We the undersigned wish to point out that Britain is now in the midst of the worst double-dip recession for 50 years. Economic forecasts – whether predicting changes in the UK, Europe or the whole world – are universally bleak. British householders (especially pensioners) have never had to endure such straightened conditions in peacetime. There [...]

This week, Waitrose has officially agreed to help alleviate Hereford’s chronic supermarket shortage by opening up a new store at the old cattle market building site. The store will become the first Waitrose (God bless their souls) in the city, offering shoppers a different set of four walls in which they can buy the same [...]

We’re all familiar with the tale of the Emperor’s New Clothes, where a vain leader is hoodwinked by a pair of unscrupulous tailors. Have we, perhaps, been witnessing a re-enactment of Hans Christian Anderson’s story at Brockington this month, with Cllr John Jarvis in the lead role and Cllr Mark Hubbard as the incredulous child [...]

Leader of the council, John Jarvis ‘Cockup’, today suspended its cabinet meeting after members of the public refused to leave to allow ‘private’ discussions to take place. Councillors walked out of their own meeting to carry on in private to cries of anger from the public gallery. After reconvening in public 40 minutes later, the [...]

Herefordshire Council will tomorrow decide the fate of the city’s Edgar Street Grid project in a meeting that will see much of the debate conducted behind closed doors. The council’s cabinet are expected to pass a whole host of agreements that will effectively see Hereford screwed over by big business, as well as breaking any [...]

There is strong speculation tonight that one of the key components of Herefordshire Council’s hare-brained ESG project will now not go ahead. Documents leaked to the Heckler from high inside the council show that the proposed multi-screen cinema – seen by many as an incentive to bring skeptical Herefordians on side – is very likely [...]

Sitting in the boardroom, sipping the obligatory ‘locally-produced’ drinks, the Hereford Futures PR team leaf through George Osborne’s Big Book of Excuses to try and find a reason why the ESG won’t be ready for when they said it would (it doesn’t look good to admit good old-fashioned incompetence you know). “Hmm, well we can’t [...]

“Wouldn’t you just love playing poker with Jarvis Cockup,” says What I Heard About Herefordshire Council of council leader John Jarvis. “British Land have told Hereford Futures that the ESG scheme as set up by Stanhope is a load of rubbish, with a shortfall of £30m. So the only way they will stay at the [...]

Our man in the know gives further insight into the ESG link road and plans to relocate businesses. Back in November 2003 (even before ESG – let alone Hereford Futures – had been thought of), Geoff Hughes gave a presentation to Hereford Civic Society about the Edgar Street Grid masterplan. Someone in the audience asked: [...]

Hats off to the Royal Mail who have this week issued Hereford Futures an ultimatum they can’t ignore: pay for us to move or we’re staying put. Royal Mail, who have premises on Station Approach, have said they will not be moving to make way for the ESG link road unless Herefordshire Council coughs up [...]