Colin James

Eurochange - Hereford's newest business! Find them in High Town (next to M&S).

Enjoyed seeing the Notorious Brothers band playing last night at the Vaga Tavern. Drummer was blind but brilliant and funny with it, great band and I would definitely go and see them again.

Herefordshire Council has today confirmed that the total levy for Herefordshire residents is to rise by an average of 3.8% from April 2016. This includes increases in precepts from West Mercia police (1.99%), Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue (1.96%) and town or parish councils (an average of 12.7%). The increase will mean a rise of approximately £5 a month for those living in a band D property. The Herefordshire Council tax increase of 3.9% includes a 2% (£1.7m) increase to support rising costs of adult social care for Herefordshire’s ageing population, which is supported by government and will be reviewed annually. Funding from central government has been reduced by a third for 2016/17 (a loss of £9m from the council’s budget), however Herefordshire Council continues to rise to the challenge. It has made significant savings since 2010, alongside delivering successful projects to boost the local economy including The Old Market retail development, the new livestock market, faster broadband and the Hereford Enterprise Zone. Councillor Tony Johnson, leader of Herefordshire Council, said: Source

There is a 30 min window for editing. I received your Pm ragwert and will change the title to include the word connection.

The press release says that the police want to speak with a man in connection of the rape of two girls, which could imply that there is more than one person involved in the attack or maybe they think he is a vital witness. Lets hope the catch up with the pervert who committed this vile crime soon and lock him away.

Thank for the heads up.

We don't give up that easily but again Cllr Price dismissing another good idea, perhaps because it was our idea and not his... Maybe the Council should have a read of this article which completely contradics everything said by Cllr Price.

I have changed the title to now include Kurdish owned because I am fed up of Polish people getting a bad name simply because the Polski Sklep is merely a front as in many cases for their other illegal activities

Congratulations to Inspector Nick Semper. Inspector Nick Semper from Hereford's Safer Neighbourhood Team received a national award at the National Pubwatch Conference last week. The awards took place at Mercure St Paul's Hotel in Sheffield last Tuesday (23 February 2016). Nick, who has been a police officer for 29 years, was presented with the Malcolm Eidmans Award for his outstanding service and contribution to the Pubwatch schemes of Herefordshire, after being nominated for the award by Dan Guerche, chairman of the Hereford Pubwatch Scheme. Left to Right: David Crompton - Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police, Sue Eidmans - widow of Malcolm Eidmans (award creator), Inspector Nick Semper and David Dadds - Award Sponsor. The award is named after a former Metropolitan Police Chief Superintendent Malcolm Eidmans QPM, who was a founding member of the scheme. The aim of the award is to recognise the outstanding contribution made by a police officer or member of police staff in supporting the work of their local Pubwatch scheme. Pubwatch is a national initiative supported by the police to reduce crime and disorder in pubs and clubs. It is a voluntary organisation which aims to achieve a safer drinking environment in licensed premises throughout the UK. The scheme assists publicans and the police in reducing anti-social behaviour, underage drinking and alcohol-related offences by creating communication links between licensees, so information can be easily shared and disseminated between each other and the police. This can help to reduce and prevent alcohol-related offences and improves communication between licensed premises, pubs and the police. Nick has been praised for his efforts to promote and support the work of the local Pubwatch scheme, and on receiving the award, he said: "It's a great honour and privilege to be recognised for my contributions towards the Night Time Economy. Pubwatch is a scheme that I feel very passionate about and, as a Force, we are fully supportive of the National Pubwatch and the benefits that it holds for police, publicans and the wider public. I really appreciate the nomination and hope to keep working with my colleagues to continue to assist with this cornerstone of public safety." Full Story

I knew about this last week. This shop is owned and run by a Kurdish (Iraqi) family they are not Polish and the local Polish people are not happy as many people will blame them. This additional raid will not stop these people! They are more than happy to pay the fines as they earn more from the illegal cigarettes that they continue to sell. The local Polish community are getting a bad name because of these dodgy shop owners who are Kurdish (Iraqi) NOT Polish but use the Polish shop as a front for their illegal activities! They even have the cheek to steal their name from big corporate legit Polish companies and appear to get away with that too! In this case, they use the name Zabka. The other shop they own opposite is called Biedronka which is another large Polish company. They should close them down! This will not stop them. Their staff have no contracts and only get paid £4 per hour which they also appear to get away with.

High Tea and Fun Quiz at Belmont Community Centre

This is interesting stuff, surprising too.

I have added a watermark now.

ha ha

ha ha We should of had a caption competition for this one. (I have reduced the image size down removing the road)

Well done Jim what a great Councillor!

We knew it would only be a matter of time before some was seriously attacked. See this article from this weeks HT

I have just come back from town and yes its gone! Someone must know..

Please get back to the topic in hand. This is about the petition to turn off the traffic lights.

There actually used to be two kettles as I remember, there was a little kettle on the spout of the larger one but the little one has gone. I also remember reading some online discussion about these kettles but cannot remember what it was about.

Welcome to HV and thank you for the update, some of us missed this.

This is terrible and very sad.