RUNNERS will have to wait until June 5 for parkrun events to return in Herefordshire.

The five-kilometre events which take place in Hereford and Ross-on-Wye have been cancelled since March last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

However, parkrun have now announced that events will return across England on Saturday, June 5.

Junior parkrun events across England will be able to return from Sunday, April 11.

A statement on the parkrun website said: "Following the publication of the Government’s roadmap for exiting lockdown, we are excited to share our plans to restart both junior and 5k parkrun events across England.

"It’s important to note that the roadmap presented on Monday applies to England only and whilst we are excited to begin working towards returning events over the coming months, we are not forgetting about our other UK communities in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

"We’ve tried to be open and transparent; to provide event teams, landowners and participants with as much of the detail and rationale as possible that sits behind the decisions we are now able to communicate.

"There will undoubtedly be questions that we haven’t answered here.

"But over the coming weeks and as we work towards reopening, we will be providing numerous opportunities for people to get in touch, to ask questions, and to guide our communities through the process of restarting parkrun events in England.

"As a registered charity, with legally-binding objects, we have an obligation to support the reopening of our events as soon as it is appropriate to do so.

"However, there are significant differences between our junior and 5k series."