Stirling effort from Jim K not only did he participate in the spinathon with his IOC team but also topped the table for close house in town today. Not bad for an old man! ;)

No such public displays from a certain councillor in anyway shape or form!

After watching an hour of this cultural dross I sat there nibbling on a packet of Pork Scratchings thankful for one single thing.

That we, Great Britain, four nations of greatness and incredible important gifts to the world are separated from mainland Europe by the salty brine of the Channel.

Thank God for the Ice Age and thank God for the science of Geology. My only regret is the Channel can be navigated within ninety minutes on a ferry from Calais.

Good bloody grief, if I ever had to sit there listening to their music and witness their cultural way of life I'd take a small fruit fork and stab myself in each ear.

As I sat there listening to some bloody offering served up by a European backwater of a Country, that told a musical story of how high the milk yield was from the local community goat, my mind wondered to the thought of death not being such a terrible thing to happen to me.

As I viewed the voting process that saw some Austrian bearded man or woman dressed up in a lovely frock win this garbage of a competition, I chanted to the Gods to deliver me from the pain and serve me up a minor heart attack so that I could lay down in bed and be excused from having to listen to the winner sing the rotten winning song again and weeping before the watching world proclaiming, 'this is the best day of my life'.

The pain and anguish could have been lessened if only they'd chosen to warble their tuneless dross to me and the World in their own Mother tongue. At the least, I wouldn't have been able to understand why the goat was so loved in this small poverty stricken hamlet and why its milk was so appreciated by the villagers who choose to suck on this beasts teat to extract the milk.

No such bloody luck. They all gave it to me in English, thus ensuring I was fully cognisant of the corny lyrics they'd attached to the surge of noise they'd shoved down my ears. As for the lyrics, moreoften than not they all held one common theme. The local wench dances around the old tree, a passing minstrel who owns a gaggle of geese and a herd of goats passes by. They fall in love. Run away and up the bloody mountain they go, never to be seen again.

We've gotta get out of this European Union. If only to escape their music and the endless agony that's heaped upon us every single year they hold this unholy celebration of ' music you'll never buy and never wish to listen to again unless you are mad'.

The body of a man has been found in the park beside Castle Pool pond, Hereford, this morning.

Police have sealed off the area with a crime scene team at work on Cantilupe Street.

The death is currently being investigated as "unexplained". A passer-by found the body just before 7am this morning.

From HT

The Gardens, off Cantilupe Street next to the Castle Pool duck pond, were sealed off this morning while a crime scene team searched for clues.

As yet, police have not formally identified the deceased - a middle-aged man - or confirmed a cause of death.

Work is underway on tracing the movements of individuals matching the description of the deceased through the city yesterday. A post mortem is planned for either tomorrow or Monday.

The body of a woman was found in the river Wye this morning
I do know more but will wait until the news is published in Hereford Times.

Saturday night I had a taxi refuse a short trip for a girl who needed to go from Commercial Road to A&E as the trip was too short. This is not the first time we have seen short trips eg Commercail Road to Saxtys / MammaJammas refused by cabs on the rank as they are to short and people have had to go down the line looking for a cab to take them. Has anyone else seen this?

Very sad to hear some individuals broke into my son's nursery last night and stole a lot of the children's toys. Here is there post from Facebook.

Cannot make your mind up the EU was started in 1942 by Nazi's the first German government set up after ww2 was in Bonn and it included 150 Nazi's and by 1959 it included as it's most senior advisor a Nazi who stood trial at Nuremburg and was imprisoned.Do i have to spell it out for you do not listen to the lies the media put in front of you. They need us we do not need them how can you allow an unelected body rule your lives wake up people wake up. 

Harry Breckhough was a codebreaker during ww2 and helped set up the University systems after the war and worked with the new German government but they did not know he had worked for british intelligence listen to what he has to say.

Tesco has teamed up with Groundwork to launch its Bags of Help initiative across England and Wales. The scheme will see three community projects awarded grants of £12,000, £10,000 and £8,000 – all raised from the 5p bag charge. Herefordshire Housing’s Playground Project has been lucky enough to have been chosen as 1 of the 3 community projects to benefit, in Herefordshire.

Farmers Club to Cosy Club!

Photo courtesy Hereford Times

The former "Farmers Club" now currently owned by Simply Stunning on the corner of Widemarsh Street was sold several months ago, I can now reveal that the new owners are "Cosy Club" restaurant and bar, due to open in February 2016.

The Cosy Clubs are all day eating & drinking venues, open from 9am in the morning for brunch & coffee, right through to dinner & cocktails in the evening. Serving an array of mouth-watering food and quality libations in a slightly gentrified and quirky environment. 

 

*Winner of Restaurants Magazine’s Operators of the year 2013

*Winner of best emerging concept Restaurants retailer of the year

*Recently voted in the Times top 10 fastest growing companies 2013

 

*Highly commended best design restaurant of the year

50% of Nhs staff in Hereford to lose there parking permits as they are running out of space,all day parking in Hereford has gone from £3 to a massive £5

I've notice the amount of OAP drivers on our roads who are not fit to drive in my opinion,when should they hang there keys up??? I have a medical review at 45 yrs then every 5 yrs after that to keep my HGV license.

should this rule apply to all drivers???

From The Guardian .

Not a paper I read but I have signed a petition set up by 38 Degrees , I and others are aware how much Food Banks rely on store likevAsda and othe s to keep their Bank stocked -they wil be missed.

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/feb/17/asda-removes-food-bank-donation-points-from-uk-storesee

The venue (Snooker/Pool Hall) is applying for a 7 day a week 0900 - 0500 alcohol licence so as to cater for punters who want to watch big screen sport being played in different time zones from outside the UK ... 

Application

A somewhat ambitious PA 

Large police presence and bridge taped off,will post more when I find out what's happened.

A Sustainable Biomass Energy Station at Rotherwas, Hereford

Minutes of the meeting held on Thursday 14th January 2016 at Northolme Community Centre, Northolme Road, Belmont Hereford. 

Minutes - 14.1.2016.pdf (Draft)