I have been informed that there is a bogus caller targeting the older population in Langworthy Ward.
He is posing as a gardener, taking the money upfront,does a bit of digging, says he is going to the shop, then disappears.
He is described as a thin white male on the scruffy side.
Please warn elderly relatives/neighbours in the ward.
If you have any information please contact GM Police 0161 872 5050
Sunday 29 May 2011
Thursday 19 May 2011
Sunday 15 May 2011
Back health campaign call from Salford Labour Party
Salford City Labour Party is urging everyone to back the pensioners’ campaign to defend health services.
An afternoon ‘Defend the NHS’ rally will take place at the Unite union offices next Friday (May 20) at Salford Quays.
The rally, organised by the Unite Greater Manchester Pensioners, will be addressed by Manchester Central MP Tony Lloyd. The meeting will be chaired by ex-Salford Labour Mayor Bill Moores.
Cllr John Warmisham, Labour health spokesman on Salford Council, said: “It is vital that everyone takes every opportunity to get home the message that the NHS is not for sale.
“The Tory-led Government promised no more top-down reform of the health service and have put in place the biggest and costliest pro-market reform ever.
“The Tory right make no secret of their wish to see an American-style health service where the credit cards in your pocket are checked before you health.
“Next Friday is an opportunity for Salford people to make their views known and to join with others who share their passion for our health service.”
The rally starts at 1.45pm and is due to end at 4pm.
Tuesday 10 May 2011
Monday 9 May 2011
Hope Not Hate
Dear John,
I’m writing to you with some great news. For the second year running the BNP has been routed in British elections. They have been wiped out in Stoke-on-Trent, lost all but one of the 268 seats they was contesting in English council elections and saw their vote collapse in the Welsh Assembly elections.
The BNP is now in disarray and huge credit must go to you. For the past few years HOPE not hate has campaigned in the areas where BNP support was strongest. We’ve exposed their racism, lies and incompetence and we’ve offered people a more positive alternative. This year’s campaign has been no exception. In Stoke-on-Trent alone hundreds of people have delivered almost 150,000 pieces of literature since the beginning of the year. Fifteen months ago the BNP had nine councillors in Stoke-on-Trent – now they have none.
The same is true in Thurrock, Burnley, Charnwood, Calderdale and a host of other areas we have campaigned in.
What do these results mean for you? We are creating a HOPE wall on our website and we want you to write on it.
https://donate.hopenothate.org.uk/page/signup/wall-of-hope
The BNP is on the verge of collapse. They have debts of over £600,000 and members and supporters are leaving in droves. They are rats leaving a sinking ship.
Next week we will be evaluating where the HOPE not hate campaign goes from here. Do we have a future if there is no BNP? How do we respond to other right wing parties or even a new far right party? Can we or should we get more involved in positive community cohesion?
These are questions for next week but for now let’s celebrate our success. We have brought the BNP to its knees. Me, you, all of us. We have made a real and meaningful difference.
Please leave a message on our HOPE wall
https://donate.hopenothate.org.uk/page/signup/wall-of-hope
All this has been achieved because of you. Thousands of you have donated to the campaign; many more have come out on the streets to deliver leaflets and newspapers. To those who say that ordinary people cannot change politics we say, look at the HOPE not hate campaign.
Thanks again for all your support. Let’s savour this victory and let’s continue to ensure that HOPE triumphs over hate.
Nick
I’m writing to you with some great news. For the second year running the BNP has been routed in British elections. They have been wiped out in Stoke-on-Trent, lost all but one of the 268 seats they was contesting in English council elections and saw their vote collapse in the Welsh Assembly elections.
The BNP is now in disarray and huge credit must go to you. For the past few years HOPE not hate has campaigned in the areas where BNP support was strongest. We’ve exposed their racism, lies and incompetence and we’ve offered people a more positive alternative. This year’s campaign has been no exception. In Stoke-on-Trent alone hundreds of people have delivered almost 150,000 pieces of literature since the beginning of the year. Fifteen months ago the BNP had nine councillors in Stoke-on-Trent – now they have none.
