Richard Hadley has asked the question on Facebook so I will ask the question on Hereford Voice.  Does anybody know if anybody or  any organisation is arranging to send contributions to CalAid,

Please note this forum is not for a discussion on the rights or wrongs of the situation it is merely asking a question.   

Sorry this old chestnut but can anyone tell me if they have noticed a change in the phasing of the traffic lights near the butchers at the St.Owen Street/Bath Street/Mill Street Junction.

I came out of St.Owen Street today and moved over to the right hand side as I was heading towards the Fire Station on the left.

Normally the lights go green with a filter first for the left hand lane only today that was missing. Unfortunately the lack of white line definition these days means that some vehicles new to the area may feel that they can drive on from the left hand side and this was demonstrated today with a non local trade van driving across from the left blasting his horn at all the bemused drivers on the right including me.

Has the phasing changed anyone?

I ain't paying it anymore. What's the point paying for something that you ain't getting. If I went to my local Fishmonger and said, 'A Kilo of your finest Cornish Clams my good man' and I then paid the sum of money required and he suddenly went all quiet refusing to hand me my Clams, I'd be within my rights to kick off and shout, 'You thieving Barstard of a Fishmonger. Give me my Clams'.

That's the way of business. Two agents. One the Seller and me the customer and if one ain't getting what the other is required to hand over then its not a financial transaction you'd ever wish to repeat.

This bloody Council have an agreement with you and I. In return for our money, the very least they can do is cut me bloody grass, clean me streets and empty me bloody bins and that's it. Nothing else. It's all very straightforward as far as I can see and if, as a result of fiscal difficulties, their money pot is slightly down then they should start culling the suits until there is enough money made available to deliver the things that they agreed to provide us.

So I ain't paying them a penny piece more. They can dispatch me to Gloucester Prison and it'll be of no concern to me. I'll happily languish there without a single care in the world. And when they open the cell door and say, 'Your three months us up. Out you go', I'll say, 'Clear Off I ain't coming out. I enjoy being buggared every time I venture down into the shower block'.

Im serious! I ain't paying it anymore. Why pay for something you ain't getting and by the looks of it, you won't be getting ever again.

I don't want to fuel a team of Council employees investigating the mysteries of Carbon Emissions, Democratic Services, Drugs and Alcohol services, Reducing Crime and promoting Road bloody Safety and all the 'Partnership' gibberish they shovel out proclaiming its saved me millions. I want my bloody grass cut. Nothing else.

I ain't paying them anymore money. I've got absolutely no problem at all in facing the consequences of my actions. They and I are done! I no longer wish to involve myself in a financial transaction with them.

Not while I've got a repeat prescription for diazepam and the ability to still think for myself.

Following on from Bobby47's recent post entitled "Imagine the good we could do..."

http://www.herefordvoice.co.uk/topic/1636-imagine-the-good-we-could-do/

A disturbing leak has been made to Wikileaks in response to the offer of a bounty for internal documents, information which has until now been withheld as top secret.

"Written to pick winners and losers..." what has been released so far is just one chapter from a total of 29, referring to medicines, big Pharma, etc.

There is a lot more to this...  food safety, jobs being moved offshore, file downloads being criminalised and monitored by ISPs.  But one large plank of it is the power that these crooks are grabbing for themselves.  This has taken decades, but we're fast approaching the point where if these bullying corps see a threat to their future profits, national sovereignty can be overriden and whole countries will be bullied into complying with the billionaire owners and controllers of these offensive collections of human beings.

• The people of Scotland could be sued for not allowing fracking.

• The people of Canada could be sued for not allowing genetically modified food.

So.... bullying bankers and employers have moved on.

Now, they're not not just picking on disabled employees, trade union reps, safety reps or contractors.

They're picking a fight with democratically elected governments in their greed and lust for money and power.

You have to ask the BIG question now.....  WHY should I vote for anybody in May 2015 if the power of our politicians is being taken away???

AND...  WHO THE HELL allowed this to come about?  I'd suggest the mega-crooks Blair and Mandelson played an important part in it during their thirteen years of treachery, abuse and self-enrichment.

And also Cameron and Osborne during the past five years.

I think that the Eye Hospital moved to the County Hospital some 10+ years ago and for the last few years there had been a large advertising board outside the premises suggesting the the Retirement Building Company , McCarthy and Stone we're going to build retirement flats on the site after obtaining planning permission to knock the building down - appears that they have given up trying to obtain the required permission.
Drove past this morning , the McCathy and Stone board was down and a new one exhibited in its place stating that the building was For Sale . Appears that the building will remain empty for the foreseeable future.

I think this is a bad idea, no doubt a tory thing to help their business mates get even more money so they can give even more money to the Tory party.

I am not religious, but I think it would be nice if we could do without going shopping for at least one day a week. With 24 hour shopping and online shopping, surly we do not need even more hours for people to shop.

