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79-year-old UK grandmother refuses to sell part of her garden for $60m road project to protect a 500-year-old oak tree and local wildlife

A 79-year-old grandmother in Herefordshire, UK, is refusing to sell part of her garden for a major road project that could bring a 60mph route close to her home. Jean Harris, a retired school secretary and piano teacher, has point-blank refused to negotiate over the land needed for the proposed…

The Times of India

Ex-Top Gear Host Richard Hammond Caught Speeding Twice in 20 Days While Driving Porsche and Bentley Luxury Cars

Richard Hammond, ex-Top Gear presenter, fined and given penalty points for speeding in Herefordshire. The incidents add to his history of high-speed encounters with the law.

International Business Times UK

Richard Hammond snapped speeding twice in just three weeks

Police spent weeks sending letters to Hammond’s multimillion-pound portfolio of homes in a bid to track him down

The Independent UK

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Top Gear’s Richard Hammond fined for speeding in Bentley and Porsche

Former co-presenter of BBC motoring show given penalty after being caught twice in three weeks

The Guardian - UK

Richard Hammond convicted of speeding in Bentley and Porsche

The presenter was driving a Porsche when he broke the speed limit on December 2 last year, and was caught again 20 days later while driving a Bentley.

Evening Standard

Temperatures exceed 30C for 13th day running but conditions set to cool

31.0C was recorded at Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire on Friday.

Evening Standard

UK-grown strawberries hit supermarket shelves early thanks to warm weather

Punnets will begin to arrive on Tesco shelves from Friday

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Glorious weather sees UK-grown strawberries arrive in supermarkets

Punnets will begin to arrive on Tesco shelves in Surrey, Kent, Herefordshire and some London stores from Friday.

Evening Standard

Sheep farmer ‘over the moon’ after William donates £5,000 to fundraiser

The Prince of Wales met Sam Stables in January on a visit to Herefordshire.

Evening Standard

Is Herefordshire experiencing a Hamnet boom? The quiet corner of England that’s been cast into the spotlight

How the award-winning motion picture could help Herefordshire rival the Cotswolds when it comes to rural escapes

The Independent UK

Prince of Wales branches out into tree-pruning on visit to family farm

William braved the rain as he met farmers John and Laura Bowler to highlight the importance of mental health support in the farming community.

Evening Standard

Where is Hamnet filmed? The real-life locations behind the Shakespeare story

Explore the real-life UK locations (including some that may surprise you) from Hamnet

The Independent UK

Shakespeare fans can book stay in Herefordshire farmhouse featured in Hamnet this spring

Stays at the Grade II-listed Jacobean farmhouse start from £1,547

The Independent UK

Why Herefordshire was the perfect stand-in for Shakespeare’s Stratford in the new film of Hamnet

Crooked buildings, welcoming inns, ancient woodlands … it’s easy to see why the location scouts chose this idyllic corner of England

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‘I step outside into a cacophony of nature’: an off-grid escape in the west of England

Among the fields and forests of Herefordshire, a solar-powered stone cottage proves the perfect base for fishing, birding, hiking – and simply being

The Guardian - UK

From farms to fork: a food-lover’s cycle tour of Herefordshire

Orchards, dairies, vineyards and farm shops are among the delicious pit stops on a new series of ebike tours around the county

Evening Standard

Welsh Water hires former Sydney Water executive as new boss

Dwr Cymru Welsh Water, which supplies water to most of Wales, Deeside and Herefordshire, appointed Roch Cheroux as its new chief executive.

Evening Standard

UK has hottest day of the year and could reach 30C at earliest point on record

The Met Office said the highest temperature recorded on Tuesday was 24.9C in Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire.

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The Guardian - UK

Chicken manure can be classified as industrial waste, judge rules

US-style mega-farms in Herefordshire face tough new regulations after high court ruling

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: Rituals and redwings in a hedgerow communion

Bredwardine, Golden Valley, Herefordshire: Sixty people have turned out for this annual event to celebrate St Brigid’s day and the first day of Gaelic spring. It’s one of our most popular services of the year

Evening Standard

Prince of Wales praises regenerative farm’s ‘fantastic’ composting efforts

William got his hands dirty, toured a new grain store and was shown solar panels on a visit to a Duchy of Cornwall farm in Herefordshire.

Evening Standard

Gardeners’ World presenter Monty Don reveals he and wife were ‘flooded in’

The TV presenter said he has lived in Herefordshire for 34 years and noticed that flooding in the area has ‘definitely got worse’.

Evening Standard

US citizen jailed over ‘boy racer’ crash which left nurse unable to walk

Isac Calderon, 23, fled the UK after the head-on smash in Herefordshire and was extradited from Texas last month.

The Guardian - UK

River Wye needs ‘protection zone’, say Greens and Fearnley-Whittingstall

North Herefordshire candidate and chef also call for water industry overhaul and more support for farmers

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: These summer migrants are remarkable – and humbling

Moccas, Herefordshire: Pied flycatchers fly more than 13,000km from west Africa, up through Spain and on to Britain, and as far as Russia every summer

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