AN EMERGENCY road closure is in force this afternoon after a sinkhole opened up in a Hereford street.

Herefordshire Council and Balfour Beatty Living Places said Foley Street, which runs between Ledbury Road and the Foley Trading Estate in Hereford, is closed due to the sinkhole. 

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The road will be closed for eight days from today (March 17) for sinkhole remedial works, the council said.

The trading estate remains accessible via Eign Mill Road.