Gorse Hill is a thriving Manchester neighbourhood in the borough of Trafford, giving its name to the Gorse Hill Ward alongside neighbourhoods of Lostock, Trafford Park and parts of Stretford. This site serves as an archive of news (political and local) for the main Gorse Hill Labour website. Latest Posts
Planning application submitted to add an additional property to the terrace on Winchester Road, building into the corner of Glastonbury Road.
Cyclists and pedestrians using the Bridgewater Canal towpath are to benefit from a £1.5 million funding boost, after a successful bid for funding by Trafford Council and Transport for Greater Manchester to deliver the next three phases of the Bridgewater Way.
The grant, from the Department for Transport's Local Sustainable Transport Fund, will pay for upgrades to another five miles of the Trafford towpath and a number of improvements to access points and routes to the canal over the next couple of years. This will include sections between Trafford Park and Manchester United. This will build on the recent work by Trafford Council, Peel and the sustainable transport charity Sustrans, which has put in place a major upgrade to around three miles of the canal tow path between Sale and Stretford. This has been hugely successful and has seen a massive increase in the numbers of walkers and cyclists using the towpath.
Councillor Andrew Fender, Chair of the Transport for Greater Manchester Committee, said: "This is a great example of the improvements we're going to be delivering across Greater Manchester through our LSTF programme to encourage more people to take up active ways of travelling. The work that's already been done to improve the Bridgewater Way towpaths has proved to be really successful, so this latest investment will build on that and I look forward to the work getting under way soon."
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From Monday 3 September 2012, the Household Waste Recycling Centre in Chester Road, Stretford, will see some temporary service changes while redevelopment takes place at the site.
This will affect what users can take to the facility to recycle and dispose of. The temporary changes will mean the site will NOT be able to accept the following material types:
These service changes are as a result of redevelopment at the facility, which is being expanded to improve the site layout and allow for more materials to be recycled, with the aim of reaching a recycling target of at least 60 per cent.
The service changes are currently scheduled to be completed by the end of December 2012. During this time, recycling site operatives will be on hand to advise residents and re-direct site users to another facility if necessary.
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With the help of The LCCC Foundation the Lancashire County Cricket Club aims to become an important and central hub for the community that it serves. We will strive to work in partnership with local charities and organisations to make a positive difference and welcome collaborative working.
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Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Labour Party, commenting on the Budget while on a visit meeting staff and shoppers at Morrisons, Camden today, said:
"The Government promised change but things are getting worse with a million young people now out of work and a cost of living crisis for families across Britain.
Labour wants a Budget that makes a priority of jobs, growth and using every single penny of scarce resources to help hard-pressed families make ends meet.
Instead, this Government's priority appears to be cutting tax for people earning £150,000 a year.
That is the wrong priority and shows how out of touch the Tories are."
The North West Ambulance Service wants to close the dilapidated Stretford ambulance depot and run services from Greater Manchester Police’s Talbot Road station half a mile away.
But union officials have hit out at the proposals, saying they could have an impact on response times. Under the plans, one of the station’s two ambulances will move to Talbot Road and the other will go to Salford ambulance station.
Kate Green, MP for Stretford and Urmston, said: “While I can understand the wish to make best use of the trust’s estate and the rationale for co-location with the police, I am very concerned about the effect on service.
“This comes at a time when there is considerable uncertainty about the future of emergency provision here in Trafford and when there has been no public engagement or sharing of information regarding the decision to transfer an emergency ambulance to Salford.”
Mike Cordingley, a Gorse Hill councillor and vice chairman of Trafford Council’s overview and scrutiny core committee, added: “This news is very worrying and I’m urgently requesting more details.
Read more at: Messenger
Bosses at Trafford town hall have agreed to look at reducing the maximum from 40mph to 30mph on a stretch of A56 Chester Road in Stretford. The suggestion was put forward by opposition Labour councillors, who claimed the road had turned into ‘a racetrack’.
The suggestion was put forward by opposition Labour councillors, who claimed the road had turned into ‘a racetrack’. Council officers and Stretford councillors will now draw up proposals. Campaigners say it is ‘highly unusual’ to have a 40mph limit in a residential area - and say pedestrian crossings near Stretford Mall are not suitable for such a fast road.
On Saturday 17th of March Gorse Hill Studios are holding an open day and auditions for young actors, thespians and performers. Do you enjoy performing? Would you like to learn more about acting for film and theatre and take part in exciting dramas? We have several short film scripts ready for casting.
Read More at: the Gorse Hill Studio site
This is an RSVP event, so to book a place complete an online booking form, email newhealthdeal@trafford.nhs.uk, or call 0161 873 6008.Old Trafford eventMonday 5 March6.30pm till 8.30pmSeymour Park Primary School, Northumberland Road, Old Trafford, M16 9QEThere is free on-site parking. Refreshments will be provided.
This is an RSVP event, so to book a place complete an online booking form, email newhealthdeal@trafford.nhs.uk, or call 0161 873 6008.Stretford eventMonday 27 February6pm till 8pmSt Matthew's Church Hall, Chester Road, Stretford, M32 8HFThere is free on-site parking. Refreshments will be provided.
MPs debated Bio Mass incineration in an adjournment debate at the House of Commons on Monday Night
Graham Stringer led the short debate, ably supported by Labour MPs, Graham Jones and (our own) Kate Green; together with Therese Coffey from the Conservatives. The MPs articulated the concerns that biomass burning was not often not carbon neutral, and too often damaging to air quality. Kate made the point that the technologies employed were falling short of the best available, and cited Barton.
