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  1. MandM, UK’s leading off-price retailer is proud to celebrate a remarkable 20-year partnership with Teenage Cancer Trust. Since 2005, MandM has provided unwavering support and donations to Teenage Cancer Trust through event sponsorship, staff fundraising, and corporate donations. This collaboration has reached an incredible milestone, with over £3 million raised to support young people facing cancer. Mike Tomkins and Honorary patron Roger Mike Tomkins and Honorary patron Roger Daltrey CBE. Frontman of The Who MandM’s contributions have been instrumental in providing critical resources, including the equivalent of funding 100,000 hours of expert care from Teenage Cancer Trust nurses. These nurses are trained to meet the unique clinical, social, and emotional needs of young people undergoing cancer treatment, helping them navigate one of the most challenging periods of their lives. The funds raised through MandM’s ongoing initiatives have enabled Teenage Cancer Trust to provide vital care and services. Honorary Patron of Teenage Cancer Trust, Roger Daltrey, emphasised the impact of these contributions: "The work Teenage Cancer Trust does is life-changing and life-saving. Thanks to the unwavering support of partners like MandM, teenagers and young adults treated in Teenage Cancer Trust wards see significantly increased life expectancy. MandM’s dedication over two decades has helped ensure that young people get the specialist care they deserve, at a time when they need it most.” Reflecting on this longstanding partnership, Mike Tomkins, Chairman of MandM, said: "It’s an honour for MandM to be Teenage Cancer Trust’s longest-standing corporate partner. Reaching the £3 million fundraising milestone is an incredible achievement for everyone and is a reflection of the passion and dedication of our employees, customers, and event participants who have supported this cause over the years. As we approach the 20th anniversary of our partnership, we are more committed than ever to supporting the charity and ensuring that young people with cancer have access to the expert care they need.” MandM’s support extends beyond financial contributions. The company donates branded performance tops for Teenage Cancer Trust challenges, such as major running events and treks, helping thousands of participants proudly represent the charity. Staff members also enthusiastically participate in these events, embodying the company’s commitment to the cause. Kate Collins, Chief Executive at Teenage Cancer Trust shared her appreciation for the partnership: "MandM has been an incredible partner to Teenage Cancer Trust over the last 20 years. Their dedication has had a profound impact, enabling us to provide essential services to thousands of young people across the UK. As we mark this milestone, we’re deeply grateful for their commitment and look forward to continuing our journey together.” MandM’s contribution to Teenage Cancer Trust has allowed the charity to fund important projects and continue providing services that ensure young cancer patients receive the highest level of care. The £3 million raised is vital in helping the charity reach more young people and support them through their cancer journey. As both organisations look ahead to the next chapter of their partnership, they remain focused on expanding their impact and continuing to support young people across the UK who are living with cancer.
  2. The demolition of the Three Counties Hotel marks the end of an era in Hereford's history. The founding stone plaque from the hotel, built and financed in partnership between Alfons Sikora and a prominent local landlord, has been gifted to a family friend by Wye Valley Demolition. The site on Belmont Road (A465) is being prepared for the construction of a Lidl discount supermarket, scheduled to begin in early 2025. Wye Valley Demolition has nearly completed levelling the former hotel, which was granted approval for demolition in April. Alfons Sikora’s family friend shared insights into the hotel’s history while collecting the stone from Stuart Crowe, a supervisor at Wye Valley Demolition. He recounted that the hotel was established in the late 1970s by two Polish émigrés, Alfons Sikora and Frank Taday. Both men came to Herefordshire after World War II, drawn by the county’s existing Polish community and opportunities for a fresh start. Sikora, who had built a successful business producing computer flooring and suspended ceilings under the company Sikora Ltd (later Intek Flooring), financed much of the hotel’s construction. Taday, a well-known publican and former operator of the Spread Eagle Hotel in King Street, intended to manage the new venture, originally named the White Eagle Motel. Despite its modern design and comprehensive facilities, financial difficulties forced the pair to sell the hotel to Queen’s Moat Houses PLC, then one of the UK’s leading hotel chains. Over the years, the hotel underwent several ownership changes, becoming the Three Counties Hotel and later operated by the Price family, who expanded and modernised the facility. In its prime, the hotel boasted Hereford's largest conference room and hosted numerous events. However, it ultimately struggled under its final owners, leading to its closure and sale. In March 2023, the hotel temporarily served as accommodation for asylum seekers under a contract with the Home Office, managed