May 2007

More than 100 children from the county’s smallest schools will be competing in a unique tag-rugby competition at Kings Caple Primary School on 20th June.

Herefordshire libraries are joining in with the biggest community read ever.

The message may finally be getting through to motorists after two recent spot checks held in Hereford and Ross-on-Wye found everyone meeting exhaust emission limits.

The future shape of family support in Herefordshire is out for consultation following the publication of a draft strategy for 2007-2010 by the children and young people’s partnership.  The partnership is made up of organisations that deliver services which have an impact on the lives of children, young people and families, such as the council, schools, the PCT, the police and voluntary groups.

One of Bishop’s top teaching assistants met the Prime Minister this week alongside a handful of other higher-level teaching assistants from around the country.

The Masters House in Ledbury is a key historic asset not only for the town but the county as a whole. Herefordshire Council is working with Ledbury and Area Development Trust, with funding from the Heritage Lottery, to find out how people could make use of an improved building whilst preserving and raising awareness of its historical significance.

Joseph fever hits Herefordshire as schools across the county compete to be the school choir in this new West End production.

Herefordshire Council is staging a special Big Recycle Event in Hereford’s High Town on Wednesday, June 6, from 10am until 4pm.

Herefordshire Council has scooped two major awards for its restoration work to Hereford’s historic Victoria Bridge, including being named as the best civil engineering project in the West Midlands for 2007.

Welsh Water’s temporary traffic lights on the Hoarwithy Road, just south of Hereford at Green Crize, are set to be replaced with another set of temporary lights.

With more than three quarters of all 1,353 place on the walks scheduled for this year's Herefordshire Walking Festival now sold out, organisers are advising anyone still interested in taking part to step up their pace.

Emergency permits for those using a commercial vehicle or a trailer at a Herefordshire Council household waste site will not be available on Bank Holiday Monday (May 28), except from the Bromyard Centre.

Herefordshire youngsters who dig dinosaurs should get down to their local library this half term.

Herefordshire Council has topped the SiteMorse local authority website league table again, by obtaining the maximum score possible and beating more than 460 other UK council websites for the third consecutive month.

Shop owners and traders in Ross on Wye and surrounding area are being urged to take advantage of available grants and give their shop-fronts a make-over. 

A contract for the construction of the £7million Ross Flood Alleviation Scheme has just been awarded to Nuttall, a national contractor experienced in flood alleviation work.

Herefordshire Council is urging people to think of ways they can reduce the amount of waste they send to landfill sites.

Herefordshire Council and Local Agenda 21 charity Welcome To Our Future are joining forces to host a free exhibition demonstrating practical ways for the county’s residents to save both money and the environment.

Herefordshire residents are being urged to get involved in a consultation exercise which will help to shape a large part of the northern edge of Hereford city centre.

Motorists are being advised that temporary traffic lights have today (Wednesday, May 16), been installed on the Hoarwithy Road, just south of Hereford, at Green Crize.

Motorists and shoppers in Hereford are being advised that West Street car park, in the city centre, will be closed on Thursday and Friday this week, May 17 and 18.

As part of celebrations marking the bi-centenary of geological research in Herefordshire, a new display is on show at Hereford Museum and Art Gallery.

People living in the Golden Valley area are being encouraged to shape up and visit a new mobile fitness bus, at two taster days arranged by Herefordshire Council.

The search is on to honour the county's unsung heroes in a new community competition called the Pride of Herefordshire Awards.

Hereford Museum will have a special late-night opening on Friday night with two major events taking place – the first screening of blockbuster film A Night at the Museum and the opening of a new exhibition featuring the Shell Advertising Art Collection.

Herefordshire Council contractors will be trimming some 5,500 km of roadside verges during the month of May.

Hereford’s newly refurbished High Town has passed the acid test of the annual May Fair with flying colours.

Organisations providing essential services for the county’s older residents are on the lookout for ways to improve and expand the quality and range services they provide.

Less mobile people in Herefordshire are being urged not to miss out on the opportunity to explore some of the county’s wonderful countryside.

Herefordshire Council is asking county residents to have a say on their pioneering Rights of Way Improvement Plan.

Herefordshire Council has opened a new customer service centre in Ledbury this week.

Herefordshire residents have given the county’s libraries a big thumbs up according to results from a new survey carried out by the council’s Research Team.

Hereford Library staff have been busy raising funds to help one of their casual staff to realise her dream of teaching in Africa.

Parents across the county are to be asked whether their childcare needs are being met, as part of a countywide assessment by Herefordshire Council.

Herefordshire Council is urging city shop owners and traders to take advantage of available grants and give their shop-fronts a make-over.

Herefordshire Council has apologised to anyone who may have missed their chance to vote in the local elections as a result of delayed deliveries of postal ballot forms, which hit hundreds of local authorities across the UK.

Further details of the second annual Flavours of Herefordshire Food Festival have been revealed in a new leaflet featuring all the key ingredients which will go into making this one of the UK’s biggest and best food events during the course of 2007.

Herefordshire Walking Festival offers the chance to not only explore the county’s countryside but also enjoy tasting some of its best produce including ice cream, cider and real ale.

The Associated Members Club gym membership scam which many Herefordshire people were conned into signing up for last November now has a twist in the tale.

A planning application has been submitted to build a new crematorium in Hereford and demolish the existing one.

Children from four Herefordshire primary schools have been able to try the sport of orienteering thanks to a specially organised festival.

Mrs Heulwen Irene Smith of Brynheulog, Howle Hill, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire was sentenced at Worcester Crown Court on the 23rd April 2007 after pleading guilty to three charges under the Trade Description Act 1968 for falsely describing holiday accommodation and to two offences under the Theft Act 1968 relating to the theft of property from guests.

Emergency permits for those using a commercial vehicle or a trailer at a Herefordshire Council household waste site are not available on the coming Bank Holiday Monday.

The local elections to decide which Councillors will make key decisions which affect the lives of everyone in the county is over. The polls closed at 10pm and the ballot papers have been counted overnight.

Herefordshire Council has joined forces with the Journal series of newspapers to run a competition for children to design stickers for a new energy-saving initiative.

Energy champions turned out in force to launch Herefordshire Council’s new My Energy campaign.

A scheme which will open up a new walking and cycling route linking Hereford city with Rotherwas and beyond has been included by Sustrans, the UK’s leading sustainable transport charity, as part of their Connect2 bid for national lottery funding.

The race is on to raise a total of £60,000 to take 30 volunteers to Borneo on an expedition to mark the 50th anniversary of the Duke of Edinburgh Award.

The spotlight focused on Kington CC last Sunday, April 29, when it became the first cricket club to go smoke free in Herefordshire, and the first to hold a minor counties cricket match this season.

Postal ballot delays – people may still vote, says council