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
The UK looks set to be battered by floods once again as Storm Frank is set to roll in tonight - but Greater Manchester should miss the worst of the weather.
The Environment Agency has issued three severe flood warnings across Lancashire and Yorkshire and 45 flood warnings across the country.
However there are currently no warnings in place for Greater Manchester.
A thousand homes have flooded in Leeds, but the leader of the city council, Judith Blake, said the flooding had been a "preventable disaster".
She said the North had not received "anywhere near the support that we saw going into Somerset" - which flooded in 2014 - and there was now a "real anger growing across the North".
But the House of Commons Library research says this. We are in cash vs real and picking periods territory. pic.twitter.com/3he0P3gbAU
— Paul Lewis (@paullewismoney) December 28, 2015Cameron rejected flood warnings and carried on cutting fire services: He calls that "Doing all we can to help.." https://t.co/2HaWMD40Td
— Cllr John Edwards (@JohnEdwards33) December 27, 2015
More than half of our fire engines are now dealing with weather related incidents within Greater Manchester pic.twitter.com/9qVdzdV7Uj
— Peter O'Reilly (@GMFRS_PeteOR) December 26, 2015
Pomona water levels are so high today! https://t.co/A7yP79Q6fA
— Skyliner (@custardlove) December 26, 2015
Just been past Samuel Platts. Can't believe the Ship Canal.
Posted by Graham Lomax on Saturday, 26 December 2015
@BBCNWT and this one... pic.twitter.com/f4l9AHci23
— Coiflux (@coiflux) December 26, 2015Our thoughts are with those who have been affected by flooding today – we are working tirelessly across the North West to protect life and property. If you live in an affected area please do not travel and if you home has been flooded stay out of the water and wait for help.
Flood water is extremely dangerous, it is dirty, can be fast flowing and often full of debris – the only way to stay safe is to stay out of the water. If you’re driving, see water on the road and don’t know how deep it is don’t drive through it – it only takes 30 cm of water to float a car and even less to write your vehicle off. Our control operators are experiencing a high number of calls at the moment, so please only call 999 if it is a genuine emergency.
The Christmas story holds up a mirror to us all. “Do unto others as you would have done to you” – that is the essence of my socialism, summed up in the word “solidarity”. The concept of solidarity is about our unity – we succeed or fail together. Yet too often there are attempts to divide us, to scapegoat, rather than help, those in need.
Jesus said: “It is more blessed to give than to receive”.
It is a similar maxim that inspired our party: “From each according to their means, to each according to their needs.”
Everything you need to know about bus services from First, Stagecoach, Arriva, Transdev and the Metroshuttle over the 2015 festive period brought together on the Manchester Evening News
Unlike the police, which won a reprieve from budget cuts, the regional fire service must make savings of £15.8m over the next four years.
As well as posts going, the brigade is poised to reduce the number of night-time fire engines available from 56 to 30 between 10pm and 6am.
County Fire Officer Peter O’Reilly warned that lives would be at risk and ‘more buildings will burn down’.
This will mean Bury, Rochdale, Stockport, and Trafford will have one engine which is immediately available.
We sometimes forget the treasures we have in Trafford
490 children will be learning the ukulele for the 1st time with us next term. Perfect!#becauseitsmusic pic.twitter.com/kIkO7A39Ms
— Trafford Music (@MusicInTrafford) December 22, 2015245 children will be learning the saxophone with us for the 1st time next term. Fantastic! #becauseitsmusic pic.twitter.com/1p3wlxepHT
— Trafford Music (@MusicInTrafford) December 22, 2015120 KS1 children will be learning drumming with us next term. Perfect! #becauseitsmusic pic.twitter.com/0R15L892uS
— Trafford Music (@MusicInTrafford) December 22, 2015
It's brilliant what Sarah and the crowd do at Victoria Park during the school holidays. Take the kids and have a lovely breakfast and fun
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Nicola Ward, one of the main organisers said:
There’s a tangible community spirit in Stretford at the moment, with so many positive ongoing projects achieving brilliant things for the area – Gorgeous Gorse Hall, Stretford Public Hall, the M32 Our Kids breakfast club to name but a few.
“People are loving the magical, Christmassy glow that seems to surround the windows and there’s a real excitement around what the next theme will be,” she said.
None of the participants are professional artists and I think the amateur DIY approach adds to the heart-warming feel around the project – anybody could do most of the windows with a few cheap fairy lights, paper and glue.
Residents who saved Stretford Public Hall from the developers have welcomed their first paying tenants. One of the new tenants is award-winning illustrator Bridget Collin. Bridget recently received the Manchester Academy of Fine Art Graduate Award.
The Grade ll listed building, on the corner of Chester Road and Kingsway was built for the local community by John Rylands in 1878. It was handed over to the Friends of Stretford Public Hall in March this year after a successful campaign to save it from developers.
Annoushka Deighton from the Friends of Stretford Public hall said:
We are thrilled to welcome our new tenants and hope they will be the first of many. There are all sorts of spaces to rent in this historic building. We are keen to accommodate a range of businesses and local enterprises so there are studios, lockable units, office space and also shared offices and hot desking available, all at affordable prices.
There were quite a few others taking pictures too. I think people were shocked at seeing it.
I am just curious to see what happened. I hope the driver is ok.
A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police said they had no record of the car crash.
They're here! Finally our three big tree planters. Being installed by three bus stops and we'll be adding cherry trees to them in January. Little disappointed with the dark green one, but nothing a little art won't rectify
Ruth Hannan - Gorgeous Gorse Hill
Manchester United are considering building a mini Old Trafford next to their famous stadium that would host Under 21 matches and some Academy and FA Youth Cup fixtures in a bid to catch up with City.
The idea to construct a ground that could house around 5,000-10,000 fans is all part of a deep root and branch review of the Academy and reserve set up at the club is a sign that United are in awe of their rivals from Manchester.
Built on Eleventh Street in 1901 adjacent to the Old Trafford Hotel, a stone's throw from a series from of major factories and about a mile from Old Trafford football ground, St. Antony's Church is one of the few remaining corrugated iron mission churches surviving in Great Britain.
St. Antony's Centre founder, Kevin Flannagan who established the centre in 1980 with the local parish priest under the auspices of the Salford Diocese, said: “We now work to enable a range of people with low skills or no skills to get back into the work place and maintain this historic church for special services throughout the year.”
He added: “None is more special than the St. Antony's College's carol concert and we have parishioners returning from far and wide on an annual basis to hear the children sing.”