Rowen requests council help for small businesses
Rochdale MP Paul Rowen has called on the Council to reduce the amount of time it takes to pay invoices from 30 to 10 days.
23 Oct 2008
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Councillors deal a blow to Crook Hill wind turbines
Plans by Coronation Power to build four wind turbines on Crook Hill received a blow last night (Wednesday 23 October) as Pennines Township Councillors recommended that the Council refuse the planning application.
23 Oct 2008
Potholes get deeper
Despite the spending of millions of pounds on road maintenance, less than half of local residents are satisfied with the speed at which potholes are fixed or with the quality of the repairs. These are the findings of a review of the council's highways maintenance initiative from the Conservative-led administration.
22 Oct 2008
Cheriton Primary Win Councillors Cup 2008
Congratulations to Cheriton Primary School who won the first ever Cheriton & Morehall Football "Councillors Cup" on Wednesday. St Martins Primary School were runners-up, and the hotly contested contest also had teams from all other primary schools in the Cheriton and Morehall area: All Souls, Harcourt and Morehall Schools.
22 Oct 2008
Fight for Green Belt a priority
The Liberal Democrat candidate for the Hutton South by-election says she will fight for the Green Belt and campaign for safety measures to be installed in Hanging Hill Lane.
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22 Oct 2008
Clegg criticises government targets on visit to Chelmsford
Government plans to test children as young as three years old have been criticised by Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg MP. He was visiting Tanglewood nursery school in Chelmsford with local Lib Dem candidate Stephen Robinson.
22 Oct 2008