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Published on October 25, 2019 at 11:45 am
A moving Remembrance concert will be taking place in Bacup on Sunday, November 3rd.
The Festival of Remembrance Concert event will take place at Acre Mill Baptist Church on Hammond Avenue, starting at 2.30pm.
It will feature the Rossendale Male Voice Choir and the Stacksteads Band.
Admission is free and everyone is welcome.
Filed under: Bacup | Poppy Appeal | concert | remembrance
Published on October 24, 2019 at 9:53 am
Rossendale will benefit from a ground breaking programme of work with young people who may be at risk of becoming involved in criminal behaviour.
After a successful grant bid on behalf of Pennine Lancashire for £343k from the Government’s Youth Endowment Fund, the ‘Pause 4 Thought’ initiative will be rolled out in the borough and other parts of Lancashire.
Filed under: Pause 4 Thought | Youth Endowment Fund | steve hughes
Published on October 17, 2019 at 2:03 pm
The leisure and tourism industry is booming across Rossendale as the number of people visiting the borough has risen.
1.5 million visits were made to Rossendale’s various attractions in 2018, according to new statistics released by Marketing Lancashire. This was up 4.2 per cent from 2017.
The results have been driven by a rise of 4.6 per cent in day visitors, who spent £63.5 million, 8.7 per cent more last year.
Filed under: rossendale | tourism
Published on October 15, 2019 at 12:52 pm
To mark Hate Crime Awareness Week, Council Leader, Cllr Alyson Barnes has issued the following statement:
I have always said that Rossendale is one of the most friendly and tolerant places you can find but sadly, even here we have seen first-hand the terrible consequences of hate and where it can lead to if unchecked.
Filed under: alyson barnes | hate crime awareness week
Published on October 10, 2019 at 1:38 pm
A Bacup man has been fined £420 and found guilty of three offences after driving a Hackney Carriage without the proper licences.
Nigel Paul Flynn, of Pennine Road, Bacup, pleaded guilty to one offence of driving without a Hackney Carriage licence, and was found guilty at trial of the other two offences.
Filed under: Bacup | Taxi driver | licence | prosecution
Published on October 8, 2019 at 4:42 pm
Members of the Friends of Stubbylee Park met up with Rossendale Council staff to celebrate the park’s recent awards success.
The group were celebrating Stubbylee Park being placed in the top 15 of the Fields In Trust UK’s Best Park awards.
Over 36,000 votes were cast and Stubbylee was named 11th out of the 55 nominated parks in the North West.
Filed under: fields in trust | stubylee park
Published on October 7, 2019 at 4:04 pm
Rossendale Council has successfully bid for more than £1.5m to support further development at Futures Park.
The Lancashire Enterprise Partnership Board (LEP) agreed Growth Deal funding to deliver improvements to the site which will help support its future growth.
The money will fund improvements to the main road junction as well as flood prevention works on plot one.
Published on October 2, 2019 at 11:07 am
Rossendale Council has outlined the support residents can expect to set up Friends of Cemetery Groups.
The Council is already working with people interested in developing a Friends of Haslingden Cemetery group.
The hope is if the Friends group is successful in Haslingden, the Council will help residents start friends groups in the borough’s other cemeteries.
Filed under: Councillor Alison Barnes | Haslingden Cemetery | cemeteries | communities
Published on September 30, 2019 at 4:10 pm
The views of Rossendale’s residents are being sought to help influence the final version of a masterplan laying out the future vision for Bacup.
An emerging Bacup 2040 Vision and Masterplan was published in March following five months of extensive community consultation.
Now a further 6-week consultation will invite further thoughts and feedback to help finalise the document.
Filed under: Bacup | Bacup 2040 vision | jackie oakes | vision
Published on September 30, 2019 at 1:59 pm
Rossendale Council has declared a climate emergency as councillors warn urgent action is needed to the tackle the crisis.
At last night’s meeting of Council, councillors agreed a motion which commits the Council to become carbon neutral by 2030.
The motion, proposed and seconded by Councillor Steve Hughes and Councillor Janice Johnson respectively, also commits the Council to set a 100 per cent clean energy target, write to government to urge that it brings forward more funding and devolved powers to help the Council meet its target and create a new climate change member champion.
Filed under: Councillor Alyson Barnes | Councillor Steve Hughes | Full Council | climate emergency