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Weekly Update 16th January 2012
Monday Transport for Greater Manchester budget consultation at Manchester Town Hall. A fairly well attended meeting although considerably down on last years. Support for ring and ride and real time passenger info. Less support for interchanges. Labour Group meeting in the evening. Campaign for 2012 is progressing really…
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Kate’s Blog 13th January 2012
Happy new year! Parliament resumed this week, and the holiday seems a long time ago. I spent the first day back dealing with a backlog of emails. But by Wednesday, I was up and out of the office very first thing to attend a breakfast meeting. I met…
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Champions of Lostock: Luke Winstanley and Edward Howells
Unsung Hero Awards 2011: Voted champions of Lostock Advertiser Story A get-together organised by two teenage boys is more than just a quiz night for its elderly attendees. It’s a chance to get out of the house and make friends. Luke Winstanley and Edward Howells have been nominated…
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Dave Acton gets top post at Fire Authority
Gorse Hill is on the map with new appointment for Dave David Acton is the new Chairman of Greater Manchester’s award-winning Fire and Rescue Authority. In leading the Authority, Councillor Acton is joined by Vice Chairman, Councillor Henry Cooper. The appointment was made at a meeting of the…
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Carbuncles?
Creativity amongst the Carbuncles Last week I took the chance whilst waiting for a meeting to look out over Media City from one of the best viewpoints – Quay West, our own temporary town hall. The officer I was meeting caught me staring out across the span of…
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Thoughts on the Riots
Unwanted echo of the 80s as riots return to our cities It’s been an awful week of violence and wanton destruction on our streets. I won’t have been the only one glued to 24 hr news late towards dawn on those four nights of chaos. I won’t have…