Councillor Alan Taylor, Leader of Rochdale Borough Council has announced that the Council's ground-breaking partnership with Greater Manchester Police will end this year. The policy, which led to a number of extra officers in our Borough has been in place for 2 years. The extra officers have been placed in schools and the community and have been that successful, the idea has been copied throughout Greater Manchester.
It is understood that Taylor Wimpey has withdrawn from a scheme to build flats and townhouses on the site of the former Sanderson Hospital, in
Local residents have complained about unsightly metal plates which have been fixed to doors and windows at the former 'Northern Lights' pub in the High Street.
From the BBC: The Liberal Democrat candidate has been declared the newly elected mayor of Bedford after beating the rival Conservative candidate in the run-off.
At a meeting of Full Council of Essex County Council (13th October), the Liberal Democrat group forced the Tories hand over encouraging more residents to get involved in volunteering and giving more publicity to voluntary groups across Essex.
The Lib Dem-run city council is transforming the way it works in order to save £20 million and protect front line services.