Tonight I attended a meeting with local residents at St Mary’s Church Centre on Saughall Massie Road. The meeting brought together concerned residents of the Kingfisher Way estate and Birch, Beech, Elm, Oak Avenue and Oak Close and associated roads who were considering forming a residents association. I am delighted that the group has now been [...]
Archive for January, 2008
New Residents Association Formed
Posted in Community on January 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Waste Water Treatment Works
Posted in Challenges, Community, Environment on January 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
My collegue, Councillor Suzanne Moseley, (pictured above at the site) has been contacted by local residents who are trouble by noise nuisnace from the Waste Water Treatment Works in Carr Lane. Cllr Moseley said, “I live close to this site, and like many residents I suffer from the noise, so I know just how bad it [...]
Liverpool – The Musical. Capital of Culture 2008
Posted in Community, Liverpool 2008 Capital Of Culture, Merseytravel on January 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last night I was at the new Echo Arena to watch the show, ‘Liverpool the Musical’. The Musical told the story of the history of Liverpool, the good times, as well as the bad times right up to today with all the regeneration and culture changes that have and continue to take place. The setting of the [...]
Respect Bus Visits Moreton
Posted in ASB, Challenges, Community on January 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Pic right to left Cllr Chris Blakeley, Cllr Simon Mountney, Cllr Suzanne Moseley and the Anti-Social Behaviour Team Cllr Chris Blakeley, along with Wirral Council’s Anti-Social Behaviour Team organised the new Wirral ‘Respect Bus’ to visit Moreton tonight between 8pm and 11pm. Residents were able to seek advice and discuss a wide range of anti-social behaviour problems from noisy [...]
Chief Superintendent Jon Ward
Posted in Challenges, Chris Blakeley, Community, Moreton, Police, Saughall Massie on January 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Following on from last nights presentation from the Chief Constable, Bernard Hogan Howe, this morning I met with Wirral’s new Area Commander, Chief Superintendent Jon Ward. We chatted about many things with regard to community safety and policing, and whislt I was with him I took the opportunity to express my concerns at the potentail [...]
Community Support Officers jobs lost in Wirral!
Posted in Challenges, Police on January 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tonight at Wirral Council’s Cabinet meeting, Merseyside Chief Constable, Bernard Hogan Howe told the Cabinet that as a result of the Labour and Liberal Democrat £100,000 cut in funding to the Police Authority that four or five Police Community Support Officers jobs would have to go in Wirral, unless an alternative source of funding could [...]
Planning Mast Fiasco – Gagged!
Posted in Chris Blakeley, Community, Council, Planning on January 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
At last nights planning committee meeting I was denied the opportunity by Labour and Lib Dem Councillors to comment on the independent report by Bernard Knight into the T-Mobile planning mast fiasco, that resulted in the monstrosity being erected on Hoylake Road. I would have thought under the circumstances, and the way this issue had [...]
Moreton to miss out on road safety plans?
Posted in Challenges, Community, Council, Highways on January 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the top issues in our communities is, without doubt, road safety. As you may know, I, along with Simon and Suzanne have asked the Council on several occasions to do more on this problem in the neighbourhood. So far, without much success. Late last month, the Council decided to try out a new [...]
HOPE 08 Moreton
Posted in Challenges, Churches, Moreton on January 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hope ’08’ is a countrywide initiative involving Churches working in partnership with various agencies, to engage in initiatives that positively impact local communities. Following on from the Merseyfest initiative in the summer of 2005 when local churches joined together to refurbish the outside of Moreton Youth Club, clearing the garden area of the Adult Training [...]
They just keep coming!
Posted in Campaigning on January 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
More good news from the Conservatives today. After 11 years, the absence of a Conservative Councillor in Manchester is over. Cllr Faraz Bhatti has joined us. Faraz believes in putting the community first and Party politics second – just what a good councillor should do. More here and here. Here in Moreton and Saughall Massie, [...]
