Have been in the area of High Town , Hereford between 1100 and 1400 for the last two days - very busy with Parent / s with children , high number of families , holidaymakers etc .cyclists and motor vehicles wiz zing through after the 1030 closure ! All that's lacking is the visible presence of a Police Officer . There will always be a very good reason why but the sight of a Police Officer in uniform gives reassurance to the law abiding members of the public.

I am sure that a couple of posters will give good and valued reason why there are no Uniform Police Officers in High Town area but I will refer back to the last line of the previous paragraph.

Just checked mine - 1800 watts. Why not put 1200cc engines in all cars as well. I can see the EU bringing back the peoples' car endorsed by previous dictators.

A plea on behalf of British potato producers.  When buying potatoes and anything containing potato please make sure you are buying British.  Some supermarkets (not all) are sourcing their potatoes from overseas.  Thousands of tons of British potatoes this year will not be used because supermarkets are buying cheaper pots from abroad same old story. British potato producers have invested millions to produce the potato the public want and are in danger of going out of business.  Yes I know they can be a bally nuisance on the roads at certain times of the year they are only doing their job and are under such tight time constraints they have to keep pressing on.  Yes I know they receive huge subsidies but agriculture is hugely important in this county and many parts of the country.  

Generally if you can buy British food if you don't use it you will lose it!

Services to protect children in Herefordshire "require improvement", Ofsted inspectors have concluded.

The grading is one better than in 2012 when services were branded "inadequate", the lowest rating in the four-point scale.

It means there are no serious failures but the authority is not delivering good protection, help and care for children, young people and families.

The council said it was on target to achieve a "good" rating by 2016.

Councillor Jeremy Millar, cabinet member for children's wellbeing for Herefordshire Council, said: "We are very pleased that following our recent inspection we are no longer rated as inadequate and reassured that Ofsted are stating that no children being cared for in Herefordshire are at risk of harm."

Ofsted said the leadership and experience of care leaders "requires improvement" but rated the authority's adoption performance as "good".

The grading follows an inspection last month.

BBC

The latest Ofsted report was published today and is available to read in pdf format here (37 pages) 

Ofsted Herefordshire

I don't play golf. Never have and never wanted to. Mind, there's lots that do and very soon they won't be able to play at Belmont because its going belly up.
It's going to the wall because the main building is listed, its roof is in a poor state of repair and some years ago the bloody Council refused a planning application that had large investment behind it. The planning application was hugely impressive and was going to create jobs, a spa and other pleasant things that would draw people in to spend their money.
Of course the Council decided that 'it being a listed building' it shouldn't be touched and so the application was refused, the building continues to fall apart and very soon it'll be no more.
Another nail in our coffin!

A nice job opportunity for the right person here.

http://www.friendsofcastlegreen.org.uk/operations-manager-vacancy/

Well I didn't expect to see a farmers market in Tesco's car park this morning, not sure how that works..

Police Counters to Close in September according to this article in this week's HT.

THE front counters at all the market town police stations in Herefordshire are

to close next month, including in Ledbury Station, off the Worcester Road.

West Mercia Police has confirmed the desks at Bromyard, Kington, Ledbury, Leominster and Ross on-Wye will be removed from the beginning of September and replaced with an intercom system, connecting the public to a "call-taker"

So what's the point in having these police stations? They spend all that money building the one in Newton Farm, which has hardly been manned since they day it opened, it's more like a glorified police car park.

Cost cutting gone a little too far in my opinion.

I'm not knocking it because Hereford city needs it
But "when does the development finish"??
I'm sure somebody said just before the first brick was laid that it would be late March early April.
The reason I'm asking is that I've drove past the site a number of times and it seems to me that it may take a lot longer,
Or will 'only parts' of the site be open first??

I'm a massive Hereford supporter, have been for a long long time but how many 'locals' have been to watch your 'professional' club??

It's heart breaking to think that the last few home games maybe the last that will be played at Edgar street.
I'm not going to bore you with the details because I'm guessing you've all read about what's going on already but to be frank its the same old story with a small club
Club gets taken over
New owners promise the world
New directors overspend
Bad management
Bad leadership
Supporters lose patient's
Now there's quite a lot going on to try and SAVE HEREFORD UNITED to raising money to a March through the city centre starting from the 'Victory' pub
'Yes' its not much (or not enough) but we CAN'T GIVE UP! !!
But the one thing that 'will help' is to get as much bodies through the turnstiles so please PLEASE for these last few games TURN UP BUY A PROGRAMME BUY A PIE even TRY THE SPICY SOUP! !
DONT LET THE CLUB DIE BECAUSE OF A FEW - SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL CLUB! !!

CPRE are compiling a countrywide map of brownfield sites suitable for development.  If when you are out and about over the next few days and spot a suitable site please could you let the CPRE know.  

Out & about this weekend? If you spot a derelict site we can add to our brownfield #WasteOfSpace map, let us know!

As you are all no doubt aware developers are currently targeting precious greenfield sites for housing developments but CPRE are certain that there are many suitable brownfield sites that should be developed before losing precious greenfields.  Once the information is gathered they will present their info to the government.   

This is super - please share

http://smile.ssafa.org.uk/

..How the local radio have more adverts for Cheltenham, Worcester Crown Gate and Gloucester Shopping centers than our own OLM?

I actually got confused the other day, the advert said "visit the new Odeon multiscreen" ... "eat out in one of our new resturanst like Nandos, Prezzos or Zizzi".... oh a advert for the OLM I thought ... "come and visit our new shopping experience at Cheltenham" hah.

So now we have a "cookie cutter" shopping experience just like everywhere else and the local radio is advertising everyone elses more than ours.

Just came across this job advert on the council website.  Surely this isn't allowed.  We all know that Bill Wiggins used his council conservative connections in the past to wrongly block Jim Miller standing for a local election so you'd have thought the council would be very wary of appearing to favour him in advance of a general election.  Helping to recruit his campaign team is showing political bias in my opinion.  To also say that the job is to help Tory councillors in their campaigning is also using the council website inappropriately.  

So, there you go, IOC, Greens, Labour and Independents - an open goal for you.

 

Position Details

Reference:

 3470 

Closing date:

  22 Aug 2014 (Midnight) 

Salary:

 Â£ - Â£  

Hours:

The role

Campaign Manager for North Herefordshire Conservative Association

We are looking for someone to run the office in Leominster and to help support the North Herefordshire

Conservative Association Member of Parliament and County Councillors in the run up to the national and

local elections in May 2015 and beyond.

The job is part time and flexible but a minimum of 15hrs /week, competitive salary available dependant on experience.

You will need to be an efficient administrator, able to self-manage and have strong IT user skills. 

An interest in politics and political campaigning would be an advantage. Further details at www.nhca.org.uk

In the first instance, please send a CV and covering letter to: office@nhca.org.uk. 

Closing date Friday, 22nd August and interviews beginning of September 2014.

Or maybe we should all apply!