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Category: News
This summer saw the proliferation of England flags and ‘Union Jacks’ on lampposts and other street furniture around the country. Some people were jubilant saying it expressed pride in the ‘flag’ and in our country, others felt very angry, sad and intimidated as they saw the action as racism. I was in the latter camp… continue reading »
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The councillors for Middleton South approached the group, ‘Friends of Alkrington Woods’ to offer some money to create a version of a play area for children and asked for a proposal. Members of the group were pleasantly surprised by this and the proposal is below. Hoping that this plan for this underutilised great space in… continue reading »
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Mr James Binks will start his tenure as CEO at RMBC on April 7th. Currently he is an assistant chief executive at Manchester City Council and he will replace the outgoing Steve Rumbelow, who is stepping down after 10 years in the role. He will also assume the role of NHS Greater Manchester (GM) place… continue reading »
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At the recent Middleton Township meeting the councillors and attending members of the public were given an ‘inspiring’ presentation to inform of the new approach in reporting about, quote, ‘Population Health, activities and initiatives of the Public Health Team to increase residents’ access to, and use of, good quality greenspaces in the Borough of Rochdale’…. continue reading »
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Stop the rich and powerful from silencing the truth by abusing our legal system. Protect free speech and reform the law to prevent the abuse of our legal system. Why is this important? Right now, the rich and powerful are using legal threats – known as SLAPPs – to shut down investigations and suppress the truth…. continue reading »
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Back in June 2017 BOLD contacted the recently elected mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham on the subject of the environment. We chose the mayor with the following explanation we sent to him: ‘Looking at your remit these topics may not be specifically in your brief but as you will chair the GMCA Cabinet these will be… continue reading »
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Breaking news: Middleton’s own, John Wilkins elected World President by an overwhelming majority. Congratulations have poured in from all over the globe. Donald Trump was quoted as saying “he got my vote, I was secretly working to put John in charge all along.” Kamala Harris and Vladimir Putin said exactly the same. John seen here… continue reading »
