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
Tesco is to close its store in the Stretford Mall - putting scores of jobs at risk.
The supermarket giant says it has made the bombshell decision because of poor trading figures.
Tesco’s regional director North and Northern Ireland, Jonathan Taylor, said, “Our priority now is to explain what this announcement means for our colleagues and wherever possible, offer them alternative roles with Tesco.
Messenger Newspaper
The blight of HGVs getting lost down Moss Road is on the increase. We've had similar instances in both Gorse Hill and Lostock.
Mike Cordingley is asking officers to walk the area looking at signage and to consider options.
Messenger Newspapers....is all about bringing the infrastructure up to date, with the promise of a new leisure centre for Altrincham, updates to other leisure facilities and inevitable rationalisation elsewhere, hence the uncertainty over the future of George H Carnall Leisure Centre a much used and loved facility by residents of Davyhulme.
The key question is what is in these plans for those that use the facilities at George H Carnall?
Councillor Mike Freeman Sale Moor
Lostock Park has been awarded its first Green Flag. Maureen Reilly, the driving force behind the Friends of Lostock Park said..
We are all feeling very proud as this has been a long journey from 2006 when the park was a burned out neglected and unloved area. Since then the group has raised over £355,000 and worked to rebuild the park. We have involved our community, our young people and all our stakeholders in discussions and decisions and this has finally paid off.
Lostock Park is now a colourful, vibrant and welcoming place to visit.
Well done Maureen! xx
The long awaited planning application to demolish the South Wing of the Mall has been submitted. The plans were an open secret and traders have known for a while. The O'Briens pub is not part of the demolition.
91563/ful/17Demolition of part of shopping centre, minor alterations to car park and new facades to retained building.
Lots of work has gone into Stretford in Bloom. Judges are coming Tomorrow. Good Luck Everyone
Every year I report the passageway between Crompton Ave and Barton Road. This year it's taken five months and the vegetation and littering is still not dealt with. But it's a Trafford council footpath. Why does it need a councillor to report it every year?
Lostock College have announced their new head-teacher starting from April. Lee Fazackerley is moving across from Wigan's Rosebridge Academy. Gorse Hill Labour wish Lee well and we look forward to working together. Lostock is a much valued school as we saw in campaign to keep it in its current form.
Councillor Laurence Walsh is a governor at the college
A new page has appeared on the Gorse Hill Labour website. The Directory provides links to over a dozen groups working in Gorse Hill ward and the wider area. Webmaster, Councillor Mike Cordingley describes his respect for the groups featured:
When you see the amount of work these groups are doing and the innovation and originality in their projects, it's just amazing what's happening across Gorse Hill Ward.
I know there are issues but when people can come together like this, you just know that the neighbourhoods are going from strength to strength. They're giving us a fantastic legacy.
Stretford has been revealed as one of the most racially integrated places in the country.
Think tank Policy Exchange has produced a list of the best and worst places in the country from the point of view of integration. The researchers analysed data from the 2011 census, comparing 160 places with a population of more than 20,000, of whom at least 15 per cent were from an ethnic minority.
Among considerations were the ethnic mix of neighbourhoods and how people interacted with work colleagues. Kate Green, MP for Stretford and Urmston said:
It's fabulous that Stretford has been ranked as one of the most integrated places in England and Wales - a great way to put Stretford on the map.
I'm really proud to represent such a diverse, friendly and vibrant community with fantastic neighbours and friends.
Free session for anyone that fancies a workout with their baby & buggy in tow,
Every Wednesday 10.30am
Meeting outside tea room in Victoria park.
Angry shoppers claiming they were stuck in queues of up to THREE hours around the intu Trafford Centre took to social media sites to complain about the traffic chaos.
Delays close to the centre prompted angry tweets as people were stuck across the shopping site and unable to access main roads from the car parks.
Richard Paxton, general manager at intu Trafford Centre, said: “We’re very sorry to any of our shoppers who’ve experienced difficulty exiting the centre today. We are working incredibly hard to get traffic moving again and our staff are out in the car parks redirecting cars to the nearest clear exits.”
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.
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