A ww2 bomb has been dug up by contractors on the industrial estate.
Road closed in both directions with bomb disposal unit on site

Herefordshire Council’s central customer services team will move from Franklin House to the newly-refurbished Blueschool House, opening to customers on Monday 4 September 2017.

Interesting and costly goings on at Ledbury Town Council!!

http://www.richhadley.net/ledbury-blog/archives/08-2017

This is Herefordshire Council's vision of the new link road and how it could look.

A man has died following a horrific fatal accident at around 10 pm tonight on the A49 Hereford to Ross Road just passed the Axe and Cleaver. 

A vehicle collided into the side of a tractor and trailer that was carrying bales of hay and coming out of a field, the hay subsequently caught fire, which is all that you can see in this photo. 

Emergency vehicles from both Hereford and Ross attended the scene and have been in attendance all night.

Photo courtesy of Colin Lewis

The road will remain closed for most of today while emergency repairs are carried out to the surface. There are diversions in place.

A planning application has been submitted for the proposed erection of two plinths on the site of the Skateboard Park on Holmer Road Hereford to display sculptures and similar public art.

The sculptures would be no more than 4 metres in height, similar to the Woodpecker sculpture at Whitecross Road.

The exhibits will not exceed the plinth size of 2 x 2 metres. The sculptures and public art will be created by local artists and students from the Hereford Art College and will be unique to Hereford.

The idea is to change these sculptures every three or four months based on the same principle as the sixth plinth in Trafalgar Square London.

There are no plans to include any lighting. Information about the artists will be displayed in the boom box already on site.

Planning application P172296/F

Example below:

Junction Changes at Station Approach Hereford.

I remember the topic that bobby47 started called the Shame Of The European Union...It should be renamed to the European Union SHAME! 

Angela Merkel - this is blood on your hands.

One of the Paris terrorists passed through Greece in October as a Syrian refugee! So where are all the looney left wing tree huggers now?

Please find attached Safer Network Team August 2017 Newsletter.

SNT August 2017.pdf

At Last! 

The monstrosity left behind following a major fire that damaged Alban House in High Town Hereford is finally going to be given a new lease of life.

This eyesore has been left untouched ever since the fire back in 2010.

Plans have been submitted this week for alterations and extensions to form 2 ground floor retails units with 10 residential units above with 6 additional apartments at the rear facing onto East Street and a further 3 town houses also at the rear.

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Proposed alterations and extensions to form 2 no. ground floor retail units with 10 no. residential units above following major fire damage.Proposed erection of 6 no. residential apartments facing East Street. Demolition of redundant outbuilding and construction of 3 new town houses to rear courtyard area.

P172823/F

P172824/L

Another terrorist attack in Europe today, this time in Barcelona.

Some nutter in a van mowing down innocent people and tourists on Las Ramblers in the heart of the city. Reports are that at least 13 people have died and another 50 or more are injured.

A white van mounted the pavement of Las Ramblas, the main tourist area in the city, and struck several people, police said.

 

It came to a halt at the entrance to the Liceu metro station and the occupants escaped and ran off into the streets nearby, according to one newspaper

Once again the HTIMES have ignored the positives by the local cops and council. 2 shops raided - Mila in Belmont Road and Supersam in Eign Street. 2 illegal immigrants arrested. 250k of contraband/illegal cigs plus large quantity of illegal alcohol. Both shops owned by the same man. Others arrested as well...3 days later alcohol licenses suspended. Not seen as a current story by the HTIMES disappointing

Hi everyone 

New here, first post and its not a happy one sadly. 

Around the King George V Playing field / Bishops meadow area I am seeing a lot of dog owners letting there dogs run loose when there is a sign stating dogs must be on its lead, just before the Victoria Bridge,.

As far as I know it is not a designated area where dogs are allowed to run off the lead, also the typical response from the owner is "he isn't dangerous, he wont bite"

As someone who goes jogging in the area I pay special attention to any dog that is running wild, I am not a dog person due to bad experiences with them in the past that I am not willing to listen to any owner who claims there dog is friendly. 

If I am jogging and a dog comes out of nowhere bounding towards/ after me, I will kick it away. I have already done this more than once and as always the owner blames me he his inability to control his dog. 

Has anyone else has this kind of things happen to them in the area or other places in Hereford ? 

I have spoken to a police officer and been told I am fully within my right to defend myself in situations like this, also should the dog be injured or die due to defending myself it's the owners fault. 

I see there are people camping where the willow used to be this morning!

The Booth Hall closed its doors last Sunday.

Hereford Times Article

 

ANOTHER Hereford pub has shut its doors for the foreseeable future with the tenant saying it no longer made any money.

 

The Booth Hall in East Street closed its doors last Sunday.

 

Martyn Hathaway, from The Number Works Pub Company, decided to close the pub before his lease finished at the end of February.

 

He partly blamed the closure on the delay in opening the passageway which led to the pub from the High Town.

 

It has been closed since a fire ripped through the former River Island and Card Factory stores in October 2010.

 

Mr Hathaway said: "We were always hoping the alleyway was going to be opened back up. For the last two years all we had were promises it was going to be re-opened."

 

He previously ran the Old Market Inn but had to leave to make way for the Old Market Shopping Centre.

 

Mr Hathaway, who ran The Booth for two years, said: "This side of town has been struggling since the complex. We thought people would go over there, try the new restaurants and filter back to the pubs this side of town.

 

"Unfortunately I don't think it has happened that way."

 

He said he believed empty shops in the High Town did not encourage people across.

 

He runs 13 other pubs, including The Spread Eagle in King Street and The Wye Inn in Holme Lacy Road.

 

Mr Hathaway said The Spread is doing well, but believes this is due to its proximity to The Cathedral.

 

He said he has managed to move most of The Booth staff to his other pubs.

 

Enterprise Inns plc owns The Booth Hall and has been asked for a comment.

 

Spokesman for Herefordshire Council, Richard Gallagher, said: "We are sorry to hear this long established business is due to cease trading.

 

"Booth Hall Passage is an adopted highway for pedestrians. Therefore there is a duty of care on the council to make the area safe for pedestrians walking by. The passage has been closed due to the catastrophic damage to the buildings through which it passes. The owner of those buildings has completed some stabilisation works.

 

"The Section 215 Notice pertaining to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 was formally served on the owner of the fire damaged buildings on Friday 24 October. The owner has 80 days to comply with the notice after it took effect on Tuesday, December 2.

 

"Until the fire damaged buildings are made safe it is not possible to reopen the passageway."

Herefordshire Council has won an enforcement case against two builders found guilty of fly tipping by the River Lugg.

This Breakfast Club starts on Saturday 1st April 2017 - the club dies have a Facebook Group -