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Nominations for the 2027 Herefordshire Apprenticeship Awards close at noon on 27 November. Three categories are new, and winners are named on 9 February.
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Christmas
Ledbury Christmas Lights 2026: Sunday 22 November
Ledbury's 2026 Christmas lights switch-on is set for Sunday 22 November on the High Street. The programme is not out yet; last year's ran noon to 5.30pm.
Food and drink
Christmas Dinner in Hereford 2026: Pubs and Hotels With Prices
Seven pubs and hotels serving Christmas Day lunch around Hereford, from £54.99 to £150 a head, with children's rates and deposits. Checked November 2026.
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Ross-on-Wye Special School: 95% Back Ryefield Plan
103 of 108 people backed a 40-place special school at the Ryefield Centre, Ross-on-Wye. The council will now look for an academy trust to run it.
Play areas
Herefordshire Play Areas: 15 Handed Over, 7 in Ledbury
15 council play areas in Ledbury, Ross-on-Wye, Leominster, Leintwardine and Wigmore pass to local councils with new money. Objections close 2 November.
May Fair
Hereford May Fair Stays in the City Centre After 71% Vote
Hereford and Leominster May Fairs stay on their streets from 2028 after 1,366 people replied. Next year's fairs run 29 April to 1 May and 4 to 6 May 2027.
New Year's Eve
Hereford New Year's Eve 2026: Green Dragon Party From £50
Hereford New Year's Eve 2026: the Green Dragon party is £50, or £125 with dinner, and the Courtyard's 18+ panto starts at 6pm. No public fireworks listed yet.
Ross-on-Wye
Ross-on-Wye Roadworks: Road Closures and Traffic Orders Near Ross-on-Wye
Ross-on-Wye roadworks: B4260 WYE STREET (now, until 30 Nov) and every other traffic order within 3 km, checked each morning with the council's notice linked.
Ross-on-Wye
Ross-on-Wye Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
Ross-on-Wye weather today: light rain, 10°C by day and 3°C overnight, with a 76% chance of rain and winds up to 6 mph.
Local Info
Hereford Petrol Prices: Cheapest Unleaded and Diesel Today
Cheapest petrol in Hereford today: unleaded from 134.8p and diesel from 143.8p a litre, across 5 forecourts within 8 miles. Updated every morning from the...
Weather
Hereford Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
Hereford weather today: light rain, 10°C by day and 5°C overnight, with a 84% chance of rain and winds up to 5 mph. Seven-day forecast, updated every morning.
Council tax
Herefordshire Council Tax Help Could Fall From 100% to 50%
Working-age claimants who pay nothing now could pay half their bill from April 2027, £13.25 a week in Band A. Over 6,500 affected; comment by 4 November.
Crime and police
A49 Dinmore Crash: Paul Elliott and Finley Munro Named
Paul Elliott, 46, and his stepson Finley Munro, 21, died in the A49 Dinmore crash on 13 October. Police still want witnesses and dashcam footage.
Herefordshire is one council, one county and very little else in between. Hereford is the only city and holds about a third of the population. Leominster, Ross-on-Wye, Ledbury, Bromyard and Kington are the market towns, and the rest is farmland, orchards and villages spread thinly right up to the Welsh border.
Hereford Today reports what the record shows across all of it. Herefordshire Council has been a unitary authority since 1998, so planning, bins, roads, licensing, council tax, schools and social care all sit with the same body, and there is nobody else to pass the question to. It publishes the evidence for its decisions where almost nobody reads it. We read it and write down what it says, with a link to the document every time.
Every fact links to the document it came from.