Environment Agency launches urgent probe after farmer bulldozed Herefordshire riverside beauty spot

A farmer who used a 16-ton bulldozer to destroy a riverside beauty spot has said he acted to protect local homes from flooding. John Price – a local potato and cattle farmer – dredged a section of the river Lugg near Leominster in Hertfordshire and reportedly stripped a mile-long stretch of the bank of trees … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Sussex and Herefordshire cases soar as Tiers decided

East Sussex, Herefordshire and Milton Keynes were the local authorities in England that suffered the biggest spikes in coronavirus cases during the most recent week, making them among the most likely to enter Tier Three rules when Boris Johnson announces England’s new local lockdowns on Thursday.  Public Health England statistics show infection rates — the … Read more

Coronavirus: Four workers ‘escape’ Herefordshire vegetable farm

Four vegetable pickers have escaped a farm in Herefordshire where 75 people working and living on the site in trailers tested positive for coronavirus. The A S Green And Co workers, three having had the killer bug, are believed to have run across fields near Rook Row Farm in Mathon. Following the mass outbreak over the … Read more

Four workers ‘escape’ from coronavirus-hit vegetable farm in Herefordshire

Four vegetable pickers have fled the farm where 75 people working and living on the site in trailers tested positive for coronavirus.  The workers, three of whom had tested positive for Covid-19, are believed to have run across fields near Rook Row Farm in order to escape after staff working for A S Green And Co … Read more

73 workers test positive for coronavirus at Herefordshire veg farm with 200 staff forced to isolate

73 workers test positive for coronavirus at Herefordshire veg farm that supplies Tesco, Aldi, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, Asda and M&S – with 200 staff forced to isolate in mobile homes on site 200 workers at A S Green And Co are being asked to self-isolate on the site in Mathon, near Malvern Mass testing was carried … Read more

Robert Jenrick faces fresh claims he broke lockdown rules as Herefordshire home is his holiday home

The row over the Cabinet minister accused of breaking lockdown rules escalated last night after neighbours rubbished claims that the mansion where he is staying is his main home.  Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick, a key player in the Government’s coronavirus response, claimed he had not flouted his own advice by travelling 150 miles to the … Read more