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Time for another ‘rubbish’ campaign
8:00am Saturday 10th May 2008
THANK you Hereford Times for yet again publishing the letters about the state of our city (I remember your previous Don’t rubbish Hereford campaign).
No way through when there really is
8:00am Saturday 10th May 2008
DO any other of your readers share my increasing annoyance at the spate of unreliable ‘Road Closed’ notices which are proliferating the Shobdon and Pembridge areas of the county at present.
Together we could change bad habits
8:00am Friday 9th May 2008
I was interested to see the letters about litter in Hereford as I too have felt this friendly and attractive city is being blighted by litter which spoils it for residents and visitors alike. I know, from conversations with both friends and council officials responsible for the collection of litter, that the problem seems greater than the resources available to deal with it.
Just a derelict heap
8:00am Friday 9th May 2008
Is anything going to be done about that derelict heap that used to be Campions Restaurant on the riverbank as you go over Greyfriars Bridge into Hereford?
I’m wondering what the point of it is
11:58am Thursday 8th May 2008
I WOULD imagine many members of the general public like myself are doing their bit to save the planet earth from the effects of global warming. I recycle as much waste as possible at home and at work, I changed my domestic light bulbs for more energy efficient ones, I always consider whether a car journey is really necessary and a host of other measures in the struggle to ‘do my bit’.
Getting the priorities absolutely - wrong
11:56am Thursday 8th May 2008
I AM delighted to have it confirmed Gordon Brown and his cronies have a keen sense of ‘our’ priorities.
Plans discovered through the Hereford Times
11:54am Thursday 8th May 2008
THE Hereford Times’ article on S & A Group’s proposed new development at Arrow Fisheries (April 24) commented on the relatively few objections thus far made by local residents. That may be because relatively few of us were aware of these proposals until reading your article! After reading it, I asked Herefordshire Council who I should contact if I wished to make my views as a council tax payer known. I was told: “You can’t - the period of consultation is over”. Eh? What period of consultation. When and where did the council make known to its electors that a matter of such serious import to the people of North Herefordshire required their input? It’s been difficult to find transparency about this whole business. I challenge your readers to go to the website of the council’s planning department (they have already recommended acceptance of S&A’s application, by the way) and easily find any information on it. Try their helpful on-site search engine. Type in Arrow Fisheries - nothing. Type S & A Davies or “S & A Group or Leominster Fisheries - absolutely nothing. So I popped into the council offices in Corn Square, Leominster, for help. The very nice lady there (who had also just read about it in the Hereford Times) had absolutely no better luck than me and gave up. And mind - she works for the council and was searching on the council’s own computer… When eventually a more senior official responded to my stubbornness and found me the planning application number, I finally managed to read it. Among many very disturbing things I read, I will quote only one to your readers. S&A propose to build - and I use the words of their own submission exactly - “313 accommodation pods, which are metal containers. The accommodation pods have the character of lorry/shipping containers”. When there is an intent, in the 21st century, to house more than 1,000 human beings in metal shipping containers for months on end, then maybe it’s not so surprising some folk don’t want us to know too much about it, James Miller, Bargates, Leominster.
New railway station solves many issues
11:51am Thursday 8th May 2008
AS a resident of Kington, I am delighted and intrigued at the idea of the old railway line from Leominster to Kington being re-opened one day. In the meantime, would it not be worth considering a far simpler and cheaper project? I refer to the possibility of building a railway station south of Hereford.
Sense that civic pride is growing
11:49am Thursday 8th May 2008
IT seems there is a considerable groundswell of feeling relating to restoring pride in our city, with particular reference to litter. Can we now harness this healthy concern, use the momentum, identify movers and shakers to find ways to discourage the thoughtless discarding of almost anything no longer wanted; and, just as importantly, to deal with behaviour that is rather more wilful? Is there an group prepared to grasp this nettle and really make a difference? Presumably, this needs to emanate from within the council but from reading the correspondence page in the Hereford Times it is clear there are enthusiastic people among the general public who would surely be willing to lend support.
Great opportunity that has been lost
11:39am Thursday 8th May 2008
LAST week’s letters from Messrs Pritchard, Kerr and Swindells expose yet again the third-rate thinking of our elected councillors.
National News
Human rights 'loopholes' condemned
Updated 4:37pm Tuesday 13th May 2008
A senior police officer has launched a scathing attack on the use of the Human Rights Act by murderers and rapists to protect themselves from UK law.
Your Say Your Herefordshire
Editor's choice
Britten Singers celebrate 200th concert
MORE than 30 years ago Elgar award-winner Pamela White started a chamber choir, with the help of a few friends and an advertisement in the Hereford Times. On Saturday, 33 years after their first concert, the Britten Singers will be giving their 200th concert, which like the previous 199, aims to raise funds for charity, on this occasion for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.
Presidents and legends
THE 21st Hay Literary Festival starts on May 22 and booking has opened for an exciting fortnight...
Sing out and make music
THE Music Pool, Hereford’s community music charity, is hosting a special public event aimed at anyone wanting to discover the pleasure of singing – a day of singing exercises, games, harmony singing and songs from around the world will be led by nationally acclaimed Sue Hollingworth of the Voices Foundation.
New novel inspired by Mayan prophecy
MANDA Scott’s first novel was shortlisted for two prizes – the Orange Prize for Women’s Fiction in 1997 and the First Blood Award for best first crime novel.
Award-winner's Planet Earth talk
THE prestigious Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year title is coveted by wildlife photographers all over the world – last year’s competition attracted 32,000 entries from 78 countries and was won by Shropshire-based Ben Osborne, who brings his show, Dog Days and Lion Nights to Ledbury Market Theatre on Friday, May 16.
Inspector Morse creator at Leominster Festival
A VISIT by the creator of Inspector Morse, Colin Dexter, will be one of the highlights of the 2008 Leominster Festival, which runs from Friday, May 30, to Sunday, June 8, and this year promises something for everyone.
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