December 2003

The opening of the railway lines in Herefordshire 150 years ago is being marked by the publication of a comprehensive history of this important development on a Herefordshire Council website.

The Aylestone Park Association needs your help to plant trees at the site of the new Aylestone Park on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th December as part of Hereford’s planting during National Tree Week.

The Government has rated Herefordshire as a top performing authority in the delivery of local transport improvements.

If you live or work in Bromyard the chances are that you’ve heard about the new Bromyard Centre formerly known as the Bromyard Leisure Centre.

Residents in Hereford’s St Nicholas Ward will be asked to “make a note to post their vote” early next year in the second postal ballot to be held in Herefordshire.

Herefordshire Council Parks, Countryside & Leisure Development Service is pleased to announce that the children’s play area at The Grange in Leominster has re-opened in time for the Christmas holidays, following the completion of substantial refurbishment.

The Leader of Herefordshire Council, Cllr Roger Phillips, has responded to the press release issued by Paul Keetch, MP, in which he asserts he can’t understand what he refers to as ‘the Asda decision’.

A public meeting is to be held to look at ways of breathing new life into the County’s economy.

Traders and shoppers in Hereford have something to cheer about with the announcement today by Herefordshire Council it will waive fees for Park and Ride and offer some free parking in the lead-up to Christmas.

Herefordshire Council picked a clear winner when ‘Ernie’, a stray springer, spaniel was collected from Hereford Police Station in July.

Herefordshire Council’s Festival Review Group has vowed its support for festivals in the County which it recognises are valuable for their economic, cultural and social benefit.

Get in the Christmas spirit and find those festive feelings by visiting Queenswood Country Park & Arboretum this December.

Hereford City Partnership and Herefordshire Council have been working closely to provide a month of festive activities for shoppers and visitors to Hereford City.

Herefordshire Council has maintained its position among the top performing Local Authorities in the UK, the latest report from a national watchdog claims.

150 years ago on 6 December 1853, Hereford City witnessed huge celebrations to mark the completion of the rail link from the Severn to the Mersey.

Hereford is one of seven English towns in the running for a share of £7.5 million for development of sustainable transport.

A bid to bring Broadband to Herefordshire, which kicks off early in the New Year, has received a boost following news of a welcome £2 million injection of Euro cash.

Herefordshire’s Winter Walking Festival is the ideal chance to walk off that extra helping of Christmas pudding whilst enjoying magnificent views of Herefordshire’s countryside and breathing the crisp, fresh rural air.

Info in Herefordshire has been leading in the redevelopment of the Bromyard Leisure Centre since the original idea was tabled some two years ago.

Herefordshire Council has thrown the Ross-on-Wye International Festival a financial lifeline in a bid to save the event from permanent closure.

Stunts, tricks, comedy and a great family night of entertainment takes to the stage of the Ross Youth Centre tomorrow (Thursday, December 4) at 7.30pm.

Elizabeth Semper O’Keefe is the new head at Hereford’s Record office but is by no means a new face.

John Masefield High School in Ledbury is to have a new headteacher from January, 2004.

The tender process for the building of a new pool for North Herefordshire will start in January 2004 after Cabinet agreed on Thursday (November 27) to a timetable of works which aims to see a new pool open in the summer of 2005.

More than 700 people took advantage of Herefordshire Council’s Park and Ride during the first two weeks and with just three more Saturday’s before the New Year hundreds more are expected to jump on board.

New parking charges for Herefordshire will be introduced in the New Year following yesterday’s Cabinet decision to approve the final package of changes.

Tree planting will be in full force throughout the county during National Tree Week in celebration of the Tree Council’s 30th Anniversary of their “plant a tree in ‘73” campaign.

‘Posh and Becks’ will be sampling the best that Hereford shopping has to offer on Monday 8 December.

Herefordshire Council, together with 16 other councils across the Midlands, is turning to TV screens this festive season in a bid to encourage more people to recycle their household rubbish.

Herefordshire Council’s Cabinet agreed yesterday the basis for a partnership with SHAW Homes to take over the running and development of the County’s residential care homes.

A pair of tickets for the glitzy world Pop Idol final is going under the hammer in an on-line auction – with the proceeds going to help pay for a new pool for North Herefordshire.

Sure Start is pleased with the response it received during a recent consultation about plans to develop a Family and Children’s Centre in Leominster.

Herefordshire Council has recently obtained top marks for its annual, Corporate Asset Management Plan.

Preparations are underway for Bromyard’s Tourist Information Centre’s big move into the new Bromyard Centre at Cruxwell Street.

As everyone knows Christmas can be a time of excess. When it comes to waste, however, Herefordshire Council has bags of help at hand – purple, clear and black -- for all those households on the ‘kerbside’ recycling collection scheme, and the ‘bring’ sites that stay open throughout the holiday.