Disappointingly, the Conservative Minister, Gregory Barker was not keen to embrace these criticisms and flannelled.
The evidence is getting stronger for a halt to be called on these incinerators. We will continue the fight.
Read the full debate at: They work for you - Future of Biomass Debate
A bid by Gary Neville to build a supporters' club opposite Old Trafford has been hit with a planning objection - by Manchester United.
The former Reds captain wants to create a ten-storey 139-bedroom hotel and leisure complex on Sir Matt Busby Way and has applied for planning permission.
But in a stinging five-page objection United have called on council bosses to throw out the proposals and say the club will 'continue to oppose and object to the scheme'.
Read more at: Manchester Evening News
Salford council and developers Peel Holdings want a new ‘town centre’ to be built next to the BBC’s MediaCityUK headquarters. But planning chiefs in Trafford - just metres away on the other side of the Bridgewater Canal - will oppose the idea.
They fear it will suck money out of the borough and want more assurances that it does not pose a threat.
In astonishing scenes Richard Soper, from bus company First, was told by traffic commissioner Beverley Bell that the firm is failing badly - and warned that unreliable services would be taken off the road. Mr Soper and other directors at First were hauled before Ms Bell after transport officials found up to 26 per cent of buses turn up late or early.
First Bus operate the 22 service into Stretford on the Bolton - Stockport Route and also the 53 service over Trafford Road Bridge.
Manchester’s Crown Court has been told that drivers - known as petrol heads - who get a buzz from driving at speed at night, have been drawn to an area off Barton Dock Road in Trafford Park where they frequently compete against each other on a long, straight stretch of highway running through the industrial estate.
Police found up to 50 vehicles and a large crowd of people gathered, when they responded to complaints about activities on Brightgate Way last June. One of the cars shot in front, and the driver of the other appeared to lose control, spinning through 180 degrees before eventually coming to a stop.
Massive Cuts to Adult Social Care are proposed by Trafford's Tories in their consultation. Portrayed as efficiencies, these are targetting the most vulnerable.
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David Hanson MP, Labour's Shadow Home Office Minister, said: "At a time when metal theft shows signs of getting out of control, this Government refuses to act and has opposed legislation to tackle this dangerous crime.
The decision to block Labour MP Graham Jones’ important Bill proves that the Government is unwilling to take the urgent action required to deal with metal theft.
Transport chiefs are reviewing plans to replace the 32 older blue-and-grey trams still running on the Greater Manchester Metrolink network after they broke down four times in the last fortnight.
Coun Roger Jones, a vice-chairman of the TfGM Committee, said: “The biggest culprit is the older trams. They’re breaking down too often. Most are over 20 years old. We’ve got a commitment to replace 12 of them. It’s only when we get rid of the old ones that we’ll have a system that’s really efficient.”
Read More in Manchester Evening News
“I am changing the Labour Party so we can deliver fairness even when there is less money around and that requires tough decisions.
It requires a tough decision to put the priority on jobs ahead of public sector pay.
“It also requires us to say we do believe the Government is going too far, too fast with their cuts but we are not going to make specific promises to reverse those cuts unless we are absolutely sure that we know where the money is coming from.
“That is right, it is responsible and it is the way we are going to proceed.”
The UK's biggest marathon outside London is to take place on 29th April. This is obviously going to make it difficult to get about on the Sunday Morning of the race.
The route takes a course from the start at Longford Park through Trafford Park and back into Stretford via Mosley Road/Park Road before circling Trafford and back into Stretford.
Manchester United have asked for permission to install nine giant advertisements at Old Trafford.
The Reds want to attach the banners to the exteriors of the east, west and north stand stair towers in a bid to cash in on the club’s popularity.
The Connexions Job and Training Fair will be held at the Talkshop (the Tatton Road Entrance) in Sale on Tuesday 7th February 2012.
If you are interested in apprenticeships or jobs after leaving school or college there will be people to answer your questions.
The event runs from 3pm-6pm on Tuesday 7th February 2012 - no need to make an appointment - just call in!
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Plans have been submitted for a massive expansion of Media CityUK in Salford. Peel Holdings have proposed creating a further 5m square feet of offices, shops, and housing, bounded by Broadway and South Langworthy Road.
A consultation process will run until January 25 for people to have their say on the plans by developers Peel Media Ltd.
A master for Manchester's £650m Airport City development has been unveiled as it emerged scores of firms are lining up to move in.
The project, set to create up to 21,000 jobs, will be split into two zones, the first of which will be made-up of 1.85m sq ft of hotel, office, retail and advanced manufacturing space, all next to Manchester Airport's existing train station.
Thirteen people - including a 15-year-old youth - have been arrested by police probing a £1m-a-season Manchester United match day illegal car parks racket.
Officers swooped on car parks set up on patches of land near Old Trafford before two recent United home games.
Police working with town hall officials and the Department of Work and Pensions made the arrests when United played at home against Wigan Athletic on Boxing Day and Blackburn Rovers on New Year's Eve.
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A LEADING Trafford councillor has called for the Environment Agency to refuse permission for a biomass energy plant in Davyhulme to operate.
Cllr Dave Acton, leader of Trafford Labour Group, made the submission after the council’s planning committee turned down an application for Barton Renewable Energy Plant, made by Peel Energy, last November.
Three new swimming pools are to be built in Manchester under £18m plans to improve leisure facilities in the city.
Town hall chiefs want to replace outdated pools and libraries with new leisure centres in Chorlton, Levenshulme and east Manchester.They say the run-down buildings are too expensive to run and poor value for money.
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