Just an update for residents in the Baguley Crescent (Heywood Court and Middleton Road) areas on the issues of waste and flytipping. Officers have been working hard on some of the problems that people have been reporting and have given me the following update: Communal Recycling Bins At Baguley Crescent additional communal bins have been […]

At the recent meeting of Bury’s ‘Full Council’ I asked a question on how the Council will be addressing issues of air pollution. I asked the question because of a recent World Health Organisation (WHO) Report which indicated nearly 8 million people a year die prematurely as a result of air pollution, including nearly a […]

Two of our local parkland areas, Heaton Park and Prestwich Forest Park, have been included in the list of ‘Greater Manchester’s ‘Top 5 Parks’ by Visit Manchester (the Tourist Board for Manchester). (More information on the list here.) Heaton Park, as the regions largest park, we might expect to be included in the list. Visit […]

Heaton Park are consulting on the introduction of year round parking charges in the Park. Currently parking charges only apply on summer weekends and school holidays, but the proposals are for charges of: First hour: £1.00 1-3 hours: £2.00 Over 3 hours: £3.00 Manchester is proposing to improve the parking facilities in the park. At […]

Just to thank the residents who have raised, and the Council staff who have been able to clear up the subway underneath the motorway from Middleton Road under the M60 towards Heaton Park. This had been in a very poor state but we have been able to arrange for this to be cleared up. The […]

This week is Climate Week, a UK-wide week which happens every year, to promote how all of us can take actions to protect the future of the our planet.   The Climate Week website is full of ideas on how individuals, organisations, schools and businesses can something to reduce the impact that can make a […]

Just to update residents in the Bagluley Cresent area on work which is ongoing to help with a number of problems around waste collection. A member of the Council’s waste team has now been assigned to help with waste and recycling issues at Baguley Crescent and I have asked her to update me regularly, so […]

Just to let people know that a special street clean of the Simister Green area was organised following requests from residents. My understanding is that this should have taken place yesterday (Monday 20 January 2014). If people could let me know if there are any problems. Tim

Just to update residents on a number of problems that people have been having with the bins at Heywood Court (Baguley Crescent). Apparently there have been a number of problems over recent weeks – particularly refuse collection service on 23 December was not able to be completed because 2 bin stores were found to be […]

The Ranger team have agreed to pilot a couple of community task days in the next month These are in addition to the ongoing work of the Rangers and the Volunteers and are open to al; Everyone is welcome to participate. Prestwich Clough event is Saturday 23rd November Philips Park event is Wednesday 12th December