After weeks of speculation, it's all over

August 14th by-elections! A polling card fiasco, campaign machines that went into overdrive, let's see who got elected and the story that unfolded.

You CAN Vote, don't wait for the post!

Thursday 14th August Elections - NOTHING will come through your door unless you are a postal voter, but you can vote. Ross Town Council tried to save money.

Follow The Dreadful Brick Road

The High Street brick surface is in a right state. Why was a brick surface chosen for a heavily used main road through the centre of Ross-on-Wye?

Complaints! What really happened?

Come on then, what was really going on in recent weeks when complaints about Ross-on-Wye Town Councillors hit the newspaper headlines?

Competition Time! - FREE to enter!
£30 Mint House Voucher Prize!

How much public money has been spent on the Museum Without Walls App?

Mission Improbable: Minor Injuries Unit (MIU)

Tomm is being attacked by councillors when he rides a jet ski down Broad Street on market day. It's probably one of his best stunts yet.

What do you want, a [bleeping] medal?

Are you a small town Past Mayor craving respect and recognition for all that mayoring you did? Starting to feel like a nobody again?

The Apprentice Final - Next on Ross Town Council Channel One

It’s 4:30am - and the contestants are summoned to the Ross Town Council offices. Lord Duggar is on the search for his next Apprentice.

Panic Over! - Ross is doing incredibly well!

Have you been worried that Ross has all sorts of issues, that we have too many empty shops? Well don’t worry one minute longer.

Special Offer! Chance to win a FREE lecture

Do some councillors operate a selective process of when they will engage? Of course not! IF there was a process, here's how that non-existent process would never work.

Stonewalling by the Museum Without Walls

The app allows you to hold up and point your phone to see CGI versions of old buildings and stuff in Ross-on-Wye, but don't ask them about funding!

Your next Ross mare? The bookie's top tip-offs.

With the Ross-on-Wye Grand Classic approaching in May, bookmakers Willie Hillbrokes have the race card open for betting.

A playbook to play the public like a piano?

A little look at potential political posturing and the prospect of a Minor Injury Unit (MIU) opening again in little old Ross-on-Wye.

The Prospect of "Nothing to see here"

A little look at the Prospect, the future of it for Rossians and tourists, and the problems with the precarious rock face it is perched upon.

Common Sense Ken and the disappearing fish & chip van?

In May, it’s VE Day number 80…. and with a celebration / commemoration to take place at the Prospect, did someone think a Fish and Chip Van could feed the masses?

The Sainsbury's Bag Switcheroo?

Was the magic of misdirection employed in a KGB-style exchange of dossiers right under the noses of pancake race revellers?

Tit for Tat Tourism?

Was that an attempted WWE take-down in the Ross Gazette? Well, the good people of Ross took to social media to have their say.

Cllr Chris Bartrum's Dirty Protest?

In today’s Ross Gazette, did the Ross Town Councillor resort to dirty tactics, in protest over a phrase used by another councillor?

Uttingly Ridiculous and the NWA?

Pedestrianisation of Ross-on-Wye, a pre-feasibility study for the £25,000 feasibility study hits the local paper, again with mention of terracing for the Market House.

Developer's plans for 70-bed care home at St Mary's Garden Village

On 7th January 2025 at a meeting of Ross-on-Wye Town Council's planning committee, developers revealed plans for a large care home.

Be a Councillor, you don’t actually have to do much

Some councillors do a lot and some councillors do very little in comparison. When you’re a councillor you take up a seat on an 18 seater councillor bus.

TCTV - "What?" Town Council Television!

The streaming of live Ross-on-Wye Town Council meetings to you dear reader, in the comfort of your own home, to watch on your phone or laptop?

£4billion Ross-on-Wye Underground Project

It’s said that a spend-hungry councillor is seeking funding for a £4billion underground system for Ross-on-Wye with three connected lines.

Spending at Timmy-like speeds?

Town Councils only have public money to spend, not their own personal pocket money. Is it worth us (and them) remembering this?

Mr Thumb's Video Toolkit

Councillors can save themselves hours of time when creating content with the new app, Mr Thumb’s Video Toolkit. Make quick content without lifting a foot!

No, You'll Get What You're Given

A Ross-on-Wye Town Councillor has just stood down in the North Ward, leaving a vacancy. Do you have a choice on who fills the role? Well, not unless you act.

The fArt of Self-Promotion

Most councillors quietly get on with trying to make a difference whenever and however they can, so any off-putting whiff of self-promotion would stand out a bit.

Million Reasons

Lady Gaga sang "I've got a hundred million reasons to walk away..." Could the multi-million selling recording artist be getting her inspiration from Ross Town Council?

Mr Whippy

Mr Whippy? “I thought I was going to be reading about ice cream” is what you might be thinking. Nope, and there is no official Party Whip in a town council of course.

Electile Dysfunction

Now it's general election time, the erection of election signs in Ross-on-Wye gardens has started to happen, but it doesn't function to change the way people vote.

Magpies love shiny things

Ross-on-Wye Town Council has many projects on the go, and sometimes those involve grant money. When ideas are put forward, what does Ross end up with?

Why did the chicken cross the road?

After the roads and pavements of Ross-on-Wye were tested beyond breaking point by a freak storm, councillors were out and about in the aftermath

Ross Council's Got X-Pop Talent

As the town eagerly tuned in to see who'd won, Derek Morgan of Walford stood in for Ant and Dec in the tightly fought series finale.

Why can't I see the river?

What's going on down at "nettle central", has the overgrown issue been overblown? If you're a Ross-on-Wye tourist you might be in for a disappointing riverside stroll.

Last of the Summer Whine

Tadaaaaa! A phone box was saved by three unlikely heroes likened to 1970s TV stars, meaning a valuable community resource is not lost

The Straw Man Argument

When a poll on social media seemed to show many members of the public in Ross-on-Wye would like to be able to help choose the Mayor, things got weird