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Just picked up a Tesco trolley from outside the house. Third trolley in 2 weeks. What's wrong with these people. I imagine someone left the trolley elsewhere and the kids have pushed it up here to play with. Same problem with trying to speak to someone at Tesco Belmont. After 6 minutes trying get through I was connected to someone in Scotland. On the council website they say will pick up abandoned Tesco trolleys, but on the Tesco website, Trolleywise are responsible. But at the end of the day no correct up to date information available to abate the problem.

Here's some photos I took:

Just taken in a traffic cone this morning lying in the street. I think it has come from Sherborne Close. Herefordshire Housing are re-roofing the flats there. It's a pity that these kids picking up trolleys and traffic cones and leaving them all over the place picked up some litter instead.

Good news. The trolleys have been picked up by a very polite man from a company called Collex. They only pick up ASDA trolleys. See how long before the next one appears.

I have taken an abandoned ASDA trolley off my street and placed it in my garden. Children have been using it to get on the garage roofs. To get the trolley picked up I started by going to the Herefordshire Council Website - report an abandoned shopping trolley. To report an abandoned trolley, please identify the retailer it belongs to, then call the relevant collection service below. In this case a company called Trolleywise deal with ASDA trolleys. So I sent a report to Tolleywise only to receive an email saying that: Good morning Martin, Thank you for your email. Unfortunately we are not contracted to collect ASDA trolleys anymore. You need to contact your local store for organising the collection. Kind regards, Trolleywise team Before I rang the store I called Herefordshire Council to tell them the information on their website was not up to date, and that maybe the other supermarkets contracted to Trolleywise were in the same situation. The lady at the council also said contact ASDA direct to recover the trolley. When I rang ASDA T: 01432 346300 this is what you hear: Thank you for calling ASDA Hereford. To keep improving our service we may record or monitor your calls. If a customer press 1 If a colleague press 2 If a supplier or contractor press 3 press 1 and you get this: Due to unprecedented demand we cannot connect your call to our store. Please visit our website. This takes you to the Trolleywise section on the website which states: Have you found an Asda trolley in your community that has been taken from our store? Let us know exactly where it is and we’ll come and collect it and return it back to Asda. Ha Ha technology overpowers humanity again. It is impossible to speak to a human being when resolving problems nowadays. Oh I have just taken another abandoned trolley off the street. I now have got two trolleys in my garden. I better report this to the council ! ! ! ! I have a better idea - the local scrap dealer comes round the street every Sunday so if the the trolleys are not picked up by then he can have them.

Head of the UK vaccines taskforce Kate Bingham is to be given a damehood, the Telegraph has reported, after getting the UK access to millions of doses of six different jabs. Her expected honour is among a number in next week’s Queen’s Birthday honours dedicated to “heroes” in the pandemic. Bingham was appointed to the role in May last year and left at the end of 2020. Won't be long before its Lord Jesse.

Here's what they debated on the day.

Controlling groups merge to form new alliance Two of the groups which control Herefordshire Council have strengthened their alliance by combining to form a new political group. Herefordshire Independents and It's Our County will now be known as Independents for Herefordshire. The two parties formed a coalition with the Green Party after the elections in 2019 to run the authority. Councillor John Harrington will chair the new group and described it as "practical and progressive". He said they will work together to fight the next council elections in two years time.

Parliament live TV House of Lords Wednesday 26 May 2021 Meeting starts at 12.00pm Oral questions: Number of e-scooters being used illegally in London Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Conservative) She's obviously concerned.

This came up here: Who can use them and where?

Decision details Procurement of journey time monitoring software Decision Maker: Acting Assistant Director for Highways and Transport Decision status: Recommendations Approved Is Key decision?: No Is subject to call in?: No Purpose: • The journey time data is used for both service and corporate monitoring purposes as a key performance indicator (KPI) for congestion; • The journey time data is also used in transport modelling to provide a comparison between current observed journey times in Hereford with different transport and/or land use scenarios to help assess efficacy of different options; • The Highways Analyst software produced by Basemap provides the most flexible solution for our basic data requirements but also provides much greater scope for data analysis and assessment of transport schemes than alternatives, providing a great deal of added value; • It requires minimal officer time to extrapolate and analyse the data; • The Council has used Highways Analyst to monitor the journey time KPI for 3 years and this will ensure consistency with historic journey time reporting maintaining the integrity of the observed long term trends in journey times; • There are cost savings associated with securing a 3 year subscription with Basemap, by way of a fixed rate for the three year period (no inflation increases); and • The council is not bound by a contract with Basemap, and the annual subscription can be cancelled at any time with no penalties. Contact: Victoria Hammond, Transport Planning Officer Email: vhammond@herefordshire.gov.uk. Publication date: 12/05/2021 Date of decision: 11/05/2021

