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On 6 May 2010 voters across Prestwich will vote in TWO elections - a local election to choose a local councillor, and a General Election to choose an MP for Bury South. Voting takes place on 6th May 2010 - 6.00am - 10.00pm at polling stations throughout Prestwich. Your polling station is marked on your [...]

Bury Council is calling on residents aged 18 or over and born after May 5, 1987 to make sure they are ready to take part in their first UK Parliamentary general election on May 6, 2010. Mark Sanders, acting returning officer, said: “Although some of you may have voted in previous local or European elections, we [...]

Volunteers are needed to join a litter-pick of Prestwich Clough on Sunday March 28. The clean-up will be led by Ian Rogers of Bury’s Ranger Service, who is based at the Phoenix Centre in Prestwich, who will provide the equipment. Anyone who can help is asked to meet at St Mary’s Flower Park at 10.30am, and the [...]

The following update has been received from Bury Council: Bury residents are reminded that they will see no change to their household waste collections over Easter. Collections of rubbish and recycling will be made as normal on Good Friday. There are no scheduled collections on Easter Monday as the service operates [...]

n Thursday, 11 February 2010, the Planning Committee of Manchester City Council, will consider the planning application from Goals Soocer Centres UK for a commercial 5-a-side soccer centre at the At Margaret’s side of Heaton Park. Remember that these revised plans include a massive 2.4m perimeter fence around the site, as well as further fenced [...]

Details of a traffic calming scheme for the southern part of Heywood Road (from Heys Road down to Scholes Lane) have been announced. The proposals include a 20mph zone as the road nears the area of Park View Primary School (Rectory Lane roundabout to Scholes Lane, including Park View Road itself. The full details of [...]

Bury Council has finally launched their formal consultation on the future of the Longfield Suite, Radcliffe Civic Suite and other threatened Bury Community centres. Now is the time to act, whether you have signed the petition or not, if you care about the future of our local community centres then it is crucial that you complete [...]

Due to the huge public outcry Goals Soccer Centres have failed to present their plans to Manchester City Council Planning Committee for a second time. They are trying everything they can to get these plans approved. It’s up to us to stop them. They have tried and failed in other parks. We must fight them [...]

Residents are being asked for their views concerning the borough’s civic halls - so its time for Prestwich to have their say to save the Longfield Suite! The consultation process will run for the rest of January and until the end of February. The council is conducting a review of its civic venues “to make sure they [...]

Now that waste collections have started again, the council is aiming to reach all households on their usual collection day. If the weather continues to improve, the council intends to collect grey bins, blue bins and green bags next week. Any collections of the grey bin missed today (Friday Jan 15) in the Ramsbottom area will be [...]