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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

KEEP FIGHTING FOR OUR HERITAGE SAY NO TO FORTRESS FOOTBALL SAY YES TO JUMPERS FOR GOAL POSTS For the second time in three months Goals Soccer Centres have been forced to withdraw their planning application to build a sports centre in Heaton Park. When will they get the message that a huge number of people do not want their park fenced [...]

The campaign to stop an 8-acre private soccer centre being built in Heaton Park is in its final stages ahead of a decision by Manchester Council on December 17th. Campaigners to save the park have been encouraged by a wave of rejections for similar schemes in parks in London. Campaigners in Morden Park found out this [...]

Well over 200 local residents packed into the Longfield Suite in Prestwich last thursday and sent a clear message to Bury Council that they want to keep the Longfield Suite. At a previous meeting residents had demanded that the Leader of the Council, Cllr Bob Bibby attend to face concerned residents, and he attended for an [...]

Goals Soccer Centres have re-submitted their plans for a commercial soccer centre in the St Margaret’s Road area of Heaton Park this week. These plans will now be subject to public consultation, with an expected date at Manchester Council’s Planning Committee on 17 December 2009. The plans have been resubmitted despite significant opposition from local [...]