BBQ and Brews in Commercial Road is due to close next month.

Here is their statement:

Hereford, it has being emotional! After a year of serving low and slow BBQ in Hereford, it is time for us to say goodbye. We will continue to serve meaty happiness until our doors close at 6pm on Sunday 4th October. A massive thank you has to go to the customers whom have supported in the last year and we hope to see you again before we leave the livestock of Hereford to breathe a sigh of relief. We are still stocked and ready to rock for the Rugby World Cup too so bring your party here.

Do not worry, there will be another great pub coming to shake the Hereford circuit up

 

A builders van was vandalised to gain entry and cleaned out. This happened in broad daylight around 11am a few days ago. The van was parked in Radford gardens near the block of new flats. A HH van was also parked next to it but was untouched. I believe the contents was carpentry related.

If you are offered cheap tools or hear something, please inform @southsidecops

It appears the culprits left in a white transit van that was a little battered, and seen by a few tradesmen around the site.

I have received a nice email from Amelie from the Hereford Beer House, providing they can get all the fire and safety checks approved they aim to be open on Wednesday 11th November.

Remember where you heard it first..

Hi Colin,

 

I attached 2 recent pictures of the shop, and it's still a mess as you can see! We had a lot of issues with works in the last days and will have to push back the opening to next Wednesday (11th of November) - if we receive approval from Fire Safety and Building Controls.

 

We plan to be an hybrid of a shop and a bar. We built a big cold room equipped with glass doors (like the ones you have in service stations for cold drinks). Retail shelving will be on one side, accessible through the glass doors for customers to grab the beers they want to take away or drink in.

 

In the cold room behind the retail shelves we'll have space for storage. We'll be the first bottle shop in the UK to have entire storage and retail refrigeration! You're supposed to treat beer like milk (=keep it refrigerated as much as possible) so we wanted to provide the best conditions for the beer we'll be selling.

 

We also fitted bar taps coming out of the cold room, and the kegs will be chilled inside the cold room. We will have 6 beers on tap, changing regularly, and it will be only keg, no cask (we believe Hereford already has a great cask beer offering).

At the bar you'll also be able to fill a 1L or 2L container (called a growler) with beer to take home. It's a nice option for a dinner or a party!

 

We will also sell homebrew supplies for the adventurous ones who want to make their own beer. Jonny (my partner) is a brewer and will be able to provide lots of advice on this matter.

 

We will have beers from the best breweries in the country, as well as some beers from America, Belgium, Italy, Holland, Norway, etc. We will also stock cider from Herefordshire producers such as Oliver's Cider, Pip's, Gwatkins, Newton Court, Skyborry, Once Upon a Tree or Dunkertons.

 

Food wise we'll have only cold food: cheese and charcuterie plates (we are working with the Mouse Trap and Trealy Farm), sausage rolls (from Heggies), snack salamis and olives.

 

Sorry that was a bit long and I hope it makes sense (I'm not british so my english can be weird sometimes).

 

Feel free to come and see the final result next week and we can then take some time to have a chat about the organisation of the festival.

 

Cheers,

 

Amelie

Many observers say that if ever there is another World War it'll start in the Middle East. My view is that there is more chance of it starting off in Europe.

History in Europe is beginning to repeat itself. The First and Second World Wars began within our Continent because of expansionist ideologies that began during times of economic hardship and nationalistic feelings that created an 'us' and 'them' feeling which eventually spiralled out of control resulting in War.

Today, the very same expansionist policies are being pursued by the European Union creating the movement of vast numbers of people who want what the others have got. These times we are now living in are not that different to those of the twentieth century that wreaked havoc upon the world.

Some nations, more notably the Greeks are being ruled by the mandarins of the EU. This great nation of people are suffering because they were swallowed up by the promise of expansionist ideals that saw them and their tiny economy trying to compete with the mighty Deutch Mark and the EU desire to strip them and everyone else of their sovereignty.

In the United Kingdom, more people arrived in our Country at the beginning of the last decade than they did between the Battle of Hastings and the few years following World War Two. As a result, some seventy per cent of British people want immigration stopped or controlled. Far right groups all across Europe are springing up simply because they choose to keep their sovereignty, they do not want to be ruled by Brussels and they are feeding upon the very natural human emotion that makes people feel threatened and frightened by things they no longer understand.

The Ukraine? Half their population wants to be tied and bound to Putin and Mother Russia, while the other half, notably the younger generation, want to become a part of the West. Throughout it all, the EU are wooing and seducing the people of the Ukraine in the hope that yet another state will become a part of the United States of Europe.

