29 August 2008
More than 250 Herefordshire children from eight local primary schools will be parading along the red carpet to watch an exclusive viewing of short films produced by local school children.

29 August 2008
Herefordshire Council is piloting a new scheme that will radically improve the way people receive and manage their social care services.

27 August 2008
Young people in Ross on Wye will be celebrating the official opening of the town's skate park at a rock and hip hop gig next month.

27 August 2008
Eight Herefordshire mums have successfully completed a seven week course and gained new skills that they can use to help their children develop speech and language.

27 August 2008
Herefordshire Council says the local rural way of life is under attack after learning that the county faces the closure of 20 post offices, which were confirmed in an announcement by Post Office Limited today (27 August 2008). Of these, nine will be replaced by a limited 'outreach' service.

26 August 2008
Coningsby Children's Centre in Leominster is offering special twilight family sessions for working parents or those who find the usual day time sessions difficult to get to.

26 August 2008
Herefordshire Council's libraries are inviting readers to take a tour of the literary solar system and one customer could win a prize that is literally out of this world.

26 August 2008
Herefordshire Council is seeking new tenants for 15 stalls in the popular Buttermarket.

26 August 2008
Bestselling author Phil Rickman is to sign copies of his new novel "To Dream of the Dead" at Hereford Library on Saturday, October 4.

26 August 2008
Teachers are being encouraged to get crafty this term and visit the annual Herefordshire Arts Supermarket for creative inspiration.

21 August 2008
Herefordshire Council reports that this year's GCSE results across the county's schools are the best ever, and show significant improvement on last year's previous high point.

22 August 2008
Herefordshire Council is taking part in a national campaign aimed at preventing dodgy ladders from shattering lives - a Ladder Exchange.

22 August 2008
The tunnelling machine working underground as part of the multi-million pound Ross flood alleviation scheme has broken through to the surface.

22 August 2008
As part of the National Year of Reading, Herefordshire Council's libraries are running a series of local studies events.

22 August 2008
Herefordshire Council, through its partnering contractor Amey Wye Valley, is currently undertaking the year's second cut of highway verges.

22 August 2008
Thousands of people in Herefordshire are engaged in fighting BT's proposals to axe 111 public telephone boxes across the county.

21 August 2008
Herefordshire could be facing the loss of 20 post offices when closure proposals from Post Office Limited are announced next week (27 August 2008). The county is bracing itself to be hit harder than any other part of the West Midlands in the national programme to axe 2,500 post offices.

20 August 2008
Herefordshire residents are being urged to have their say on the future of 111 telephone boxes in the county.

19 August 2008
Bus passengers throughout Herefordshire who travel under the Herefordshire Council concessionary bus travel scheme are being asked to check that they have an up-to-date pass.

18 August 2008
It has been one year since Hereford Pedicabs launched their cargo and freight operation Hereford Pedicargo and, since then, they have travelled the equivalent distance as a trip across the Atlantic to America without any emissions.

15 August 2008
Eighteen unloved telephone kiosks in Herefordshire will certainly be axed by BT unless local people speak up in their defence.

15 August 2008
Herefordshire Council and Welsh Water have worked together to ensure road closures in the Wigmore area of the county have been lifted ahead of schedule.

15 August 2008
Professionals in health and social care services have come together from across Herefordshire to work on a local vision for how those services could be better managed and provided for the future.

15 August 2008
Herefordshire Primary Care Trust has commissioned an important review of how health and social care services are managed and provided for the benefit of local people.

15 August 2008
Herefordshire people think their doctors are wonderful - and that's official. The 2008 National Patient Survey released by independent healthcare watchdogs - the Healthcare Commission - shows that Herefordshire Primary Care Trust and local GPs are top performers in two-thirds of the fields measured.

15 August 2008
Students in the four Herefordshire schools with sixth forms have achieved impressive results this year.  Both John Kyrle High School and John Masefield High School – the two largest high school sixth forms – achieved their best ever results with John Kyrle achieving 99 percent and John Masefield achieving 98 percent pass rates compared to the national figure of 97.2 percent. 

