bridge/New Bridge, Hereford. Please avoid the area.

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Still a bit more to come

West Mercia Police Statement: A body has been found in Hereford this evening (Sunday 4 March). Formal identification is yet to take place but the body is believed to be that of 39-year-old Ashley George from Hereford, who was reported missing on Thursday 1 March. His next of kin has been informed. The death is not being treated as suspicious at this time. We would like to thank the media and the public for their help in sharing an earlier appeal.