This RSS feed contains details of all the press releases published on the Council website.http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleasesen-ukSat, 04 Feb 2012 06:05:47 +0000Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:50:21 +0000Generated by Java class 'class cmbc.RssDocument'Copyright Calderdale Council0http://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=24929 Work is due to start on Saturday 11th February (half term week) which will improve pedestrian facilities in the centre of Mytholmroyd. The work is the first phase of improvements resulting from the Mytholmroyd District Traffic Review. The works have been divided into two parts. Phase one Will involve widening and repaving the footways outside the memorial gardens. This will help to give ...Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:50:21 +0000http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=24929http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=24928The end of a long-running dispute which has prevented the completion of a bus lay-by at Hipperholme is in sight. Calderdale Council's Cabinet has approved the release of £33,000 needed to complete the bus lay-by on the A58. The Council has been in dispute with the private developer of the site adjacent to the position of the lay-by for the past 10 years. But a report to Calderdale Council's ...Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:02:48 +0000http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=24928http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=24927Linda Cooper is Calderdale Council's employee of the year. The popular weight management coordinator works for Calderdale's Upbeat scheme, helping to improve the health and wellbeing of people in Calderdale. Linda was presented with the award by the Mayor of Calderdale, Cllr Nader Fekri, in a ceremony at the Victoria Theatre last Friday 27th January as part of the Council's Calderdale One ...Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:54:29 +0000http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=24927http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=24926Councillors from all of Calderdale Council's main party groups have joined forces to help recruit more foster carers in the borough. Members attended the launch of the Council's campaign, which aims to boost the number of people choosing to become foster carers. They joined members of the Council's foster care team, providing people in Calderdale's towns with information and guidance. The ...Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:58:01 +0000http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=24926http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=24925Transformation of Halifax's historic Piece Hall has moved a step nearer. Members of Calderdale Council's Cabinet last night agreed to recommend to Full Council that it: Endorses the vision for the Piece Hall. This vision is fundamental in driving the successful redevelopment of the Cultural Quarter of Halifax and sees it becoming a major catalyst in the economic regeneration of central Halifax ...Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:25:21 +0000http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=24925http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=24924Councillors have voted in favour of strengthening their involvement in making sure the borough's children are safer. As Corporate Parents, all councillors in Calderdale are responsible for the safety and welfare of looked after children. Cabinet voted last night to increase the number of members authorised to undertake visits to children's homes and to social work offices. Currently, 11 Council Members ...Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:06:11 +0000http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=24924http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=24923The Leeds City Region is the ideal location for the world's first green investment bank, says the Leader of Calderdale Council. Councillor Janet Battye believes that the region already has the skills and commitment to make it the right location for the bank The Leeds City Region has submitted its formal bid to host the world's first green investment bank. The city region is one of around 20 areas ...Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:18:03 +0000http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=24923http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=24922Calderdale Council's five Scrutiny Panels are taking a close look at Council Cabinet budget proposals over the next couple of weeks. The Cabinet published its budget proposals on 16 January and after four week's consultation, will decide a budget to recommend to full Council when it meets again on 13 February. The Scrutiny Panels intend to take a close look at all the proposals and will prepare a ...Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:16:55 +0000http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=24922http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=24921Calderdale needs foster carers. Nationally, there is an acute shortage of foster carers and Calderdale Council is tackling the problem by launching a campaign to recruit more. The Council has streamlined the way in which it recruits foster carers, reducing the expected average time it takes for someone from making an initial enquiry to actually becoming a foster carer to six months ' the previous ...Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:26:13 +0000http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=24921http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=24920Halifax needs more big-name shops if it is to avoid steady decline. The stark warning comes on the back of an independent report showing that towns and cities where there is new shopping development are capturing shoppers from towns and cities which don't. The National Survey of Local Shopping Patterns is produced by leading commercial property and real estate services advisers, CB Richard Ellis. The ...Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:21:56 +0000http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=24920http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=24919Calderdale Council is urging people to keep a close eye on their dogs when walking them in parks and open spaces throughout Calderdale. There are growing concerns about disturbance to wildlife caused by out of control dogs. For example, in recent weeks a deer was tragically killed by a dog / dogs at or close to Wade Wood at Jerusalem Farm nature reserve, located near Booth Village, just north of ...Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:14:43 +0000http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=24919http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=24918Two local swimmers have made a splash in a Calderdale-wide swimming challenge. Bradley King and Jacqueline Stanley, both from Calderdale, won Calderdale Council's Swim the Seven Lakes challenge. The challenge was to swim at least one of seven American lakes between October and December 2011. For example, East Grand Lake is four miles wide, which is 288 lengths of Sowerby Bridge Pool. The longest of ...Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:50:54 +0000http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=24918http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=24917Work starts this week on a new mile long off-road cycle route along a length of the Calderdale Way. The Council received funding approval from the Department of Transport last week for the project which will provide a segregated cycle route alongside the A629 Calderdale Way between the Calder & Hebble Junction and the slip road connecting to the A6025 Park Road. During construction there will ...Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:18:30 +0000http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=24917http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=24916Halifax's Piece Hall is set to become a major catalyst for the economic regeneration of central Halifax and Calderdale. Members of Calderdale Council's Cabinet will consider a report next Monday (January 30) recommending that the Council moves to the next stage of the project which will see the transformation of the unique and historic building. The report outlines the final proposals of the Piece ...Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:19:10 +0000http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=24916http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=24915It's the first major step in the regeneration of Halifax; the building work has begun on Orangebox , a state of the art youth centre in the heart of Halifax The existing buildings in Thomas Street will be refurbished and an extension built to house a performance space, a recording studio, an IT suite and enterprise start-up units. The centre will also offer help and advice on health, housing, dealing ...Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:04:00 +0000http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=24915http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=24914Plans to make more money available to voluntary groups will give them time to adjust to new funding arrangements. Calderdale Council's Cabinet will meet next week (Monday 30th January) to discuss proposals which would make available a total of £145,000 to six voluntary groups in Calderdale. The money will give the groups more time to make alternative arrangements and seek other sources of funding ...Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:55:03 +0000http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=24914