Biomech

http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/11556396.Herefordshire_Council_attempt_to_take_possession_of_Edgar_Street/ Do who didn't see this coming? It's amazing how untransparent this council is yet everyone can see right through them. Nothing but lies, deceit and plotting behind the scenes at EVERY SINGLE turn. With November 5th coming up, I think someone needs to go and burn that ******* place to the ground. Nowhere have I seen so much ineptitude, lying, secrecy and ripping off of the public. Literally putting the CON into Conservatives.

Utter bullshit. So now that you've forced repossession and taken control of the grounds - what are you intentions? You ******* councillors couldn't tell the truth if your ******* lives depending on it.

It's not the first time that's been pointed out on here, but, as usual, the councillors completely ignore any questions about it

I just looked at today's traffic. Every red point - bar the Pizza Hut Roundabout - is bang on a set of traffic lights. ..just saying. Edit: Just found a cool feature, you can select live traffic or "typical traffic". As you flick through the days you see a big build up of traffic jams Tuesday - Thursday.

Welcome to Hereford.

I don't expect them to ever reply, they never do unless it fits in with their agenda, most of them aren't bothered about the poor old towns folk, what we think and certainly have no interest in answering any questions that actually have any relevance. Ask them what their plans are for the new elections and they'd reply in droves with the spineless promises that they have no intention of keeping.

Flam, I'd put money on them being machine lifted - health and safety, efficiency and all that. Plus they have the lift handles and all my black bin men aren't hugely tall, so I can't imagine them leaning/falling in to get the one at the bottom :P

I've been meaning to ask for a while now. There's been a lot of delivery on the black wheelies now, but no one can use them until November. Now I'm assuming this is because of a weight issue? And that the black bag lorries will need to be retrofitted with lifting mechanisms - yes? no? My questions are: A: If this is the case, how much will it cost to fit the lorries and how does that balance with the alleged savings being made? B: If this is not the case, then why can't we use them?

Cheaper thinner plastic as well

..or perhaps a barrier between a cycle lane and a car lane - I'm sure the Netherlands had something that someone posted here not too long ago... I don't think this was it, but here's an idea. HCC missed the boat on a cheaper, shared, alternative

I used to think I'd like to see cycle lanes around town. I don't, I want to see cycle *routes*. Lanes or no lanes, car drivers couldn't give a **** and drive through them anyway, it's just not worth cycling with such a high level of danger. Whether it's the heavy traffic on inner city roads or the speeding drivers in the middle of country roads as they go around blind corners.

:) I'm always around, just depends how busy I am / what's going on in the world :)

Only city without a bypass Massive lack of cycle routes and support One of the most polluted cities in the country Anyone else see a correlation here?

Choose how you move!!... or, as I like to say, choose to be crushed and run off the road or sit in traffic :P

If work allowed it, I'd move to Cardiff.

How can anyone discuss a shortage of housing when so many sit empty? Fill what we have, THEN let's talk about building more. And while I have no problem with legal immigrants, you simply cannot deny that the difference in cultures leads to unwanted side effects such as over stuffing house and this "care free" attitude to doing what one likes. With streets becoming majority EU, and other migrants blocking roads with their second hand, ex postal / tesco vans etc, there IS a problem. And each problem has a knock on effect. You over stuff houses, that increase the number of vehicles per household and, with not enough space to accommodate so many imported vehicles, the roads and streets become blocked and packed to the brim. Now you could argue that more houses will fix that - it won't, it will just compound the issue and it boils down to differences in cultural attitudes. I'm sure immigrants don't intend to pi*% people off, because that behaviour is commonplace in their country. We, as a country, don't have the capacity for so many people. The NHS, housing, the economy can't support it, no matter how politicians spin it. Immigrants move to the UK. Often pack 10 in a house made for 4. Bringing their own vehicles with them - so our motor industry suffers (hell, even we go abroad to buy cars because it's cheaper), we've seen a boom in migrant specific shops opening, the stock is imported from abroad, the profits are sent back. So money earnt in the UK *is* leaving the country. Of course not all of them (most of them I find to be very polite and hard working), but this is an observable fact.

No, not in my opinion, build more houses and we'll get even more people demanding to be given a house. It's quite clear that there is only really 1 type of people who come to Hereford to live now

I saw BB out on mowers today - that's the first time I have ever seen them doing the job. I've seen - what was it, a Malvern/Monmoth firm, London firms and, recently, I saw a local company called "BioSphere"(?) tending to the public areas... but never BB, until today.

All as bad as each other. It's like being asked to vote on which way you'd rather be executed.

I park in Morrissons when I have to go to the hospital - I'd rather crawl up Stonebow road(?) than pay to park in the hospital carpark The only trouble there is all of the morons that block access because they don't notice it's a two way road up to the car park. That and when the traffic builds up, with the new lights, it creates a loop on itself and becomes a solid gridlock from tesco's underground entrance, through the carpark, out the otherside and around back to the entrance, a solid loop with no where to go - happened last week, 45 minutes to get in the underground to out the new lights

Private land is private land - regardless as to whether it's a double drive or a 200 space car park, so my point remains that if anyone here owned land that people kept parking on in contrary to the conditions, you'd want to do something about it. Your Morrisson's ordeal sounds ridiculous (on their part). I'm considerate when I park but if a private carpark (Tesco etc) is full apart from a parent and child space - I'll park in it. Likewise, if I have a broken leg, I'll park in a disabled without a badge.

I think perhaps the problem is the way the enforcement is done. I agree with Stupidfrustration, people are parking on someones land, they have the right to enforce conditions. HOWEVER, threats and impersonating government workers and paperwork is definitely a no no. Perhaps sf wasn't too clear in their example. Perhaps consider that you have a double drive and only use one space and then random strangers parked on your driveway every day - you'd want to do something about it right? I think for me, depending on the purpose of the space (shopping/staff carpark/back of a shop etc), I'd put up a notice and have people towed for trespass for violations. These fake tickets are wrong without a doubt, but a businesses person or landowner has the right to place conditions upon the use of their own land. I'm sure you'll agree

What if we spray paint sexual graffetti on roadsigns and then when the long grass and hedges stick to it, they'll have to cut the verges to get to the spray paint

I would apply for that - but I have literally no idea what any of that means

This is the important bit that's going to trip up a lot of people. But you know, no information campaign and £1,000 penalties.... easy money