May 2005

Two key issues for residents of Herefordshire will come under the spotlight at a meeting of Herefordshire Council’s Community Scrutiny Committee when it meets on Monday, June 13.

Motorists, pedestrians and businesses are being reminded that Widemarsh Street in Hereford City Centre will be closed to traffic from next week as part of an experimental pedestrianisation scheme.

Herefordshire Council’s Youth Services have been making a splash at Herefordshire schools as they tour round the County raising the profile of water sports.

Families and couples living in mobile homes could soon lock out the cold and help save the environment thanks to new grants from Herefordshire Council.

Hereford Museum and Art Gallery has received national acclaim for its innovation at a prestigious prize giving ceremony in London.

Teenage babysitters across Herefordshire are being offered the chance to turn professional thanks to a new qualification which could net them more pocket money and save lives.

BBC television presenter Michael Buerk will officially open a 154-mile circular walk in Herefordshire next month.

Schoolchildren and office workers are being urged to shun the car for pedal power as part of a nationwide campaign to get people cycling.

A new guide to walking and cycling in Hereford has been launched this month in time for the summer.

Herefordshire Council has applied for the committal to prison of the director of fruit growing company S&A Produce for allegedly breaching a High Court injunction over the use of its strawberry farm near Leominster.

Hereford’s historic Nelson Monument is set to receive a make-over thanks to Herefordshire Council and the generosity of a private benefactor.

Community representatives in Kingstone have come together to address key issues affecting all who work and live in the area.

Plans to convert Leominster’s Grange House into self-contained units for the homeless have been put on ice after mounting public pressure against the proposals.

Parents with youngsters attending church schools in the county have been given an extra week to give their views on Herefordshire Council’s denominational transport scheme.

The traditional face of Kington could be coming back to the town’s centre if shopkeepers take advantage of a scheme to help them restore their traditional shop fronts.

Thousands of schoolchildren across Herefordshire will ditch their parents’ car for the open air as part of a nationwide campaign aimed at improving our youngsters’ health by walking to school.

More than 3,000 youngsters across Herefordshire have taken part in one of the county’s biggest ever youth surveys.

An 84-year-old World War II survivor will officially unveil a poignant piece of artwork at a former bomb factory in Hereford which played an important role in the country’s war effort.

A conservation expert will hold a series of archive surgeries in Hereford for amateur archivists who want to preserve old letters, photographs and other valuable memorabilia.

An ancient Saxon wall in Hereford described as one of the most important historical sites of its kind in the country will be restored to its former glory and opened up to the public.

The small V.E.Day Exhibition held at the Market House Heritage Centre, in Ross-on-Wye, proved to be a real hit with visitors.

The long-serving Chairman of Herefordshire Council will hang up his chain for the last time after five years at the helm.

A grant to bring redundant buildings into use could result in around 27 new jobs in the west of the county during the next five years.

Distinguished author and comedy writer David Nobbs will make a personal appearance in Herefordshire to read his latest work “Piercing Arrows” – a short story specially commissioned by the Ledbury Readers’ Group.

Shoppers and visitors in need of relief in Hereford Centre can now “take a seat” in the newly opened East Street toilets.

Youngsters in Ross-on-Wye will soon be able to get creative once a major refurbishment of a town youth centre is complete.

The first animal to make its way from the lay-bys to the towns springs into action in time for summer.

The Herefordshire Plan, a 10-year blueprint which maps out the vision of the county over the next 10 years, is under review.

Parents in Leominster can learn more about the town’s new £800,000-plus childcare centre during a regular Partnership Board meeting.

Archaeologists from Herefordshire Council have teamed up with residents to piece together the county’s past as part of a series of excavations and studies aimed at discovering how past communities lived.

The first stage of major enhancement works in Hereford City Centre is set to get underway.