FLUSHING POST OFFICE PUBLIC MEETING
A public meeting was held on Thursday evening at Flushing village hall to discuss the proposed closures of the local post office.
A public meeting was held on Thursday evening at Flushing village hall to discuss the proposed closures of the local post office.
Julia Goldsworthy MP and Liberal Democrat campaigner Terrye Teverson met with Postmistress Yvonne Banyard and around 30 local people at Perranwell Post office on Friday.
Services on the rail branch line between Truro, Penryn and Falmouth are set for major improvements next year with the announcement by Cornwall County Council that they have today signed agreements with Network Rail and First Great Western to deliver the Truro - Falmouth branch line passing loop scheme, which will see a doubling in the frequency of train services from next summer.
A public meeting was called on Saturday afternoon at Tregolls School in Truro to discuss the proposed closures of Kenwyn Street, Uplands and Malpas post offices.
It has now been confirmed that six Post Offices in the Rochdale Borough face the axe, only Spotland Road Post Office has been saved. The potential closures, part of the Government's Post Office closure planwill be officially announced next week. Rochdale Borough Council will now step in and start negotiations with Post Office Limited aiming to pay the Government subsidy and keep willing branches open. The list of decisions:
Heywood Councillor Peter Rush has slammed Greater Manchester Police after they failed to locate Holy Family School and Pothall Bridge following complaints of youths climbing on the school roof. Councillor Rush claimed that the operator did not even know where Heywood was!