June 2008
23 June 2008
Paul Davies of PMD Electrical Services and Contracting has been fined a total of £2,000 and ordered to pay costs of £848.76 after pleading guilty at Hereford Magistrates Court on Friday, June 20 to falsely claiming to belong to trade associations.
30 June 2008
The first vehicles are now using the new Rotherwas access road, bringing relief to long-suffering residents of Holme Lacy Road and easing transport for businesses in the area.
30 June 2008
More than 1,000 school pupils from across the county will be competing for trophies and medals in Herefordshire’s 2008 Youth Games this week.
30 June 2008
Want to know more about the art of quilting and how to get involved in this creative and fun pastime?
30 June 2008
Herefordshire Council is holding a careers fair with a difference - the county’s school pupils meet local professionals and test out the skills they’ll need for the job of their dreams.
30 June 2008
Herefordshire Council’s Waste Challenge Team will be encouraging residents to learn more about the Love Food Hate Waste campaign this summer.
30 June 2008
Herefordshire County Council is celebrating a special milestone in its successful Master Composter scheme.
27 June 2008
More of the county’s schools are to be awarded National Healthy Schools Status at a prestigious event to celebrate a successful campaign to improve the health of Herefordshire’s children and young people
25 June 2008
Herefordshire people generally enjoy better health than the average for the rest of the country - and can expect to live longer than average too.
24 June 2008
Star gazing, recycling and rocket launching are on the cards next
month as Kingstone High School hosts a huge two-day science fair
for more than 600 nine to thirteen year olds.
24 June 2008
Young people in Hereford's South Wye and Golden Valley areas will
be kept busy this summer as the council's youth service is planning
a programme of activities for 11-19 year olds.
23 June 2008
Ten Herefordshire schools are to receive a cash boost after
successfully completing new school travel plans to reduce traffic
congestion.
19 June 2008
Residents in Ross can drop in at any time to seek help or advice
from their local elected councillors during special weekly
surgeries.
19 June 2008
Herefordshire hosted the first ever "University of the Great
Outdoors" event on May bank holiday.
19 June 2008
People claiming cashback from Herefordshire Council after fitting a
food waste disposer will now find it easier to make a claim.
19 June 2008
Herefordshire Council is consulting on the possible options for the
future growth affecting the county as a place to live, work, move,
improve, grow and enjoy.
19 June 2008
Herefordshire Council's Mobile Library service will be at the Big
Chill at Eastnor castle on Saturday, August 2 and Sunday, August 3
to run story time sessions for the younger visitors to the
Festival.
19 June 2008
Herefordshire Council has just released its annual Air Quality
Progress Report for the county, which interprets data collected
from more than 50 sites across the county.
19 June 2008
Herefordshire Primary Care Trust is recommending that Hereford has
a new GP-led walk-in health centre, which would be open between 8am
and 8pm every day of the year, for both registered and not
registered patients.
19 June 2008
BT needs to "think outside the box" says Herefordshire Council.
18 June 2008
Following Herefordshire Council being named regional winner for the
2008 Enterprising Britain Award, the county has gone through to the
national finals.
16 June 2008
Herefordshire Council's Cabinet has given the go-ahead for
Wyebridge Sports College to formally close on 31 August 2008 in
order to meet government requirements and allow a new Wyebridge
Academy to open in September 2008.
13 June 2008
Teachers from across Pakistan and Bangladesh are visiting schools
in Herefordshire this week to forge closer links with the UK and to
build greater cultural understanding with young people and their
teachers.
17 June 2008
Herefordshire - the recently named Enterprise Capital of the West
Midlands - is promoting the county as being much more than a rural
idyll and cattle and apples - it is now the ideal location for new
creative and knowledge-based start up businesses.
17 June 2008
Eleven Herefordshire schools have been awarded the prestigious
Artsmark demonstrating that the county's schools have a strong
commitment to developing dynamic arts programmes.
