Rural Crime Team join forces to target criminals
Cheshire Constabulary’s Rural Crime Team joined forces to target criminals in a day-long operation in Bowdon. On Friday 22 September the team was joined at the Bowdon interchange off the A556 by the specialist Regional Commercial Vehicle Unit, the Motorcycle Unit, the DVSA, and Environment Agency to tackle waste crime. Everything from small commercial carriers […]
Even Better By Bus – with six new routes
Warrington bus passengers are getting another big boost, thanks to the latest ‘Better By Bus’ improvements. Recent months have seen bus travel in Warrington go from strength to strength with £1 child and £2 adult capped fares, free concessionary pass travel at any time of the day, and enhanced timetables. Now, the council is driving […]
Saluting Our Sisters: Manchester Libraries celebrate Black History Month
Manchester libraries will host a festival of events to honour our city’s pioneering Black women. Panel discussions, keynote talks, artistic workshops, and the North West’s first Black Indie Comic Festival are coming to Manchester’s libraries this Black History Month. Black History Month is celebrated every year in October in the UK and this year’s theme, […]
Merseyside Police adopts geospatial technology to support crime prevention
Merseyside Police is using technology to answer the “where and why” of serious violence across the region, to support crime prevention and to enhance public safety. Risk Terrain Modeling (RTM), powered by Simsi, focuses on places, not people, to prevent crime. Simsi is a startup out of Rutgers University in New Jersey. Merseyside Police recently […]
One year on from landmark Women’s Night time Safety Charter Council looks back on progress made
It has been one year since Manchester City Council launched its Women’s Night-time Safety Charter. This groundbreaking approach to promoting women’s safety aimed to raise awareness about the danger and difficulties faced by women when navigating the city’s night-time economy. This was a bold approach but 12 months on, it is clear that this programme […]
NEW DIRECTOR FOR ADULT SOCIAL SERVICES IN ST HELENS BOROUGH APPOINTED
Jamaila Hussain has been appointed to the role of Director of Adult Social Services for St Helens Borough Council. She will replace Rachel Cleal who will be retiring after a number of years at St Helens Borough Council in the role. Jamaila brings with her a wealth of experience as she is currently Corporate Director […]
POLICY TO EMPOWER COMMUNITIES TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF COUNCIL ASSETS APPROVED
A new policy will help to unlock new community led projects, giving residents and groups the chance to take ownership of former council land or buildings and provide services the area wants to see. St Helens Borough Council’s Cabinet has approved the Community Asset Transfer Policy, which gives community organisations the opportunity to design, deliver […]
Four year plan to transform Liverpool City Council services
Liverpool City Council has published an ambitious plan to improve services over the next four years. The Council Plan 2023-2027 sets clear aims and ambitions to shape the improvement of the delivery of services for the city’s half a million residents. The organisation has been on an improvement journey since the publication of a Best […]
EXTENSION TO ACTIVE TRAVEL SCHEME ON RUNCORN BUSWAY
Following the installation of one-way segregated cycle facilities along the Runcorn busway connecting Palace Fields, Brookvale and Murdishaw, Halton Borough Council has now secured funding to extend the scheme. Work began this week to provide an active travel route from Runcorn East Station through Murdishaw Local Centre and into Whitehouse Industrial Estate. The scheme will […]
REPRIEVE FOR NO. 62 BUS
A bus service due to stop running this Friday will be back on the road after Halton Borough Council stepped in to find a new operator. Following the recent decision by Warrington’s Own Buses to discontinue the No.62 bus service between Runcorn and Warrington, Halton Borough Council tendered for the service and local company Ashcroft Travel […]