December 2007
19 December 2007
Parishes across the county are being challenged to reduce their
carbon footprint in a bid to encourage local communities to put
their heads together and work on ways of reducing CO2 emissions.
19 December 2007
Herefordshire Council continues to improve the way it prevents and
detects benefit fraud as well as having excellent security in place
for safeguarding personal data and speeding up the way it processes
and pays genuine benefit claims.
18 December 2007
Pupils, staff, parents and grandparents enjoyed a spectacular World
War Two event at St Paul's C of E Primary School this week.
17 December 2007
Fly tipping in Herefordshire came to a head recently, when a large
quantity of commercial and other waste was left in the Co-op car
park at Kington, prior to the two weekly "Parish Freighter"
collection of household waste, spoiling this welcomed initiative
for everyone.
17 December 2007
Relief is in sight for Colwall's weary motorists after
Herefordshire Council agreed to explore the possibility of
installing a temporary bailey bridge next to the ailing railway
bridge.
14 December 2007
Herefordshire Council has been let down by government which has
failed to acknowledge the growing pressure of providing services to
the county's growing population of older people.
12 December 2007
A planned footpath and cycleway linking the north east of Hereford
with Rotherwas has received a £350,000 boost after Sustrans'
Connect2 project won £50 million from the Big Lottery Fund.
11 December 2007
Herefordshire Council has backed a call by the secretary of state
for children, schools and families, for parents to get their
children to read more at home as they grow up.
10 December 2007
Ross Heritage Centre will be holding an Activity for Children of
all ages on Saturday December 22. This will take place between 1pm
and 4.30pm. Participants will be able to make a "Christmas Rubbish
Catcher" to collect all of those bits of rubbish that accumulates
over the Christmas Festivities.
10 December 2007
Motorists are being urged by Herefordshire Council to take extra
care when driving along the county's roads.
10 December 2007
Householders in Herefordshire will have no refuse collections on
Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day or New Year's Day.
10 December 2007
Colwall Bridge was re-opened on Friday 7 December to light vehicles
(up to 3 tonnes).
07 December 2007
People of Hereford should pick up their phones from today
(Friday, December 7) to help secure part of a £50 million Big
Lottery Fund grant for a footpath and cycling route between
Hereford and Rotherwas.
07 December 2007
Four county roads are closed due to overnight flooding. They are
the A4110 from Walford Junction to Adforton, the B4350 from Whitney
to Hay and Watery Lane in Hereford and the A438 from Hereford to
Winnersley Jnt Letton. The A4113 from Walford to Leintwardine is
passable with care.
04 December 2007
Two primary schools, one in Hereford and one in Bromyard, have won
this year's countywide campaign to get children walking to school.
05 December 2007
Herefordshire Council is one step ahead in the challenge to face
climate change. At a time when Government, local authorities,
industry and individuals are being asked to consider their impact
on the earth and their 'carbon footprint', the council is well on
the way to addressing the issue along with other elements needed to
sustain resources and the environment for future generations.
03 December 2007
There's good news for people wanting to set up home in the county
as Herefordshire Council is on target with plans which will mean
more than 800 new affordable homes will be built in the next four
years.
03 December 2007
It has been announced today that Herefordshire will receive an
extra £3.3m to support local transport schemes in addition to
funding previously identified within in Council's Local Transport
Plan.
03 December 2007
Herefordshire Council is calling on residents to give the county
the gift of a cleaner, greener future this Christmas.
03 December 2007
Looking forward to the Christmas and New Year celebrations -
smokefree this time?
