Hereford Times - 28th January 2016 - Page 29
Hereford Times - 28th January 2016 - Page 29
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herefordtimescom readers'times online Thursday, January 28, 2016 THE HEREFORD TIMES Some of your online comments and tweets I AMBI110US plans have been revealed by Codex, the owners of Holmer Trading Estate to develop Hereford‘s defunct canal as part of the redevelopment of the industrial area. The scheme is a partnership with Herefordshlre and Gloucestershire Canal Trust and would see commercial buildings on the site demolished to make way for 120 homes, as well as a quarter of a mile of the canal being restored up to Ayiestone Park, including the quarter mile tunnel. I KittyTwiglet: I hope the council actual make an effort to re locate the busi- nesses that are being flat- tened — so the people in the houses have employment in the county. Herefordshire Council never thinks about progress properly only bums on seats to get more money from central government for houses never about the infrastructure (hospital , traffic etc) or small business- es. I Herefordshire Lad: I love canals. maybe a floating barge restaurant could be established giving sightsee- ing tours of the 400 yards of housing. and charging pre- mium prices for the privi- lege of being served second rate fare by uninterested youngsters. The canal sec- tion could also be used for the storage of shopping trol- 1es. I BtheB:Moan,moan,moan. I Mr Herefordian: Must agree, many towns and cities have this type of feature within there centres and are great for visitors and most MOST READ STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE THIS WEEK Mott The Hoople drummer Dale Buffln dies at 67 Dentist keeps job despite exposing himself to colleague Masterchief finalist joins team at new Hereford restaurant Top of the table clash: Hereford FC 1 Alvehchurch 1 Hereford newsagent goes for a new paint job FIND US AT: herefordtimes.com ONLINE POLL RESULT locals. I Alanmh: Has the city centre moved again? This is nowhere near the city centre, so will not benefit anyone really. From memo— ry the tunnel under the col- lege hill was sealed off years ago after someone got stuck in there, and I am I In last week's Hereford Times, we revealed how much the county's two MPs earn from additional employment. We asked readers who took part in this week’s online poll whether they thought MPs should be allowed second jobs to boost their annual basic £74,000 salary. A total of 504 people took part and a majority of 75 per cent said they thought MPs should give their full attention to representing their constitu- ents and should not be allowed otherjobs. A further 18 per cent said their view would be dependent on what the second job was. However, six per cent of voters said they believed many politicians could earn far more should they take a job in London's finan- cial hub and should be allowed additional employment The remaining one per cent said they did not know. I Visit herefordtimescom to vote in our online poll sure someone told me it had partially collapsed, so not likely to be viable for many years. Another vanity project (and cash earner for the broke council with the new house levy they apply to properties built these days). I Herefordian07: This so called ‘master plan’ proves my post from last week, it is a length of canaljoined to nothing like the Rotherwas relief road, one quarter of a mile of stagnant water to encourage mosquitos, I hope it is properly fenced off to avoid the new residents from the possibility of drowning. The council has fallen for the old carrot from property developers yet again. IAd47UK: The canal will never be restored, we will just have bits of it, to restore the canal a lot of buildings would need to be demolished. More houses, more traffic. and no work. I Herefordisgreat: This will see part of our heritage restored in the city and with- out the canal in this area we won’t ever see the canal in the city centre and the tour ism and jobs that will bring. The tunnel is reported as being in perfect condition and with a full diving survey to support that if you look through the committee papers...and the houses themselves will pay a sum each year for the upkeep of the canal so there will be no bill to the council. A self— financing scheme for the future - surely a few other things should be like that!!! 9999000090 Over 216,000 unique users herefordtimes.com Here in Herefordshire we are developing the UK’s first let Century universi- ty to develop a new genera- tion of highly employable let Century engineers. But there we have it, the very word university brings with it thousands of years of history and pre- conceived ideas. While some of these help to posi- tion the