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    New Hereford library and learning centre one step closer according to Herefordshire Council. The development of a new library and learning centre for Hereford has taken a step further forward following a Cabinet decision to locate it at Shirehall. Hereford library is currently in a temporary location at Friar St, after moving out of the Broad St building to make way for the £18m redevelopment of Hereford museum. While a previous decision had been for the new library and learning centre to be sited at the Maylord Orchards Centre, Herefordshire Council’s Cabinet requested that the Shirehall also be explored as an option. The business case for Shirehall considered by Cabinet (Thursday 26 October) set out how the building would be capable of providing a significantly larger footprint and an increase in shared workspaces than Maylord Orchards, while bringing a hugely valuable heritage asset back into community use. The proposals outline how a modern library would provide space for people of all ages while being flexible enough to also hold events and community space. The lower area would accommodate a digital skills lounge with dedicated PCs for public use/digital workshops, a fully equipped sensory room and a ‘maker-space’ for members of the public to use equipment that may not be available to them at home. As a result of the decision today, a request will now be made to the Stronger Towns Board for the funding previously allocated, by the Government as part of the Stronger Towns Fund, to the Maylord Orchards library project to be reassigned to the Shirehall project. Following this a proposal will be put to Full Council for additional funding to be added to the capital programme for essential building works. Councillor Harry Bramer, cabinet member for community services and assets, said: “Hereford’s Shirehall is a landmark building that’s at the heart of the City’s heritage. Siting the new library and learning centre in this prominent venue will bring it back into use for the whole community. It offers many options and opportunities for how we could use the space to benefit people of all ages.” “While we recognise the proposals are still subject to funding agreements, we’re excited that this decision is taking another step towards the creation of a modern, inspiring library and learning space for Hereford – to provide a first-class library and learning centre to match the quality of the City’s new museum that’s currently in development.”
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    In a post on his Twitter account the MP wrote; "Very grateful to the Prime Minister for accepting my resignation. Having laid the ZEV mandate and framed the Automated Vehicles Bill, this is the right time to step down. Looking forward to more freedom to campaign on the River #Wye and other crucial local and national issues!"
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    Let's start the week with a positive Police Dog article!! 13 minutes later... Someone else liked our dog theme.. still good to know Hereford Voice is the first go-to place for articles and ideas, we're clearly 'Leading The Way'
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    Hereford's iconic Grapes Tavern is up for sale with Savills with a guide price £210,000 A Grade II Listed circa 17th century public house within a busy city centre location. By order of the LPA Receivers KROLL To be sold via online auction on 21 November 2023. Location The Cathedral City of Hereford lies approximately 50 miles south west of Birmingham and 35 miles west of Cheltenham. An historic and attractive city, the property benefits from a prominent corner position at the junction with Church Street The immediate area is made up of an impressive array of boutique independent traders including clothes shops, coffee shops and delicatessens.
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    Christmas is fast approaching and the 'cost of living crisis' is particularly challenging for small businesses, with this in mind, like we do most years, Hereford Voice are again offering FREE ADVERTISING for local independent businesses throughout December and the festive period. And today's guaranteed predicted follow up is!!! 🥁Drum role please... 🥁 Ta da! This one took the little fella a bit longer, 11 minutes.
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    There is a brand new bus service coming to Hereford! The all new electric Zipper 🚌 News travels very fast..👇 just 8 minutes again, must be a notification for sure.
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    There is a storm brewing and it's called Cairán ! This news of this particular storm is contagious! It looks just 8 minutes 🤭
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    You must LIKE & FOLLOW 👉 Hereford Voice on Facebook. Free are adverts promoted on our Facebook page only. Limited to one advert per business however, we may find additional free slots to re-advertise again during the month. You can have a free advert providing you are NOT paying to advertise with any other local page within the same period. Free adverts are subject to availability on a first come first serve basis. Free adverts are only for local independent businesses. Existing clients will benefit from additional free adverts during this festive period. Free advertising is only during the month of December. Make sure to email your advert content together with any good quality images to news@herefordvoice.co.uk Free Events - email news@herefordvoice.co.uk NOW THAT'S CALLED SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESS!
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    Herefordshire Council has signed a ground breaking agreement with three other English and Welsh local authorities today (10 November). The Marches Forward Partnership became a reality at an official event held at Hay Castle on the Welsh and English border. The new partnership sees Herefordshire Council join forces with Shropshire Council and Monmouthshire and Powys county councils, to take on some of the big challenges they all share. The four local authorities will now work even more closely together with both UK and Welsh governments to progress this exciting cross border collaboration. This will include working jointly to secure funding support from both governments as well as with a wide range of other partners to unlock more investment and explore new approaches to make major projects that benefit the Marches region become reality. Covering 80% of the English/Welsh borderland, the local authorities have similar characteristics and geography as well as an overriding mutual ambition for the region as a whole. The Partnership provides a unique commitment to work cross border, cross country and cross party on major projects that are in the overall best interests of the region. Transport, skills and housing, alongside energy, climate change, tourism and digital connectivity are high on the agenda, all common issues for the area’s population of almost 750,000. By working together the four local authorities hope to deliver cross border successes and unlock millions of pounds for identified initiatives that support the Marches rural economy and green growth. Leader of Herefordshire Council, Cllr Jonathan Lester, said: “This partnership offers a great opportunity to work with our neighbours on issues that are common to us all. “While all the councils will continue to run for the benefit of their residents, the partnership provides a really helpful framework for collaboration on areas where we can get the most benefit and make the biggest difference by working together. “These are very early days but we’ve already started discussion around what we would like to achieve and will be moving at pace to turn these ambitions into actions.”
