From 1 December 2021 you will need a permit if you are taking household waste to a recycling centre in a Van, Pick-up Truck or with a twin-axle trailer.  This is for household waste only. No trade waste is accepted at the Household Waste Recycling Centres.  You do not need a permit if you are […]

The COVID-19 Testing Site on the Longfield Suite Car Park in Prestwich is being made significantly smaller. In recent months the number of residents using the testing site has decreased dramatically and has a current utilisation rate of 12%.  The Department of Health is reducing the number of testing bays at the centre from 12 […]

Just a reminder about this year’s Holyrood Ward Community Grants, the deadline is approaching soon.  All Councillors receive a small budget for the local area, and in here in Holyrood Ward we give all of this away to you in a Holyrood Ward Community Fund for local projects and groups. We are looking for applications […]

People are starting to be contacted about their ‘Covid booster job’.  Your GP practice will contact you six months after your second Covid-19 vaccination. You will also be offered the seasonal flu vaccination at the same appointment. People will be vaccinated in the same priority order as was used for the first and second Covid-19 […]

Last weekend saw the 2021 Parklife Festival weekend in Heaton Park, together with a New Order concert on the Friday night.  As your local Councillors, we’re keen to get residents views and experiences about the weekend, so that we can best represent you when we meet with the organisers and park management next month.  Please […]

Trams every six minutes are back next week. From Tuesday (31 August), trams will run every six minutes on the Bury and Altrincham lines at peak times (7am – 8pm, Mon – Sat). This will be followed by the reintroduction of a six-minute service between East Didsbury and Shaw and Crompton on 6 September. Peak time […]

The latest figures show that 130,562 people across Bury have now had one dose of the vaccination, and 112,780 of them have had both jabs. Clinics are open, with no appointment needed, for anyone aged 18+ who lives, works or studies in Bury.  Also, young people who are within three months of their 18th birthday are […]

The popular Prestwich Clough Day is back, this year in August. The event normally takes place in May to mark the anniversary of the parkland which was gifted to the people of Prestwich 115 years ago. Because of current restrictions some things will have to be slightly different, but the team are keen to tell […]

Bury residents are being urged to get their Covid vaccinations and take the total number of jabs beyond the current 226,607. The latest figures show that 127,657 people have now had their first dose of the vaccination, and 98,950 residents have had both jabs. Lesley Jones, Bury’s Director of Public Health said: “The vaccination programme […]

NHS Bury is offering vaccines to everyone over the age of 18, who either lives, works or studies in Bury. There are walk-up vaccination clinics every day over the next week in different places across Bury. The only one in Prestwich is on Sunday: St Gabriel’s Medical Centre, 4 Bishops Road, Prestwich. 10am to 6pm. Pfizer first dose and […]