M. Preece

I voted for this coalition and so disappointed with the axing of the bypass. I had every faith in them to deliver and I and and a lot of other people have been let down.

This is good news for Hereford, wish them good luck for the future. 

Never realised there was so much grass around the roundabout. It is more of an Avalons shape too which I didn't realise. 

22 hours ago, megilleland said:

All part of the Global Reset. Watch all the other banks follow suit. Coinage of the Realm is going to disappear to be replaced by personal credits all through your smartphone if you use one.

Sign of the times unfortunately. Covid has just accelerated that now, most shops will not take cash at the moment.

Need speed cameras on this road, far too many accidents especially around Dinmore Hill

Good, fed up with all of these lockdowns which are clearly not working

2 hours ago, twowheelsgood said:

Ah, the great Edgar Street Grid Masterplan, where did it all go wrong? The Link Road cost £34m (that we know of) for 850m of road. That's almost exactly half a mile in old money, so £68m a mile - surely the most expensive road ever built? And yet, no planting? The approved planning permission 'Public Realm Masterplan' shows lots of planting, trees, benches, and yet 10 years since approval, none of it has been done. I'm not taking away from what the group have done, but Balfour Beatty Living Places and their contractors were legally contracted to do it and haven't. Why isn't this being pursued?

Good point 

That was a terrible day, I can remember seeing all the smoke across the city. Sad news about the two firemen that perished. RIP

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In this day and age you simply cannot make stupid comments, particularly on a radio station, what was he thinking? I rarely listen to this station, I find them all quite amateur and far too many adverts.

This is a good idea, I think they need to check the existing platforms before installing any news ones. They need to add some sort of grip to the surface because they are very very slippery from my experience if they have the slightest amount of water on them.

Strangely enough we only had a bacon butty there a few weeks back, shame to see them closing.

Happy independence day 

The sooner we can get out of this corrupt European Union the better. They have really shown their hand with their bully boy tactics.

On 13/03/2019 at 08:07, megilleland said:

Artist Taxi Driver sums up the situation following the pantomine in House of Commons last night. General Election around the corner?

 

Oh and Labour could do a better job... Both parties are in array 

On 04/03/2019 at 23:47, Hereford Voice said:

Two new businesses will be opening soon in the building formerly occupied by Chadds.

Coco Nail Bar is due to open this Friday and a new Barber Shop will also open soon just next door in Commercial Street.

Hereford's largest independent department store Chadds closed in June 2008 after trading in Hereford for almost 80 years.

Good to see this area of the city changing for the good

Part-Time lights would be so easy to implement, how many of us find ourselves the only vehicle sat waiting for a red light during the evening and throughout the early hours, it works in Oxford and Gloucester with no problems so there is no reason why this idea could not work here. 

All looks nice but it feels like it is taking forever. 

I am pleased that we were not the only people thinking this, no wonder the city centre is dead! The Old Market was all open 

How on earth?

Well done ragwert 

Police want better powers to deal with beggars in Welsh city centre.

A public consultation has been launched on measures to tackle anti-social behaviour in Newport which could see a blanket ban on begging in its city centre. 

The city’s council is looking to update its Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) which was put in place in 2015 to prevent individuals and groups from committing anti-social behaviour in the city centre.

The order sought to prohibit street drinking, touting for services and donations, aggressive begging, fly-posting and dogs not being kept on a lead. A breach of the order could result in a fine of up to £1,000.

But now Newport council is considering a blanket ban on begging in the city centre after Gwent Police said the wording of the current order had proved “ineffective”. 

Speaking at Newport council’s overview and scrutiny committee hearing on Monday, Gwent Police’s Newport city centre inspector John Davies said: “In regards to aggressive begging, there has been an enormous amount of interest. If you look at the PSPO, it’s how do you legally state that someone is acting aggressively.

“We’re reverting back to legislation from the 1800s when dealing with begging rather than having something which is a workable solution. To prove aggressive begging is something that is difficult.”

He added: “There are several strands to the begging issue. We have genuine homeless people. In the last count in November we had 18 rough sleepers and that increases coming up to Christmas.

“But when you start looking at the number of people who are begging who have homes but are using begging as a source of income, there’s a difference.

“I would say there’s a 50/50 split, 50% will be genuinely homeless and the other 50% will have addresses known to us in Newport.

“We’re working with the council and the Rough Sleepers group to give assistance to the people who are most vulnerable. The ones who don’t want to engage with us are using begging as a source of income and the PSPO will allow us to deal with that.”

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This is a difficult subject but I am aware that are more and more professional beggars. We have recently just come back from a trip to Bristol we had for a few days and we were approached twice by quite aggressive beggars asking for us money. We do give to charities but personally, it is quite intimidating being approached in the street, especially, when we rarely carry cash anyway. One of these guys was sat more or less under the ATM outside a shop.

The roads across Hereford are the worst I have seen in many years so this is a welcome decision.

More and more businesses are going into administration, I hope they find a buyer.

Absolutely beautiful