News for the ‘Bulk Ward’ Category
Sunday, June 7th, 2009
  
The Green Party held Lancaster Central and gained Lancaster East in the Elections for Lancashire County Council on June 4th – congratulations to Chris Coates and Sam Riches and their teams! There was also a Lancaster City Council by-election in our strongest Green ward (Castle) as Catriona Stamp stepped down after a 6 year stint on the Council – Melanie Forrest won it by a long way and joins the 11 other Greens on the City Council for the next 2 years – congratulations Melanie, and thanks to Catriona for all her work over the last few years. (more…)
Posted in Bulk Ward, Castle Ward, Duke's Ward, Frontpage, John 'O' Gaunt Ward, Lancaster Central, Lancaster East, Lancaster News, Scotforth West Ward | No Comments »
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
Four residents of Lancaster charged with Aggravated Trespass after they entered Centros’ London offices and refused to leave were last week found Not Guilty. After a two day trial, the District Judge said she was satisfied that the protesters actions were peaceful and lawful.
Aurora Trujillo, one of the protestors, said “We’ve been acquitted, but we’ve still got the real battle ahead, to stop Centros turning Lancaster into one more Clone Town.”
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Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
 Green Councillors have sent in their submissions to the Public Inquiry into the Centros development. Cllr Chris Coates said ” With shops closing in the City almost every week it is even more important that this massive shopping development is defeated.”
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Posted in Bulk Ward, Castle Ward, Duke's Ward, John 'O' Gaunt Ward, Lancaster News, Scotforth West Ward, Skerton News, University Ward | No Comments »
Monday, January 26th, 2009
 Could your street benefit from a spring clean? If so, the Council wants to hear from you. Under the council’s Street Pride scheme special hit squads move in to streets across the district to give them a thorough clean. Services provided include street cleaning, gully emptying, minor highway repairs, weeding and tree pruning.
Coun Jon Barry, cabinet member with responsibility for City Council (Direct) Services, said: “We should all be taking pride in living in a clean environment. Once the streets are clean, it’s up to all of us to keep them that way!”
To nominate a street simply contact your ward councillor. The deadline for nominations is Friday February 9 2009
Posted in Bulk Ward, Castle Ward, Duke's Ward, Ellel Ward, John 'O' Gaunt Ward, Scotforth West Ward | No Comments »
Thursday, January 15th, 2009
 The controversial ‘Castle View’ shopping development plans for the Canal Corridor have been called-in for a public inquiry by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. Bulk Ward Green Councillor John Whitelegg said “I am absolutely delighted about this news. This development is bad news for Lancaster and bad news for Bulk Ward and we will now get a chance to put all the evidence before an independent inspector at a public inquiry. We have prepared for this inquiry and are ready to go.” (more…)
Posted in Bulk Ward, Duke's Ward, Frontpage, Lancaster News, Scotforth East Ward, Scotforth West Ward, Skerton East Ward, University Ward | No Comments »
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