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, 09 Sep 2010 02:24:12 +0100Wed, 08 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=23110Audiences have said bravo to Halifax's refurbished Victoria Theatre! A customer questionnaire showed 96 per cent of people were satisfied or very satisfied with the theatre, which has been revamped over the past five years. Improvements include new seating in the stalls, new dressing rooms, toilets and a new website with online booking. The questionnaire was mailed in August 2010 asking about: ...Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=23110http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=23108Work will begin shortly on a facelift of some prominent terraces close to the centre of Todmorden. Homes in terraces around Der Street are set for a stone clean and re-point. Other works will include new rainwater goods and improvement of communal courts behind the properties. The work is being taken forward by Calderdale Council as part of its wider strategy of improving housing in Todmorden. ...Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=23108http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=23106Inspectors have found that Council social care services for adults and older people in Calderdale are performing well...and that prospects for further improvement are promising. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and social care in England. Their recent inspection of Calderdale Council's social care services for adults found that: Vulnerable adults are safeguarded ...Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=23106http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=23107Local retailers could be set to get a helping hand at Christmas from Calderdale Council. Members of Calderdale Council's Cabinet will discuss a proposal to provide an £88,000 package to help reduce the number of empty shops in the borough and encourage people to buy locally over the Christmas period when they meet next Monday (Sept 13). Calderdale's Economic Task Force (ETF) is recommending ...Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=23107http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=23109Calderdale Council has re-opened Prospect Street, Halifax. The road was closed in April following a landslip. It was discovered that the adjacent hillside was unstable. Calderdale Council contacted the owners of the land, Blackshaw Holdings who undertook extensive remedial work to stabilise the site. Calderdale Council's Cabinet Member, Cllr Barry Collins, said he was pleased that the road had ...Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=23109http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=23086Calderdale councillors want Calderdale to be a Council that is open, treats everyone fairly and gets things done. And on Monday (Sept 13), Calderdale Council's Cabinet will consider how that can be achieved. The Council's Liberal Democrat/Labour coalition agreed in May on 10 key priorities, defining the vision and focus for the Council over the next 12 months. They agreed on ten priorities: Get ...Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=23086http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=23068..with help from the latest in car safety information. 3000 parents are to benefit from the distribution of the award winning 'Good Egg guide' being released by Calderdale Council's Road Safety team. The booklets will be available in libraries and children's centres across the district. It is packed full of life saving information and advice about seat belts and child restraints. The Good Egg campaign ...Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=23068http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=23069Calderdale councillors are to discuss the next step in helping Square Chapel arts centre and it's partners to develop the Orange Box young people's centre in Halifax. At its meeting next Monday (Sept 13) Cabinet will be asked to approve, in principle, the transfer of the markets and museums service store on Thomas Street to the Square Chapel Trust. Under the proposals, the Council would lease the ...Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=23069http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=23066 Royd Regeneration and Calderdale Council are inviting the people of Mytholmroyd to celebrate the re-opening of the newly refurbished Memorial Gardens on Burnley Road. A grand opening ceremony will take place from 2pm on Saturday 11 September. World War II veteran, Lesley Stewart, will cut the ribbon to mark the completion of the project to re-model the gardens. Secretary of Royd Regeneration, ...Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=23066http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=23046 Calderdale's young people have a new high-tech piece of kit. The inspectometer was wheeled out at a celebration event to mark a week's hard work by a group of young people who toured Calderdale, inspecting activities over the summer holidays. The 30 inspectors spent a week out and about in Calderdale, asking more than 1,000 children and young people what they thought about the activities they were ...Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=23046http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=23067Work has finished on a new zebra crossing outside Rastrick high school. In 2009, 1400 pupils at Rastrick High were given the opportunity to take part in a 'travel to school' survey to find out their thoughts about safety on the school journey. Pupils identified the area immediately outside the school as being of the most concern. Several site visits were carried out by the Road Safety Team and ...Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.calderdale.gov.uk:80/council/news/pressreleases/detail.jsp?id=23067http://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=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=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=22946