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BBC News
2 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Eight Herefordshire roads to be resurfaced
Eight roads in Herefordshire will be resurfaced this Council said it was part of a £13.5m programme of work planned for the current financial authority spent £8m on roadworks in the last financial Durkin, the councillor responsible for roads, said: "The maintenance and improvement of our roads is an absolute top priority for the council." The roads due to be resurfaced in June are:B4360 - from the C1037 to the B4529 at CobnashB4225 - From A449 to B4224 at Old GoreB4203 - From the B4204, Upper Sapey to Pouke LaneB4224 - Bromsash to South Hereford Golf ClubB4203 - Sapey bendsB4224 - From the U70244 to BromsashB4224 - Bromsash VillageB4352 - Crossway Farm to Woodyatts Cross, Madley Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
Powys County Times
3 days ago
- Automotive
- Powys County Times
Speed limit cut on A438 on Powys-Herefordshire border
The speed limit on a three-and-a-half-mile section of a border A-road is to be cut – though the higher limit will still apply in Powys. Herefordshire Council, which is in charge of most of the county's roads, has approved a new traffic regulation order (TPO) which will drop the speed limit between Winforton near Eardisley to Rhydspence on the Welsh border from the national speed limit of 60mph down to 50mph. After Eardisley Group Parish Council proposed the measure, county officials met local representatives back in November 2022, when 'it was agreed that the existing sections of national speed limit are not appropriate, since they create an inconsistent speed limit along the entirety of the route', Herefordshire Council said. Cutting the speed limit would also protect vehicles pulling onto the A438 from side roads which have limited visibility, it was agreed. A consultation on the move drew no objections from emergency services, haulage representatives or from the public. One resident had suggested going further and bringing in a 20mph speed limit within Winforton itself, down from the current 30. 'However, DfT [Department for Transport] guidance states that 20mph speed limits should not be considered on roads where the movement of motor vehicles is the primary function, as is the case on the A438,' Herefordshire Council said. The official guidance to councils also 'emphasises that a number of changes to the speed limit over a route should be avoided', and that mix of 50 and 60mph stretches 'may lead to confusion amongst drivers', it added. However a spokesperson for neighbouring Powys County Council confirmed that the national speed limit would stay as it is on the Welsh side. 'There are no proposals to change speed limits on the A438 within Powys and [we] are not currently reviewing speed limits,' they said.
BBC News
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Hereford museum talk is 'woke virtue-signalling'
A Ledbury town councillor has claimed an event to chart the direction of Hereford's new £18m museum and gallery will be an exercise in "woke virtue-signalling".The free event by Herefordshire Council's museums and galleries department, called Contentious Narratives, will look at how museums should respond to fake news and misinformation, at the History Store on 7 Ewen Sinclair said the organisers would "tell people what to think", as he hit out at the event in a post on a council spokesman said: "In the upcoming session, we won't be telling people what to think." The lottery-funded session was to give people "the chance to understand how we're approaching the redevelopment of the museum, not just what the plans are, but the thinking, values, and principles behind them", he head of Herefordshire museums and galleries, Damian Etheraads, said the discussion would help shape displays based on what matters to work is due to begin shortly on the Broad Street museum. Sinclair's post said: "Herefordshire Council are funding an event to have an 'open' discussion, then the organiser will tell you what to think."He is going to discuss 'fake' news and 'misinformation'. Anyone who says disinformation and misinformation, is probably lying."In February, Sinclair was rebuked by Herefordshire Council's standards panel over an altercation with a was the third time he was found in breach of the town councillors' code of conduct since being elected in 2021. This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service, which covers councils and other public service organisations. Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Councillor hits out at ‘woke' 'fake news' event
This story is only available to Hereford Times subscribers. Click here to find out why and how to subscribe for exclusive stories. A Herefordshire town councillor has claimed an event to chart the direction of Hereford's new museum will be an exercise in 'woke virtue-signalling'. The latest in a series of events put on by Herefordshire Council's museums and galleries department, 'Contentious narratives' will 'invite local people to discuss how museums should respond to fake news, misinformation and contested histories'. The department's head Damian Etheraads said it would question 'how can we present complex or controversial subjects with integrity, resisting harmful ideologies without becoming dogmatic'. RELATED NEWS: Hereford protest in High Town: Great British National Strike Complaint over Herefordshire town councillor behaviour Councillors 'fail to attend or prepare for' key meetings This will help shape displays in the city's new £18-million museum and art gallery in Broad Street, on which building work is due to begin shortly, 'based on what matters to our communities', he added. But Coun Ewen Sinclair of Ledbury posted on Facebook: Herefordshire Council are funding an event to have an 'open' discussion, then the organiser will tell you what to think. He is going to discuss 'fake' news and 'misinformation'. Anyone who says disinformation and misinformation, is probably lying. Unfortunately I can't be there but can people please attend to question this self promoting, virtue signalling, woke and aggrandising individual. Who is squandering the Council Tax you pay. A council spokesperson said the public assembly is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund as part of its package to support the museum and gallery project. What are your thoughts? You can send a letter to the editor to have your say by clicking here. Letters should not exceed 250 words and local issues take precedence. 'Their aim is to give Herefordshire people the chance to understand how we're approaching the redevelopment of the museum; not just what the plans are, but the thinking, values, and principles behind them,' they said. 'In the upcoming session we won't be telling people what to think.' OTHER NEWS: No takers for mayor role after town council's 'difficult year' Anger as £25K spent on study to boost town's tourism Victory in builder's battle to keep living in caravan The event is being held at the History Store, the council's museums repository in Friars Street, Hereford, on Saturday June 7. It is free to attend with no booking required. In February Coun Sinclair was formally rebuked by Herefordshire Council's standards panel over an altercation with a resident. He claimed at the time that the council 'are trying to cancel me'. This was third time he was found in breach of the town councillors' code of conduct since being elected unopposed to Ledbury West parish ward in October 2021.
BBC News
21-05-2025
- Health
- BBC News
More than 1,000 trees with ash dieback felled in Herefordshire
More than 1,000 diseased ash trees have been felled as Herefordshire Council works to tackle a fungal disease spreading through them, known as ash dieback, caused by the hymenoscyphus fraxineus fungus, arrived in the UK in 2012 and has led to many trees being cut council said ash was the third most common tree in Britain, while in Herefordshire, more than 6,500 hectares of woodland contained ash - with the species also found on roadsides and in public open said the first two phases of a scheme to remove diseased trees had been completed in a move to protect healthy trees, and work on phase three had begun. Trees being replaced Between December 2024 and April 2025, work was carried alongside several main Elissa Swinglehurst, cabinet member for environment, said teams were only felling trees that were clearly in serious decline, posed an imminent danger to people or property, or where timber with significant value was likely to be said the recovery of woodland was "important to maintain the county's tree canopy cover", and a tree-replacement scheme was council's tree and hedgerow management plan set out that every tree removed would be replaced with a minimum of five new, smaller trees, she said, adding: "We are committed to tree regeneration."In places where there was insufficient space, larger trees will be planted in public open space instead. Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
