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I’m sure the Breathe Clean Air Group opposed to the proposed woodburning biomass powerstation will not mind me reusing a video they’re hosting on their website. A picture is worth a thousand words and this could be the smoke emission coming over Lostock and Gorse Hill if the powerstation comes into operation.

I’ve received the following reply from Trafford regarding the state of the road surface. Whilst acknowledging the unsatisfactory appearance of the road, the road has not yet risen to the top of the schedule. Dear Cllr Cordingley I refer to your recent inquiry concerning the surface condition of the Raglan Road, and apologise for the…

My postbag is increasingly dominated by the proposal to build a biomass powerstation at Barton near to the M60. This is a major scheme and we have to be careful that we’re not allowing dioxins and black carbons to be pumped into the air. Gorse Hill is very much downwind of the plant and we…

Speaking at a press briefing in advance of the TUC Congress, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said: ‘Next week the TUC holds its most important Congress in decades. We face government policies that will do great damage to this country. ‘Its programme of cuts, privatisation and redrawing the state is far more radical and dangerous…

According to GMB, Trafford’s Chief Executive was paid an annualised salary of £170,000 last year, which makes her one of the lower paid chief execs in the North West. But it’s hard not to agree with the GMB’s view that the pay levels for senior directors in local government have become unsupportable. It’s not just…