December 2008
19 December 2008
Movies inspired by books is the theme of a free-to-enter
competition being run by Herefordshire Council's library service in
celebration of the 2008 National Year of Reading.
19 December 2008
Herefordshire Council has fired the first shots in a battle to
prevent telecom giant BT pulling the plug on a telephone box
damaged by a tractor.
18 December 2008
Herefordshire Council is paying its suppliers more quickly to help
them manage their cash flow during the credit crunch.
18 December 2008
Herefordshire Council has met its targets for recycling several
months early. The council is now recycling or composting 34.2 per
cent of domestic waste - the aim for the end of this financial year
(31 March 2009) was to achieve 32 per cent.
18 December 2008
More than 120 people celebrated the official opening of a new
children's centre in Ledbury this week.
18 December 2008
Anyone needing urgent dental treatment during normal opening
hours over Christmas and the New Year period should contact their
local dental surgery to arrange emergency treatment.
18 December 2008
Services for children and young people in Herefordshire are getting
better, according to the regulatory body Ofsted, which says that
most areas of performance have improved.
16 December 2008
The spirit of Christmas future has visited Hereford in the shape of
new research that shows that the city's ESG retail development will
increase annual spending in shops by 24 per cent to nearly £350
million by 2013.
16 December 2008
NHS Herefordshire, the leader for health in the county, has issued
advice on flu in the face of increased reports of the illness in
the region.
16 December 2008
A vision for how health and social care services could be better
designed and provided in Herefordshire is likely to be firmed up in
April 2009.
16 December 2008
Herefordshire's school measurement programme is achieving greater
coverage than ever before according to a National Child Measurement
Report published this month.
11 December 2008
Plans to form a training manege and rebuild a dilapidated shed at
Brelston Court, Marstow, near Ross-on-Wye, were approved by members
of the southern area planning sub-committee at their meeting on
Wednesday, December 10.
11 December 2008
Planning permission for the construction of an apple pressing barn
and relocation of shop at Lyne Down Farm, Much Marcle, near
Ledbury, was approved by members of the southern area planning
sub-committee at their meeting on Wednesday, December 10.
11 December 2008
Three key services which help people get the best out of the local
health service in the county have moved to a new home in Hereford
today (Thursday, December 11).
10 December 2008
NHS Herefordshire, the leader for health in the county, has
identified a preferred bidder to run Hereford's new GP-led walk-in
health centre and an out-of-hours service, for people who need to
see a GP urgently at night or before their surgery next opens.
10 December 2008
Herefordshire Council's Old House Museum has been running a series
of themed Jacobean evenings to coincide with the Christmas
late-night opening of shops in Hereford city centre.
10 December 2008
Herefordshire Council's smallholdings estate, which will help local
people get on the first rung of the farming ladder, has received a
boost.
10 December 2008
Herefordshire Council has been helping cyclists in Ledbury to make
sure they are safe and can be seen during the dark winter nights.
10 December 2008
As the NHS heads into the busiest time, Herefordshire emergency
services are already reporting increased numbers of patients
calling 999 and attending the accident and emergency department.
09 December 2008
More than 100 young people turned up to listen to local bands
perform live at a big Red Ribbon Ball in Ledbury to raise awareness
for World Aids Day.
09 December 2008
Ian Charles Colwell of 13 Heath Street, Wyesham, Monmouth and
former managing director of Complete Build (UK) Ltd., a company
that has now since gone into liquidation, pleaded guilty at
Worcester Crown Court on December 8 2008, to six charges under
Section 14 of the Trade Description Act 1968, to recklessly making
a false statement as to the provision of a service.
09 December 2008
Hereford's Shire Hall glittered with tinsel, balloons and a
Christmas tree on a cold foggy November night to welcome 300 guests
for Flying High, this year's awards event for the county's looked
after children.
09 December 2008
Herefordshire PCT is launching a Christmas campaign to encourage
young people to participate in a chlamydia screening programme.
09 December 2008
Strong financial management in the NHS has resulted in more money
for primary care trusts in the latest government funding allocation
- including nearly £40 million for Herefordshire.
09 December 2008
The turkey has been bought and Christmas pudding made in
preparation for a big family Christmas dinner at Green Croft
Children's Centre in Hereford.
09 December 2008
Youngsters at a Hereford school brushed up on their style to bring
a touch of festive magic to the desks and mantelpieces of
dignitaries across the county and beyond.
09 December 2008
NHS Herefordshire, the primary care trust, is urging local parents
to ensure their children are protected from measles, which is
spreading in some areas of the West Midlands.
08 December 2008
The clocks will be turned back in Hereford on Thursday next week,
December 18, when the popular Victorian market returns for a day.
08 December 2008
People who have impaired vision and those with disabilities are set
to benefit from a re-arrangement of bus stops in Hereford.
08 December 2008
This year has been the best year on record for Herefordshire
Council's heritage learning team which has delivered outreach
sessions in schools and the Museum on the Move Climate Change
Exhibition to 6,859 Herefordshire schoolchildren since April.
08 December 2008
If you're hunting for original Christmas presents you need to hot
foot it to Hereford's High Town this Saturday, December 13.
05 December 2008
Elf homes, hot chocolate and Christmas carols are on the cards in
Hay-on-Wye as Clifford Primary School's four to 11 year olds get
into the festive spirit.
04 December 2008
Herefordshire Council has put the call out to landlords, agents and
developers who may have properties available to rent in the county.
03 December 2008
Herefordshire Council has agreed to establish a task group of
school representatives and council officers, to work on a long-term
strategy to continue providing the county's children with high
educational standards.
02 December 2008
Herefordshire Council's energy champion, Councillor Phil Cutter,
has been encouraging county residents to take advantage of grants
aimed at making homes more energy efficient.
01 December 2008
Some of the last works of art created by celebrated French artist
Henri Matisse are on display at Hereford Museum and Art Gallery
and, to complement the exhibition, Herefordshire Council's museum
services are running two family workshops.