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    John Lewis releases new Christmas advert for 2023-(1080p).mp4 #HerefordVoice | #JohnLewisChristmasAdvert | #Christmas
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    A planning application has been submitted by STAR PUBS AND BARS for new signage at the Volunteer Inn located in Harold Street Hereford. Proposed erection of illuminated and non-illuminated signs to the exterior; sign a - repaint existing letters in gold with dark green returns, sign b - one new double sided pictorial panel to existing post sign illuminated by linolites, sign c - three new amenity boards, two fixed back to back on post, sign d - two new lanterns to entrance, sign e - four new led floodlights to replace existing Planning Application P233243/A
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    This will be a fabulous addition to West Street in Hereford.
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    A man has been sentenced to eleven years in prison after he pleaded guilty to child sex offences and bestiality. Knill Watkins, 34, from Withington in Hereford he pleaded on 4 September 2023 and was sentenced on Friday 27 October at Hereford Crown Court. He was sentenced for the following offences: ▪️Three counts of making indecent photograph of a child Observe a person doing a private act ▪️Two counts of sexual penetration per vagina/anus by a person with a living animal ▪️Possess extreme pornographic image/images portraying an act of intercourse/oral sex with a dead/alive animal. ▪️Possess a prohibited image of a child ▪️Two counts of assault a girl under 13 by touching The offences took place between 2012 and 2021. Detective Constable Rich Britton said: “Watkins is a dangerous individual who committed horrendous crimes. I’m pleased that he will now face the consequences for his actions and will rightly be identified as a sex offender for life and spend time in prison. “We take all forms of child abuse incredibly seriously and I hope this result shows the effort we put into making sure children in our community are safe from sexual predators” If you feel you are a victim of any sexual offence you can report it to us via West Mercia's Victim Advice Line on 0800 952 3000 or visit www.victimadviceline.org.uk. This is a free, independent and confidential support service. In an emergency always dial 999.
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    Golden Valley South Ward - Thursday 26 October 2023 Matthew Engle with 549 votes, more the doubling the amount of votes received by Conservative candidate David Greenow.
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    Anyway, now let's share the news of the new free Hereford Zipper bus service! Coincidence right? 👇
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    Remember When They Said Our News Article About Greggs Opening At Rotherwas Was Just A Rumour... Well as soon as other local pages realised it was true they soon jumped on the bandwagon and were all over it.. 😉 We have published regular updates and planned to visit once the new signage was in place in time for the spring in October, but someone really needed to REVEAL the news of the new signs before anyone else, fair enough.. We popped along a few days later at the weekend and shared the news on our page below 👇 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗴𝘀 𝗔𝘁 𝗥𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝘀 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆! Good luck to the whole team Our original article https://hfd.news/jC0S back in February where Hereford Voice revealed that 'Greggs' were opening at Phantom House on Holme Lacy Road, Rotherwas Hereford. Just an hour later our topic was followed with this...👇 even though they have been screaming about the big opening of Greggs for the past few months, oh the irony 🤣 However, we were pretty pleased with our original photoshop illustration that we created and published when we broke the news at the beginning of the year below 👇 Above was our mockup and below is how it looks now 👇
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    We're now coming into the wonderful festive season and what better way than spoiling the kiddies with a letter from Santa! We have been promoting this fabulous service from Royal Mail for many years, so this year we thought we would publish the message a little earlier and shared this on Monday 16th October in the evening. Guess who followed the theme as soon as they woke up the following morning? 👇 It's all just a coincidence we know.
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    We love to support local business with our low cost advertising options... Oops, think we may have hit a nerve.. 👇
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    Let's talk about pumpkins! 🎃 Oh look someone had the same though just minutes later lol 👇 And what about the Balloon Festival ! 13 minutes later...
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    Nothing like a good breakfast to start the day! 23 minutes later...
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    UPDATE Two injured following dog related incident Following on from our news article last night https://hfd.news/dogincident West Mercia Police have confirmed that, officers responded to a report of a dog related incident which caused injuries to two people in Hereford. The incident took place at a residential property on Campbell Close, Hereford at around 5.15pm yesterday (Sunday 22 October). During an altercation between two dogs from the same household, a man in his 20s suffered a hand injury attempting to separate the dogs and a woman, also in her 20s, suffered facial injuries after being knocked to the ground. Both people have been taken to hospital. The dog which caused the injury to the man has been recovered from the property and is currently secured at kennels.
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    Hereford Voice have this evening received reports of a dog attacking one male and one female causing injuries. There are 3 Police vehicles, ambulances and paramedics at the scene in South Wye
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    A man has died after getting caught in fast-flowing flood water from a brook that breached a road in Cleobury Mortimer in Shropshire today (Friday 20 October). Members of the public reported that the man had gone under the water shortly before 10:40 this morning. Officers from West Mercia Police and Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service quickly attended but sadly he was found deceased at around 12:35. Whilst formal identification hasn’t yet taken place the family of a local man in his 60s have been informed and are being supported by officers.
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    𝗪𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗴𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿. We had a sneak preview earlier today. Our original 'Breaking News' article https://hfd.news/jC0S back in February where Hereford Voice revealed that 'Greggs' were opening at Phantom House on Holme Lacy Road, Rotherwas Hereford. Greggs has over 2,000 outlets around the UK, including 3 outlets in Hereford! The new outlet at Rotherwas, Broad Street and another on Commercial Street in Hereford. There are 10 allocated parking spaces which include 2 disabled bays. There is seating available inside and on the terrace outside.
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