December 2005

More than £24 million grant funding could be spent on providing 843 new affordable homes across Herefordshire in a bid to tackle the County’s desperate housing plight.

The number of older people living in Herefordshire is expected to rise by nearly twice the national average over the next six years, Government statistics reveal.

Twenty two new environmentally-friendly homes powered by ‘Green Energy’ that will cut electricity bills will be built in Hereford as part of a £2.45 million project.

Herefordshire Council Waste Management team is encouraging residents to think about what they do with their old items when the Christmas festivities are over.

Herefordshire Council is urging its residents to start thinking about reducing their waste in the New Year.

Work to extend the major revamp of Eign Gate into Hereford city’s High Street begins early in the New Year.

The Community Services Scrutiny Committee will stage a meeting on the trial pedestrianisation of Widemarsh Street in the New Year.

Just weeks after Herefordshire Council's website made the Christmas number one slot for the best Council website in the UK, the authority has announced that its site earned the Plain English Campaign’s coveted Crystal Mark.

The announcement of the Government settlement for public services exposes again the unfair distribution of support to rural councils, the Leader of Herefordshire Council claimed.

Ross Market House Heritage Centre is getting into the Christmas spirit by staging a bonanza of activities throughout the festive season.

Herefordshire Council has received a three star rating and continues to deliver value for money services to the public, a detailed inspection has revealed. 

Herefordshire car dealing brothers, Mark and Shaun Peplow, have been fined a total of £2,000 and ordered to pay compensation of more than £3,000 after they sold a car whose mileage had been clocked.

A Herefordshire man has been fined £110 and ordered to pay £105 in legal costs for allowing his pet dog to foul a County street.

Herefordshire Council and its partners have vowed to improve their services to young people after an inspection found that not all of the county’s youngsters were getting the help they need.

Work on a £534,000 refurbishment scheme to breathe new life into Kington Library will start in the New Year.

Herefordshire Council and its partners have moved swiftly to repair the City’s Christmas lights after a delivery vehicle accidentally damaged a supporting pole.

Nearly 2,000 people across Herefordshire have replied to a questionnaire on the trial pedestrianisation of Widemarsh Street in Hereford City Centre – and there is still time for the public to have their say.

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