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Local Issues
Bonfire Night Event Appeal
With Bonfire night approaching, the police, fire, transport, youth and local authority services are each considering how they can ensure that Bonfire night is as safe and enjoyable as possible for everyone.
In order to ensure effective patrolling of the Borough during the Bonfire period, the team at “Bury Safe” (Police, Council etc) hope to put […] -
Bury Council, Local Issues
Grants available for Local Groups
The Local Area Partnerships across Bury, including Prestwich Local Area Partnership, are asking local community groups and voluntary organisations across Bury to submit bids for grants from the LAP fund.
There are a number of grants available and the maximum any one group or organisation can bid for is £3000. The group will be required to […] -
Bury Council, Local Issues, Environment
Graffiti Hits Local Press
Our campaign to tackle the graffiti that is blighting our local area has made media in the Prestwich and Whitefield Guide.
The guide has picked up our campaign to get the Council to tackle graffiti, and in response to the letters that were shamefully sent out to local residents threatening them with fines if they didn’t remove graffiti from their […] -
Local Issues, Local Services
Bury Post Office Closures Confirmed
The Post Office has confirmed that five post offices in Bury will closed. This is after its period of “consultation” with local people on which post offices to close in Greater Manchester. The Lib Dem team in Bury have campaigned against the post office closure programme consistently for a number of years, and were successful […]
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Local Issues, Local Services
Parenthorn Rugby Success
Well done to the Year 7 Rugby League Team from our local Parenthorn High School after their victory in the inaugural Bolton and Bury schools’ league. The final took place on Thursday 12 June and Parenthorn beat off oponents from Westhoughton High School, Bolton, along with semi-finalists Peters High School from Bury.
The climax to the […] -
Lib Dems, Local Issues
On the Campaign Trail
With the local elections on 1 May 2008 only a month away, an increasing amount of my time is being spent “on the campaign trail” helping Liberal Democrats standing for election for the Council. Council meetings are now almost over until the next municipal year, which gives even more time for campaigning!
In Holyrood Ward, Vic […] -
Holyrood Ward, Meeting Reports, Bury Council, Local Issues
Prestwich Local Area Partnership 4 March 2008
Tuesday night was the regular meeting of Prestwich Local Area Partnership. This is the meeting that brings together your local councillors, key partners like the police, fire and NHS and appointed community representatives. The meeting, which took place in Sedgley Park School on King’s Road, was also very well attended by members of the public.
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Holyrood Ward, Local Issues
Heywood Road Traffic Calming
A number of local residents, and the Governors of St Margaret’s CoE Primary, have raised concerns about the visibility (particularly night time visibility) of the “priority restriction” (chicane) near Heywood Roa near Parrenthorn Road.
I have raised this issue with the Traffic Management section of the Local Authority.
It has now been confirmed that […] -
Bury Council, Local Issues
Elected Mayor Referendum
The Prestwich and Whitefield Guide is now reporting that the petition submitted on an elected mayor has been accepted and validated and will go ahead later in the year (read full story).
What this means is that people in Bury will vote, later in the year, whether they want to change to a system where […] -
Local Issues, Transport
Congestion Charge debate moves on
12.20.07 | Permalink | 2 CommentsI have the following letter published in this week’s Bury Times and Prestwich & Whitefield Guide.
BURY’S decision to say no’ to the proposed congestion charge is a much needed ‘nail in the coffin’ for the proposal to make us pay to make local journeys, but it should not be the end to the discussion […]
Tim Pickstone
Liberal Democrat Councillor for Holyrood Ward-
Tim Pickstone
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