Mamma Jammas Closing Down!
Sad news to learn that Mamma Jamma's nightclub in West Street Hereford will close their doors for the lats time on Saturday February 9th 2019.

The club made this announced on their Facebook Page:

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Eight and half years. They bet we wouldn't last 2 weeks. However it is with great sadness we announce that Mamma Jammas last night will be Saturday 9th February. Through many ups, and the odd down, we've all persevered, however everything must eventually give way to time and the changing of tastes. We thank you all for your custom, your loyalty and most of all your company. Thank you to every member of staff we've ever had, for your endeavours and your hard work. Our main aim has always been, and will continue to be, a good night out. So looking forward to the next phase we wish you all well and hopefully you'll join us at some point on the next part of our journey. 

Good luck to them with the next phase of their journey!

A new beginning awaits..

A car has somehow landed up crashing into the front entrance doors of The Range store in Three Elms Hereford.
Emergency services have been called to the scene

Today a leaflet came through the door from Lib Dems. Says agreement regarding residents' parking permits could not be reached with residents of various roads. One of which was Belmont Court. It may not be common knowledge, but Belmont Court is privately owned by owners of properties in Belmont Court and is maintained by them, not the Council. Surely the Council have no rights in deciding parking there?

Hereford is twinned with Polish City Jaworzno, so are there plans in place to update our Welcome to Hereford signs etc? 

A planning application has now been submitted for a proposed conversion of retail units into 17 dwelling flats.

Britain's WORST drink-drive towns revealed: Cities in North West and Wales have most drunk drivers while Londoners are better behaved

Hereford, Crewe, Blackpool and Sunderland are top four towns for worst drink and drug driving convictions

London dominates the list of postcodes with the lowest conviction rates for the third year in a row

Analysis looked at over six million car insurance quotes run on MoneySuperMarket over 12-month period

Plumbers, scaffolders and builders revealed to be among most likely to be caught drink or drug driving.

Hereford emerged with the greatest number of drink and drug driving convictions at 2.30 for every 1,000 drivers - with Crewe coming in a close second with 1.86.

Article source

Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, is inviting applications from community groups interested in establishing a new pocket park or refurbishing an existing one. The government has unfortunately given a very tight deadline of 5pm on Friday 25 January for applications but, if you would like to make one, please visit the government's website for full details and an application form.

Ellen Froggatt (Mrs)
Office Manager
Open Spaces Society
25a Bell Street
Henley-on-Thames
RG9 2BA

Tel: 01491 573535

Email: ellenfroggatt@oss.org.uk
Website: www.oss.org.uk

I would like to wish all of our members at Hereford Voice a very Happy New Year! 

parliamentlive.tv - House of Commons

Thursday 10 January 2019 Meeting started at 9.33am

Better than anything on TV at the moment. See our MP performing in this empty vaccum of a chamber where it would difficult to put together a Parliamentary football team.

More rubbish from the council and BB trying to do less again, but continually pocketing the cash. I sent a request concerning land ownership of a grass verge on the 9th October 2018 followed by two reminders and I am still waiting for a reply. Every Sunday morning for one hour I fill two bins of litter found lying in the street, shoved in hedges and dog poo chucked up in trees. I have yet to see anyone else living in the area do a litter pick and we have three council bins to use. Complete folly to take any of these away and you don't need consultants and studies to tell you the obvious.

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BBC H&W local radio - 13th December 2018

Littering and fly-tipping could be reduced by cutting the number of litter bins, researchers who worked with Herefordshire Council have concluded.

Balfour Beatty Living Places worked with 10 local authorities on the study and believe that by removing bins, people are encouraged to "take responsibility for their waste" and take it home or dispose of it correctly.

Herefordshire Council said the results of the research needed further study, but "it is clear that behavioural change is necessary to reduce littering and fly-tipping; not to just simply increase the number of bins on our streets".

For information ...

The Defence Medical Welfare Service's welfare officers in Herefordshire are working closely with health professionals to provide tailored physical and mental health support to the aged veteran community in times of need, helping to reduce lengthy hospital stays and ease pressure on NHS staff.

