MET OFFICE WARNING.

Herefordshire is set to feel the force of storm barney from lunchtime today.

Gusts of wind set to reach 50mph this evening  following heavy rain at lunchtime.

The met office has issued a YELLOW  warning across Herefordshire and surrounding areas 

for winds which is active between 4pm today until 2pm tomorrow.

The weather experts are asking the public to be aware of the risk of disruption to travel, adding

gusts could bring down trees and damage to weakened structures.

Don't quite know why this has appeared in the Daiy Mail today

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3316291/Charles-s-10million-folly-s-personally-designed-grandiose-dream-home-scornful-architec

ts-say-ll-blot-English-countryside.html

Anyone who walks around Belmont Lakes beware there is a rat problem.I know you will get rats around any lake but People have been feeding them.People take there children up to the lake what if a rat bit a child .A lady who walks her dogs there was that worried she contacted Cllr Phil Edwards about this because he is in charge of the Country Park and a Councillor.But instead of sorting the problem out he passed it onto someone else. Has any one seen Cllr Edwards since the Election he seems to have disappeared except for the photo in the Hereford times a few weeks ago.

A robbery took place at the Premier Stores in Kilpeck Avenue last night.
Person with a baseball bat started smashing wine bottles and got away with
the money from the till.

Redundant South Wye Notice Board...

I could not help but take a picture of this notice board, all the leaflets and information within are totally faded and in some case completely blank due to sever fading or lack of up keep.

How much did this notice board originally cost? I remember attending a meeting of the Belmont Parish last year and the topic of a new notice boards came up and I could not believe the costs that were being considered for new signs! if I remember correctly a new aluminium notice board for Belmont was in the region of £4000+!! yes that's right you did read it correctly £4000+ I am not sure what the outcome was in the end.

Who is responsible for the notice boards and why is this particular one been left in such poor state?



"We can make it better" ha ha I wish someone would...

A disturbance early this morning had members of the public removed from store and police called.
A man grabbed a knife from an isle in Asda and ran to to changing rooms and started stabbing himself when police arrived.He was tazered to stop him harming himself further.

Lovely gesture in the Co-op at Bobblestock today. The whole store was silent for 2 minutes at 1100.  The only thing moving was the Christmas decorations in the air-con stream.  Well done staff and customers.

So I know that both parking and the OCM development are topics close to the hearts of many HV members so you will like this.

Mrs Knight and I decided to use the covered parking at the OCM today because it was raining and we were off to the back row to watch Spectre.

When we picked up the ticket driving into car park I made an observation and that was the registration number printed on our ticket, courtesy of the cameras, was an exact match....for the car just ahead of us!!!

So not to find ourselves in any conflict during our exit later I tracked down the management suite who explained that this can happen on occasion.

Enjoyed the film, the meal at Wildwoods and on leaving there was a moment's hesitation at the barrier and a voice from nowhere said ...That's ok he spoke us earlier...and we were gone.

It's pays to cover your bases or the thing you sit on because it would have spoilt a good day out!

Good luck to our friends the Beefy Boys currently stateside in the World Food Championships again, they are currently in the top 10 in the World! 

The Beefy Boys â€@thebeefyboys  2h

2 hours ago

Our final turn in! big thanks to @hereyoucan @HerefordBeefUK @WyeValleyBrew @officialcalor for making it all happen!

 

Hereford Cathedral 'Field Of Remembrance'

On Thursday 5 November, a Field of Remembrance opened in the Lady Arbour here at Hereford Cathedral as a county-wide focus for remembrance.

 

At least 4,052 personnel of the Royal Navy, Army, Royal Air Force and Merchant Navy from Herefordshire have died in service since 1914 and their names are recorded in two Rolls of Honour.

 

The Field of Remembrance will allow the public to pay their respects to our fallen soldiers and the cathedral have worked in conjunction with the Herefordshire branch of the Royal British Legion (RBL) to put this special tribute in place.

 

Poppies will be planted within the field and each remembrance tribute carries a personal message to someone who lost their life in the service of the country.

 

There are also books of condolence available to view in the on-site gazebo provided by the RBL, and members of the public will be able to search for, and ensure, their relatives' names are recorded in these books.

 

Visitors are able to purchase poppies and poppy crosses from the Cathedral shop - apart from on Sunday when they are available from the stewards on duty - and there is an area for people to plant a cross if they wish.

 

The field was dedicated at a short service at 11am on 5 November and is now open to the public every day from 10am until 3pm.

 

The Field of Remembrance will close on November 15 and the personal crosses planted by members of the public will then be recovered by members of the RBL, burnt, and the ashes scattered in First World War battlefields in northern France and Belgium.

 

Speaking about the opening of the Field of Remembrance, The Dean of Hereford, Michael Tavinor, said:

 

'Hereford Cathedral is proud to join with the Royal British Legion in creating this tribute in the Lady Arbour.

 

'We hope the Field of Remembrance will be a place of tranquillity and reflection in which to remember those who have fallen in the service of their country.' 

 

 

Hereford Cathedral Website

'Lest We Forget'

Herefordshire Council have received a planning application to turn the Broadleys Pub into a Co-Operative store according to Tina Carey (Landlady)

I think we have enough supermarkets, I would rather see this turned into a Toby Carvery rather than another shop personally.

This is the message that Tina Carey put out on Facebook Last night.

Cracking night out! Thanks FOCG! Cheap cider, cheep food and cheap decent fireworks- thanks to Julian. A few people I spoke to were racecourse veterans and said how much nicer CG was. No complaints from me. At my estimated guess I recon 2-3000 folks attended. It was full but not crowded.
My only concern was the chap flying the phantom drone over the crowd and above the fireworks. Both illegal and he is not qualified to do so anyhow. (I know who he is and which shop he works in!)

Licensing application for Play Nightclub on the Council Website

Application

End of drinking at 03.30 hrs. Premises to close at 04.00. Additional hour on various other days along similar lines to the Yates application. Which is drinking until 04.30 hrs and close at 05.00 hrs. Plus a round the clock application for New Years Eve time ...

Belmont & Newton Farm SNT November 2015 Newsletter

BELMONT SNT NEWS LETTER Nov 2015.doc

So as well as paying for shows, they want people to donate. i admit I have not been there for a few years, I do not like the place, cramped and the stage is too small to put anything big on. shame really because I like theatre. 

Bearing in mind the welcome opposition councillors' planned coup, regarding the cabinet system next week do we get what we deserve? How are these councillors going to carry us through to the election polls next May? As witnessed on these pages not many councillors engage with us on the many local issues affecting the city and which concern us. Directness and honesty seem to be secondary considerations, often only telling us how bad things are after they have gone t"ts up. Consultations are undertaken and ignored if the results do not fit the planned agenda. How much has and is this costing us?

Nearer to us in the West Midlands last week,  the election for a police commissioner attracted only 1 in 10 registered voters. The vote following the death last month of Bob Jones resulted in a turnout of 10.4%, the lowest recorded since the posts were created two years ago, prompting demands for the process to be reformed.