modern, not-for- profit, higher education institution we are seeking to establish, others have the opposite effect. Therefore, the theme of my next articles will be to show just how different Herefordshire’s new uni- versity (www.NMiTE.org. uk) is daring to be so that we can truly make a differ- ence — to Herefordshire’s economy; to UK engineer- ing businesses; to the UK’s supply of engineering grad- uates; to the way engineer- ing is taught. We’re not saying that there’s no innovation in UK universities today, just that it can be a slow and unwieldy process trying to change established approaches from within. Meanwhile, globally, engi- neering education is inno- vating at a pace. In the UK, now more than ever, there‘s a need for urgent and rapid innovation; here in Herefordshire, it’s the right time, the right place. we have the right team and we are set on developing the right model, establishing new approaches to govern- ance, funding, curriculum development, operating. teaching, admissions and more. The biggest difference will be the knowledge, skills and employability of our graduates and their ability to succeed in today’s competitive busi- ness environment. To achieve this requires us to adopt a different struc- ture, set up to more closely represent the world we're trying to prepare students for - efficient, business- TALKING POINT KAREN USHER .’ 1' ., Co—team Leader, ‘ New University for Hereford like, lean. sustainable. linked to and serving its community, delivering the absolute best quality in everything it does. There‘s more about this next month and in the coming months there will be much more about what makes us different from other uni- versities , watch this space! Over 100 people came to Herefordshire CAB for help during the first week after Christmas. The move into 2016 for many has not brought the new start, new opportunity or that general wish for a better year that is such a common, and not unreason- able, hope. The waiting room has been packed out every day, and people have brought with them a multitude of problems to do with bene- fits, debt, confusing utility bills, eviction notices and possession orders, prob- lems with broadband and Facebook accounts, allega- tions of neighbour nui- TALKING POINT CLAIRE KEETCH Chief Executive, Herefordshire CAB sance and fraud, com- plaints to the ombudsman, objections to planning applications, untangling relationship breakdowns, child protection, child con- tact and care system mat- ters, discrimination and bullying in the workplace, unpaid wages, social care assessments, redundancy, joint accounts, used cars and commercial litigation. This is pretty much “business as usual" for the CAB. But simply stated as a cold list, masks the indi- vidual anguish, heart- break, numbing pain and overwhelming worry that is the reality of those whose lives have been turned upside down and for whom things are fall— ing apart. There can be little more pressing than being with— out a home Street home- less, no money, no food and suicidal, a young man turned to the CAB for help having had one statutory door after another shut in his face — turned away by the Local Authority‘s homelessness service. turned away by his GP until “next week“ and turned away by the Department of Work and Pensions who could only commit to ring him back to discuss a crisis pay- ment. This is what 2016 looks like for some people and the response is not good enough. The CAB is now working with this young man to help him uphold his rights. This is your CAB - find out how you can help us keep it at wwwhereford- shirecaborguk 29 Racism must never become acceptable IS HerefordshIre more most than any other party of the countrfl The lazy stereotype directed at those lIvrng In rural regions Is that the lack of diversIty makes for more ignorant attitudes. Sadly, If eVIdence heard In Hereford Magistrates Court We month is anything to go by then the slurs from the more cosmopolitan areas are nngmg true. For three times the month, our reporters have I , C heard cases involving serious tree others or her 'a yam l-S rel" ECI‘WJ SEC' 7 CC”: t'cular Mush Of cou se 31 racist abuse. This will not come Characte r aI’IG cal Inc; as a surprise to anyone on on their Ia th naIIty ra:e f a — social media. VItrIolic posts are gion Ozrer. I ISE‘ we mil nae common against asylum seek— iIttie to moan aocI ': If Heretcrdsmr re vIcI'Ims o neg created by the o gcrs' ers, Immigrants fleeing war—torn homes and economIc migrants In fact, the ease and freewill at CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LETTERS PAGES l Please keep letters to a maximum of 200 words 3: that as many views as possmle can be represented or these letters pages. 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