The same is true in Thurrock, Burnley, Charnwood, Calderdale and a host of other areas we have campaigned in.
What do these results mean for you? We are creating a HOPE wall on our website and we want you to write on it.
https://donate.hopenothate.org.uk/page/signup/wall-of-hope
The BNP is on the verge of collapse. They have debts of over £600,000 and members and supporters are leaving in droves. They are rats leaving a sinking ship.
Next week we will be evaluating where the HOPE not hate campaign goes from here. Do we have a future if there is no BNP? How do we respond to other right wing parties or even a new far right party? Can we or should we get more involved in positive community cohesion?
These are questions for next week but for now let’s celebrate our success. We have brought the BNP to its knees. Me, you, all of us. We have made a real and meaningful difference.
Please leave a message on our HOPE wall
https://donate.hopenothate.org.uk/page/signup/wall-of-hope
All this has been achieved because of you. Thousands of you have donated to the campaign; many more have come out on the streets to deliver leaflets and newspapers. To those who say that ordinary people cannot change politics we say, look at the HOPE not hate campaign.
Thanks again for all your support. Let’s savour this victory and let’s continue to ensure that HOPE triumphs over hate.
Nick
Saturday 7 May 2011
Vote 2011: Lib Dem vote collapses in Salford
Labour trounced the Lib Dems in Salford – winning 17 of the 20 seats up forgrabs.
The Lib Dem vote collapsed in the city, with the party coming last in eight of the seats they contested. Labour gained five seats in total - Eccles, Cadishead, Claremont, Weaste and Seedley, and Swinton South.
Labour leader John Merry said "We are obviously delighted with the result here in Salford tonight.
“I think it sends a clear message to the coalition government and also shows a vote of confidence in the council.
“What we have to do now is not betray the trust that's been shown to us by the people of Salford but we still have some very difficult decisions to take."
The barometer for the Lib Dem fortunes was Mary Ferrer in the Claremont ward. A hard working councillor, she lost the seat in a shock result last year.
This time around she was thrashed by 731 votes by Labour's Jo Murphy. In Langworthy, the Lib Dems were again unsuccessful.
Last year their candidate Steve Middleton tried and failed to oust political heavyweight John Warmisham after a bitter war of words.
This year Mr Middleton was defeated by Gina Loveday in his bid to get a much needed foothold in the inner-city ward.
Lib Dem group leader Norman Owen said "We've been hit by the national trend, that's clear throughout the region, with Manchester also suffering.
“We knew it would be hard but we didn't know just how hard it would be."
The Conservatives did well in their traditional heartland in Worsley, Boothstown and Walkden South.
Chris Clarkson pulled 1,761 votes in Worsley, ensuring the seat stayed in Tory hands.
Its previous holder, Ian MacDonald, retired after 15 years' service this year.
In Boothstown and Ellenbrook, the Tories' Robin Garrido held on to his seat, polling 1,521 votes.
Iain Lindley easily defended his Walkden seat. But the party lost Cadishead and Eccles to Labour.
Tory group leader Karen Garrido said: "I'm disappointed but we will bounce back."
Some familiar faces also returned to the fold. Val Burgoyne lost her Swinton South seat in 2008 while she was serving as mayor.
She returned this year to contest the Little Hulton ward where her husband Eric is also a sitting councillor.
She said: "It will be good to get back to work although there has been a lot of changes in the last three years."
The Green Party also lost out in its bid to get a first councillor elected. Council regular Joe O'Neill fought to regain his Swinton South seat after he lost it to Labour last year.
The former Lib Dem left the party just months before the 2010 election, forming a new coalition of independents on the council. But he lost his seat despite a strong personal vote and was again defeated by Labour this year.
Click here for the results in full
Story Pamela Welsh Manchester Evening News.
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