New cycle track open!

New cycle track open!

It was great to be at the official opening of the new Halo Leisure Hereford Cycle Track! It is such a brilliant facility for all of Herefordshire. And it was wonderful to meet the inspirational cyclist and campaigner Chris Boardman MBE at the opening. Chris is a...
Patient experience at Wye Valley NHS Trust

Patient experience at Wye Valley NHS Trust

Really good to meet Alison Stemp, Patient Experience Manager at Wye Valley NHS Trust, to chat about the work her team does to improve the patient experience. Fantastic to learn more about the amazing support given by so many volunteers to help support patients and...
Shell Store’s going strong

Shell Store’s going strong

It was fantastic to meet 100-year-old Nancy May at the Shell Store open day! She used to work in the Shell Store when it was a munitions factory in WW2. The building was turned into a high quality co-working, event and office space when I was cabinet member for...
Nature-friendly farming

Nature-friendly farming

Really interesting visit to Tom Jay’s farm at Derndale near Wellington last week with Herefordshire Local Nature Partnership. Tom explained how he’s worked with local partners to develop nature-based solutions to the problem of flooding: win-win for him as...
Campaigning in Ledbury

Campaigning in Ledbury

I enjoyed a wonderful day out campaigning in Ledbury on Saturday! Thank you to all the volunteers that turned out to help, and to everyone that gave us such a warm welcome on their doorstep on a very warm day!...
Herefordshire Rivers: Paradise in Peril

Herefordshire Rivers: Paradise in Peril

Yesterday I visited the “Herefordshire Rivers: Paradise in Peril” exhibition at Leominster Priory. It’s a fascinating, creative and compelling display telling the story of our county’s rivers: their wildlife, history and geography, the problems they are facing,...