[ad_1] PARCEL FORCE: Kincraig’s beloved postbox seems to be all wrapped up. A Badenoch village is awaiting with trepidation the arrival of a new style postbox after decades of treasuring, maintaining and decorating theirs with local craftwork. One of the concerned villagers, Toni Vastano, who runs Kincraig’s Old Post Office Cafe and Gallery opposite the…
[ad_1] YOUR VIEWS: Readers on the stories making the headlines. A previous public meeting on the Essich Road housing plans was well attended. Picture: Highland Council Housing plan has major traffic implications The proposal to dump a 400 house development at Essich Road needs examined critically from several perspectives, and not the least with regard…
[ad_1] Delays and non-deliveries of Royal Mail post are causing ‘real and tangible consequences’ for Inverness businesses (stock image). “Real and tangible consequences” are befalling Inverness businesses because of repeated delays and non-delivery of urgent mail. That’s the warning of Inverness Business Improvement District (BID) after calling for Royal Mail bosses to engage with local…
[ad_1] A long-standing Rochdale engineering business has been bought by United Infrastructure in a move set to expand both firms’ reach in the energy and utilities sectors. Simkiss Group, known for designing and building control systems, panels and switchgear, has been acquired after more than 25 years of independent operation. The company provides engineering solutions…
[ad_1] Residents without driveways could soon charge electric vehicles at home under a new council-backed proposal to install cross pavement chargers across the borough. Rochdale Borough Council will consider plans on Thursday 5 February to support the rollout of home charging channels across pavements, allowing residents without off-street parking to safely plug in their electric…
[ad_1] We asked AI to place an AI robot at Bury Town Hall. Credit: ChatGPT A Greater Manchester council wants to use artificial intelligence as it battles of £16m budget gap. Bury Council plans to use AI to ‘automate mundane administrative tasks’ and ‘gradually reduce the workforce’. As part of a £3m ‘strategic workforce review’,…
[ad_1] Laura Beal Laura Beal has been appointed as the new Centre Manager at The Rock shopping and leisure complex in Bury, following the retirement of long-serving director Arnold Wilcox-Wood. After nearly a decade as part of the centre’s management team, Laura Beal steps into the lead role with a pledge to continue building on…
[ad_1] Credit: Bury Independents Five community campaigners will stand for election under the Bury Independents banner in the Bury Council local elections in May, with candidates confirmed across five wards in the borough. Steve Middleton, a community campaigner from Unsworth and leader of Bury Independents, will contest the Unsworth ward. He finished second in the…
[ad_1] Details of a plan to build three new neighbourhoods in Bury with almost 6,000 homes have been revealed. Details of a plan to build three new neighbourhoods in Bury with almost 6,000 homes have been revealed. Plans for Elton Reservoir, Walshaw and Simister Bowlee will feature three new primary schools, new health facilities, five…
[ad_1] Credit: David Murphy / Roch Valley Radio Two men have died after a light aircraft crashed into farmland near Littleborough at around 11am on Tuesday 3 February. Emergency services were called to the scene in the Rochdale district, where the wreckage of a small Cirrus plane was discovered. Both men on board were pronounced…