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Digital Switchover
I went to the digital switchover event on Tuesday night for councillors and officers. I can’t add to the publicity in terms of what to do to switch over but there was one particularly relevant advice. Apparently, when the analogue service is terminated, the digital signal used by…
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Tesco Megastore
Tonight’s neighbourhood forum was a bit of a shock. It was arranged at short notice to discuss the cricket ground renewal. As such, residents were invited from Great Stone Road and Talbot Road nearest to the cricket ground. Gorse Hill residents from the opposite side of Chester Road…
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Public Schools – Elitist, Exclusive and Exempt
The Tory loyalists have got themselves into a lather at Conservative Home. The charity commission have had the downright cheek to threaten removing the charitable status of two public schools: St Anselm’s in Bakewell and Highfield Priory in Preston. The Preston school does not provide any bursaries; its only…
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Trafford Park Station continued
I spotted this report on the Manchester Evening News political blog of David Ottewell, their chief politcal correspondent. Since the report suggests that the minister, Chris Mole, would like to experience the overcrowding for himself, I thought I’d get in there and make the point that it’s not just…
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Lostock Allocations Policy
This morning’s meeting was really well attended. It really demonstrated a commitment to making the new development a success. Trafford’s waiting list is incredibly high and it’s getting bigger so balancing those pressures to ensure a cohesive future for Lostock is the challenge. First Published 10 July 2009…
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Mersey Valley
I was at the AGM of the Mersey Valley today. The state of maintenance of the Trafford managed areas is a real cause for concern. One of the first things that our Tory council did was to withdraw grounds maintenance funding from the Mersey Valley warden service, saying…