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Glastonbury goers like to occupy the moral high ground but don't practice what they preach...

Our Mayor Jim Kenyon and Cllr's Laura Hall and Kath Hey and the rest of the team have travelled to Poland this week representing Hereford wit the view to to exploring the possibly of twinning Jaworzno in Poland with Hereford. 

We have a thriving Polish community in Hereford and personally I think this is a great idea and we should embrace it.

Good luck with the trip guys and I apologise that I was unable to join you this time.

Jim wrote:

Just embarking with a team on a "self funded" trip to jaworzno in Poland which I hope will be the first of many we are looking at the potential of Hereford twinning with that city we have a fantastic polish community in our city time to build stronger links culturally and socially I'll keep you guys posted over the next few days!

I will have a full update from Jim when they return.

I think someone might be in a wee bit or trouble with Tesco's   

Belmont community action day loads of progress at Glastonbury Close Well done to Tracy Bowes, Derek Preedy, Neil Hooper, Mandy Preedy and a local chap called Mark.

I was not aware until I saw the post on Facebook otherwise I would of most definitely been helping out.

A great job clearing many years of rubbish and overgrown bushes and grass.

Thank you to all the team who worked so very hard today.

I have heard from several reliable sources that the GP walk-in centre at Asda is to be closed.

Please SIGN the petition here

Cllr Glenda Powell managed to get over 700 signatures on a petition to prevent it being moved to the A&E department at the hospital back in 2010. (See this topic)

Fair play to the Polish Prime Minister, she is absolutely 100% SPOT ON in everything she said. We should take the same stance here in the UK however, it is probably to late for us now, thanks to Angela Merkel and the rest of the European Looney Left. 

http://www.youtu.be/QPZiAQ9bKbk

Scene: A bedroom in 10 Downing Street. A bespectacled man in a dressing down stands beside a four-poster bed.

Man: More tea, Prime Minister?

Woman occupant of bed: Thank you, Philip. So much nicer with a pinch of Earl Grey, don't you think?

Man: Indubitably, Prime Minister. There is a visitor outside to see you.

Woman: Who is it?

Man: Sir Tufton Bufton, Chairman of the 1922 Committee.

Woman: Ask him to come in, will you Philip?

Man: Certainly, Prime Minister.

An elderly gentleman in a pin-striped suit enters the bedroom.

Gent: Good morning, Prime Minister. Thank you for the knighthood.

Woman: It was richly deserved, Tufton.

Gent: How may I be of service, Prime Minister?

Woman (reaches for gilt-edged card on the bedside table): I should value your Committee's views on my new Cabinet. I intend to make several changes. Cut out some of the dead wood. Strong and stable must remain our watchwords.

Gent: Quite so, Prime Minister. Will you be appointing a new Chancellor?

Woman: I certainly will! I'm sending Hammond to the Lords, as he seems to spend most of his time asleep in the Chamber.

Gent: Who will be replacing him?

Woman: Stephen Fry.

Gent (spluttering): But he's an Iron Hoof!

Woman: He's in a same-sex marriage, if you don't mind, Tufton. It's all perfectly legal these days. Anyway, I want to annoy that fat lump Arlene Foster.

Gent: Very well, Prime Minister; I'll put it to my Committee. And Home Secretary?

Woman (closing her eyes wistfully): Ah yes.  An Office of State I know well. Dealing with intransigent Chief Constables and our archaic judiciary is a huge challenge, which calls for someone with a commanding presence. So my new Home Secretary will be Dame Shirley Bassey.

Gent: An unusual choice, if I may say so, Prime Minister. And the Foreign Office. Will Boris be staying?

Woman (opening her eyes menacingly): No he will NOT! I'm fed up with that bovine clown's gaffes. I'm moving him to Northern Ireland.

Gent: A form of political punishment beating which I seem to recall our last woman Prime Minister favoured!

Woman: Exactly. His place is to be taken by a true diplomatic and a distinguished man of letters.

Gent: A senior figure from the diplomatic service, no doubt.

Woman: Sir Ken Dodd. What a great ambassador he'll make for this country. Meeting world leaders like Putin and Erdogan - and of course that nice Mr Trump.

Gent: And Brexit, Prime Minister. What would you like me to tell the Committee about your new Brexit strategy? Will it now be a Soft Brexit? Or a Collegiate Brexit? Or perhaps a Swiss Muesli Brexit?

Woman (sharply): None of the above. I shall be appointing two negotiators to replace those idle tossers Davis and Fox. Our strategy henceforth - created by Sir Lynton Crosby - will be a Rough, Tough, You-looking-at-me-chum Brexit.

Gent: A high risk strategy, is it not Prime Minister?

Woman: Not where my new negotiating team are concerned. Both are financial titans sans pareil. Believe me, they take no prisoners!

Gent: May I ask who they will be, Prime Minister?

Woman: Fred Goodwin...

Gent: Fred-The-Shred?

Woman: The very same. Soon to be ennobled as Lord Lucre of Leith. And my dear friend Sir Philip Green. Any man who owns three ocean-going yachts is a global entrepreneur, in my view.

Bespectacled Man (re-entering the room as the sound of an ambulance siren can be heard from the street below): It's time for your visit to the clinic, Prime Minister.

Bloor Homes have submitted planning application for 82 new homes along Roman Road Hereford.

