June 2004

Hereford has hosted the regional premiere of a new video designed to help young people who have been in care take the next step into the world of work.

The flowers are in bloom, the sun is shining, boots have been dusted off and the annual Herefordshire Walking Festival is underway.

Walk to School week was a virtual stampede in Herefordshire as record numbers of pupils wore out their shoe leather in support of the event (May 24 –28).

Leonard Kenneth Gee, Director of Leisurebay UK Limited and Licensee of The Yew Tree Inn, Priors Frome, Mordiford, Hereford HR1 4EG, pleaded guilty at Hereford Magistrates Court on Tuesday, May 25, to substituting a cheaper generic brand of vodka for Smirnoff Red Label Vodka, and also to substituting a cheaper generic brand of gin for Gordon’s Gin.

Residents and traders in Ross-on-Wye are being advised that a town-centre road will be closed for up to five weeks to allow a new culvert for Rudhall Brook to be laid.

Herefordshire Council has successfully secured a £34,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to produce a conservation management plan for St Katherine’s Hospital and Master’s House site in Ledbury.

Friday, June 25, is a red-letter day in the diary of local businesses as the doors to six new factory units in Hereford will be officially opened.

The five-week closure of Greytree Road in Ross-on-Wye town centre - due to start at the end of June - has been delayed.

The review of Herefordshire Council’s controversial voluntary code on the agricultural use of polytunnels is complete and was discussed by Councillors on Wednesday, June 23.

Renowned author Sue Gee who appeared at this years Hay Festival launched her new book ‘The Mysteries of Glass’ at Kington Library.

Herefordshire Council’s Trading Standards Service is urging people who receive an offer through the post called the Purple Rock Giveaway to read the small print carefully.

Children fishing for prizes and a wealth of informative stalls will be part of an all day event to celebrate the 30th World Environment Day.

To mark the centenary of the opening of Hereford’s Town Hall on June 9,1904, a display is on in the reception area of the Herefordshire Record Office until July 3.

Herefordshire Council’s cash office at Garrick House in Hereford is closed until July 16 2004.

More details of the new scheme for Whitecross High School in Hereford will be discussed at a public meeting on Thursday, June 10, and the Council would like feedback on the plans.

The successful European Market that visited Hereford, Ross and Leominster last year is back in Hereford, High Town, 1 – 3 July.

After 16 years working in emergency planning for Herefordshire Council, Geoff Haskell has finally hung up his hat.

A new Herefordshire Leisure Cycle Guide detailing a host of exciting routes around the County was launched during Bike Week (June 12 to June 20) in Hereford.

Improved flood defences, hundreds of new jobs and an impressive gateway to the south of the Hereford are just some of the key benefits the planned Asda development at Belmont will bring to the City.

Herefordshire Council has given advice to the company running the fruit pickers village at Brierley Court to help them provide facilities on the site without breaking the injunction which forbids them from further construction.

Herefordshire Council’s drive to encourage residents to reduce their waste has been met with an overwhelming response.

Children and adults from around the county will have an early summer treat when the 6th Annual Children’s Book Festival comes to Hereford.

A Car Sharing scheme launched on (Tuesday, June 8) in Hereford could be motorists’ ticket to cheaper fuel.

A colourful report celebrating the visit of the thought-provoking Anne Frank Exhibition last October will be launched from Herefordshire Council’s Museum on the Move bus at St Thomas Cantilupe CE Primary School.