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Herefordshire Council’s trading standards service, in partnership with West Mercia Police, carried out a joint raid at the Europe Quality Food shop in Ross-on-Wye. This resulted in the arrest of Mr. Karzan Elias.

Officers found a secret compartment of illegal tobacco products hidden behind a magnetised stock room fuse box. Most of the cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco were counterfeit and all goods had evaded UK duty.

Karzan Elias, trading as Europe Quality Food, pleaded guilty at Hereford Magistrates’ Court on 16 December to selling illegal fake and smuggled tobacco products. He was ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £2900.

Marc Willimont, head of development management and regulation for Herefordshire Council, said: “This year alone Herefordshire Council’s trading standards service has seized nearly half a million illegal cigarettes and will continue to target those criminals involved. The sale of illegal cigarettes and tobacco harms honest local businesses and costs the UK tax payer up to £2bn a year

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“Although all tobacco is harmful, the cheap price of this illegal tobacco makes it easier for children to start smoking, as we find these shop keepers rarely care about who they it sell to. We are finding that fewer people are prepared to turn a blind eye to this practice and Herefordshire Council will therefore work with its partners to keep the pressure up on those who continue to sell it. I would ask anyone with any information on this sort of trade to make a real difference in keeping illegal tobacco off the streets by reporting it us."

If anyone has any information regarding the sale of illegal tobacco within Herefordshire, please contact trading standards on 01432 261761.

 

Hello everyone,

There is a Yoga Class at the Bromyard Public Hall, every Thursday - 8pm - £2.50.

Please share with anyone who you feel may be interested as these events can only run through local support.

All welcome.

Feel free to contact me on: 07968544452 or on facebook: search for BromYoga for further details.

Hope to see you there.

Kind Regards

Artemis

Skylon Proposed Plans 2017 4 (5).pdf

Great to see the Grapes opening next week...I met the new owners today - very easy going Irish couple - who intend to turn the pub into a friendly old fashioned Irish pub..food music and good ale - oh and proper Irish Guinness brewed in Ireland not the Manchester crop. Having this pub back open alongside Gordon Bennett, The Booth and The Lichfield Vaults is all good news for this part of the city. Best of luck to you all...

Just an idea.

Many outlets in the city give out free food to those in need (and some who are too needy), an alternative suggestion was shown on TV on Friday - the community fridge. A concept of a public fridge where you can leave food near to its sell by date and take food if needed.

The idea is run by volunteers who visit every day to sort the food - getting rid of old stuff. The fridge is open 1100 to 8pm with many supermarkets and independents donating. The aim is for every town to have at least one community fridge. It takes away the stigma of going to a charity outlet. This is about community participation giving and taking with no restrictions based on an individuals status. Perhaps something the council (doubtful) or churches could do.

Check out community fridge on line or on Jamie & Jimmy's Friday Food

So we get objections from Bulmers regarding this development then this turns up in Hereford Times...
Don't know about anyone else but this is the first iv'e heard about this incident

http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/15070936.Heineken_pays_six_figure_sum_to_charity_after_polluting_nearby_Hereford_brook/

Here we have yet another attempt to destroy part of John Venn's legacy - this time the Masonic Housing Trust are applying to demolish No's 5 and 7 Kyrle Street and erect 9 residential apartments with associated car parking, cycles and refuse stores.  The scale of the Model Garden street will be destroyed. The Masonic Hall is next door.

During a recent interview on Newsnight, Verhofstadt deliberately or by accident revealed himself to be exactly how he's portrayed by the tabloids and even some of the broadsheets. A slavish follower of Federalism!

Shockingly, he blamed every single problem the European Union had on just three key things. President Trump, President Putin and immigration from across the Mediterranean. For him, and I'm guessing he speaks for Juncker, Schulz and Tusk, he hadn't even considered that the Union itself, the way in which its constructed and the social, political and economic models it follows were problem number four and that Brussels itself had caused and resulted in widespread discontent right across the full geographic area of the Union.

Indeed, rather than even consider changing course, watering down their expansionistic policies and appealing to the millions of citizens who want change and plead for a little patience and understanding, this mad and deluded gap toothed crazy federalist even said that the current model of governance from his home country Belgium was 'Not Fit For Purpose'.