by Serco in collaboration with Herefordshire Council and local partners. By February 2024, the asylum seekers had been relocated to alternative housing, paving the way for the site’s sale to Lidl. Despite concerns over the notorious traffic on the busy Belmont Road, Herefordshire Council approved the new development. Reflecting on the hotel’s legacy, the family friend expressed disappointment at its demolition, noting the absence of comparable venues in Belmont for events or social gatherings. Nevertheless, he praised Wye Valley Demolition for their professionalism and care during the project. “I was deeply impressed with the team’s responsiveness and attention to detail, particularly supervisors Ashley Davies and Stuart Crowe,” he said. “The founding stone, weighing a tonne and made of slate, was handled with exceptional care. Their efforts demonstrate the high standards of the Wye Valley Group, a family-run company that combines personalised service with operational expertise.” The Three Counties Hotel will be remembered as a significant chapter in Hereford’s history, symbolising the ambition and contributions of its founders. By C. James (Hereford Voice)
  3. A Herefordshire man has been prosecuted for littering following a dramatic altercation in Ross-on-Wye, thanks to footage from a Civil Enforcement Officer’s bodycam. The bizarre incident occurred on 5 April 2024 when a Herefordshire Council Civil Enforcement Officer issued a Parking Charge Notice (PCN) on Gloucester Road, Ross-on-Wye. The owner of the vehicle, Mr. Laszlo, emerged from a nearby pub, shouted at the officer, before leaping onto the car bonnet, dramatically sprawling himself across it, and throwing the PCN to the ground before driving off. The entire encounter was captured on the officer’s body-worn camera, providing clear evidence for the case. In a hearing at Hereford Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 4 November 2024, Mr Laszlo (41), of Three Crosses Road, was found guilty of littering after failing to appear in court. He was fined £220, ordered to pay £300 in costs, and handed an £88 victim surcharge, totalling £608. Refusing to cooperate with the investigation meant that Mr. Laszlo could not be offered a Fixed Penalty Notice, leaving the council with no choice but to prosecute. Charles Yarnold, Herefordshire Council’s Head of Regulation and Technical Services, said: “This case highlights the consequences of unacceptable behaviour. Littering, no matter the circumstances, is a criminal offense, and our teams are committed to ensuring Herefordshire remains clean and safe. Body-worn cameras are proving to be invaluable in protecting our officers and securing evidence to support prosecutions like this.” Anyone caught littering can face a Fixed Penalty Charge of up to £140. If prosecuted, fines can rise to as much as £2,500. Herefordshire Council’s Community Protection Team will investigate littering which is reported by calling 01432 261761 or online at www.herefordshire.gov.uk/report-problem/litter
  4. Following an information request from Hereford Voice we can today confirm that Lidl GB Ltd purchased The Three Counties Hotel just before the end of the 2023 financial year on 2nd April 2024. PROPRIETOR: LIDL GREAT BRITAIN LIMITED (Co.Regn. No.2816429) of Lidl House, 14 Kingston Road, Surbiton KT5 9NU. The price stated to have been paid on 2 April 2024 was £5,760,000. 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗜𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁!
  5. We thought we would share this post that HW Animal Rescue posted 3 days ago, to find a home for these two lovely dogs. 7 minutes later the coincidences continue
  6. We will not be publishing multiple links about the same topic, please just bookmark this one and we will update road closures as often as possible. Follow This Link For Updates - https://hfd.news/Darragh Official Road Closures (updated 14:00- 08/12/2024) B4399 Holme Lacy Causeway - Closed due to flooding U75220 Bredwardine Hill, Bredwardine - Closed due to fallen tree U81244 Greyfriars Avenue, Hereford - Closed due to flooding U93605 Newtown Lane, Leominster - Closed due to flooding C1268 Holme Lacy Road - Closed due to flooding U72016 Watery Lane, Lower Bullingham - Closed due to flooding C1222 Allensmore - Closed due to a fallen tree U72413 Shelwick Lane, Munstone - Closed due to fallen tree U72621 Litmarsh Road Marden - Closed due to fallen tree U90131 Brickyard Road, Kingswood - Closed due to fallen tree U70409 Bulls Hill, Walford - Closed due to fallen tree A438 Letton - Closed due to flooding C1197 Stretton Sugwas to the A438 - Closed due to tangled power cable U92403 Lower Yatton - Closed due to fallen tree U92412 Buzzards Lane - Closed due to fallen tree C1308 Little Marcle Road - Closed due to a sagging cable A4113 from A4110 to Manor Farm - Closed due to flooding C1098 Bridge Sollers - Closed due to a fallen tree U71205 Boat Lane, Glewstone - Closed due to an abandoned vehicle in the road C1122 Wellington - Closed due to flooding C1195 Peterchurch - Closed due to flooding Please do not remove flood road closure signs or barriers OR attempt to drive through road closures or flood water for your own safety, even if the flood water looks like it has receded the road won't officially reopen until it has passed a safety inspection. 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀, 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻.
