Bacup
Published on September 10, 2020 at 8:04 am
An ambitious plan to secure a vibrant sustainable future for Bacup town centre is being submitted for millions of pounds of government regeneration funding.
Already businesses, residents and visitors have witnessed a rebirth in the town thanks to works carried out with Townscape Heritage Initiative money which was secured by Rossendale Borough Council (RBC).
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Published on June 12, 2020 at 10:10 am
Work on a High Street Heritage Action Zone in Bacup is to begin after £1.085m in grant funding was confirmed.
Rossendale Council applied to Historic England for funding to restore and repurpose 22 buildings including the former Regal Cinema.
Properties will be given a new lease of life and see their architectural features refurbished using traditional materials and techniques.
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Published on February 3, 2020 at 10:50 am
The Council has received an application to establish a neighbourhood forum for Bacup and Stacksteads.
Prior to formalising this, we are required to both publicise the request and invite comments about whether this group should be able to prepare the neighbourhood plan and if the boundary being proposed for the neighbourhood area is correct.
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Published on January 2, 2020 at 2:03 pm
As we are now in a new year and also a new decade, we thought we would celebrate by putting together a quick compilation of some of our favourite pictures and clips from 2019.
Special thanks to our favourite young recycler Jessica.
We wish everyone in our wonderful borough a Happy New Year.
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Published on December 4, 2019 at 1:35 pm
Christopher Edward McTernan (50) of New Line, Bacup, has been ordered to pay £1,235 after abandoning his car at a pub in Stacksteads.
McTernan did not attend court and was found guilty in his absence of abandoning a vehicle prior to the 10th July 2019. It was recovered from the public car park opposite the Rose N Bowl public house Newchurch Road, Stacksteads, Rossendale.
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Published on November 19, 2019 at 9:43 am
Rossendale is set to glitter this Christmas as festive lights turn on across the borough.
Fun performances, parades and tasty food will entertain the crowds before the lights turn on to mark the official start of Christmas.
Whitworth is first to light up on Sunday, November 24th at the Civic Hall at 6pm.
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Published on November 14, 2019 at 2:34 pm
A fact-finding tour of Manchester’s Trafford towns gave some inspiration for the regeneration of Bacup town centre.
The ‘seeing is believing’ tour was organised by Rossendale Council’s Economic Development Unit in conjunction with IntoPlaces, a consultancy borne out of the team that led Altrincham Forward.
Council representatives, along with residents from business, heritage and the community, hopped on a bus to visit Urmston and Altrincham.
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Published on November 12, 2019 at 10:06 am
People gathered all over Rossendale to pay their respects to those who lost their lives in both World Wars and other conflicts.
Moving services and parades took place all over the borough as people paid their respects to those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
On Remembrance Sunday, November 19th, Rawtenstall held the traditional parade in the Town Square before heading to St Mary’s Church for a service.
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Published on October 25, 2019 at 11:45 am
A moving Remembrance concert will be taking place in Bacup on Sunday, November 3rd.
The Festival of Remembrance Concert event will take place at Acre Mill Baptist Church on Hammond Avenue, starting at 2.30pm.
It will feature the Rossendale Male Voice Choir and the Stacksteads Band.
Admission is free and everyone is welcome.
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Published on October 10, 2019 at 1:38 pm
A Bacup man has been fined £420 and found guilty of three offences after driving a Hackney Carriage without the proper licences.
Nigel Paul Flynn, of Pennine Road, Bacup, pleaded guilty to one offence of driving without a Hackney Carriage licence, and was found guilty at trial of the other two offences.
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