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Greater Manchester Hazards Centre has added to the criticism voiced by Paul Rowen MP and Jason Addy of the Save Spodden Valley Campaign after the revelations that the Government...
Date Published 16/05/2006
Rochdale MP, Paul Rowen, has received confirmation of the news he was dreading; the Government will not help with the anticipated cost of investigating contamination on the former...
Date Published 12/05/2006
An expert medical advisor to the Asbestos Diseases Society of Australia has visited Rochdale to see first-hand the dangers of the former Turner Brothers asbestos ridden site in...
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has issued a damning ruling against developers who want to build over 600 homes and a children’s nursery on a site that was once one of...
Date Published 03/05/2006
Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment Spokesman Chris Huhne MP visited the site of the former Turners asbestos factory in Spodden valley this week. He was accompanied by Rochdale’s...
Date Published 02/05/2006
Rochdale MP's and Councillors joined Save Spodden Valley campaigners and members of the public to see the International Asbestos Memorial unveiled at a ceremony this afternoon,...
Date Published 28/04/2006
Too many Rochdale people are missing out on the benefits of getting active in the North West's woodlands, thinking they are only found in rural areas, Forestry Minister Jim Knight...
Date Published 24/04/2006
Head of Planning & Regulation, Ken Smith said, "The Council's consultants, Atkins, have finished their review of the planning application for the former Turner Brothers Asbestos...
Date Published 11/04/2006
Glorious spring weather greeted dozens of well wishers to the official opening of the Spodden pathway improvements and community artwork at Spotland Bridge.The event was...
Date Published 06/04/2006
National news and current affairs magazine Private Eye has criticised Rochdale Council in its latest issue. An article entitled ‘Wonderful World’ comments on the state of...
Asbestos concerns and the Save Spodden Valley campaign were recognised this week by Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown at a national campaign award ceremony.Save Spodden...
Date Published 31/03/2006
Rochdale Councillors and council officers have been thanked for their work in ensuring the International Asbestos Memorial can be unveiled at a ceremony on Friday April 28 at...
Environment Portfolio Holder Cllr. Ann Metcalfe has confirmed a clampdown on illegal flyposting in Rochdale.Road users have noticed a growing problem with illegal flyposting...
Date Published 22/03/2006
This week, public awareness has been raised about a terminal asbestos cancer called mesothelioma.To mark the inaugural Action Mesothelioma Day, a protest and meeting was held...
Date Published 03/03/2006
Rochdale MP Paul Rowen has met shop stewards and management in a last ditch attempt to save 160 jobs at Federal Mogul. Paul, having spoken to one of the Department of Trade and...
Date Published 28/02/2006
Mesothelioma is a terminal cancer. There is no cure. It’s only known cause is exposure to asbestos. Symptoms usually occur 10-50 years after exposure to the deadly mineral.In...
Date Published 18/02/2006
US based Federal Mogul has just announced a consultation on the future of all manufacturing jobs at its Rochdale site in the Spodden Valley.A Federal Mogul spokesman has just...
Date Published 14/02/2006
Paul Rowen joined with MPs from other political parties yesterday to comment on a proposal for new Asbestos Regulations.Heywood and Middleton MP Jim Dobbin also made written...
Date Published 02/02/2006
A private meeting was held at Rochdale Town Hall last night, Tuesday 31 January. Four members of the ‘Save Spodden Valley’ campaign were allowed to meet with key local and...
Date Published 01/02/2006
Local MPs Paul Rowen and Jim Dobbin attended the Parliamentary Asbestos All-Party group on 24 January Tuesday.MP, Peers and representatives of organisations concerned with...
Date Published 26/01/2006
This morning TV Viewers and radio listeners throughout the North West were told that a public meeting is to be held today about the Spodden Valley. A very surprised Save Spodden...
Date Published 19/01/2006
Wainhomes (North West) have just withdrawn their planning application to demolish the former Turner Brothers Asbestos (TBA) Research Block and build 69 dwellings on the Shawclough...
Date Published 13/01/2006
Producer Hendrik Verbeure and Cameraman Mark Schellingerhout are Belgian based filmmakers that have just visited the Spodden Valley. They came to Rochdale to film the former...
Date Published 22/12/2005
One year on: update on the progress of the planning application for the development of the former TBA Site.Rochdale MBC Planning and Regulation Services have had a number of...
Date Published 21/12/2005
Rochdale Council has had to spend up to £80,000 to engage consultants to carry out an Environmental Impact Survey of the former TBA site, whilst the developer has paid only ...
Date Published 30/11/2005
During a House of Commons debate last week Rochdale MP Paul Rowen quizzed a Minister from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs about the proposed development of...
Date Published 28/11/2005
A packed public audience at the Town Hall cheered as the Township planning committee rejected a Countryside Properties (Northern) Ltd application to build 186 homes on the site of...
Date Published 23/11/2005
Save Spodden Valley campaigners accompanied by reporters from Granada TV, BBC’s TV North West Tonight, Channel M, BBC GMR and the Manchester Evening News, watched as the first...
On Monday 21 November Jason Addy asked Rochdale Council to consider a temporary injuction to stop the removal of asbestos factory rubble until more information about it is made...
Date Published 22/11/2005
The Environment Agency and HSE have been working together to make sure that when rubble is removed by Federal Mogul Ltd from the ex-Turner & Newell site at Rooley Moor Road, it...