The Ukraine is only a short step away from outright Civil War and despite all their woes, all the bloodshed and the frightening images we see on the tv, still the mandarins from Brussels are orchestrating chaos and madness in their pursuit of expansionist ideology.

Mother Russia is on the rise and before to long I see the Ukraine government inviting Putin to aid them. Then? God knows what will happen. The Russian military will move into Ukraine, the EU and the United States will react and its not beyond the realms of possibility that other Central and Eastern European nations will begin to fragment and join this bonfire of madness.

We've got to get out of the European Union. The EU is rapidly developing into a totalitarian communist styled base of managing people that are no longer British, Greek, Ukraine or anything else. Nationality, the place of your birth and your heritage and culture will become silly things of the past and seen as outdated and pointless labels that are meaningless to the collusus that is the European Union.

Not so long ago, the great Mikael Gorbachev commented, that he was amazed that European political leaders appear to be intent upon creating another Communist style form of rule. These comments should not be quickly dismissed. The EU is now preparing to Hoover up poverty stricken nations like Albania, Macedonia and Kosovo and when Gorbachev suggests we should be frightened I believe we should start paying attention and understand that history is repeating itself and this social engineering experiment that is the EU is going to bring us all misery and national unhappiness.

Many of you will read this and think it to be rubbish. You'll say, 'ridiculous. They'd be mad to allow another War to happen'. Well, perhaps your right. But, if you ain't, and they are mad then we are in the eye of a storm. The greatest man made catastrophe since we sat back and allowed the Nazis to gobble up all the living space they wanted together with the freedoms of millions of people.

The advance of the European Union has already resulted in Countries losing their young people, their bright clever and gifted citizens to the lure of the West and the continued movement of people will continue leaving places like Romania and the Ukraine empty economic shells, asset stripped by the madness of the EU.

There will be a price to pay for this foolhardy pursuit of expansion and it'll be met by us and our brothers and sisters within Continental Europe who'll wake up one morning and see that their future, namely the gifted and educated kids have all left to pick bloody fruit and process chicken in Hereford. Then they'll say, 'if only we had been told that this would happen to our homeland. Stripped bare by unelected power hungry idiots who've destroyed us all because they paid no attention to history and the folly of communism and destroying sovereignty.

A 9yr old boy hid in B&Q and waited for staff to lock up the store last night and was there until midnight.
He spent his time rifling through drawers etc looking for money.
Police were alerted when the alarm went off on a fire exit door.
Police looked at the cctv and knew who the lad was.He had been at an activity over at the Leisure Centre.

A lorry has gone over on Ledbury Road by Lugg Bridge.

Photo courtesy Ian Davies

New Addaction Centre For Hereford.

 

1 in 5 affected by addiction

 

ADDACTION, one of the UK’s leading drug and alcohol treatment charities, is opening its doors to people in Herefordshire on Tuesday (December 1) having been commissioned by Herefordshire Council.

 

The charity has been awarded a £5million contract to provide its services to people across Herefordshire, taking over from DASH. Under the five year contract, Addaction will expand the options open to adults and young people recovering from alcohol and drug issues.

 

The main hub for the service will be at 6 Bridge Street, Hereford, with additional premises opening in the next few weeks at The Old Chapel, Cantaloupe Road, Ross-on-Wye and at Bridge Street Leisure Centre, Leominster.

 

Addaction offers support, advice and treatment for anyone aged 11 and upwards affected by a drug or alcohol issue and their families and carers. People can drop in during opening hours and see a duty worker or be referred by their GP.

 

Implementation manager Claire Morris said:

 

“1 in 5 people are affected by addiction and we’re here to help people understand the issue and find support. The service covers everything from advice for a parent about the new drugs around or, helping someone reduce their alcohol consumption, to supporting an adult to recover from a long-standing addiction.”

As part of the new service, peer support work will be expanded, staff will develop links within the community to offer service users opportunities to build life skills and a comprehensive volunteering programme will be implemented.

 

Addaction has been working hard with the existing providers to make sure there is a smooth transition of staff and resources.

 

To find out more visit www.addaction.org.uk find Addaction Herefordshire on Facebook and Twitter or call 07773 633324.

This may be of interest to some of you 

Results for this year’s priorities and budget consultation, which closed on 9 October, have been compiled, analysed and are now available below.

Councillor Tony Johnson, leader of Herefordshire Council, said, “Through the consultation process it has become apparent that residents consider some services to be particularly important to them. We will need to develop strategies in order to maintain these frontline services and look forward to working with communities to develop these strategies.”

 

He added, “We are looking at ways of using possible savings in some areas to reflect the priorities expressed in the consultation

Northside SNT Newsletter Dec-Feb 2016

Dec-February 2015.doc

An absolutely stunning view of Hereford taken from the Cathedral Tower.

