Drapers Lane Delicatessen wins award at fine food fair

Drapers’ Lane Delicatessen in Leominster was presented with the prestigious award on September 11 at the Specialty and Fine Food Fair in London. Peter Morgan, who runs the deli with his wife Samantha, said: “We’re delighted, we’re blow

Secret Food Tours Camden Market: Food stalls & where to eat

Sprawling across Buck Street, canal-side Hawley Wharf and the historic Lock and Stables, Camden Market spreads across 16 acres. A Secret Food Tour will take you past the market’s iconic sights and buildings, sampling many of the market’s indep

Professor John Whitelegg to rally support for 20mph in Herefordshire

John Whitelegg, visiting professor of sustainable transport at Liverpool John Moores University who stood unsuccessfully for the Greens in Arrow ward in May, is organising a public meeting in Hereford next week in a bid to build support for the id

Explore Southbank Centre at Marina Abramović’s takeover

With a Venice Biennale Gold Lion award under her belt and exhibitions at the Tate, the Serpentine, the Royal Academy, and in the Guggenheim and Museum of Modern Art in New York, Marina Abramović is one of the world’s top conceptual performance

Herefordshire grandmother died after operation went wrong

Julie Connell suffered a damaged bowel during surgery to remove a cancerous kidney at Hereford County Hospital in 2013, according to medical negligence lawyers Irwin Mitchell, who she instructed before her death to investigate her care under Wye V

When you can see Comet Nishimura in London this week

Comet Nishimura was discovered in August by Japanese astrophotographer Hideo Nishimura - who it was also named after. The astrophotographer recorded Comet C/2023 PI when he was taking long-exposure photographs of the sky with a digital camer

Jesse Norman MP backs Herefordshire rail stations reopening

Local transport campaign group Here for Hereford tweeted that, following the unexpectedly high number of passengers using the recently opened Worcestershire Parkway station, “this could be the case on many more rail stations and would certainl

Farm in Powys near Herefordshire set to start growing tea

The suitability of Welsh hill farms for growing productive crops of tea is being investigated in a detailed study underway in Powys. Mandy Lloyd spotted an opportunity to use land on Cleobury Farm at Heyope, Knighton, to grow this high value c

Appeal to keep these 'pergolas' in heart of Hereford: result

The Coffee Cart Company applied in May 2021 for part-retrospective permission for its kiosk and three pergolas to protect its adjoining seating area on the pedestrianised High Town between October and March. It said at the time that it had be

Wayne Scarratt of Malvern jailed for life for raping child

Wayne Scarratt, 29, of Malvern, Worcestershire, has been sentenced to life with a minimum term of 19 years. Scarratt, who had only been released from prison two weeks before the attack, initially denied he had ever met the victim. He later

50p: Hereford seller lists King Charles coin for £400

Despite the new coin coming into circulation earlier this month, Facebook Marketplace and Ebay have been filled with sellers trying to get in on the fad quickly. Searching Ebay, a seller in Hereford is shifting 50p coins for £400. Perhaps

BMW crashes through hedge in Hereford's Edgar Street

Police and a paramedic officer from West Midlands Ambulance Service were called to Hereford's Old Market shopping centre, off Edgar Street, at 9.49pm last night (September 5), a West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesperson said. The emergency

Masefield Avenue, Stanmore stabbing: Woman held dying victim

Police cordoned off Masefield Avenue and Chenduit Way in Stanmore, following a fatal stabbing on Monday (September 4). Emergency services were first spotted at Masefield Avenue shortly after 4.50pm and a man, whose age has not been disclosed a

Health warning as Ross-on-Wye is hottest in West Midlands

The top temperature in Ross-on-Wye yesterday was 29.7C. The health security agency, which provides alerts specifically for the health and social care sector, has issued a heat alert as a warning for vulnerable people. This is in effect until S

One stabbed and five injured in horror weekend across London

This only includes incidents that Newsquest London is aware of and has reported on. The weekend of September 1 saw a string of incidents in Belvedere, Croydon, Kingston and Tottenham.  Information about each incident is from the Metropoli