15 August 2008
Latest figures show that Herefordshire Community Safety and Drugs Partnership’s Drugs Intervention Programme (DIP) is exceeding government targets and helping cut drug related crime rates in Herefordshire from already very low levels.

15 August 2008
Coningsby Children’s Centre in Leominster is opening its doors and laying on a barbeque for local families on Sunday 31 August.

14 August 2008
Herefordshire Council has announced that it ‘bent over backwards’ to help the organisers of the proposed Rock n Roots Festival, which was due to take place over August Bank Holiday at Much Marcle, but organisers failed to fulfil their obligations to enable the necessary licence to be issued.

13 August 2008
Herefordshire Council has agreed to help the county’s taxi drivers cope with the rising costs of fuel by allowing them to further raise their fares.

13 August 2008
Herefordshire Council's regulatory committee has decided not to register land at Argyll Rise, Belmont, Hereford, as a town green.

12 August 2008
Herefordshire’s 14-year-olds have maintained a five-year trend for achieving results in English, Maths and Science above the national average.

12 August 2008
Herefordshire Council has confirmed that Councillor Dick Burke, representing Leominster South ward, died this morning (Tuesday 12 August 2008), aged 88.

12 August 2008
Kington Children’s Centre Nursery is to have a new owner with effect from September 1st 2008 as a result of a successful Herefordshire Council tendering process.

12 August 2008
Herefordshire Council is advising motorists that the Old Wye Bridge, Hereford, will be closed to traffic from Sunday, September 14 for eight days to allow essential road repairs to be carried out.

12 August 2008
Herefordshire Council has been forced to replant beds in the Victoria Bridge gardens area of Hereford after vandals pulled up some 200 to 300 plants.

11 August 2008
Herefordshire Council is urging the public to have their say over proposals for Hereford’s first permanent park and ride facility.

07 August 2008
A retrospective application for a replacement home and detached garage at Haughley Cottage, Mordiford, has been refused by members of the central area planning sub-committee at their meeting on Wednesday, August 6.

07 August 2008
Plans for a 5m telecommunications mast at Church Hall, St John’s Methodist Church, St Owen Street, Hereford, were approved by members of the central area planning sub-committee at their meeting on Wednesday, August 6.

07 August 2008
Plans for a residential wind turbine at The Granary, Mansell Lacy, Hereford, were approved by members of the central area planning sub-committee at their meeting on Wednesday, August 6.

07 August 2008
More households are taking up the offer of a grant from Herefordshire Council towards installing solar energy systems.

07 August 2008
The decision not to re-open the local education swimming pool at St Martins, Hereford, and instead provide lessons for youngsters at Hereford Leisure Pool is to come under the spotlight.

06 August 2008
Bredwardine Bridge re-opened to motorists today (Wednesday, August 6) after Herefordshire Council carried out temporary repairs to a hole found in the structure on Monday.

06 August 2008
Jessica Marie Squire of Hatton Gardens, Kington, and Janet Lavinia Thomas of Church Road, Kington, have been elected as councillors for Kington Town Council without contest.

05 August 2008
The winners of this year’s Hereford City Floral Decorations Competition have been announced this week.

04 August 2008
Herefordshire Council has been forced to close Bredwardine Bridge over the River Wye today (August 4) after a hole appeared in the carriageway.

04 August 2008

An ambitious programme to revitalise Hereford’s Buttermarket has begun under the leadership of Cllr Adrian Blackshaw, the council’s cabinet member for economic development and community services.

04 August 2008
Another vital part of the Ross Flood Alleviation Scheme is now in place as the new Falling Shaft and weir structure that diverts excess water away from Ross town nears completion.

01 August 2008
Herefordshire Council’s senior councillors have taken a detailed look at last week’s High Court decision regarding the allocation of land for housing at Bullinghope and have decided not to appeal the decision.

01 August 2008
Improved services for customers, better support for staff, reduced costs and tighter monitoring of performance are at the heart of new proposals to take forward “Herefordshire Connects”.

01 August 2008
Herefordshire Council is committed to ensuring that the county’s youngsters learn to swim and is keen to work with schools, clubs and leisure providers Halo to guarantee this is the case.