17 June 2008
Young people in Kingstone are making a noise this weekend and
sprucing up their local environment.
17 June 2008
A second vacancy has emerged for Kington town council following the
resignation of Councillor Harvey R Jones.
17 June 2008
Herefordshire Council is extending its consultation of local people
on how household waste should be collected and recycled in future.
As more and more local residents contact the council's web site to
make their views known, the deadline has been put back to 10 July.
17 June 2008
One of the very first schemes in Britain to recognise and reward
the use and promotion of local produce, the annual "Flavours of
Herefordshire" competition, is set to reach a new milestone in 2008
as organisers prepare to mark its 10th birthday.
17 June 2008
Parents, children and residents in Leominster are invited to
comment on architect's plans to build a new modern school building
to replace the Minister College in Leominster.
17 June 2008
It's National Bike Week and cyclists are ringing the changes.
Journeys by pedal power have increased by ten per cent in the
county in the last five years, says Herefordshire Council.
16 June 2008
An archaeological evaluation survey at Ledbury's Masters House has
been completed as a precursor to the creation of a £2.9 million
library and community complex for the town.
16 June 2008
Herefordshire Council's archaeological team are carrying out some
more work at Credenhill hill fort this summer.
16 June 2008
Herefordshire's libraries are on the lookout for readers with style
to help design some new library cards.
09 June 2008
A group of young Herefordshire parents have successfully completed
a unique course which prepares them for parenthood.
13 June 2008
Pupils from the county's high schools will be making their own
judgements on this year's books which have been shortlisted for the
Carnegie Medal.
13 June 2008
Special educational needs co-ordinators from across the county
joined forces at the Three Counties Hotel this week for a one day
conference on supporting children with special needs at school.
06 June 2008
Graham Turner, Hereford United's Chairman and Director of Football,
was the special guest recently at an exciting event showcasing
services and activities for Herefordshire children and young
people.
04 June 2008
Tuesday 27th May was a special day for play in Hereford as
children and parents ditched their games consoles, put on some
trainers and spent a day playing, building dens and climbing walls
in High Town.
04 June 2008
Herefordshire Council has put in place an archaeological evaluation
at the Masters House in Ledbury, which is the site of a
£2.9-million library and community complex for the town.
03 June 2008
Herefordshire Council has blown the final whistle on a sports club
that built an earth 'bund' containing rubble and waste without
planning permission.
03 June 2008
Riverside Primary School is pushing back the clock and expanding
the services it provides to help parents manage work patterns
better.
03 June 2008
Herefordshire Council is giving budding local authors the
opportunity to learn from the best in a series of free workshops.
There will be six free writing workshops - one covering poetry and
five fiction - with well-known authors, organised as part of the
National Year of Reading.
03 June 2008
Herefordshire Council has agreed a way forward to ensure taxis and
private hire vehicles converted for wheelchair access are safe.
03 June 2008
Herefordshire Council has warned that some services provided on
Saturday 7 June will be affected by a planned power shutdown of its
information services that day.
03 June 2008
Herefordshire families are to benefit from a fresh approach to
helping children and families with additional needs. Herefordshire
Council has worked with other organisations that support children
to develop and test out a new way of working together. A pilot
scheme has been successfully completed and the Common Assessment
Framework is now being launched countywide.
03 June 2008
Despite added pressure on social service budgets, unexpected
flood expenses and continued government under funding in education,
Herefordshire Council has ended its financial year under budget for
the fifth year running.
02 June 2008
Archaeologists monitoring the rebuilding of a wall in at 'The
Prospect' overlooking the River Wye at Ross-on-Wye have uncovered
stone foundations that date from Roman times.
02 June 2008
Council leader Roger Phillips has reaffirmed Hereford's pressing
need for a ring road and a second river crossing if the city is to
have a strong economic future. A new highways management plan,
discussed by Herefordshire Council's cabinet last week (29 May
2008), put toward a new strategy to tackle growing traffic
congestion
