Heywood North Councillor Peter Rush has put forward plans for the official Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service Museum to be relocated to Heywood. The museum, which is currently located on Maclure Road, Rochdale, is looking for a new home when plans go ahead for a brand new Fire Station in Rochdale. It is the second time that Councillor Rush has called for the museum to be relocated to Heywood.
NEW SCHEME TO HELP LOCAL RESIDENTS
The council's plans to turn Mowsbury Golf Course into a 270-home housing estate are surrounded by a fog of confusion as conflicting messages emerge from the Town Hall. Liberal Democrat opposition to the plans was met with a response by the Council in the pages of the Bedfordshire on Sunday which stated that the Golf Course site was included in error amongst 21 sites proposed by the council for development. However, Putnoe Ward Councillors have received a letter from the Council which contradicts this message directly, and Liberal Democrats are demanding that the Council comes clean over its intentions for the site.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today pledged to sign a parliamentary motion to call on the Government to not cut the time that they backdate benefit payments for from 12 months to just 3.
Residents in the Lanesfield area of Springvale Ward complained to their local Lib Dem Councillors about youths on motorcycles riding along the public right of way between Wood Street and Dresden Close. One Resident suggested that there should be barriers that would let pedestrians through be stop motor bikes. Cllr Richard Whitehouse contacted the Highways Department after getting support from the local police and a barrier was installed early in August.
Folkestone Lib Dem Campaigner Gary Fuller has reported an alleyway in Guildhall Street, Folkestone, which is filled with rubbish and waste. The alleyway, which is not a public right of way, is filled with broken furniture and household waste.