Taken from this article in the HT

A SINGLE mum has criticised the way new houses have been built at The Oval because of the stress she has faced with issues at her new build home.

 

Kelly Jackson, 25, moved into a home in Vortex Way in Newton Farm last December and rents it from Herefordshire Housing, a not-for-profit group which provides affordable homes for county residents.

 

But she said she has had numerous problems with the house, which have taken months to fix.

 

Miss Jackson, who is a part-time hairdresser, said: "I am more than happy I have a roof over my head and it has a garden- that's great. But all the trouble I have been having has caused me so much stress."

 

She said the garden was on a slope when she moved in and wooden slats, which could easily break, were put around the edge of the grass.

 

A crack which appeared in her upstairs bedroom window took four months to fix, she said, and there was not enough vinyl covering to cover the kitchen floor.

 

Miss Jackson, who is mum to two-year-old son, Reuben, said the finish is substandard with paint left around the house on light fittings and uneven ceiling edges.

 

She said: "They get more than enough rent for this place. Why do I have to pay for all these problems? I have got to work and earn this money.

 

"They are being put up too quickly. You wouldn't get away with it if you were buying it."

 

The Herefordshire Housing Oval Regeneration has involved demolition, new build and refurbishment.

 

Spokesman for the group, Samantha Baker, said: "We have been working closely with Miss Jackson to try to overcome the problems she has faced at her new build property and we have appointed a designated member of the team to help her through this process.

 

"It is common for new build properties to have minor defects, this is due to the component parts within properties settling down, e.g. woodwork, plaster work.

      

"At The Oval, a few minor issues have arisen but we have successfully worked with tenants and our onsite contractor, Keepmoat, to resolve these quickly and to their satisfaction."

 

Since April, 50 properties at The Oval project have become homes to tenants, with one complaint. Ms Baker said through satisfaction surveys, 90 percent of these tenants have been happy with their new homes.

 

http://www.newsroom.herefordshire.gov.uk/2015/november/help-us-to-set-the-county%E2%80%99s-transport-priorities-%E2%80%93-take-part-in-the-local-transport-plan-consultation.aspx

If you follow the link there is a HC survey for the  people of Herefordshire to take part in to express their transport priorities 

I saw this post on the HT website this morning.

http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/14101835.Volunteers__absolutely_gutted__after_compressor_stolen_from_Hereford_BMX_Club/

Somebody has apparently helped themselves to the BMX Club's compressor which was kept in a shipping container at the Westfailing Street site.  It was used for operating the gates on race days.

If anyone has any information, could I urge you to contact the police on 101.

I'm not a member of the group, but the lads and lasses of Hereford BMX Group and Hereford Dirt Riders have built a great track, which is well regarded both locally and by riders from all over the West Midlands and beyond.  And have many race meetings, which cannot take place without the start gate.

The temporary Library at the Town Hall on St Owen Street is due to open Tuesday 24 November at 9.30

The Town Hall Library will offer a selection of titles and provide access to the whole of the county’s library stock. Titles on the Herefordshire Library catalogue may be reserved free of charge online.

The opening hours are Tuesday to Thursday 9.30 to 5pm; Friday 9.30 to 7pm, Saturday 10am to 4pm. On a Saturday, customers can ring a bell to be given access to the library.

The main entrance to the Town Hall is at the front of the building on St Owen Street, with an accessible entrance to the rear of the building.

There are additional public computers available for use at the Courtyard on Edgar Street and Herefordshire Housing, The Learning Box at Brierley Court, off Turner Lane in Hereford.

The book drop off box at Shirehall will still remain available until Friday December 4.

A timetable of works, costing in the region of £86k, for the safe removal of asbestos from the building, can now be put in place.

For more information on library services please go to www.herefordshire.gov.uk/libraries

It is good to see The Saracens Head open again. It looked busy too to be fair.

Keepmoat & Contractors will be digging up the highways around the Oval (shop circle) over the next few days/weeks. This is to install new services to cooperate with the existing ones. This will cause obvious disruptions around that area. Certain areas will be closed off completely during scheduled works. Restricted access in places. Please use alternative routes as necessary.
The main disruptions will be the school run as Goodrich grove recieves more thoroughfare, could I ask Drivers using the A465 to be a little more considerate and allow a vehicle or two to exit in front at Goodrich grove? I also know that traffic volume on westholme rd will also increase. Please do keep the Tesco roundabout clear. Thanks.
This may also be the time to recampaign to switch off the traffic lights, to elevate the volume.