Last night was the termly meeting of Prestwich Arts College Governors. This is one of two local schools that I represent you as a Local Education Authority Governor. It was a very good meeting, and the mood of the school certainly seems very good after the difficult times it went through two years ago when […]

On Tuesday I attended the Governors for St Margaret’s CoE Primary School on Heywood Road. St Margaret’s is one of the two schools in the ward which I serve as a Local Education Authority (LEA) Governor. At the meeting the Head Teacher reported on the outstanding Diocesan Inspection report that the school received from the […]

Bury Council has given the financial go-ahead for not one, but two Children’s Centres in Prestwich. At it’s Executive Committee on 12 September at which I represent the Liberal Democrat Group, the Council agreed just under £500,000 for a second children’s centre to be located at Butterstyle Primary School. Go ahead has already been given […]

Last night Bury Council met in its first “Emergency Full Council” meetings for many years – certainly as long as I’ve been a Councillor. The Council was called by the Labour group on basis of ideas floated by the Conservative Administration on Bury Council to reduce the capacity of the soon to be built new […]