Leominster Green Town Councillor Trish Marsh thinks Leominster can be part of the action, if Hereford wins UK City of Culture for 2021, a year when the city hosts the prestigious Three Choirs Festival. Trish is already the Town Council’s link in the Herefordshire Cultural Partnership. Hereford’s bid is the first of its kind, because […]
Traffic calming for Bromyard
In the early part of the Summer, we carried out a survey, asking a cross section of the residents about traffic calming ideas in the High Street and Broad Street. They voted in favour of a 20 m.p.h. speed limit and to restrict H.G.V.s in this area. We documented the results and passed them onto […]
Are you booked for West Mids conference?
Join us and Amelia Womack at the West Midlands Green Party Conference! Green Party Deputy Leader Amelia Womack is our special guest speaker at this year’s West Midlands Green Party Conference. Amelia was first elected as Deputy Leader in 2014 at the age of 29, and is still the youngest deputy leader of any UK […]
Motorway through Hereford?
Marches LEP and Herefordshire Council are pressing ahead with their scheme to build Hereford’s north-south bypass, including a new crossing of the river Wye to the west of the city. They applied to the Department for Transport for funding (c £1.9m) to help develop the Outline Business Case and the planning application. The application documents […]
New Year elections
Due to the sad recent death of one of our County Councillors, there will be a by-election in Leominster in the New Year. We will be calling on as many of you as possible for help. Although we do not have scheduled local elections in Herefordshire next year, our neighbouring counties will be very busy and have been […]
Electric cars in Bromyard
At Bromyard Greens meeting on 1st February, we have invited Gordon Coppock, who has an interest in and has invested much time in various alternative energy projects, which includes producing an electric car, which he put together here in Bromyard. Some of the parts were made by a local firm. We have a Speed Festival here […]
New Year in Bromyard
Our next meeting is on Wednesday Jan 4th at The Falcon Hotel at 7.30. We have invited Ellie Chowns, our Prospective Parliamentary Candidate (PPC) and, hopefully the next M.P. for North Herefordshire, so we can all meet her. […]
Big Green Cabaret thanks
Thank all of those who attended our fund raising event, The Big Green Cabaret in Bromyard in September. We had six acts, all of whom performed for free, we raised £290.00 and everyone seemed to have a good time. On reflection, the event probably was a little too long, so next time, we’ll make it […]
Four more councils vote against fracking
Opponents of shale gas in the west country are celebrating a series of recent council votes against fracking. In the past fortnight, Conservative-controlled Gloucestershire and Herefordshire County Councils have backed anti-fracking motions while Forest of Dean District and Watchet Town Councils have declared themselves Frack Free Zones. Read a full report here. […]
New Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for North Herefordshire
We are delighted to announce that Ellie Chowns has been selected as Prospective Parliamentary candidate for North Herefordshire. Her enthusiasm, competence and expertise will stand her in good stead when the election campaign begins. The idea of a snap election seems to be receding, but we are prepared! […]
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