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POLICE are investigating a serious incident in Hereford and are carrying out door-to-door enquiries.

There has been a police presence in the Green Street area of Hereford, off Ledbury Road, for four days, local residents have said.

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West Mercia Police officers were first called to the area on Sunday, and the major investigation unit is now probing what it calls a "serious incident".

It happened between midnight and 5am on Sunday (July 17) in Green Street, and the Hereford Times has been told that police are now carrying out door-to-door enquiries to find out anything occupants of nearby houses might know.

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Police want to hear about anything "unusual or of note", a letter to local residents, and seen by the Hereford Times, said.

West Mercia Police has not yet commented more widely about the incident.