People are forced to work sundays in stores these days, certainly when they start the new job, it is you work sunday because that is the way it is or you do not have a job.

I work Sundays, while I was not forced into it as such in that I would lose my job, the way things was worded was not nice.

Dear Councillors and Parish Clerks,

Please see below an update on work carried out this week in the locality:

Sink hole on Folly Lane just before the traffic lights -  I am sorting the work out and we will be done as soon as we can.

National Grid are going to reinstate the patches on Belmont Road and I will keep you updated on this.

Works that have been carried out by the reactive teams in the last week:

Hinton and Hunderton

• Remove Mud / Spoil 200 Metres
• Drybridge Walk 100.00 Linear Metres
• RIVER WYE CYCLEPATH  Tree crowning

Saxon Gate

• Walton Close Re set Kerb  1

Some of the matters I have been involved with this week include  

• Carried out driven statutory inspections
• Closed footpath HER18 running from the sewage works to HER17 ( This will remain closed for the foreseeable future)
• Walk inspections Lower Bullingham
• Sink hole on Folly Lane 

Please feel free to ring or email me any time and I will be happy to help, have a lovely weekend.

Many thanks 

Matthew Heeley 

Matthew Heeley

Acting Locality Steward Hereford City South| Balfour Beatty | Services | Living Places

Demolition company has been on the site for two weeks

I thought I was being a bit clever by going in for a haircut (West Street) as the kids' don't go back for a week or so. Wrong! Massive Q ..... Had to wait for 30 minutes today ..... Just a timely reminder NOT to try it the weekend after next! 

Highlight today was a woman driving in on her mobility scooter with, I presume her grandson, or great grandson, and getting totally annoyed as the place was full! She then put the machine into reverse and left ..... 

Hereford Weekly Locality Briefing 21/08/2015

THEY'VE been burning the midnight oil in Labour Party HQ these last few weeks. They're trying to fathom out a Stop Corbyn strategy. While the three other Labour Leader hopefuls (Yvette Cooper, Andy Burnham and the one who never says anything) remain frozen like rabbits in a car's headlights, Harriet Harperson is trying womanfully to find a winning formula which will see off the Islington Leftie Upstart.

Persuading Polly Toynbee to pen a Guardian piece entitled "If I was a dreamer, I'd vote left of Corbyn" went down like a lead baloon. And getting shadow chancellor Chris Leslie to throw his toys out of the pram, merely evinced the general public response: "Err, who's Chris Leslie?" Likewise Alan 'Postie' Johnson's "I'm backing Yvette" statement only had another 5000 people climbing on the Corbyn bandwagon.

It was 2.00a.m. when Ms Harman thumped the table, awakening the slumbering cohorts. "I've got it! We bring in Gordon! Remember how he turned round the Scottish referendum at the last minute?"

"Brilliant!" cried the wet-behind-the-ears wannabies, anxious to get home to bed. "Let's get Mandy to handle the pr!" 

"Get me Gordon on the phone!" commanded She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed. "Anyone know where he is?"

"He's on a wilderness trek in the Cairngorms with Sarah."

Thus the scene is now set for a gruelling 15-round pugilistic onslaught, between the nimble-footed man affectionalely referred to by his messianic followers as 'JC' and the gurning Kirkaldy Bruiser. And with Len McLusky as JC's manager and seconds being provided by ASLEF, UNISON, UNITE and the Fire Brigade, it has all the ingredients of being a Rumble in the Westminster Jungle.

At a meeting last night we were being urged to complete the HC  Budget Consultation.  Hopefully the link will take you to it!

https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/government-citizens-and-rights/democracy/council-finances/priorities-and-budget-consultation-2016-to-2020

Many of people who view or post on Hereford Voice will know of people who have spent time in Bromyard Hospital convalescing.   Sadly this is being threatened with closure.  There is a petition if anybody feels strongly about this pending closure.  There is also a meeting at Bromyard tonight. 

Campaign against temporary hospital ward closure http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/13626697.Campaign_against_temporary_hospital_ward_closure/?ref=twtrec 

Richard Beeken: Save the Inpatients Ward at Bromyard Community Hospital http://www.change.org/p/richard-beeken-save-the-inpatients-ward-at-bromyard-community-hospital?recruiter=71054929&utm_campaign=signature_receipt_twitter_dialog&utm_content=pm_checklist_email%3Achecklist&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=share_petition&v=checklist&x=pm_checklist_email â€¦ via @UKChange

Is anyone else in Belmont (or further afield) afflicted by brown water this evening? Cleaner not to have a shower!

Closed this morning at Hunderton Bridge - police in attendance

Minutes of the Meeting of the Parish Council, held on Thursday 11th June 2015 At Belmont Community Centre, Eastholme Avenue, Belmont Hereford.

Minutes - 11.6.2015.pdf

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.