News from North Herefordshire constituency and council wards
North Herefordshire
24 August 2018 by
7pm at The Art Room, Leominster Community Centre HR6 8NJ (accessed off Broad Street car park, parking free after 6pm) There will be wine and nibbles so please stay for a drink and informal discussion after the meeting.
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Ellie Chowns for North Herefordshire North Herefordshire
16 July 2018 by
North Herefordshire Green Party selected Ellie Chowns as its prospective parliamentary candidate at a constituency meeting in Leominster last week. Dr Chowns, of Canon Frome near Ledbury, the mother of two teenage sons, first contested the North Herefordshire seat for the Greens at the 2017 general election. Later the same year she won a Herefordshire […]
Herefordshire Council North Herefordshire Press releases
27 June 2018 by
Herefordshire’s “outstanding” natural environment should be at the heart of its plans for the future says the new leader of the Green Party group on Herefordshire Council. Councillor Trish Marsh is taking on the role while the current leader, Jenny Bartlett, serves as the Mayor of Leominster for the coming year. “Jenny will be busy […]
Ellie Chowns Herefordshire Council North Herefordshire
13 June 2018 by
Last week I spent half a day looking at road safety issues in the ward with Ian Connolly, who is the Traffic Management Advisor for the West Mercia Police Safer Roads Team. Issues we discussed (with site visits) included: 1. Extending the Fromes Hill 40mph speed limit further west to the laybys – we did […]
30 May 2018 by
Last Friday’s Annual Meeting of Herefordshire Council (25 May 2018) approved various positive changes to the Constitution. One very good set of changes will improve the process for public questions: the word limit per question has been doubled to 140, the six-questions-per-person-per-year limit has been changed to one-question-per-person-per-meeting, and responses to questions will now be […]
North Herefordshire Press releases
15 May 2018 by
North Herefordshire Green Party is calling on the head of the Forestry Commission to halt plans for large-scale commercial development in Mortimer Forest. The Greens are asking commission chairman Sir Harry Studholme to intervene and scrap “damaging” plans for 68 holiday houses on 125 acres of forest below High Vinnalls close to the Herefordshire-Shropshire border. […]
Leominster News North Herefordshire Town and Parish Councils
Green Party town & county councillor Jenny Bartlett, has been installed as the 464th Mayor of Leominster. She is the second Green mayor of the town in four years (the term of office is one year). In her acceptance speech, Jenny said she will treat the job as a much more than a ceremonial role and […]
Ellie Chowns North Herefordshire
2 May 2018 by
First of all big thanks to everyone who helped with newsletter distribution recently – great to have you as part of the team. I held another surgery in Cradley last week – non-stop visits from residents for 2 hours; really good to meet so many people. Lots of issues raised regarding highways; I’ve followed up […]
15 April 2018 by
On 26 March, I held my first ‘ward surgery’ at Bishops Frome Village Centre. This was a bit of an experiment. Many thanks to Godfrey, Tony and Robin who came along for a chat and a cuppa. We inspected some potholes and drainage issues in the village, and collected a bagful of litter while we […]
Bromyard
14 April 2018 by
7.30pm at the Falcon Hotel, Bromyard, for friendly conversation with like minded folk. Non-party members welcome. Meetings on the first Monday of every month.
