March 2008
31 March 2008
Mums, dads and carers are being urged to bring their babies along
to new bounce and rhyme sessions being held at the Kington Centre.
31 March 2008
Six months on and with around £45,000 spent, youngsters in a
Hereford suburb are enjoying first class play equipment thanks to a
joint Hereford City-Herefordshire Council project.
31 March 2008
The relocation of the Ledbury Tourist Information centre to its new
home in the Master's House is almost complete and the new centre
will open its doors for business this Friday, April 4.
31 March 2008
Books in the bathroom…DVDs in the doghouse?
31 March 2008
Full details of the two-day outdoor-activity spectacular in
Herefordshire have just been unveiled.
31 March 2008
Ambitions to transform Wyebridge Sports College into a new,
state-of-the art academy have won the backing of Herefordshire
Council. The council's cabinet (27 March 2008) approved a 250-page
outline business case that should unlock almost £22 million of
capital investment from the government to rebuild and refurbish the
high school in the South Wye area of Hereford.
28 March 2008
A key event for landlords in Herefordshire is to be held on the
evening of Wednesday, April 2, from 7pm to 9.30pm.
27 March 2008
Herefordshire Council has backed plans to build a new school for 70
pupils at Staunton on Wye. The support by the council's cabinet (27
March 2008) was crucial to secure a government grant to cover 90
per cent of the net costs of the new school, which would have been
withdrawn at the end of the month if the local authority did not
support the scheme.
27 March 2008
Herefordshire Council is encouraging people to support their local
post offices and village shops by expanding the council's bill
paying service.
26 March 2008
Herefordshire Council has opened a brand new state-of-the-art
fitness suite at Lady Hawkins' Community Leisure Centre in Kington
and is inviting local residents to look round the gym during a
launch event on Tuesday 1st April from 10am to 12 noon.
25 March 2008
Herefordshire Council is launching a series of short walks to help
people walk their way back to health.
25 March 2008
It's a well-known fact that Herefordshire has one of the fastest
growing populations of older people in the UK.
20 March 2008
A valued pilot village warden scheme, which helps older people feel
safe and in touch with their community, will continue with the
support of Herefordshire Council and Herefordshire Primary Care
Trust.
20 March 2008
As part of works to renew and refurbish water mains in Ross-on-Wye,
a series of road closures will be necessary.
20 March 2008
Motorists in Hereford are being advised to leave a little extra
time for their journey on Sunday, April 6, when temporary traffic
lights will be used on the A465 Aylestone Hill.
20 March 2008
Following last year's successful visit, the team of traders Marche
de France is returning to the county early next month.
20 March 2008
By working together, the council and the primary care trust will
cut by half the average delivery time for special equipment to help
people with disabilities, or who may be recovering from illness, to
live independently at home.
20 March 2008
Herefordshire Council has confirmed it still requires special
safety tests to be carried out to licensed taxi and private hire
vehicles modified for wheelchair access.
18 March 2008
The Lord-Lieutenant of Herefordshire, Sir Thomas Dunne, KCVO, has
appointed new Deputy Lieutenants of Herefordshire.
18 March 2008
Young people have the chance to test out their rapping skills and
learn some new ones at a free DJ workshop this month.
18 March 2008
Herefordshire has been given £450,000 to increase activities for
young people and the council is looking for volunteers to mange the
fund. The money comes from the government's Youth Opportunity and
Capital Fund and has to be spent on increasing the range of things
to do and places to go for young people over the next three years.
17 March 2008
Richard North, principal of Minster College, in Leominster, has
announced that he is to leave the school in August after eight and
a half happy and successful years.
17 March 2008
Families in Ledbury can enjoy activities and services in one
location thanks to Ledbury Primary School becoming a fully extended
school.
17 March 2008
Ledbury Tourist Information Centre is having a bright and welcoming
new home made ready in the historic Master's House at St
Katherine's, Ledbury.
14 March 2008
Pre-school children from across the county will be showing off some
of their creative arts projects at the Courtyard Theatre Hereford
on Wednesday 19th March.
14 March 2008
Herefordshire could become a national pilot for how schools and
communities could work together closely and creatively to sustain
rural schools.
13 March 2008
Herefordshire Council and Worcestershire County Council are
celebrating a year of the Real Nappy Incentive Scheme with a
special fashion show next week.
13 March 2008
Plans to change the use of former traditional farm buildings into
self-contained holiday units at Little Quebb Farm, Eardisley, were
approved by members of the northern area sub-committee at their
meeting on Wednesday, March 12.
13 March 2008
Members of the northern area planning sub-committee meeting on
Wednesday, March 12 have agreed to have a site visit over plans to
convert a former mill in Leominster into three apartments.
13 March 2008
Planning permission for an implement store at Woodside Lodges,
Falcon Lane, Ledbury, incorporating bunkhouse accommodation for
groups of walkers and cyclists together with a common room, were
approved by members of the northern area planning sub-committee at
their meeting on Wednesday, March 12.
13 March 2008
Herefordshire Council has been working with Age Concern on a unique
project encouraging older people to lead exercise sessions and help
others get fitter.
13 March 2008
Herefordshire motorists will benefit from fairer and clearer
parking systems as new regulations come into force on March 31,
2008.
