Back in the summer of 2010, I requested more lighting and more police patrols along the GWW Hereford as a few people had expressed how scary it was walking home. 

Councillor Adrian Bridges said this a year later in November 2011:

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I raised the garage issue to Herefordshire Housing. Paul Kennedy has written back to me personally and confirmed that Herefordshire Housing has committed £340,000 in next years budget. This will ensure as necessary they will upgrade and rapair the garages / other building and if required demolish any of these that are considered unsafe.

We are now half way through 2013??? So was this followed up Mr Bridges? I asked Adrain again over a year later from the very same discussion:

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We are almost at the end of 2012 now Adrian, the assurances you gave above have not emerged so far with only a few months left in this years budget...

(image courtesy of Hereford Times)

NOTHING! Was ever done and we have seen several attacks over the past months, I notice that the Hereford Times has run a feature this week to highlight this issue once again and have suggested that most people still feel safe in Hereford in this article as you will see from the large amount of comments on the HT website this is not what is being said.

Wandering through the Old Market yesterday and I espied an old London Bus, (can't really miss it).  What is it doing in Hereford? Advertising somewhere or the latest addition to Yeoman's plans to run all the bus routes in Hereford!

From the letters page in the HT:

WELL done, Herefordshire Council, another brilliant decision with the proposal to raise the Merton Meadow parking charge with a whopping 67% increase from £3 to £5 per day (On-street parking charges on way? Hereford Times, July 30).

I have witnessed many times people being told that you have 3kg too much weight in this bag, so you now need to take that out and place it in the other bag, which can all be very humiliating. It does not matter that the next person in the queue could be 10 stones heavier than you as long as their bag is not overweight then thats fine. The airline have to increase the amount of fuel they load according to the weight that they carry.

There has been a lot of rubbish and broken glass along both sides of the Yazor brook at Moor Farm. This has caused quite a lot of distress for residents and dog walkers. On 20th August at 6pm there will be a litter pick along the brook. This I know will not resolve the issue but it is a start. I will continue to work with residents to try to resolve this for the future.

If you would like to help with the litter pick which should take about an hour then feel free to attend. We will meet in the car park at the Range at 5.45pm, all equipment will be provided

Hope to see you there.

Cllr Mansell

Banners on railings around the city, signs on every lamppost and traffic light. Where does this stop, where is the enforcement? I'm fed up of Hereford looking like a mess as you walk or drive through.

Surly all this advertising which tendermounts to fly posting has to be addressed and stopped. Business owners should be fined and organisations brought to task that litter our city with advertising.

What are your thoughts?

Have heard that Yeomans have bought quite a few hopper type buses.
Anyone seen one yet?

Anyone who travels up & down Perseverance Road in the last four years will have seen these cones that have made a home next to the 2nd hand car dealers.
Why they are there and who puts new ones back in the same place when they get mown down is a complete mystery to me.
There are slight depressions around the drains but nothing that warrants traffic cones.
Also they have been there for more than four years so if there was a problem around these drains surly it should of been fixed by now.
 

Just announced on the Hereford Football Club Website 

It has this afternoon been confirmed that Hereford FC will be entered into the Midland Football League for the 2015/16 season.

This means the club will be starting at Step 5 of the National League football pyramid.

Speaking about this news, Hereford FC Chairman, Jon Hale, said:

‘We always knew we were likely to be placed at Step 5, as Football Association guidance suggested we would have to start two divisions below the last league Hereford United played in.

‘As a club we will look forward to making new friends in the Midland Football League and clearly the local derby fixtures against Westfields will be hugely interesting.

‘Now we have clarity about the league we’ll be playing in, we can really focus on all the challenges that lie ahead of us. However, I know I speak on behalf of everyone at the club when I say these are challenges we are really looking forward to.

‘There is little doubt that as a club we have a quite a journey ahead of us and I think it will be an adventure that supporters can really enjoy.

‘I’m sure I’m not alone in saying that the day we can start thinking more about football is one I’m really looking forward to, and I feel today’s announcement is bringing that exciting day even closer.’

 

I came across this tonight on Herefordshire Councils website and was quite surprised that there is an election in Newton Farm for the Hereford City Parish.

Looking back too May I see that Glenda Powell and Phil Edwards were elected, can someone shed some light as to why we now have an election when surly the seats were taken up in May by the two successful candidates?

I would find it quite difficult to say the least that one of the successful candidates from the May election did not take up their seat as this will now cost Hereford City Council many thousands of £'s to have a contested by-election when this money could have been spent in the local community.

