September 2004

During the last 12 months, 27 Herefordshire parents have been prosecuted because their children were truanting and not attending school. Sentences have ranged from a fine of £300 to 100 hours community service.

The Schools Minister, David Miliband has written to Herefordshire Council’s Director of Education and Cabinet Member, congratulating Herefordshire on this summer’s ‘excellent’ Key Stage 2 results for 11 year olds.

Herefordshire Council’s Trading Standards Service is warning the public not to be taken in by cold calls from abroad enticing people into parting with thousands of pounds with the promise that they have won a fortune.

The Petition which will demonstrate to central Government the huge amount of local support for the Rotherwas Access Road continues to gain momentum.

A Private Landlords Forum is being held on Wednesday 15 September 2004 at 7.00pm at Brockington Council Chamber, Hafod Road, Hereford.

Pegasus Football Club is set to offer opportunities at the grassroots level by providing coaching and playing opportunities on Sunday mornings for boys and girls of all ages.

Residents and traders in Ross-on-Wye are advised that Broad Street will be closed for one day on Friday 1 October from its junction with High Street / Gloucester Road to its junction with New Street.

Almost a year to the day after work first began, Leominster’s new access road is to be officially declared open.

People power in Herefordshire is being harnessed to demonstrate the overwhelming support for the Rotherwas Access Road.

The Herefordshire Record Office in Hereford is to open later on Wednesday mornings to allow staff training and meetings.

Sure Start’s mobile service, the S.S. Explorer, is celebrating its first birthday on Wednesday, September 8.

If you’ve ever wanted to turn over a new leaf or start a new chapter in your life, there’s never been a better time to do so with increased opening hours at Herefordshire’s libraries.

The winners of this year’s Hereford City Floral Decorations Competition and the Hereford Allotment & Leisure Gardeners Society ‘Summer Judging’ Competition have been announced this week.

Herefordshire Council is re-issuing 84,000 council tax bills this week as a result of Central Government’s decision to cap the expenditure of the Council and the Hereford and Worcester Combined Fire Authority.

Tread softly along the way-marked Badger Trail, look carefully, and you will discover artists at work among the trees – in wood, paint, fabric, willow and paper.

Shopmobility in Hereford is celebrating the milestone of 50,000 “trips” made with its range of scooters and chairs.