Stockport Council is running an initiative to recruit more foster carers for teenagers. The ‘Create Memories and Foster Teenagers’ initiative is running throughout December and includes powerful messages on billboards and buses. Councillor Kevin Dowling, Stockport … [Read more...]
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STOCKPORT COUNCIL FACES FURTHER CUTS
Stockport Council is facing more cuts over the next two years. According to Councillor Iain Roberts, the council have already cut around £32 million from the Council budget over the previous two years after the then-Labour government first made it clear that savings had to be made of … [Read more...]
STOCKPORT ICE RINK PULLS IN THE CROWDS FOR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
Stockport Market came alive yesterday (Sunday) as people flocked in to have a turn on the ice rink, ride the donkey and enjoy the shopping. With free parking at all council car parks, and a dry, sunny day after Saturday’s torrential downpours, the town centre was busy with shoppers … [Read more...]
NEW EMPLOYMENT LEGISLATION IN 2013
The Government has announced key employment legislation changes that will be introduced or that it intends to introduce in 2013 are: • Employment tribunal award limits will rise; the limit on the amount of a week's pay increases from £430 to £450 and the maximum compensation … [Read more...]
STOCKPORT CID WORK TO CONVICT THIEF WITH CRIME RHYME ON PHONE
A thief who had a rhyme about breaking into people's homes on his mobile phone is one of a number of men jailed for plotting burglaries across Greater Manchester and Cheshire. The gang were caught following an extensive investigation by detectives from Stockport CID. The operation was … [Read more...]
HAZEL BLEARS MP: AMBULANCE 999 DELAYS ARE SHOCKING
A Salford woman hit by a car and thrown over its bonnet had to wait more than an hour for an ambulance, and a woman left lying in the outside lane of the M60 near the Bredbury junction did not get to hospital for an hour after the 999 call - one ambulance arrived within 15 minutes but did not … [Read more...]
EXTRAORDINARY EXECUTIVE MEETING FOR WOODFORD SPD
Stockport Council's Executive meeting has been delayed one week to allow more time for the amended Supplementary Planning Document's proposals to be examined. The Executive will now consider the amended Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) for the Woodford Aerodrome site at an Extraordinary … [Read more...]
GMP REACHES A MILLION
Greater Manchester Police is now reaching more people than ever before with its updates posted on social network site Facebook. During the first two weeks in December more than 750,000 people were reached on a weekly basis which increased to almost a million last week. The Force already has … [Read more...]
GREATER MANCHESTER CHILDREN BENEFITTING FROM ILL-GOTTEN GAINS
Ten years after the launch of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA), Greater Manchester Police is continuing to reinvest its portion of ill-gotten gains into worthy community projects, helping to break down the barriers between children and the police. Youth groups in Bury and south Manchester … [Read more...]
STOCKPORT WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO BENEFIT FRAUD
A Stockport woman pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining benefit totalling £5804.04, and was sentenced at Stockport Magistrates Court. Leanne Rhodes, aged 30, of Ecclesbridge Road, Marple, was prosecuted for failing to declare she had over £16, 000 in the bank whilst claiming … [Read more...]
Stockport Firefighters help make lapland wishes come true
A YEAR of fundraising came to a magical conclusion for Stockport firefighters when they got to wave off a group of children as they flew out to spend a day in Lapland. Crews members from Stockport stations spend countless hours each year raising money for 'When You Wish Upon A Star' and … [Read more...]
VIRGIN TRAINS URGE PASSENGERS TO RESERVE SEATS
Due to exceptionally high numbers of bookings for their services over the Christmas period, Virgin Trains have urged customers to ensure they have reserved seats on trains they wish to travel on. Around 100 Virgin Trains’ services are already fully booked or almost full, while seat … [Read more...]