July 2006

In the coming year there will be major changes relating to smoking which will affect Herefordshire retailers, businesses and general public alike.  

Herefordshire Council has taken a major step towards funding future road building without government support.

Herefordshire Council’s mobile library service is making great improvements in the service it offers its customers and wants views on the changes people would like to see.

The fifth of nine Children's Centres planned for Herefordshire will be placed at Ryefield Centre in Ross-on-Wye.

It’s not just a ‘walk in the park’ at Queenswood Country Park this summer – there is much, much more to do and lots of fun to be had with Queenswood’s Amazing Trees.

Residents of Victoria Park are celebrating the reintroduction of their bus link with Hereford city centre.

Hereford Museum is celebrating the completion of the first stage of its project to bring a fresh look to its main displays.

Herefordshire’s libraries have an action packed summer in store for the County’s youngsters.

Brobury House in Bredwardine provided the backdrop for the launch of 'Slow Food Herefordshire' during a suitably relaxing evening garden party, featuring some of the finest flavours of the county.

Herefordshire Council has arranged for two new improvements to rural bus services to meet increased demand.

Thanks to monies provided by a variety of funders Bromyard's HOPE (Holistic Opportunities for Play & Education) Family Centre has moved into fantastic new premises and is officially opening it’s doors on Friday, July 21.

Customers eating their breakfast in the café at Tesco’s Belmont store were left grasping their throats and dashing to the nearest toilet to vomit.

Designs for signs, which remind motorists to stick to 20mph outside a Hereford school, have earned youngsters top prizes.

With the hottest day of the year expected today Herefordshire Council has issued the following advice to the growing number of families living in caravans in the county.

In 2001, the farm buildings at New House Farm, in Burrington, North Herefordshire, were in desperate need of repair and no longer able to meet the needs of John Thomas’s modern farm business.

The latest key facts and figures about Herefordshire are now available in the fifth State of Herefordshire Report.

Herefordshire schools successfully predicted the national Carnegie Medal winner in their own Carnegie debate.

Ross Heritage Centre has something for everyone for the summer holidays, with an interesting and varied programme of exhibitions and events running through July and August.

Herefordshire Council has launched a new financial strategy that sets out how it intends to maintain financial stability, support key investment, allocate resources and deliver improved value for money as it faces up to very challenging times for local government.

Herefordshire car dealer James Lilly has been fined a total of £1,500 and ordered to pay compensation of more than £13,000 after he sold several vehicles whose mileage has been clocked.

A brand new Speed Indicator Device (SID) will remind drivers of the speed limits in the village of Kingsland from tomorrow, Friday, July 14.

The new state-of-the-art Whitecross High School is now being recognised for its security minded design as well as its celebrated green credentials.

The hard work of 22 Herefordshire schools has been rewarded with £114,000 in Travel Plan grants from the Department of Education and Skills. 

As part of National Archaeology Week (July 15 – 23) Herefordshire Council’s Archaeology Team is offering excursions back in time.

Herefordshire Council is drawing attention to the dangers that construction sites present to children, especially during the summer holidays and associated long evenings.

Hereford Museum and Art Gallery are marking National Archaeology Week (July 15 – 23) with an invite to families to come and join in with ‘a knight on the tiles’.

Herefordshire Council has received a commendation for its refurbishment work in Eign Gate in this year’s Street Design Competition organised by Local Government News.

Herefordshire Council has vowed it will continue to fight for a Rotherwas Access Road for Hereford despite news that Government has yet again turned down a bid for funding.

Motorists in the Kington area are being advised that nighttime re-surfacing work is due to take place next week, beginning on Monday, July 10.

Forget heading for the beach or lounging around a pool – where better to enjoy the summer and get a breath of fresh air than Queenswood Country Park?  You can have fun at Queenswood whatever the weather and this summer loads of events have been planned to keep you busy!

Bus and train passengers in Herefordshire will find it even easier to get around the county with the publication of a new Public Transport Map and Guide by Herefordshire Council.

A new Youth Justice Plan has been adopted by Herefordshire Council.

Herefordshire Council may be interested in putting a mouse into your church and a keyboard into your pub, if you live off the beaten track.

As part of its Older People’s Strategy, the Herefordshire Partnership is inviting citizens over the age of 50 to contribute their ideas, views, preferences and concerns.

A trio of schools in Herefordshire are over the moon following today’s ministerial announcement that they have been awarded Specialist School Status.

An exhibition celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the birth of artist Joseph Murray Ince will be staged at Hereford Museum and Art Gallery this summer.

Herefordshire Council is showcasing how it uses technology to bring information and communities together in one of the most rural and dispersed populations in the country.

Landlords and property managing agents who let large houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) to tenants in Herefordshire may need to apply for a licence.

Citizens of Weobley are being invited to help plan the future of library services in the village through a two-phase community consultation which takes place during July and August.

Herefordshire Council has announced that the cleaning operation being undertaken by Cadbury’s is a “belt and braces” operation to ensure that no salmonella remains within the system at the company’s Marlbrook plant in Herefordshire.