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If you want to take some first steps towards a healthier lifestyle or add a social element to your exercise, the range of free Health Walks offered through Â鶹´«Ã½ Wellbeing can provide that environment.A qualified walk leader guides the group at each of the five locations, with shorter options of 45-minute walks, or…

Five grants reaching £6,400 have been made to community groups supported by Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council.They include awards for a new youth football club, children’s dance, and an international festival at The Hawth.Awards of up to £2,500 are available from the Small Grants scheme to help local voluntary and community…

The Leader of Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council has added his name to a letter urging more money to be allocated to the Household Support Fund (HSF), which has been used to sustain struggling families since 2021.The government has provided £2.5 billion across the UK but could close the funding stream at the end of March with no…

The Create Building has its second commercial tenant.A company has signed a lease for the seventh floor and will move into the building, on The Boulevard in Â鶹´«Ã½ town centre, in April.The Create Building is a nine-storey building with 5.5 floors of Grade A commercial office space. It’s owned by Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough…

Seventeen maps in the town centre have been updated to include the businesses, services and retailers that have moved into Â鶹´«Ã½ since 2018.The installation of the new maps and artwork on the existing totem signage represents the ever-changing landscape of the town centre.The updates can be found at:The BroadwayThe…

There is continuing support from Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council for local businesses with grants of up to £4,000 available for firms with fewer than 50 employees.To help create a more prosperous local economy, the council will match-fund successful applicants seeking to either start an enterprise, expand their services or…

There are 15 new trucks for Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council’s waste and recycling rounds, each with a name suggested by children and the crews who operate them.It means Reggie the Red, first of the names to be confirmed in honour of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Town FC mascot, will be on the streets with 14 others picking up rubbish, garden…

The decision-makers who will answer residents’ questions at Â鶹´«Ã½ Question Time have been announced.The event – now in its 19th year – takes place from 7pm to 9pm on Wednesday 20 March in the Town Hall and gives people an opportunity to ask questions about topics important to them.Â鶹´«Ã½ Question Time is an…

A meeting of Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council on Wednesday evening approved the budget for 2024-25.It includes a Council Tax increase of 2.99 per cent for what is paid to the borough. This equates to a £6.76 annual increase for a band D property, just 13p per week.Rents on council-managed homes will increase by 7.7 per cent,…

The Queens Square fountains will be switched back on as part of the Spring Fun event in Â鶹´«Ã½ town centre on Saturday 16 March.The event, which runs from 11.30am to 4pm, will include music and family entertainment from New Orleans-themed street band Beached Brass and Rock Choir, plus storytelling and a silent disco…