Monthly Archives: May 2018
Published on May 29, 2018 at 11:02 am
There is now even more time to nominate people and groups who are tackling loneliness and isolation in Rossendale for recognition.
The deadline for nominations for the Living Well Living Better Awards has been extended to Friday (June 1) because of demand.
Rossendale was one of the local authorities chosen by the Government in 2016 to receive funding to pilot new ways of improving the health and wellbeing of local communities.
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Published on May 25, 2018 at 3:38 pm
Rossendale Council has backed the Local Government Association’s call for government to tighten up laws around taxi licensing.
The LGA has released the following statement in which it once again calls for legislators to update Britain’s outdated and unfit-for-purpose licensing laws for taxis.
Councillor Jackie Oakes, Portfolio Holder for Operations which includes Public Protection, said:
As we made clear in our response to the Times piece yesterday, we have some of the most stringent licensing policies in the country which we started to introduce since 2016.
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Published on May 25, 2018 at 12:41 pm
Today (Friday, May 25) is the last chance to nominate people and groups who are tackling loneliness and isolation in Rossendale.
An awards ceremony will be held next month to celebrate those who have taken part in the Living Well Living Better project.
Rossendale was one of the local authorities chosen by the Government in 2016 to receive funding to pilot new ways of improving the health and wellbeing of local communities.
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Published on May 25, 2018 at 12:08 pm
Pupils, council workers and members of the public in Rossendale literally went the extra mile to help take Lancashire around the world.
They took part in the Your Mile Your Way Challenge to complete a mile any way they could – from walking, running, swimming and cycling to dancing or even hula hooping.
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Published on May 25, 2018 at 10:53 am
Adrian Smith took on the streets – and the heat – when he completed the Great Manchester Run Half Marathon in aid of charity.
The principal planning officer at Rossendale Council completed the 13.1 miles in 1 hour 50 minutes and 46 seconds – finishing 24th in his age group and 994th overall.
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Published on May 24, 2018 at 2:24 pm
Read the Lancashire County Council press release.
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Published on May 23, 2018 at 4:28 pm
Stubbylee Park in Bacup is one of the latest groups to have made a successful bid to bag a cash boost from the Tesco Bags of Help initiative.
Tesco teamed up with Groundwork to manage its community funding scheme, which sees grants of £4,000, £2,000 and £1,000 – all raised from the 10p bag levy – being awarded to local community projects, every 2 months.
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Published on May 23, 2018 at 10:10 am
A Rossendale Council spokesperson said:
Our top priority as an authority which licenses taxis has always been the safety of passengers and drivers.
Our policies have always been based on national guidelines and the issues raised here – which are now more than two years old – have previously been thoroughly investigated and were unfounded.
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Published on May 22, 2018 at 12:35 pm
A housing development on the site of a former mill in Cowpe has been crowned the best in the region.
Kearns Village was named the best small new housing development at the Local Authority Building Control (LABC) North West Building Excellence Awards.
More than 600 people attended the ceremony to recognise technical excellence in building at Lancashire Country Cricket Club.
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Published on May 22, 2018 at 10:29 am
Rossendale Council will hold a minute’s silence to mark the first anniversary of the Manchester Arena Attack.
The Council will observe a national minute’s silence at 2.30pm today (Tuesday, May 22.)
Councillor Alyson Barnes, Leader of the Council, said: “We want to show solidarity with Manchester a year on from those terrible and tragic events.
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