Blair's 'Frenzied Law Making' - A new offence for every day spent in office
Tony Blair's government has created more than 3,000 new criminal offences during its nine-year tenure, one for almost every day it has been in power.
14 Aug 2006
National News
Rochdale police officers at your fingertip
People in Rochdale can now find out who their local police officers are, where their local police station is and what police are doing in their area all at the click of a mouse thanks to Greater Manchester Police's (GMP's) recently revamped website.
14 Aug 2006
Council Leader demands money back!
The Leader of Rochdale Council - Councillor Alan Taylor has call for Countryside Properties to 'bear the costs' of the Atkins Report into the contaminated land at the former TBA Site in Rochdale. Rochdale Council estimate that the final cost of producing the report could be as high as £80,000. In the letter to Countryside Properties - Councillor Taylor says that the report was commissioned solely to "assess the adequacy of the studies carried out into ground contamination issues associated with your outline Planning Application to re-develop the former Turner Brothers Asbestos site at Rooley Moor Road."
14 Aug 2006
PARLIAMENT MUST BE RECALLED TO DEBATE MIDDLE EAST CRISIS - ROWEN
Rochdale Liberal Democrat MP, Paul Rowen, today backed a growing campaign to recall Parliament so that MPs can debate the crisis in the Middle East. Liberal Democrat, Nationalist and some backbench Labour MPs have written to the Leader of the House of Commons, Jack Straw, calling for Parliament to be recalled.
14 Aug 2006
Council Leader welcomes clothing raid!
A number of raids on premises in Newbold, Rochdale, led to the seizure of 300 cartons of counterfeit footwear and clothing with an estimated value of £500,000.
14 Aug 2006
Lib Dems Win a String of By-election Victories
South-East Cornwall Liberal Democrats scored a convincing election victory over the Conservatives in the St. Cleer and St. Neot ward last Thursday. Lib Dem candidate Bob Emuss was elected to Caradon District Council with a majority of 156 over his Conservative rival.
14 Aug 2006