Plans to create a new organisation to manage council housing in East Kent have been agreed in principle by Shepway District Council. The proposals would see the creation of a company, jointly owned by Shepway, Canterbury, Ashford, Thanet and Dover councils, which would manage the 21,000 homes owned by the five.
Rochdale MP Paul Rowen has claimed that the recent announcement by ITVof cutbacks in regional broadcasting, regional news and non-news items will lead to the 'slow death of regional broadcasting.'
Rochdale Borough Council is urging local residents to make the most of the services and support available to help them cope with the current economic crisis.
Plans for a major new arts and conference centre in Rochdale are moving ahead. The proposals are now being considered, with research being undertaken to determine the potential need set to be completed by 19 December. Consultants 'Morris Hargreaves McIntryre 'have been appointed by Rochdale Borough Council to carry out the preliminary research into the current market before a business case is put together that will look at the feasibility of such a facility and how it could be funded.
Hospital bosses have announced a dramatic u-turn on plans to force new mothers to pay for their baby's formula milk. The Pennine Acute Trust had planned to make mothers at Rochdale Infirmary buy £5 tokens which could be traded in for a pack of 10 bottles of milk and teats.
At Council Committee meetings when someone shouts out" Move Part 2" it means what follows next at the Committee Meeting is secret and the general public must leave the room.