13 March 2008
Shoppers visiting Hereford's Maylord Orchards centre will be able
to get on and off buses more easily thanks to a series of works
carried out by Herefordshire Council.
13 March 2008
At a public meeting held at Colwall Primary School on Wednesday 27
February Herefordshire Council and Network Rail gave a commitment
and a clear timetable for the village to get a brand new bridge in
little more that one year.
11 March 2008
Children from county schools are to enjoy a creative boost to
the curriculum thanks to the success of a project which provides
cash for professional artists to work alongside teachers in primary
schools.
11 March 2008
Crime and mystery, murder and mayhem, tales of the riverbank, super
heroes and Japanese Manga drawings - they're all on the cards for a
fun-packed celebration to mark Ross-on-Wye library's 20th birthday.
11 March 2008
Plans are coming together for the Herefordshire business event of
the year.
10 March 2008
Visitors and residents in Ross-on-Wye will be able to enjoy a
better view of a historic wall in the town thanks to work carried
out by Herefordshire Council.
10 March 2008
Parents in Leominster and the surrounding area will have the
opportunity to learn about the consequences of drug and alcohol
misuse at a special information evening on March 18.
10 March 2008
Herefordshire has appointed the first new director to its new
public services partnership, following the pioneering appointment
of a chief executive to lead both the council and the primary care
trust. The new post will lead the promotion and protection of
health and wellbeing in the county.
10 March 2008
If you're aged 60 or over and want to check you're getting all the
benefits you should, you need to get along to Hereford's High Town
on Wednesday, March 19.
10 March 2008
Councillor Roger Phillips, leader of Herefordshire Council, has
joined a national call for landfill tax to be returned to local
authorities so it can be invested in refuse and recycling
facilities.
10 March 2008
Getting the work-life balance right in the workplace can raise
staff morale, reduce staff absenteeism and increase productivity;
that's the message being given to businesses across the county at a
conference being held at Hereford's Three Counties Hotel this week.
10 March 2008
Key Stage 2 pupils throughout Herefordshire are learning how to
stay safe on the county's roads by watching a special play.
10 March 2008
Herefordshire Council has agreed a 4.4 per cent increase in council
tax for the 2008-09 financial year - and a budget designed to boost
spend on services that protect the most vulnerable members of the
community.
07 March 2008
Members of the southern area planning sub-committee were minded at
their meeting on Wednesday, March 5 to approve plans for a
residential development, pond, parking for the village hall and
surgery together with the demolition of a packing shed at Court
Farm, Much Birch.
07 March 2008
The principle of residential development on land next to Coopers
Hall, Cusop, was approved by members of the southern area planning
sub-committee at their meeting on Wednesday, March 5.
06 March 2008
Mr Tony Blows, landlord of the Dog Inn public house at Ewyas
Harold, has been found guilty by district judge Morgan sitting at
Hereford Magistrates Court on Thursday, March 6, on charges laid by
Herefordshire Council under the new smoke-free legislation.
05 March 2008
Members of the southern area planning sub-committee are to have a
site visit before making a decision on plans for alterations and
refurbishment to a retail unit at 27 Brookend Street, Ross-on-Wye
and the erection of nine apartments.
05 March 2008
Members of the southern area planning sub-committee were minded at
their meeting on Wednesday, March 5 to approve plans to build a
bungalow to replace an existing residential caravan at Trewaugh
Farm, Three Ashes, Herefordshire.
05 March 2008
Herefordshire Council has just completed restoration work on the
historic Hog's Mount Steps at Hereford's Castle Green.
05 March 2008
A former pupil of a Herefordshire school has returned to take over
as the head teacher of her old school.
05 March 2008
Herefordshire Council is encouraging residents to think twice about
what they throw out during their annual spring clean.
05 March 2008
Work has started to build a staggered zebra crossing on Aylestone
Hill between the Folly Lane and Venn's Lane junctions.
05 March 2008
Aylestone Park Association will be holding its annual meeting on
Thursday, March 13 at 7pm in the Royal National College for the
Blind, Venns Lane, Hereford.
04 March 2008
Motorists driving over Fromes Hill are being reminded to keep to
the speed limit with the latest weapon to stop speeding drivers.
03 March 2008
Public services watchdog the Audit Commission has reported to
Herefordshire Council that it was 'happy' that 'a full and
independent investigation had taken place' following the council's
discovery of problems in procurement in its ICT division in the
summer of last year.
03 March 2008
Opening at Hereford Museum & Art Gallery on Saturday, March 15
is an exhibition of original contemporary prints by the Oxford
Printmakers Co-operative.
03 March 2008
Parents of children entering reception classes in primary schools
and parents of pupils transferring to secondary schools across the
county will learn which school their child will go to in September
this month.
03 March 2008
Ticket sales for this year's Herefordshire Walking Festival, being
held from Saturday, June 14 until Monday, June 22, have been going
well with places on the featured long-distance Monnow Valley Walk
nearly sold out.
03 March 2008
Following the community consultation regarding the services at
Weobley library an undertaking was given that Herefordshire
Libraries would communicate their thinking on future plans for the
library in Weobley.
