Hereford Voice

Pepe's Piri Piri to open in former Matabeau Café in Commercial Street Hereford following a new letting agreement. A planning application to extend opening hours to 11pm at the vacant unit. The company's application said: "The proposed extension of hours will allow the business to open until 11pm serving customers with healthy grilled food, coffees and teas." If this planning application is approved, the restaurant will be open from 11am to 11pm seven days a week and will create 8 jobs. The consultation period will end on April 4. Pepe Piri Piri currently has 88 restaurants nationally with a menu offering Burritos, Wraps, Burgers and the famous Piri Piri Chicken plus many other items.

Two new businesses will be opening soon in the building formerly occupied by Chadds. Coco Nail Bar is due to open this Friday and a new Barber Shop will also open soon just next door in Commercial Street. Hereford's largest independent department store Chadds closed in June 2008 after trading in Hereford for almost 80 years.

Planning permission has been granted for a new student accommodation block at Station Approach. The application was submitted by the council’s development partners, energy and regeneration specialist ENGIE and Cityheart Partnerships, for purpose-built student accommodation at Station Approach. Hereford College of Arts (HCA), which has a proven need for good quality student housing to support its growth plans, will be the main customer of the Station Approach project. There will also be rooms allocated for students of NMiTE, supporting its development. Station Approach is part of Herefordshire Council’s Development and Regeneration Programme (DRP) in partnership with ENGIE which will deliver the programme over the next 10 to 20 years. The programme will support the council’s economic vision for the county which includes support for the delivery of the new university and Hereford’s existing colleges. The site is located at the heart of Hereford’s transport system, to the north east of the new Hereford City Link Road and provides easy access to Hereford College of Arts (HCA), Hereford station and the city centre. Along with accompanying hard and soft landscaping, cycle parking, and accessible parking with fast charging points for electric cars, there will be public art designed and made by the students. Cllr Harry Bramer, cabinet member contracts and assets, said: Jake Fellows, Major Projects Director for ENGIE’s Places & Communities division, said: Abigail Appleton, Hereford College of Arts, said: Elena Rodriguez-Falcon, CEO of NMiTE, added:

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Got my good lady to sign this today, please continue to share guys.

Please Support Sofia! Lee Michael Richards has set up this fundraising page in order to support the family of a young man who died in an incident at a Hereford factory over the weekend. Sofia's father Jamie Allen died while working at Hereford Galvanizers on Saturday morning. A joint investigation is now underway between West Mercia Police and the Health and Safety Executive. All money raised will go towards supporting his young daughter Sofia. Our thoughts go out to Jamie's family at this very difficult time.

Herefordshire Council has announced a countywide free parking pilot event. The pilot will enable residents and visitors to enjoy free parking for up to 4 hours after 10am on all council car parks in Herefordshire (except Friar Street, Hereford) on Saturday 9 February 2019. Monitoring and information-gathering will determine the wider impact of parking concessions on businesses, traffic flow and car park usage. Parking Enforcement Officers will observe traffic and parking patterns, but customers will not be required to purchase tickets. The event does not apply to on-street paid for parking. Cllr Barry Durkin, Cabinet member transport and regulatory services, said:

Mamma Jammas Closing Down! Sad news to learn that Mamma Jamma's nightclub in West Street Hereford will close their doors for the lats time on Saturday February 9th 2019. The club made this announced on their Facebook Page: Good luck to them with the next phase of their journey! A new beginning awaits..

Interesting article in the Hereford Times

A 82 year old gentleman has lost control of his vehicle and crashed the car he was driving into The Range store along Three Elms Road. Emergency were called to the scene and thankfully nobody was hurt.

Hereford is twinned with Polish City Jaworzno, so are there plans in place to update our Welcome to Hereford signs etc?

Britain's WORST drink-drive towns revealed: Cities in North West and Wales have most drunk drivers while Londoners are better behaved Hereford, Crewe, Blackpool and Sunderland are top four towns for worst drink and drug driving convictions London dominates the list of postcodes with the lowest conviction rates for the third year in a row Analysis looked at over six million car insurance quotes run on MoneySuperMarket over 12-month period Plumbers, scaffolders and builders revealed to be among most likely to be caught drink or drug driving. Hereford emerged with the greatest number of drink and drug driving convictions at 2.30 for every 1,000 drivers - with Crewe coming in a close second with 1.86. Article source

Planning submitted for Commercial Street HERE

I would like to wish all of our members at Hereford Voice a very Happy New Year!

Just spotted this lot again over the past few days You cannot miss this lot it is on the main Belmont Road This has been sprayed on the back of someones garage in Belmont.

Another great turnout in support at the Broadleys Pub last night.

This is the leaflet dropped today

Plans to demolish the Broadleys Pub! - ( 3 years on from the original proposal here ) Co-Op proposal dampens the Christmas Spirit. Residents are up in arms that the Co-Op have drop leaflets to their houses this evening with proposals to demolish their local The Broadleys Pub and replace it with a Co-op store! Tonight is the annual community carol service which is always well attended by the community and disappointment in the Co-Op is palpable. Mark Haslam from Herefordshire CAMRA said:

Plans have today been submitted: Planning application P184217/L

A Volvo car has crashed into the wall at St Nicholas Church in Barton Road this afternoon. We are not sure how the vehicle managed to crash into the wall with the car facing in the wrong direction...We understand that an elderly couple were in the car. There is a recovery truck on site and we do not believe anyone was seriously injured. So our question now is should people have a mandatory re-test every two or three years once they reach the age of 70-75?

New Cinema with table service and comfy sofas opening in Hereford next week! The Loft Cinema is opening on December 19 in West Street. Fiona Bain and Jon Jones are the brains behind the new venture in the space which was formerly AJ's pool and snooker venue. The first film to be shown on Wednesday is Pulp Fiction. There are 14 sofas to sit on, which works out at about 35 seats. There will also be a bar serving alcohol and drinks can be brought to your seat. They are also considering running screenings which include a meal during the movie break. For example, having a Sunday lunch from the nearby Stables during a Sunday screening of a classic film. Prices include £12 for a two-seater sofa at the front up to £26 for a three seater recliner at the back. To find out more go to @loftcinemahereford on Facebook.

Agree, also was this person doing this on their way home? If so, they could live in Newton Farm, just a thought..