  7. The EF Bulmer Trust is delighted to announce the appointment of Harriet Murray as its new Chairman, marking the beginning of an exciting new chapter for the charity. Harriet succeeds her mother, Penelope Murray, who has served as Chairman with distinction and dedication. Both Harriet and Penelope are direct descendants of Fred Bulmer, the founder of the trust, whose legacy of philanthropy has had a profound and lasting impact on Herefordshire and beyond. Harriet Murray brings a wealth of experience and a deep commitment to the Trust’s mission of supporting the well-being of Herefordshire communities. As the newest custodian of the Trust’s vision, Harriet is eager to build on her family’s proud heritage while bringing fresh ideas to address contemporary challenges. Penelope Murray steps down after a significant tenure during which she oversaw reorganisation of the charity, significant funding of local community projects, continued financial support to former employees of HP Bulmer PLC as well as further improvements to the thriving Fred Bulmer Centre in Hereford - home to a dozen local good causes. At the same time, Mrs Murray and her Board of volunteer family trustees always ensured everything they did aligned with the Trust’s core values. Under her leadership, the EF Bulmer Trust has continued to honour Fred Bulmer’s vision of creating a positive, lasting impact in the community. Commenting on her new role, Harriet Murray said: “It is an immense privilege to take on this role and continue the work my family has championed for generations. My mother’s leadership has been an inspiration, and I am excited to build on her achievements as we strive to meet the evolving needs of our community.” Penelope Murray also shared her thoughts on the transition: “It has been an honour to serve as Chairman of the EF Bulmer Trust. I am confident that Harriet will bring both passion and expertise to this role, ensuring that the Trust remains a vital force for good in Herefordshire.” In 1938, Fred Bulmer gave over a tenth of his personal wealth to a welfare fund for the employees of the cider firm. This became the EF Bulmer Trust for the provision of help to former employees of HP Bulmer plc, and for the people of Herefordshire, suffering from want, need and hardship. The Trust continues to honour his legacy by continuing to support former employees of HP Bulmer plc and by supporting a wide range of local good causes across Herefordshire. Pictured is Fred Bulmer 1865-1941 For more information about the EF Bulmer Trust and its ongoing work, please visit https://www.efbulmer.co.uk/
  8. Green is the way to go for Herefordshire’s latest recycling vehicles As part of a drive to make recycling and waste collections across Herefordshire ever cleaner and greener, two brand new, state of the art eCollect all-electric Collection Vehicles (RCVs) will take to the roads this month. The vehicles, which will be the first ever all-electric RCV’s to join the fleet in Herefordshire, adding to the ever-growing number of eCollects in service across the UK - currently in excess of 100. Purchased as part of the new recycling and waste collection services contract between Herefordshire Council and its partner FCC Environment, the two new eCollect vehicles join the 26 new RCV’s which will serve residents and businesses alike across the County. These range in size from 7.5-tonne to 26-tonne RCV’s; including 15 26-tonne vehicles, seven 18-tonne vehicles and four vehicles ranging in size from 7.5-tonnes to 12-tonnes. All of these vehicles have been chosen to deliver the best solution for the residents of Herefordshire over the next eight years of their service. The two new eCollects have been manufactured by Dennis Eagle in Warwick. The vehicles will be servicing residents and businesses in Hereford close to the depot on Ross Road as this area is ideally suited to the mileage range of the vehicles. Powered by renewable electricity, the eRCV’s will be charged up at the council depot from renewable sources. Cllr Swinglehurst, Cabinet Member Environment, said: “These cutting edge vehicles are an exciting part of our new waste service. The benefits they will bring to residents and those who visit the city include a reduction in air pollution including particulates and nitrogen oxide gases, and a reduction in noise pollution. “The Authority declared a climate and ecological emergency in March 2019 and is committed to achieving net zero by 2030, the introduction of the eCollects is a positive climate change action and a corner stone of this commitment.” Steve Longdon, FCC Environment Chief Executive Officer said: “FCC Environment is one of the UK’s leading recycling and resource management companies and we are committed to the fight against climate change. We are actively working with our partners in Herefordshire in its aim to be carbon neutral. As a result, we are delighted to be bringing two all-electric vehicles into the fleet and we are looking forward to continuing the journey to Net Zero across the county.”
