The Conservative and Liberal Democrat government introduced its National Planning Policy Framework two years ago to boost development and tackle the housing crisis by cutting red tape. To do this it relaxed the planning laws which has given developers a real boost. The government has made it clear to every local authority that it has […]
Royds students to benefit from safer road crossing
By Karen Bruce on January 25, 2015 in Community safety, Family, Leeds City Council, Older People, Oulton, Rothwell, Transport, Woodlesford, Young People
After a long campaign with residents and road safety action group LAWRRAG I’m delighted that we’ve finally succeeded in getting a new road crossing to make it safer for children from Woodlesford and Oulton to get to Royds School. The crossing will be near to the roundabout and Rothwell Leisure Centre on the A639 and […]
Northern Gas Networks works start today in Rothwell
Just to let people know whilst ploughing through my backlog of emails I came across this one which was only sent yesterday about works starting today, I think that it is unacceptably short notice and have fed that back to Northern Gas Networks. This is just to share the information I’ve been given with local […]
New Rothwell small business list website to celebrate Small Business Saturday
Today (Saturday, December 6) is Small Business Saturday when we celebrate all the fantastic small businesses. Locally we’re lucky to have such a good choice of small businesses in Rothwell, Woodlesford, Oulton and Carlton. Small Business Saturday UK is a grassroots, non-political, non-commercial campaign, which highlights small business success and encourages consumers to ‘shop local’ […]
Come on Stewart let’s battle to save Windmill together
By Karen Bruce on December 4, 2014 in Family, Leeds City Council, Liberal Democrats, Rothwell, Young People
Our campaign to save Windmill is gaining pace and it’s great that hundreds of people have already signed the petition. People have responded brilliantly to both the online petition and also the paper petition which David Nagle and I ran on our stall at the Christmas Fair in Rothwell. Thanks to everyone who has shared […]
Rothwell, Woodlesford, Oulton and Carlton under attack from developers
By Karen Bruce on December 3, 2014 in Carlton, Education, Environment, Family, Housing, Liberal Democrats, NHS, Oulton, Rothwell, Woodlesford
Our villages and green fields are under attack from predatory developers exploiting relaxed planning laws, according to Country Life magazine, which says that rural communities are being ruined by house builders ‘let off the leash’ by the Tories and Liberal Democrat government through its National Planning Policy Framework introduced two years ago to boost development […]
Rothwell community campaign to save Windmill Youth Club
We’ve already had a fantastic response to our community campaign to save Windmill Youth Club with lots of people commenting on our Rothwell News Facebook page and signing and sharing our online petition. Yesterday the Yorkshire Evening Post ran a story about Leeds City Council’s proposal to close some community centres and it mentioned our […]
Rothwell Rememberance Day – The Pals
Today on Armistice Day I have been remembering the fallen. Those brave men and women who gave their lives for their country. Words alone cannot adequately express what I feel when I remember their sacrifice and the ultimate price they paid to defend our freedoms and democracy. On Sunday I attended the remembrance service at Rothwell […]
Rothwell skatepark campaign cruising ahead
Just back from meeting the ‘New Skatepark for Rothwell’ crew as we had a photographer down from the Yorkshire Evening Post. He took some great photos of everyone in front of the concrete ramp. What his photo doesn’t show is the rest of the skatepark – or rather none skatepark. Here’s a quick Instagram video […]
Rothwell Springhead Park bonfire night Wed 5 November
It’s almost Bonfire Night and in Rothwell we’re gearing up for the community bonfire and fireworks display. It’s always good to remember the history and of course, Yorkshire has a big connection with the original gunpowder plot – Guy Fawkes was born nearby in York . I’m really pleased to have been asked […]