February 2004

A guide detailing the roads in Herefordshire to receive winter gritting is launched this week.

Herefordshire Council wishes to inform users of Etnam Street Car Park in Leominster that two Thuja trees will be removed from the rear of the site on Sunday 29th February.

Herefordshire Council’s Parks, Countryside and Leisure Development Service has arranged for important tree works to take place at Westfield Walk, Leominster starting on Monday 26th January.

Scores of older people each year are set to benefit from a pioneering venture between Herefordshire Primary Care Trust and Herefordshire Council.

The postal ballot in Herefordshire was a huge success; we are doing well when it comes to recycling but employees in the County are still poorly paid.

Voter turnout for Herefordshire Council’s postal vote in the St Nicholas Ward has more than doubled the average participation rate for a by-election in the County.

Part of the original 2000 year-old Roman Road has been unearthed at Stretton Sugwas.

The Leader of Herefordshire Council has welcomed proposals for a radical reform to the way Council Tax is raised.

Renowned BBC war correspondent, Jeremy Bowen, will deliver a lecture at the Courtyard, Hereford, to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day.

If you are thinking of letting a property then you should get along to Herefordshire Council’s Landlord Fair to be held on Wednesday, 11th February, at The Courtyard, Edgar Street, in Hereford, from 4pm to 8pm.

A 19-year-old Sixth Form student from Ludlow is set for a performance of lifetime at Westminster as part of a special awards ceremony to celebrate the achievement of “Looked After Children”.

A national conference focussing on Lifelong Learning in rural areas is to be held at the Three Counties Hotel, Belmont Road, Hereford, on Friday, February 27.

Herefordshire Council’s negotiations with not-for-profit organisation SHAW healthcare to take over the running and development of services at Ledbury’s Leadon Bank care home in April 2004 is on track.

Herefords’ Holme Lacey Road at Rotherwas Railway Bridge will be closed for two days.

A 58-year-old Herefordshire man was sentenced to two years’ jail at Worcester Crown Court on Friday (January 30th) for fraudulently claiming £43,000 pounds in benefits from Herefordshire Council.

Herefordshire Heritage Services’ mobile museum, Museum on the Move, is about to launch its new and exciting exhibition.

Herefordshire Council is about to set its forthcoming Council Tax for the next 12 months.

The issue will be debated at Cabinet, when it meets on Thursday, February 19. Following this it will be considered by full Council when it meets on Friday, March 5.

Herefordshire Council’s graffiti gang has been busy since the launch of the graffiti line in the Hereford Times earlier this month.

After the mysterious disappearance of the Civil War cannon ball from its place embedded in a Hereford city wall in July last year, the relic has found a new home on display at the Hereford Museum.

Dads in the Leominster and Kington areas of Herefordshire are invited to an information day on Saturday, February 21, at the Leominster Sure Start office.

Herefordshire Council’s Cabinet supported a 10.4% rise in Council Tax for 2004/2005 at its meeting today (Thursday, February 19).

Herefordshire Council is disappointed at the announcement on 12th February that its bid for £150m of Government funding for new schools has been unsuccessful.

People are voting with their feet at the Bromyard Centre with the new library attracting record numbers of new members.

Herefordshire Council’s Environmental Health & Trading Standards Division (EHTS) is celebrating success at achieving an internationally recognised Quality Award.

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