Election of Councillors for the Kings Acre Ward

DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL

Date of Election : Thursday, 26th October 2017

I, Colette Maund, being the Deputy Returning Officer at the above election, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that the number of votes recorded for each candidate at the said election is as follows:

Name of Candidates                Description                                      Votes Recorded (E = Elected)
Anderson, Stuart Paul                Conservative and Unionist Party        302 (E)
Bushkes, Matthew                      It's Our County (Herefordshire)          156
Fenton, Clare Jane                    Independent                                       162
Hurds, Lucy                               Liberal Democrats                                90
Lewer, David Philip Sharland    The Labour Party Candidate                75

The Number of Ballot Papers Rejected was as follows:

(a) Want of Official Mark 0
(b) Voting for more candidates than the voter was entitled to 0
© Writing or mark by which the voter could be identified 0
(d) Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty 1
(e) Rejected in part 0

Total spoilt votes: 1

AND I HEREBY DECLARE that Stuart Paul Anderson has been duly elected.

Turnout: 28.74%

They have now demolished the BP garage in Edgar Street. Here are a few pictures I took over the weekend.

New Tourist Information centre opened by our Mayor Sharon Michael in the Butter Market today.

Recently I have noticed that most mornings there are two or more people sleeping rough in the doorway of the Freedom Church on Commercial Road.

Prince William Visits Hereford Cathedral today, hence the large police presence in the city.

THE Duke of Cambridge met SAS soldiers and veterans at a ceremony to dedicate a £1 million memorial to their regiment inside Hereford Cathedral today.

Well I have some good news :) 

I have managed to secure funding to buy some decent Hammerite paint for the fence and aerating pumps for the pond.

I will have a chat with the other guys involved and we will agree another day here to finish off what we started.

After many many years being empty the Chadds store in Commercial Road has been sold.

A few months ago we were walking past the duck pond and noticed how dirty and full of algae it had become and I commented at the time on how it had deteriorated over the years. A few days later I was invited to join a new Facebook group that had only recently been set up by local chap Keith Marston called 'The Duck Pond Hereford clean up' and I thought what a great idea, he asked me if I would help him move this idea forward using Hereford Voice as the platform. I joined the group immediately and said that Hereford Voice would help out and publicise this idea as much as possible. I have also contacted Cllr Jim Kenyon and he is also going to do what he can to raise awareness. 

I took this photograph today, the pond is absolutely covered in green algae, a lot of this is because people are feeding these ducks with bread, most of us think this is kind but in reality, bread can makes ducks ill and certainly does not contain the right calories and nutrition to keep ducks warm during the winter months. Rotting bread pollutes the water and encourages bad surface algae which kill the fish and causes diseases in ducks as well making the water smell. 

I also thought long term could we have a food vending machine like the one in the photo below installed and the proceeds from any profits made to go towards the maintenance of the duck pond...

The Hereford Labyrinth has been given the go ahead to be installed on the Bishop's Meadows.

Hereford Times article:

Breaking News:

We are hearing some disturbing reports that Gelpack Hereford told all of their staff to go home at 2pm today and to return for a meeting on Tuesday.

Further updates to follow.

Remember where you heard it first...

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The Council will seek approval for extra money to complete Blueschool House, they are only a £1million pound short! Yes a £1million pound, so where will they find this extra money? Because apparently we do not have any due to cut backs, not even enough money to kill the cities weeds. Cllr Chris Chappell advises us all to stop moaning and remove them ourselves!

See Aylestone Voice original topic here

According to the Council website Herefordshire Council will achieve a saving of over £1million over the next ten years by investing in Blueschool House, receiving rental income from DWP and saving on property costs for Franklin House. They will spend this now on the overspend, great savings eh!

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Quote from the Hereford Times - COUNCILLORS will be asked to approve an overspend of almost £1m on refurbishing a council building.

 

At today's meeting, Herefordshire Council's cabinet will be asked to approve an increase in capital expenditure to complete the building work at Blueschool House in Blueschool Street, Hereford.

 

The work is ongoing to complete the joint customer services hub, which will include the council's central customer services team, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), Jobcentre Plus and housing services.

 

When councillors first approved the project they were told it would cost £950,000, with £250,000 being provided by the council, but the project estimate is now at £1.92m, an extra £970,000.

 

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has contributed £400,000 to the project, while The Homes and Communities Agency has contributed £300,000.

 

Today, cabinet is being asked to approve £50,000 to be allocated from the ICT revenue reserve to provide sufficient ICT equipment at Blueschool House; £200,000 to be allocated from the earmarked economy, communities and corporate revenue reserve to support the increased costs; and having regard to the continued revenue benefits identified in the revised business case, a further £720,000 to be approved to deliver a joint customer services hub at Blueschool House, bringing the total estimated cost to £1.92m

It was published on the Council website at the end of July that Blueschool House will open on schedule in September 

6 dead so far and 30 injured. 3 terrorists shot dead by police.

Another attack! Do not let them tell you we stand united. Do not let them tell you we carry on as normal. Sorry but this is getting stupid, time to arm all our police, I cannot find an argument for not doing this to protect not only themselves but the British public.

How long will it be before the general public start arming themselves?

Full details here