April 2007

Children across Herefordshire are helping to keep traffic off the roads by walking to school as part of a national walk to school campaign.

A former bowls pavilion owned by Herefordshire Council which has been torched by vandals will have to be demolished.

Heart-stopping rides, side-shows, food stalls and ancient ceremonies are all part of the street extravaganza which is Hereford’s May Fair.

Herefordshire Council’s restoration work on Hereford’s historic Victoria Bridge has received national recognition and is now in line for four further honours.

Hereford Museum and Art Gallery is to host three touring exhibitions from the National Motor Museum giving visitors the chance to see some of the most memorable advertising ever produced.

Hereford residents had a chance to see what the county’s new Museum on the Move bus will be like when the same model of vehicle made a whistlestop visit to High Town, for one day only on April 24.

Planning permission and conservation area consent has been granted for the demolition of an existing public toilet building in Union Street, Hereford.

Herefordshire Council has confirmed a tree preservation order on trees at Larkside, Knapp Lane, Ledbury.

Hereford taxi driver Clive Goodwin of Chartwell Road has been suspended by Herefordshire Council.

Colwall Library will be restarting its Storytime sessions for the under 5s this month, with lots of goodies from a life size bear courtesy of the Bookstart Book Crawl initiative.

Do your children love Harry Potter, are they fascinated with learning how people lived in the Iron Age or do they love spooky goings on?

With the local elections less than two weeks away, the time has come to dust down the ballot boxes and make sure they’re ready for Thursday, May 3.

Herefordshire Council aims to lead by example through a new project aimed at cutting the authority’s energy bills.

Herefordshire is giving up some of its secrets of the past in an archaeological dig taking place prior to the construction of the new Rotherwas access road.

Motorists are being advised that temporary traffic lights will be used on the A49 just south of Hereford tomorrow night (Tues, April 24) and on Wednesday night this week, April 25.

Ross Heritage Centre has been celebrating its 10th anniversary, with a special exhibition showing examples of the many exhibitions that have been held over the years.

An accident on a narrow road in Sutton St Nicholas has resulted in temporary traffic lights being installed while repairs are carried out to the river bridge.

Time-travelling researchers who use the Herefordshire Record Office to delve into the past by examining ancient documents are being invited to spread their wings with a visit to the National Archives in Kew, London.

Herefordshire Council has agreed to make a public path diversion order in Much Marcle.

Herefordshire Community Safety and Drugs Partnership has a new leadership team.

A Herefordshire Council children’s centre is planning to celebrate the first anniversary of one its most successful projects.

Herefordshire Council’s archaeologists are helping to uncover the mystery of the lost Crafta Webb hamlet.

A new Museum on the Move bus will be in High Town, Hereford, for one day on April 24, with an exhibition all about 1977.

Hereford children are being offered a chance to see a blockbuster film at the city’s museum.

Herefordshire Council’s parks, countryside and leisure development service is boosting its green credentials by using biofuels to power its vehicles and equipment.

Ruth Kelly, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, has dismissed four planning appeals by Herefordshire strawberry producer S&A Davies.

Parents are to benefit from a new council service that helps parents and carers choose the right school for their child.

Our Lady’s RC Primary School on Boycott Road, Hereford has been closed today and will remain closed until later this week, following a fire in the main school hall at the weekend.

Herefordshire Council’s Countryside Service has been making good use of their new wood chipper which was funded by a grant from the Queenswood Coronation Fund.

Two teams have joined forces to make it easier for older people to find out all they need to know about pensions, and what benefits they can claim.

Herefordshire Council is in the final stages of appointing a preferred partner to help it implement a major transformation project – called Herefordshire Connects – that aims to significantly improve the quality of council services for local people and secure a net cash return of £15.6 million over the next four years.

After a successful election process, new youth councillors from Herefordshire met for a celebration evening before getting down to the serious business of holding their first meeting as the new Youth Council in 2007.

Motorists using the A49 south of Hereford will have noticed that construction of the new Rotherwas access road has started.

Young people in the north of Hereford still have time to book themselves a place on a range of exciting activities taking place during the Easter holidays.

The list of candidates standing for election at the forthcoming local elections in Herefordshire on Thursday, May 3, has been published.

A new chapter is about to begin for mothers and fathers with young babies who want to meet up, read and talk about books with other avid readers in Leominster.

Easter weekend sees a significant rise in the number of people using Household Waste Sites across Herefordshire to dispose of their green garden waste.

In response to growing demand for more access to archives, Herefordshire Record Office is to extend its Saturday opening hours to a full day from Saturday, April 14.

The search is on for Herefordshire’s most outstanding contributor to music for this year’s Elgar in Hereford Award.