Macmillan Cancer are raising funds this month by asking people to go the 31 days without alcohol this October. All the money raised by those “Going Sober this October” will help Macmillan support even more people facing cancer. Right from the moment of diagnosis, through treatment and beyond, Macmillan Cancer Support are a constant source […]

Greater Manchester’s Council leaders have announced that the next draft of the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework (GMSF) will definitely be delayed to summer 2020. Over 60,000 comments on the latest draft were received and the Council Leaders say that they will use the next six months to have ‘further engagement’ on the main issues. The […]

Tuesday 10 September 2019 is World Suicide Awareness Day, with the simple message – its good to talk, and we can help. On average there are 18 suicides a year in Bury, more than three-quarters of them men. From 10am to 3pm on 10th and 11th September, staff from the Samaritans, Bury Council, the CCG […]

Council Leaders in Greater Manchester have voted to introduce a £10 a year charge for pensioners to travel for free on Metrolink and trains. The charge will come into effect in 2020 and is expected to bring in in around £1.2 million, straight out of the pockets of Greater Manchester’s pensioners. This was supported by […]

Last week marked the 100th anniversary of the Addison Act – named after the Liberal Minister Christopher Addison – the legislation which paved the way for council house building. At the time this was particularly significant, given the need to provide decent housing for troops returning from the First World War, and their families, often […]

It looks like the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework could be delayed AGAIN, with no further proposals now until AFTER next May’s local and Mayoral elections…….. The current draft proposals would see Prestwich lose around 40% of its green belt land for development with 2,700 houses on green field sites to the east of Prestwich. The […]

Every July we support the Samaritan’s campaign to raise awareness of their services to help people who are thinking about killing themselves. One of the campaigns the Samaritans are running this year is “Small Talk Saves Lives”, a campaign around lives lost on railways. For every life lost on the railways, six are saved by […]

Metrolink passengers will be able to use a new contactless payment system from Monday 15 July. Metrolink customers can already use their contactless bank card to buy a ticket at a ticket machine, and this will remain an option. The new system will mean customers can simply touch-in at the start of a journey and […]

Thankfully not too many roadworks, but a couple of quite serious ones this month – for the full list see the GM Roadworks site here The Major roadworks in July  are:– Agecroft Road – before the cemetery, 9-31 July 2019, Contra Flow (Salford City Council)– Scholes Lane, near Coffee Sack, lane closures on 5 July […]

Organisers of a free family festival taking place on Saturday, June 29, are hoping to set a new world record for the number of people dressed as bees anywhere on the planet. The current record stands at 2,176 participants and was set in 2011. The attempt – highlighting the dangerous decline of bees – will […]