November 2004

Due to the essential improvement works to gas mains in the City, temporary three-way traffic lights are in operation at the Widemarsh Street junctions with Blackfriars Street and Coningsby Street.

Sure Start, a government funded organisation working with children under four and their families, are starting a new group to show parents and carers new ways of communicating with their children.

Thousands of people have had their say and helped demonstrate to Central Government how important a new Rotherwas Access road is to Hereford.

Motorists and residents interested in the Roman Road improvement scheme are being invited to a public exhibition at Stretton Sugwas Primary School to find out what’s happened so far and what’s planned.

St Mary’s of Hope CE Primary School, a very small school with currently just 12 pupils, looks to be on the point of closing.

It’s back due to popular demand - the successful Christmas Saturday Park and Ride service is back again to offer shoppers free and easy parking during one of Hereford’s busiest times of the year.

A new era in the way Herefordshire Council looks after children in the County has begun after Cllr Don Rule, Cabinet Member (Education), was appointed the interim Cabinet Member responsible for Children’s Services.

The wraps are about to come off the Hereford Art & Craft Society Exhibition at Hereford Museum and Art Gallery in Broad Street.

Youngsters at a Herefordshire school are in the frame after the school’s secretary landed them a top prize in a free draw.

Hot on the heels of the graffiti hotline, launched earlier this year, Herefordshire Council is adopting a new approach to the management of its street services.

Shop fronts of yesteryear are set to make a comeback in Hereford City Centre thanks to a grant scheme which has just been announced.

The Record Office in Hereford has undergone a number of changes in recent months including improvements to the facility and a range of new activities.

The closure of Greytree Road in Ross has been lifted with the new precast concrete culvert to the Rudhall Brook now fully operational.

The Ledbury Greenspace Liaison Group is one of the lucky community groups to benefit from part of a £30 million Government grant scheme to help local people improve their environment.

Bromyard farmers’ market and The Falcon Hotel are joining forces to offer free festive fare to a number of farmers’ market customers.

A new Children’s Resource Directory is now available on the Herefordshire Council website.

Herefordshire Council staff raised more than £1,300 for Macmillan Cancer Relief and local charity, St Michael’s Hospice, with their successful coffee morning.

There will be festive fun and frolics for the whole family at the Hereford Christmas Lights Switch-on on Wednesday, November 17 2004.

Herefordshire Council’s biggest and most detailed consultation continues with a series of Local Area Forums (LAFs).

Herefordshire Council’s review of its Parking Strategy continues with a public meeting in Hereford’s Shirehall on Thursday, October 28 commencing at 2pm.

Herefordshire Council is asking local entrepreneurs to get their thinking caps on and come up with some original uses for Hereford’s Indoor Market on days it’s currently not in use.

Herefordshire Council were delighted at the Court of Appeal’s decision to refuse S & A Property Ltd leave to appeal the High Court’s ruling of May 21.

The Trading Standards Institute has, for the last two years campaigned for the complete ban on doorstep cold-calling for work to be carried out to properties.