It's only a matter of time before this happens, following which there will be cost cutting and dumping of unprofitable departments, with 'Living Places' no doubt first in line. And then where will be ? It'll be the Jarvis/Amey stitch up all over again. Or do the sensible (and cheapest) thing and revert to direct labour?

http://www.adjacentgovernment.co.uk/housing-building-construction-planning-news/balfour-rejects-carillion-takeover/

Please be aware that the police are attending an RTC near to Pontrilas, where s lorry has struck the bridge. 

South Wye Community Association are very keen to retain the library and they feel that misinformation could actually prejudice these plans.  At the moment the proposal from Herefordshire Council is out for consideration/comment.

South Wye Community Association

Belmont Community Centre

Eastholme Avenue

Belmont

Hereford

HR2 7UQ

 

4 August 2015

                                                                                               

The Editor

Hereford Voice

 

Dear Sir           

                                                                       

Belmont Library       

 

Herefordshire Council’s current proposals could close some of its existing library sites, including the Belmont Library, and make more customer services available online. There could also be an opportunity to further share sites, and in turn, costs. The council could also extend community involvement to retain libraries in local areas. It is proposed to keep Hereford Library and The Hereford Centre (Customer Services), as they are the most used facilities.

 

• Herefordshire Council has entered into the consultation process about the future of the libraries, and other services.
• No decisions can be made about Belmont Library before the consultation process is completed.
• If the community gets more involved in running and financing the Belmont Library, it can be retained.
• South Wye Community Association, landlord of the Belmont Library, is engaged with other groups to save the library.

 

Ex councillor Glenda Vaughn Powell wrote, in a post dated 25 July 2015 that, “At a trusties (trustees) meeting of the South Wye Community Association last week Cllr Edwards said the Library (Belmont Library) would close in March.” 

 

The above statement is untrue.

 

• No such trustees meeting took place, Cllr Edwards is not a trustee of SWCA, and certainly was not afforded the opportunity to make the comment that Vaughn Powell attributed to him!

 

Ex councillor Vaughn Powell also wrote, “..as a member of the management committee for the centre”…..

 

• So there is no misunderstanding, ex councillor Vaughn Powell attended SWCA management meetings, only by invitation, in her role as a Belmont Ward Councillor. 
• her invitation was nullified when she was not re-elected on 15 May this year.

 

Following the May elections, an invitation was extended to Cllr Tracy Bowes to attend SWCA meetings because:- 

 

• Cllr Bowes was elected to represent the Belmont Rural Ward.  
• Cllr Bowes has joined in the effort to save the Belmont Library. 
• Cllr Bowes has taken a great interest in all Belmont Community Centre activities, and the Centre’s future development.

 

 

 

For the record:-

 

• Cllr Bowes has been appointed a trustee of the South Wye Community Association.

 

All South Wye Community Association trustees and volunteers, who manage the Belmont Community Centre, are tired of reading and hearing about the disingenuous posts on Hereford Voice attributed by ex councillor Vaughn Powell

 

To reiterate, Herefordshire Council is at the consultative stage of its proposals, and no decisions can be made until the process is completed. Meanwhile it is counter-productive for anyone to make wrongful statements regarding the future of the Belmont Library, which could prejudice the outcome of the council’s deliberations.

 

Yours faithfully

 

 

 

 

 

Trustees and Management Committee

South Wye Community Association

 

Minutes of a Annual Meeting of the Parish Council, held on Thursday 21st May 2015 At Northolme Community Centre, Northolme Road, Belmont Hereford.

Minutes Annual Parish Council Meeting 21.05.2015.pdf

Appendix 1

Minutes Annual Parish Council Meeting 21.5.2015 Appendix 1.pdf

Appendix 2

Minutes - Annual Parish Council Meeeting - 21.5.2015 - Appendix 2.pdf

Minutes of a Meeting of the Parish Council, held on Thursday 15th April 2015 At Northolme Community Centre, Northolme Road, Belmont Hereford.

Minutes 9.4.2015.pdf

Congratulations and well done to Cllr Tracey Bowes.

South Wye Community Association is pleased to announce that Cllr Tracy Bowes has accepted an invitation to become a trustee of the charity. Cllr Bowes was selected to represent the Belmont Rural Ward in the May 2015  local elections, and is an enthusiastic supporter of the Belmont Community Centre. Cllr Bowes is fully engaged in the effort to keep the Belmont Library open which is part of the Centre. The Library’s future beyond April 2016 is in doubt, when its funding may be withdrawn by Herefordshire Council. Tracy is also committed to establishing a Wellbeing Centre on site which, if developed as anticipated, will utilise and expand the Library facilities. 

 

All of the trustees and volunteers at The Belmont Community Centre look forward to working with Tracy to maintain and improve the Centre, so that it can continue to be a focal point of the community’s social activities

They are given one job and they fail ha ha   

The Hereford area tops the league table, with 68 vehicles clamped in the last year, a 518 per cent rise on the year to May 2014.
 

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