Alarmingly, he explained that having to negotiate the will of Brussels with all of its 28 member states was a hindrance to the federal aims and the answer will ultimately be to end this democratic system and give the member states less say and transform Brussels into a single ruling totalitarian body that governed all with one voice, one currency, one law and one single aim. In short, Verhofstadt prescribes more Europe rather than less.

For those of you who don't follow Brussels as closely as I do, Verhofstadt is the chief EU Brexit negotiator who promises that, and I quote him, 'they're(The British)rats leaving the sinking ship', and the British Government will not under any circumstances undermine the solidarity of the Union unless it accepts its principles of Free Movement Of People.

It's going to be a hard Brexit. This fella Verhofstadt doesn't care about the damage a bad trade deal will have upon jobs of mainland Europe. All he wants is to punish Britain and ensure that no other member state ever plucks up the courage and contemplates doing as we've done and request to leave the EU.

Finally, to those of you who voted to Remain, and I understand your reasoning, hypotheticaly speaking, if we weren't in the Union, would you today, given what you now know, vote to join the European Union?

I haven't seen anything on here but does any body know the outcome of Halo's Saturday 'customer forum' to disscuss the conversion of e diving pool to another infant learner pool?

I've just walked past a lot of people carrying placards that say "misuse of a centre for the arts", or something along those lines.

They were heading towards the courtyard theatre.

P170081/A Freedom Church Commercial Road Hereford Herefordshire HR1 2BJ Signage consisting of 4 nos banners; 4 nos signs and 3 nos advertisingboards Advertisement Consent Valid 17 February 2017

On the PA's registered in the last 7 days listing on HC

Should take you to a very fast moving petition.

https://t.co/m1iuNNl8in

Petition: Prevent Donald Trump from making a State Visit to the United Kingdom.

Hi everyone.

Hope this is ok but I know of a true Herefordshire lad whose about to open his very first shop. He's put everything into this new business venture and I wish both him and his business partners the very best of luck.

Ledbury Tackle & Bait

44 Bye Street Ledbury HR8 2AA

Opening Saturday 4th February 2017 at 8.30 am.

It is my great pleasure to report some good news.

Belmont Rural Parish Council has agreed to support the continued running of the library.

However, instead of the usual 1 year grant support where each year a request comes back to the Parish Council for a further grant to support the next year we have agreed to support this for the next 3 years.

This will also give the Library the opportunity with some security behind them to develop the services they offer even further.

My final note is that during the coming 2017 there are many projects earmarked for the Parish, which you will hopefully see the area being enhanced and improved, plus with our new Handyman out and about you should see a difference.

These will be reported on as they happen. 

An unspecified reward is being offered by the developer for info about recent vandalism ..... Pics from the Estate Agent .....

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Hereford Express in Foley Lane are having their licence reviewed due to selling cigarettes and alcohol to underage people.

During the course of an operation run by trading standards on 25th October 2016, Mr Selven Nathan DOB 25.10.1988 did sell age restricted products to two underage volunteers who were in fact sixteen years old. Namely one pouch of Cutter’s Choice hand rolled tobacco, a can of Scrumpy Jacks and a bottle of Blossom Hill Wine. This contravenes the Licensing Act 2003 and also the The Nicotine Inhaling Products (Age of Sale and Proxy Purchasing) Regulations 2015.

The seller mentioned above was interviewed at the time of sale and evidence gathered showed that Mr Nathan had no regard to the challenge 25 policy that he was aware of. He hadn’t received adequate training from the DPS nor was he aware of the condition regarding a refusals register.

We had received complaints regarding this premises that they were selling age restricted products to children. When interviewed under caution, Mr Nathan told me that he had been visited (that same week) by a college lecturer and advised that college student were being sold tobacco and alcohol products. But Mr Nathan did not ID either of the volunteers.

Giving the location of the premises being in close proximity to the college, it is the opinion of the service area that the licence to sell alcohol be revoked to prevent further sales in order to protect children from harm.

The sales show the DPS does not have control of the premises.

Herefordshire Council Licensing Policy states that any premises failing a test purchase will be reviewed

Just received the report of the Velodrome Meeting held in October. Lots of information to peruse and digest:

File attached 

HV Velodrome Meeting 17 October 2013.pdf

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