The presentation of the Budget is one of the great occasions in the parliamentary calendar.

I am thrilled to hear that plans are progressing well to bring the amazing Knife Angel to Hereford Cathedral this summer. The 3.5-ton sculpture is expected to arrive in Hereford on Monday 14th June, and depart on 12th July 2021.

I love wild swimming, and readers in and around Ross-on-Wye will need no reminding that the River Wye is one of the great glories of Herefordshire and the Marches. Yet the river is under serious threat from phosphate pollution.

The office of High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown.  Historically, the High Sheriff was the monarch's personal representative in judicial matters, while the Lord Lieutenant acted for the monarch in a personal or military capacity. 

The days ahead certainly look brighter, as we enjoy some warmer weather at last; and slowly, tentatively start to make plans following the Government’s roadmap out of lockdown. 

Last week saw something of a landmark for Hereford and for Herefordshire: the Stronger Towns Fund board submitted its bid for £25 million of regeneration funding for Hereford.

Rome wasn't built in a day, and Gazette readers will be as delighted as I am at the news that full fibre optic broadband is coming to Ross-on-Wye. And the digital transformation of Herefordshire that began in 2010 continues elsewhere across the county as well.  

As readers will know, ever since I first called for a university in Herefordshire in 2008, I have been working to make it happen.