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• Labour Plan To Bulldoze Barton Moss Green Belt

  
  Cllr Iain Lindley's Diary — Authority: 127
  I’ve talked in some length on this site already about Labour’s daft proposals to build 1000 houses on greenfield land at Burgess Farm in Walkden. This evening I’ve been discussing with my Conservative Council colleagues the equally-barmy proposals the Labour Council have put forward in the draft Core ...
  3 hours ago

• Housing Targets Should Not Be Imposed On Communities

  
  Cllr Iain Lindley's Diary — Authority: 127
  There’s an excellent article by Harriett Baldwin on the Blue Blog about the Government’s ludicrous imposition of housing targets on local communities . Harriett is the Prospective Conservative MP for West Worcestershire but her comments are equally applicable here in Salford. Here in Salford, the Government – ...
  1 day ago

• Salford Core Strategy Consultation Events

  
  Cllr Iain Lindley's Diary — Authority: 127
  The draft Core Strategy is now available online on the Council website . The Council are running a series of consultation drop-in events which are listed on the site, but for your convenience here is a list of the events within the Worsley & Eccles South constituency: Morrisons, Eccles : Thursday 19th November, ...
  2 days ago

• Christie Challenge Quiz

  
  Cllr Iain Lindley's Diary — Authority: 127
  I’m told that the Advertiser are organising a charity quiz night in aid of their Christie Challenge campaign – a thoroughly worthwhile cause. Hopefully it will be on a night I can attend, and I’m already plotting who to include on my team…
  1 week ago

• BNP Remembrance Day Ceremonies Round-up

  
  The British National Party — Authority: 649
  The British National Party took part in a large number of Remembrance Sunday ceremonies around the country on Sunday. Here are photographs from some of them. BNP Cllr Paul Cromie from Bradford lays a wreath in Queensbury Ward. Gary Tumulty, BNP Salford, lays a wreath at Salford cenotaph. Above left: Cllr ...
  1 week ago

• Students fight back against tuition fees

  
  Student Direct — Authority: 146
  - Week of campaigning highlights the problems debt-ridden students face -Students treated ‘like dirt on the floor’ complains Conservative politician   Student debt and rising tuition fees were highlighted last week when NUS campaign Town Takeover hit Manchester, with protests, a flash mob and political ...
  1 week ago

• UK: CCTV of PE kids seized

  
  PogoWasRight.org — Authority: 149
  Video footage of primary pupils changing for PE [physical education] lessons has been seized by police after a protest by furious parents. Police were called to diffuse the row at the gates after mums and dads found pupils were filmed round the clock. There was no suggestion it was used inappropriately but police ...
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• Updates On Researching My British Ancestors ...

  
  Jessica's Genejournal — Authority: 122
  Over the past couple of weeks Ive received some answers on a couple of my British ancestral lines. A birth certificate for an ancestor and a marriage certificate for another ancestor arrived in the mail a couple of weeks to about one-and-a-half weeks ago, and I was able to confirm my suspicions about the ancestors ...
  1 week ago

• A Welcome Decision On St George’s

  
  Cllr Iain Lindley's Diary — Authority: 127
  I am delighted with the decision of the Schools Adjudicator to keep St George’s open. As a local Councillor I have consistently argued that it is a successful and excellent school at the heart of the local community, and there is no reasonable justification for closing the school down. This is a great victory for ...
  1 week ago

• St George’s Is Staying Open!

  
  Cllr Iain Lindley's Diary — Authority: 127
  I’ve just spoken to Mr Harte at St George’s, who has given me the wonderful news that the Schools Adjudicator has ruled in favour of the school – St George’s is staying open! This is fantastic, fabulous, amazing news. I’m so thrilled for all the parents, pupils (past and present), staff and community ...
  1 week ago

• I’m Backing The Christie Challenge

  
  Cllr Iain Lindley's Diary — Authority: 127
  Like many local people, I’ve had close family receive treatment at The Christie and I know the huge positive benefits of having world-class cancer care on our doorstep. I’m delighted that Christie is coming to Salford and I’m really pleased that the Advertiser have taken up the gauntlet to help raise money ...
  1 week ago

• The Wheels Are Moving

  
  Genius Gone Wrong — Authority: 116
  This week seems to have been full of activity but in a good way, I have at last got a voluntary job. I start in a couple of weeks for a local charity counselling service in the town. I really like the service and how it operates, it was established 10 years ago and runs from a church hall in the town although it’s ...
  1 week ago

• Collaboration at heart of future ICT, says SCRI

  
  Extranet Evolution — Authority: 418
  (This is a slightly amended version of a post from my pwcom2.0 blog .) This morning I discovered a SCRI Research Report, Future Generation of IT (PDF), published in June and reporting on discussions held at a vision planning workshop hosted at Salford University back in January (2009). The aim of the event ...
  2 weeks ago

• freedom fries

  
  Ciara Leeming — Authority: 410
  From this to this.... and finally this... The good folks at this Salford chippy had a horrible few years when the streets on every side of them became more and more derelict and were finally condemned to demolition. Even once they started bulldozing around them, its owners hung on - first ...
  2 weeks ago

• Halloween Clampdown on Antisocial Behavior

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 156
  As the nights draw in and young people take to the U.K.’s streets for Halloween, more than 1,000 dedicated youth workers and police officers will be patrolling communities during Halloween weekend. This Friday and Saturday night will see youth workers and police officers directly engaging with young people on the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Be A Joyrider

  
  Genius Gone Wrong — Authority: 116
  My half term has been superb, just the thing I needed to wind down a little and catch up on some things I needed to do. I managed to get the Biology assignment done before the first half of the week estimating I have spent around 80 hours on it, I am impressively proud of the amount of work and effort I have put into ...
  2 weeks ago

• New office space could create 2000 jobs in Salford

  
  Serviced Office Space News — Authority: 131
  Joint venture partners the Carlyle Group and Abstract Nikal Ltd have submitted a planning application this week which, if successful, would see the £25 million regeneration of Soapworks, the former Colegate factory in Ivy Wharf.The scheme would see the former factory turned into 38,000 square feet of office space ...
  2 weeks ago

• Shanty Town

  
  The Blue Walrus - indie & electro music for the masses — Authority: 115
  I first heard about Shanty Town a couple of weeks ago when I was trawling through the schedule for In The City. I was lucky enough to catch them on the closing night of ITC at the SJM Showcase (thanks Will) and I have to say they were nothing short of brilliant, especially since one of the songs had only been finished ...
  2 weeks ago

• Lemur

  
  Tony Trehy blog — Authority: 412
  St Philip with St Stephen Church, St Philips Place( just off Chapel Street), Salford, M3 6FJ map below (0161 834 2041), THURSDAY the 29th October , doors open 7.30pm, entrance fee: the usual £5 LEMUR are: > Hild Sofie Tafjord performer and composer, plays french horn and electronics. She studied jazz and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Remembrance Sunday Services

  
  Cllr Iain Lindley's Diary — Authority: 127
  I’ve been sent a list of Remembrance Sunday parades across Salford, which I thought I’d share for anyone who wishes to attend. Salford Cenotaph – Assembly is 10.30am at Albion Place, The Crescent. Service commences at 10.45am. Please remember that the Crescent will be closed from 10.00 am. Swinton Cenotaph ...
  2 weeks ago

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