(Land to the North of the Roman Road and West of the A49 Holmer West Hereford)

Planning Application P171073/RM

ProposedPlans 57.pdf

How pathetic that you cannot buy hot food in Hereford after 1.30am!



This stupid idea of Hereford Council I assume is designed to prevent a build up of people coming out of nightclubs...well guess what? It does not work! Because now people que at the sandwich bar in Commercial Road or in the 24 hour garage.
So why can we not buy hot food? It's no wonder many people think the nightlife and everything else is so poor and choose to avoid Hereford altogether! This Council needs to have a rethink and get into the 21st Century!
Hereford is becoming like a ghost town both during the day and night!

I have written to the Hereford Times expressing my opinion and quite a lot of other locals too

I cannot help but notice that more and more commercial properties are having a change of use to become residential. Personally, I would prefer to see an empty property being used however, for me, it is about finding that balance between satisfying the need for homes or allowing the constant shrinking of Hereford's commercial properties.

One of my concerns is, if the council allow the change of use from commercial to residential to often, how long will it be before residents start to complain about the 'business's next door', being to noisy or about smells, lights, people, traffic etc...

I think that this conversion in Eign Road looks terrible. 

Unbelievable! No more freedom of speech

Adam West, the actor who played the iconic 1960s Batman, has died at 88.

RIP - http://news.sky.com/s…/adam-west-iconic-batman-dies-10911046

Scene: A bedroom in 10 Downing Street. A bespectacled man in a dressing gown stands beside a four-poster bed.

Man: More tea Prime Minister?"

Woman occupant of bed: Thank you Philip. Next time, will you be sure to use the Sevres porcelain?

Man: Of course, Prime Minister.

Woman: Kindly ask Miss Hill and Mr Timothy to come in will you?

Man: Certainly, Prime Minister.

Two civil servants enter and stand at the foot of the bed.

Woman: I've decided to call a General Election.

Nick Timothy: Another one, Prime Minister?

Woman: Certainly. The country needs strong and stable leadership.

Fiona Hill: But with great respect, Prime Minister, we've only just recovered from the last one...

NT: ...which cost over £13-million!

Woman: A mere trifle compared to what we'll save when the Winter Fuel Allowance is scrapped.

FH: Scrapped? I thought we were going to Means Test it.

Woman: Too complicated and long-winded. We're scrapping it altogether as from next winter.

NT: Will you be going to the Palace to advise Her Majesty?

Woman: Must I?

NT: Protocol.

Woman: Protocol, schmotocol. Send 'em an e-mail. Right, Fiona - as to my outfits for the campaign, get onto Fluidity at Henley. Tell them I want shades of green this time. Mainly silk and satin. I'm going to punish Caroline Lucas for getting back in in Brighton! And tell Linda Bennett to send over a selection of purple handbags.

FH: Yes, Prime Minister.

Woman: Nick - I want you to arrange for my podium to be permanently installed in front of Number 10. I shall be using it a lot during the campaign. In fact, I shall probably give a daily Press briefing. Like nice Mr Trump.

NT: Very good, Prime Minister. Will that be all?

Woman: No. I also intend to call another General Election.

FH&NT: You told us that when we came in.

Woman: Did I? Sorry.

The PM has announced her intention to call a General election on 8th June
saying it is the only way to guarantee certainty & security for the Country during our
exit from EU

This is being circulated by SSAFA HEREFORDSHIRE and other Vet Groups.

HELP WANTED! PLEASE SHARE.

We have had a request from the Welfare Officer at the Barracks asking us to attend the funeral of a John Ellis DFC who has no family to attend. He only has a sister who is in her 90s and is not well enough to attend.

John Ellis was a Pilot Officer serving on 466 (RAAF) Sqn when he was awarded the DFC and rose to the rank of Flt Lt and remained in the RAF until around 1960.

Please can we pass the word around and try and get as many as we can to attend his funeral.

Mrs Ubique and I will be attending plus others from local Veteran Groups

The funeral will be held on Thursday 8th June 2017 at 13:30 at Hereford crematorium.

Thank you.

Trust the Hereford Times to make a dog's breakfast of the dreadful London Bridge and Borough Market terror attacks on 3 June. All it has been able to cobble together for its lacklustre website is a handful of quotes lifted from a book entitled 'Be A Hero' by a former SAS warrant officer.

But if the Holmer newshounds had bothered to scan the national newspapers on Tuesday, they would have found priceless pictures of the SAS's latest secret weapon to combat terrorism, which was inadvertently given a very public airing, when a dark blue helicopter was seen hovering above the carnage at London Bridge. The unmarked Apache chopper is part of the new elite Blue Thunder unit which was set up following the Paris attacks of 2015.

It is the first time in more than three decades that the county's very secretive unit has had such public exposure, the last being the dramatic ending of the Iranian Embassy siege in 1980, when a passing ITN news cameraman transmitted the whole raid on live TV, much to the chagrin of the top brass at Sterling Lines.

Is this going to be a 2 horse race in South Herefordshire? I suspect it will be unless the others can come up with something a little more inspiring.

We have yet to see any manfiestos perhaps they are all still thinking. Hopefully in their quest to win nobody will be called a mugwump!

We have had a Con PM for 7 years - a Con Leader of Herefordshire Council for 14 years and 2 Con MP's for 16 and 7 years respectively.  Whose fault is it? Is it complacency? Are we satisfied with our lot?   Or is it just fate?