  9. Herefordshire CAMRA, organisers of the popular Beer On The Wye Festival, have announced the event will not be running in 2025. The annual riverside festival, that has taken place in a marquee at Hereford Rowing Club since 2005, was due to take place next July. Mark Haslam, Chair of the festival’s organising committee and original creator of the festival, had this to say: “It is regrettable that this decision has had to be made, and I appreciate a lot of people are going to be disappointed: not just the many visitors who enjoy coming to the festival, but our small army of volunteers who work so hard to make it happen each year. However, it was difficult to see an alternative with so many changes and challenges that the festival currently faces. “Over the next few months a number of significant changes are to be made to our site as part of improving the facilities at the festival’s Rowing Club home. Whilst the organising committee are comfortable that these alterations will not prevent us from running the festival in the future, we can see great merit in waiting for the works to be completed. This will then allow us to organise with 100% certainty based on with what is actually ‘on the ground’. It is vital to minimise all risks to the event, particularly as it involves a considerable financial outlay to stage. “More significant is the fact we need more people to step-up and get involved in planning and organising the event. It’s ironic that over 130 unpaid volunteers were recruited to work at the festival this past summer, but we do not have enough bodies on the organising committee to do all the necessary planning in the months beforehand. We have now arrived at a situation where we have too few people trying to do too many tasks. An appeal has now gone out to our members and past festival volunteers to persuade more of them to get involved, and it is hoped that this will bring the ‘new blood’ that is needed onto the organising committee. “With all these changes in the pipeline, it is also considered that now is the right time to undertake a thorough root and branch review of the festival. Such an exercise is long overdue, and to achieve this aim it is essential to stop the treadmill of monthly planning meetings, so as to provide the time and space for those on the organising committee to devote themselves to this important process.” It is anticipated that Beer On The Wye Festival will return in July 2026. Beer on the Wye takes place each July in a marquee adjacent to Hereford Rowing Club, HR4 0BE. It is run by the Herefordshire Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) with the help of unpaid volunteers. Next July’s event would have been the nineteenth Beer on the Wye festival. In July 2024 it attracted in excess of 5,200 visitors, who between them consumed nearly 20,000 pints of beer, cider and perry.
  10. So yesterday we received a press release from Hereford Lions Club, which is EMBARGOED UNTIL 10am on 1st December (today). So we followed their request and and scheduled the publication for 10:00am Some others think they are clever by scheduling just a little bit earlier to get it our first... Yes, it's only a minute and yes it's not really that important but Hey Ho ho ho...
  11. The Beefy Boys Are opening In Bath! This is their 4th restaurant. AQMHR6r9YUBUHQ-f7CcsBaFBUUDTZ2JxATLw5Z6_HUoQCsXLPGkPguoHHfhHsB3M9ie16KwRCcxkdBq2o-TnmxN0.mp4 This is fabulous news following the boys recent success in the USA their Dirty Boy Burger was judged the 4th Best Burger In The World! (Although we think it's the best burger in the World ) The boys wrote of the Facebook page: "IT'S OFFICIAL! We're firing up the grills at our 4th location! The worst-kept secret since dipping fries in milkshakes became a thing Stay tuned for opening day details and exclusive launch surprises!" Looking for the ideal Christmas Gift? They have their brilliant Cook Book and lots of other goodies - https://thebeefyboys.com Great to see the boys continued success, good luck with the new store opening in early 2025!
  12. Let's bring back United! Hereford United that is.. Oh look. within the hour guess who followed..
  13. A tractor driver has been arrested after being filmed driving through deep floodwater in Tenbury on Sunday, sending large waves crashing into businesses along Teme Street. The incident sparked outrage on social media. The 57-year-old driver was detained on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving but has since been released on bail. In the video, the tractor appears to strike something, causing it to jolt, to the surprise of onlookers. Reports suggest the waves created by the tractor damaged windows and compromised flood defences. Tractor creates devastating wave by driving through flooded UK town.mp4 Credit Jay Da Costa A spokesperson for West Mercia Police said: “I’d like to thank everyone who brought this incident to our attention, and to the local community for their co-operation and support yesterday while we carried our initial enquiries. I understand the upset and anger that the incident caused, and I hope that the arrest we made yesterday evening offers reassurance that we are actively investigating it. Officers will continue to be out and about in Tenbury in the coming days to assist the local community and our partner agencies with recovery efforts following the flooding.”
  14. 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗥𝗘 𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗗𝗦 | Flood water across Herefordshire begins to subside after storm Bert. BBLP crews are prioritising the clean-up effort. One of the crews are in Orleton clearing mud and debris before the road can be safely opened to the public. Thank you to the staff and everyone involved in the challenging work clearing it all up. 👏
  15. Sad To See But Some Excellent Progress By Wye Valley Demolition Half of the garden rooms have been demolished Boiler Room gone! Full demolition work is expected to be completed by late January 2025.
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