March 2006

Caring for the environment has won eco-friendly Joyce Stone-Fewings an expenses-paid trip to the biomes of Cornwall’s Eden Project.

The grass is no longer greener on the other side for county landscaper Robert Bruce McLelland after Herefordshire Council’s Trading Standards Service stepped in to make sure the quality of his work improves.

Herefordshire Council has received the results of a study commissioned by the Highways Agency, looking at the options for improving safety on the A49 at the notorious Ashton bends.

Herefordshire Council’s Trading Standard’s successful battle to protect the rights of the County’s residents has been recognised on BBC1’s prime time consumer protection programme, ‘Watchdog’.

Ledbury’s aspiring Lichfields and Budding Bailey’s have been using photography to explore and illustrate a crucial social issue in their community.

Herefordshire Council is doing everything it can to minimise the disruption to local people caused by a national day of industrial action on Tuesday 28 March.

Herefordshire Council states that it will provide most of its services during tomorrow’s national industrial action by unions.

Herefordshire Youth Service are offering the chance for young people aged 13 to 19 to take part in some exciting outdoor activities during the Easter Holidays.

Local, regional and national experts will descend on Hereford for a special public exhibition and conference aimed at raising awareness of an environmentally-friendly schools’ initiative.

Thousands of senior citizens and disabled people are set to benefit from free local bus travel when Herefordshire Council launches its new Concessionary Travel Scheme on Saturday, April 1.

The views of parents, teachers, staff and other interested parties are being sought over the next 18 months as part of an extensive review of Herefordshire’s schools in light of falling pupil numbers.

The wheels are in motion for a new skate park for youngsters in Hereford after Herefordshire Council agreed to consider freeing up land for the development.

Young people across the county with a passion for music can choose from a bonanza of workshops now running at the Ryefield Centre in Ross-on-Wye.

A new traffic control system aimed at freeing up Hereford City Centre’s busy roads has been included on Herefordshire Council’s transport action plan.

The 8th Annual Children’s Book Festival, hosted by Herefordshire Council’s Schools Library Service, is bringing literature to life for children in Herefordshire.

A cutting edge theatre company, ‘Oddbodies’, have been invited by Ross Creative Learning Centre to deliver a drama workshop and perform their most recent production.

Councillors are being asked to approve an extensive review of Herefordshire’s schools in light of falling pupil numbers.

The Community Services Scrutiny Committee will meet at the Burton Hotel, Mill Street, Kington, on March 24.

Sure Start is launching a new breastfeeding support group called “The Baby Café,” at Coningsby Children’s Centre, Coningsby Road, Leominster, on Friday March 24.

Wood you believe it! One of Hereford’s most famous men is about to take a break from being on display 24 hours a day in the city centre for a spot of TLC.

Hereford’s Victoria Bridge will be restored to its former glory as part of a major refurbishment scheme aimed at preserving the popular footbridge for generations to come.

A detailed plan which sets out the use that land can be put to in Herefordshire has moved a step closer to becoming finalised.

Herefordshire Council has set an increase in council tax, which was supported by all four political groups, of 4.7 per cent. 

Massive mammals and multiple museums are what’s on offer at Ross Heritage Centre during the month of March.

Anyone interested in working with children as a career, or wanting information about childcare available in Herefordshire, should make sure they don’t miss a key event taking place in Hereford later this month.

The last in a series of “conversations with the public” over the re-siting of Hereford Livestock Market will be held at the city’s Town Hall, next Wednesday (March 15), at 7.30pm.

Families in the Lea area are being given the opportunity to shape the services they would like delivered to them and their children.

Herefordshire Council is encouraging people to support Fairtrade Fortnight with a visit to the growing number of shops and restaurants serving and selling Fairtrade products.

Herefordshire Council’s Bereavement Services will conduct an extensive safety inspection of all headstones in its four cemeteries to ensure they comply with strict national legislation and remain a safe place for the public to visit.

Herefordshire Council is awaiting the verdict of a planning inspector following a two day public inquiry (February 28 – March 1) over plans to build 18 apartments in Ross-on-Wye.

The wraps have come off Hereford’s High Street following eight-weeks of work which has seen the area transformed in the same style as neighbouring Eign Gate.

Dignitaries and those who have contributed funding to the refurbished creative arts centre for young people in Ross-on-Wye have been given a sneak preview of the revamped building.

Teenage baby-sitters in Ross-on-Wye have turned professional thanks to a new qualification which could net them more pocket money.

Highways bosses at Herefordshire Council have received mixed news from central government over its spending plans for the next five years.

Leominster’s new Coningsby Children’s Centre which cost approximately £1 million will host a public open day on Saturday March 11. The event is aimed at raising awareness of the facility.

Herefordshire Council is reconsidering design details of a £2 million scheme to breathe new life into Hereford High Town following a successful public consultation.

Museums across the County are teaming up to put on a joint exhibition to mark Museums and Galleries Month.

An exhibition of work by the late James Sellars will be on show at Hereford Museum & Art Gallery from Saturday, March 18 to Sunday, May 7 2006.