For more information and support, visit www.dmws.org.uk or contact local Welfare Officers Bethany Parham and Ashley Winter on 07785614832 or 07377722648, email awinter@dmws.org.uk or bparham@dmws.org.uk

Going on from that .........one reads / hears that there is no help and assistance for Armed Forces Veterans  Well to my mind there is . The Veteran or a member of his family / friend  only have to contact one of the  many Armed Forces / Veterans Charities  for help , assistance ,guidance etc , that will start the ball rolling  and if entitled all that's asked for will be given .......only condition is that it's NEEDS not WANTS ! 

I am happy for anybody seeking guidance to pm me .....

I'm wondering how the hell they got down there in the first place.

A youg lad was stabbed multiple times in Ethelstan Crescent, near the entry to the skate park on Friday evening 04/01/2019
If anyone saw two men acting suspiciously in a three door Ford (male driver and male rear passenger) around Ethelstan crescent/waterfield road/masefield avenue/Charlton avenue/kilvert road can you please call the police on 101, incident number 0556s040119.
At this time one person from Worcester has been arrested with police looking for the other male.

Plans have been submitted for the proposed demolition of existing hutted wards and a new build construction of a two-storey ward development with roof top plant space at Herefordshire County Hospital.

Planning Application P180679/F

Following this article in the Hereford Times - Children fear losing green to potential housing estate, tried to connect this reply with past history on Hereford Voice to no avail. Only 48 hours left to comment.

Housing and employment site options - Hereford Area Plan consultation

The Herefordshire Local Plan Core Strategy, adopted in 2015, sets out an overall framework for the scale and location of new development across the county. The Hereford Area Plan (HAP) will set out detailed proposals to ensure the delivery of the targets for the city in the adopted Core Strategy. It will include policies and proposals for growth in the historic city of Hereford including specific proposals for housing, employment and urban regeneration. In doing so, the plan must also protect and enhance its attractive built and natural environment, providing for its current and future community needs.

Housing and employment site options

Identifying and delivering new housing and employment land is a key policy area that the HAP must deliver. The Core Strategy identifies four strategic sites for housing and employment land at Three Elms, Holmer West, Lower Bullingham and the city centre area. These sites will account for a significant proportion of the city’s housing growth target for the plan period. It is the task of the HAP to identify further deliverable site allocations to aid the delivery of the remainder of the target.

Work has been carried out to prepare potential site options for the delivery of housing and employment growth in Hereford City and to help inform the preparation of the HAP.

View the potential options for housing and employment sites

There are several ways you can view the potential site options for housing and employment sites in the Hereford Area Plan before letting us know your views.

County Councillor for Widemarsh Polly Andrews in her recent new letter has criticised the fantastic work achieved by the City Council in providing a memorial bench sited at the recently restored War Memorial on Widemarsh Common.

How anyone in her position can possibly justify complaining about a beautiful bench? Which is a place for contemplation of our lost heroes during the two World Wars.

We visited the memorial shortly after Armistice Day to see the recently added names from World War II and took these fabulous photographs in the Autumn sunshine and as you can clearly see there is no litter in site.

New Cinema with table service and comfy sofas opening in Hereford next week!

The Loft Cinema is opening on December 19 in West Street.

Fiona Bain and Jon Jones are the brains behind the new venture in the space which was formerly AJ's pool and snooker venue.
The first film to be shown on Wednesday is Pulp Fiction.

There are 14 sofas to sit on, which works out at about 35 seats.

There will also be a bar serving alcohol and drinks can be brought to your seat.

They are also considering running screenings which include a meal during the movie break. For example, having a Sunday lunch from the nearby Stables during a Sunday screening of a classic film.

Prices include £12 for a two-seater sofa at the front up to £26 for a three seater recliner at the back.

To find out more go to @loftcinemahereford on Facebook.

Whilst looking on the HC News website for confirmation of something I heard about NMITE (which I failed to find) I happened across the 2 links relating to the Social Care recent cases. 

Thought I would post them before they are mysteriously removed

https://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi?doc=/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2018/76.html&query=(WR0007/18)

https://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi?doc=/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2018/72.html&query=(WR18Z00057)

I have not yet read them but feel they will make for very uncomfortable and worrying reading