Herefordshire Council said work is underway for "new and improved" toilets at Maylord Orchards shopping centre. The toilets closed in July 2019 as the company managing the centre at the time was under "financial pressure", but the local authority has recently taken the site back over for around £4.5million. The decision left the city centre with limited public toilets, with the closest in Old Market Shopping Centre. It secured control of the centre in June 2020 with a view to redeveloping the site to support the regeneration of the city centre. The £100,000 investment will also see improvements to enable a number of vacant units to be utilised by pop up retailers, bringing benefits for existing and potential businesses as well as the public.