February 2005

Council’s from across the UK will be making tracks for Herefordshire to find out how it delivers improvements to the local transport system. The authority has been named as one of just 17 new centres of excellence for local transport delivery by Local Transport minister Charlotte Atkins.

On Thursday 17th February, Y-Zone in Ross-on-Wye hosted ArtsFest - a celebration of the creative work that young musicians and artists have undertaken with Herefordshire Community Youth Service. 

A start to the long awaited Kingstone sports hall has been made, and by this time next year both students and members of the public will be enjoying the new indoor facilities.

Upcoming events in March and April from Concerts for Craswall featuring The Quince Quartet and the Craswall Players.

Nearly 2,000 retailers and caterers across Herefordshire have been written to by Environment Health Officers to reinforce the Food Standards Agency’s food dye alert.

Herefordshire Council has invited the Highways Agency to explain what it is doing to improve safety on the A49 through the County.

Herefordshire Councils’ partnership working with Groundwork - Birmingham & Solihull’s Environmental Business Programme – has proved such a success it is to continue throughout 2005.

The second phase to convert a former BT repeater station into a state-of-the-art museum resource centre has just been completed.

If you are thinking of letting a property then you should pop along to Herefordshire Council’s Landlord Fair to be held next Tuesday 1st March in the Town Hall, St Owen Street, Hereford anytime between 4pm to 8pm.

Hundreds of names have been put forward for inclusion in the public art sculptures Rotherwas Women.

Herefordshire Council has identified funds to provide changing facilities which will better enable customers with more challenging disabilities to use the new pool for North Herefordshire.

Herefordshire Council is disappointed by a High Court ruling which will mean delaying a much needed waste treatment plant for Herefordshire.

Vehicle crime is on the decrease in Herefordshire, we continue to improve in recycling our household waste but we’re still some of the lowest paid employees in the region.

A training day with a difference gave youngsters from county after-school clubs and their leaders the chance to forget the winter blues and swap them for a taste of life in the Caribbean.

Improvements will be made to the children’s play area on King George V Playing Fields, (off St. Martins Street) in Hereford, commencing on Monday, February 28.

The wraps have come off a raft of proposed changes to parking and unloading restrictions in central Ross-on-Wye have been unveiled by Herefordshire Council.

An appeal in relation to a planning decision made by Herefordshire Council has become the first to be dealt with using 21st century technology.

The Green Lanes and Westfaling Street areas of Hereford are set to regain their regular bus service when new timetables are introduced on Sunday, February 27.

Herefordshire Council library staff are seeking more memories of battles, battalions and the blackout, and stories of friendships and feats of bravery.

A grant to a Kington-based company has not only allowed it to expand its operation in the town, it has also breathed new life into an empty town centre building.

Herefordshire Council and Worcestershire County Council have joined forces to highlight the benefits of real nappies to parents and parents-to be.

The following statement was read out by the Chairman of the Council, Cllr Peter Harling, at today’s (Friday, February 11) meeting of Council.

A range of improvements being carried out at a Herefordshire holiday hotspot will give tourists an improved glimpse of the County.

Herefordshire Council has secured a number of low cost market homes in partnership with Barratt and George Wimpey, for local people who are unable to access the current housing market due to low incomes and high house prices.

Ross Creative Learning Centre plays host to ArtsFest, a celebration of music and art produced by young people from all over Herefordshire, on Thursday 17th February from 2 -10pm.

Two local artists, Peter Arscott and Andrea McLean, will be exhibiting their paintings at Hereford Museum & Art Gallery from Saturday 5th March to Sunday 17th April. 

Herefordshire Council Lifelong Learning Development Unit celebrated its learners success with a ceremony held last Friday February 4, at Hereford’s WRVS Riverside Community Learning Centre.

Herefordshire Council’s Heritage Services has teamed up with Herefordshire Ornithological Club to provide a range of fun filled, hands-on activities for children of all ages this half term!

Herefordshire Council’s reconstruction of the river crossing at Bridge Sollers, completed in March 2003, has landed a top environmental award.

The organisers behind the well-established Herefordshire Art Week are encouraging any professional or semi-professional artists living or primarily working in Herefordshire to get involved in this year’s event.

Members of staff from Hereford Museum and Art Gallery have been braving the cold to talk to the people of Hereford about their leisure activities.

Residents in Ross and its parishes are invited to have their say on the Ross Strategic Action Plan – a plan developed by the Ross Area Partnership, identifying a way forward for the local economy. 

If you know your Tolkien from your Tolstoy and your Milne from your McEwan, then the “Take My Word” book review competition could be for you.