UKIP starts its 2005 conference in chaos. Their Chair has resigned and their biggest financial backer has withdrawn his support. This follows a dismal performance in the recent Scottish by-elections where their share of the vote was a fraction of one percent.
North Middleton Campaigner Neil Lever has called for Rochdale Borough Council to "get its act together" after discovering a number of plaques commemorating our history in an overgrown state.
Local Heywood Campaigner Peter Rush has responded with fury after a developer increased their plans, and submitted an application to build an astonishing 78 apartments and 25 Town Houses at the site of Bamford Squash Club in Heywood.
Two Rochdale Parliamentarians have joined forces to call on the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police to keep up the pressure on drink drivers. Liberal Democrats - Paul Rowen MP and Rochdale Euro MP - Chris Davies are calling for an increase after new figures showed a significant reduction in breath tests in Greater Manchester.
In the forthcoming Folkestone Central by-election (13 October) to Shepway District Council, the Conservatives have selected a candidate who lives in Selsted, more than 5 miles from Folkestone. Local residents will have to choose between local Lib Dem Maureen Kincaid Speller, who lives in central Folkestone, and the Tory candidate from the village north of Densole.
Banning prisoners from voting breaches their human rights, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. This ruling looks likely to force a change in British law on parliamentary and local elections.