Result of Election of a District Councillor for the Newton Farm Ward 6th May 2021 Jacqueline Ann Carwardine (190 votes) 1 Kestrel Road, Newton Farm, Hereford, HR2 7TN Liberal Democrats Steve Horsfield (64 votes) (address in Herefordshire) Labour Party Alan John Jones (62 votes) 17 Wyedean Rise, Belmont, Hereford, HR2 7XZ Independent Glenda Ann Powell (45 votes) 6 Charlton Avenue,Newton Farm, Hereford, HR2 7HP Independent Ann-Marie Probert (282 votes) - Elected 71 Holme Lacy Road, Hereford, HR2 6DF The Conservative Party Candidate Amelia Rose Washbourne (9 votes) 45 Riverview, Putson, Hereford, HR2 6EB Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Des Woods (16 votes) 6 Irvine Close, Kings Acre, Hereford, HR4 0RE Independent Total spoilt votes 4 Percentage Turnout: 21.73% (668 voted out of a potential 3162 voters) Map of Newton Farm Ward Profile of Newton Farm Ward

Just voted 10:00 am very quiet. Will it be any different after the votes have been counted. I doubt it, it's all about the parties not the people.

One day to go to voting and judging by the few responses not much interest. Nice to see Glenda still going at it. More local support to push for the above items would be a start to improve the neighbourhood with maybe some resident's meetings linked to Neighbourhood Watch on a regular basis with Housing Association, BBLP representatives so that they are all singing off the same song sheet.

Previous post highlighting more examples of graffiti seen in the area over the past years.

These people are morons. We have just had a spate of graffiti around Muir Close and Sherborne Close with red paint sprayed about. Just waiting for the authorities to spring into action and wipe it out . . . but no doubt will be waiting for ever.

Less than a week to go and little interest from the electorate on this site. Newton Farm needs a good clean up and to make it somewhere to be proud to live. If you ignore the people and the council show a lack of interest in the area no wonder it will become more blighted.

Why pay more 9% community charge when you don't have a car?

Newton Farm Ward * Community Centre built - as part of the original Oval Development * Neighbourhood Watch and foot patrols reinstated * Street Cleaning - ie weeds removed from kerbs * Tree Pruning - restore some light to affected properties What about the other wards - any suggestions - only two weeks to go till voting 6th May. Elected councillors will forget once voted in so a reminder/checklist may help them.

What is the view and position of the local election candidates regarding this issue. The Hub appeared to be a softener for getting the Oval Development approved and built. Strange that in order to improve the area The Vortex and Church were demolished to allow this to happen.

Contacted BBLP again. Said they would send someone out to look at the trees and get back to me - so far nothing. Maybe our prospective local election candidates can do something.

Unfortunately these large store companies have realised that their business is making just as much money on the internet. By closing the stores the staff are made redundant and they will not be paying rent and business rates - economic fact. The worst example is Amazon. The town centres have to change to get people in.

The cutting back of trees in Muir Close goes back years when most requests were deemed not worth doing. There has been some lopping of certain trees which has resulted in the subsequent thickening up of greenery and the consequence of sunshine being blocked from several households. Is it too much to ask that the Council and BBLP can sort this problem out especially when people spend a lot of their free time in their gardens. Also my partner is confined to a wheelchair and can only sit in the back garden to enjoy the warmer weather and she misses the sunshine - remember vitamin D3 is good for you. Over the years the matter of tree pruning has been passed back and forward between the Council and Housing Associations depending on whose land the trees stand on. I believe there is only one tree maintenance contractor to cover the whole of Herefordshire - a small saving on BBLP's maintenance budget considering they receive millions of pounds each month from council tax payers. It would be nice if someone could let some light into our lives in these miserable enforced lockdowns, of which I am sure more will follow. At present there is tree cutting debris left on Council land since July 2020 and no one has moved it yet. Maybe they are waiting for me to take it to the tip when I get my 4 hours off a week from caring duties. Here are some trees cut back in 2016 - looks a bit harsh.

Had a flyer put through the door today from the Independents. Alan Jones is taking the right track by adopting a community approach. I've had a gut's full of our present lot who don't give a fig about the electorate and bow down to BBLP passing millions for a job half done. I have matters raised from July last year still outstanding concerning the state of trees and waste and they are not really interested. They soon removed a waste bin from the street because it was an inconvenience to them - nice and easy. In view of the lock down and more to come what has happened to the community centre, part of the plan when the Oval was redeveloped. Over the years the Vortex went, then the church and no neighbourhood watch. We have a police station, but we never see a policeman on the beat or bicycle. Without the local volunteers keeping our streets clean Newton Farm would be further neglected. Let's hope Alan Jones's manifesto raises the spirits.

Plenty seen in Westminster and the odd few in local authorities (lol)