This RSS feed contains details of all the press releases published on the Council website.http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleasesen-ukThu, 02 Sep 2010 15:46:30 +0100Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100Generated by Java class 'class cmbc.RssDocument'Copyright Calderdale Council60http://www.calderdale.gov.uk/images/cclogo.gifhttp://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleasesThis RSS feed contains details of all the press releases published on the Council website.http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=23006 The countdown to brand new swimming pools and fitness centres in Calderdale has begun, with just eight weeks to go to a new leisure centre at Brighouse and 12 weeks for Sowerby Bridge. Members of Calderdale Council's Safer and Stronger Communities Scrutiny Panel will hear that the project is running on time and to budget when they meet tonight, Thursday 2 September, at 6pm in Halifax Town ...Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=23006http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=23026 More than 20 million people have lost their homes and livelihoods in the floods which have been sweeping through Pakistan. Whole cities have been evacuated as Pakistan's flood surge travels south down the Indus River. In the latest development, over half-a-million people have been ordered to evacuate their homes in Pakistan's southern province of Sindh. Three more towns are now threatened ...Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=23026http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=22986Councillor Pauline Nash (LibDem) is Calderdale Council's new Cabinet Member, Safer and Stronger Communities. She replaces Cllr David O'Neill, who resigned his Cabinet post last month due to ill health. Cllr. Nash has worked for three local authorities, including Calderdale and was elected to Council in May for Skircoat ward. She is currently the Council's Older People's Champion. Commenting on her ...Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=22986http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=22966 Calderdale Council are pleased to announce the launch of their new vision for Road Safety in Calderdale. The 'Sharing Space Safely' initiative aims to encourage communities to get involved in reducing the number of people killed or injured on our roads each year. In the first half of 2010 fatal and seriously injured casualties reduced by approximately one third compared to the same period last ...Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=22966http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=22967Calderdale Council is asking for people's views on which services matter most to them. Government funding cuts mean the Council needs to reduce costs. Now people are being asked to help meet the challenge by taking part in a consultation starting on 1 September. A survey will be available online at on the Calderdale council website and in libraries, Customer First offices at Hebden Bridge, Todmorden ...Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=22967http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=22946Calderdale Councillors last night agreed to recommend that Cabinet consult trades unions on the revision of the Council's redundancy policy. Members of the Council's Use of Resources Scrutiny Panel noted that Calderdale currently has a more generous redundancy scheme than most neighbouring councils. They decided to recommend to Cabinet that it seeks to reduce the number of weeks of redundancy pay in ...Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=22946http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=22927Calderdale councillors have agreed to a proposal which could see skateboarders in the Calder Valley enjoying bigger and better challenges. Members of Calderdale Council's Cabinet have agreed to a proposal which means that Hebden Royd Council will be able to go ahead with a bid to fund an extension of the skate park in Calder Holmes Park, Hebden Bridge. Cabinet agreed that Calderdale Council will ...Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=22927http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=22928Councillors will discuss new Government proposals to reform the police service this week. Members of Calderdale Council's Crime and Disorder Committee will talk about their response to the Government consultation paper Policing in the 21st Century: Reconnecting Police and the People. The paper sets out the Government's proposals, including replacing police authorities with directly elected police ...Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=22928http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=22926Calderdale Council will be asking people for their views on who should receive social care services in the future. People's need for social care services are currently categorised into one of four areas: Critical, Substantial, Moderate and Low. Calderdale is one of only two councils in the country where people with low needs are currently entitled to support. Members of Calderdale Council's Adults ...Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=22926http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=22906 Calderdale residents are being urged to keep their eyes on the road with the launch of the 'distraction devastates' campaign. The Calderdale Road Safety team, working with their Calderdale and West Yorkshire Safer Roads partners, are launching the new campaign with the slogan 'Oiiiii Eyes on the Road'. The campaign coincides with a return to school for hundreds of thousands of children and ...Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=22906http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=22866Calderdale Cabinet last night agreed to move forward with a full review of administration and support services at the Council. Plans for the review include examining and streamlining processes wherever possible to make sure the potential for waste and duplication is removed. Cllr Peter Wardhaugh, Calderdale Cabinet Member, Performance and Resources, says: “It is always important that we ...Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=22866http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=22886Improved results have brought praise for Calderdale's GCSE pupils. Calderdale Council's Cabinet Member, Cllr. Olwen Jennings says that all the signs show that Calderdale pupils have achieved the best set of GCSE results so far. “It is very pleasing to note that our young people have worked so hard this year and I would like to congratulate all staff and students in Calderdale schools for such ...Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=22886http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=22847 Calderdale Council are urging people to remember the importance of school crossing patrols when schools re-open this September. On 2 September the orange coated 'lollipop' men and women will be back on duty helping parents to get their children to school safely. There are currently 61 patrol sites across Calderdale and, typically, more than 4,500 children use them on their way to and from school. ...Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=22847http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=22846Calderdale Councillors are to discuss revision of the Council's redundancy policy. Meeting on Thursday (August 26) Members of the Council's Use of Resources Scrutiny Panel will consider a report. It will set out the need for Cabinet to decide if they wish to enter into consultation with staff to amend the current redundancy policy. The report says that due to future budget restraints it is important ...Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=22846http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=22826Shoppers and visitors will find it easier to park in Brighouse when the Council introduces changes in the town centre next week. The Council has received complaints from visitors, shoppers and shop owners about licensed private hire vehicles filling the short term parking places in Brighouse town centre. The introduction of a Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) will ensure that private hire vehicles ...Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=22826http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=22827Calderdale Council is asking people how they would like spending to be prioritised at public meetings across the borough next month. Everyone is welcome to their local Ward Forum, when people will be asked to identify which services they would like to keep, reduce or lose under new Government funding cuts. The Government's emergency budget this summer means the Council have had to make savings or ...Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=22827http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=22828A top place in a national market traders contest has gone to a business selling on Todmorden outdoor market. Jeff Thomson started a new career in the world of curry last year in his home town Burnley. But earlier this year he re-located his business curried away to Todmorden and has never looked back. He has been named highly commended finalist in the Make Your Mark in the Markets | 2010 competition, ...Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=22828