When trouble comes, there are always some who turn towards it. So it was last week amid the horrendous weather.

Herefordians were, I know, transfixed like the rest of the country last year by Sir David Attenborough’s astonishing second series on The Blue Planet.

Jesse Norman paid a visit to Ashfield Park Primary School on Friday, February 2nd, to give a short, interactive talk on democracy.

The airwaves and social media were humming last week after Question Time at the Courtyard

Happy New Year! And a very prosperous and peaceful 2018 to all Hereford Times readers.

A very Merry Christmas to all Gazette readers!

One of the innumerable joys of Herefordshire lies in all the amazing community organisations and groups that knit the county together.

For the fifth year running, last Saturday was Small Business Saturday: a great opportunity to highlight the quality of our small local businesses, and encourage everyone to get behind them.

After the weighty constitutional issues tackled in my last column, it is a delight to return this week to local issues, and sing the praises of local citizens.