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Tranmere’s
Ronnie Moore on side for "We Love Birkenhead campaign"
TRANMERE Rovers Manager
Ronnie Moore is the latest signing for a major campaign to celebrate
the best of Birkenhead. He joins local MP Frank Field in an
impressive team being put together to promote the town. Rovers
legend Ronnie, who began his career at Prenton Park, last season
took over as manager of the League One club for the 3rd time. Now
Ronnie, whose 18 year football career began and ended with Tranmere,
is cheering on "We Love Birkenhead campaign" which is
spearheaded by Derek Millar, Commercial Director for The Grange and
Pyramids Shopping Centre.
Derek says the drive is all about bringing the community and the
town’s retailers together to underline the Wirral town’s credentials
as a fantastic shopping destination and place to live, work and
visit.
Liverpool born Ronnie, 59, said talking up the town via the We Love
Birkenhead campaign was a terrific idea and added:- “Having
been involved with Tranmere since the 1970s, Birkenhead has been a
massive part of my life. The support the club gets from the people
of Birkenhead and Wirral is fantastic. For me, Tranmere Rovers is
the best thing about Birkenhead; but there’s plenty of other
attractions, from the shops, cinema and sports centres to Birkenhead
Park.”
Ronnie played over 300 games for Rovers and scored 81 goals for them
in a career which also made him a hero at Rotherham United and which
also took in Chicago Sting, Cardiff City, Charlton Athletic and
Rochdale. He played over 600 games and scored more than 150 goals;
once hitting a North American Soccer League record five in one game
and netting the winner for Chicago in a game against Pele and the
New York Cosmos.
His Prenton Park team is currently
preparing for pre-season fixtures including home games with Everton
and Bolton Wanderers at the beginning of August while the club’s new
kit has just been launched ahead of the new football season.
Derek Millar, Commerical Director for The Grange and Pyramids
Shopping Centre, said he was delighted to garner the support of such
a high profile and respected Birkenhead sporting figure. Derek
said:- “Tranmere Rovers is such an integral part of Birkenhead
and is a terrific example of the many positive elements which make
up our great town. To have Ronnie on side backing our campaign is
brilliant because he is a legend in the community and knows the town
very well indeed. We are delighted to have him leading the attack
for us.”
Frank Field MP, who has been the MP for Birkenhead since 1979,
helped kickstart the campaign to talk up the many positive
attributes of the town. He said:- “My affection for
Birkenhead, since I came here more than 30 years ago, has always
been the same. I have always had this sense that it is a proper
place where people feel a very strong sense of identity. The people
here are very proud of their town and while they like Liverpool,
they love Birkenhead and that message has always been very loud and
very clear.”
Tranmere Rovers legend and manager Ronnie Moore has lent his voice
to the "We Love Birkenhead campaign."
M53 overnight
resurfacing at Ellesmere Port
SECTIONS of the M53 around
Ellesmere Port on Merseyside are being resurfaced in a Highways
Agency project beginning later this month. The £74,000, 3 night
scheme will focus on replacing some 1,000 yards of worn surfacing
along the southbound carriageway of the motorway between Junction 6
and Junction 7. Most of the road markings between the two junctions
will also be renewed. The overnight work is expected to start on
Tuesday, 31 July 2012, but is weather dependent and may start later;
although the scheme has to be completed by Monday, 20 August 2012.
The southbound carriageway of the motorway will be closed between
Junction 6 and 7 on each of the three nights between 10pm and 5am to
allow the resurfacing to take place. A clearly-signed diversion will
be in place via West Road and North Road. Highways Agency project
sponsor Jakub Malaj said:- “This is routine maintenance but it
will ensure that users of the strategic roads network in this part
of Merseyside can continue to enjoy safe, smooth and reliable
journeys. To minimise inconvenience to motorway users, this work has
been timed to coincide with the summer shut down of the Vauxhall
plant so we are not anticipating any delays and a good diversion
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"Police
Commissioners won’t change countryside policing" say three
quarters in rural communities
THE Countryside Alliance
launches Police Commissioners’ Manifesto amid fears of voter apathy.
Exclusive ComRes polling for the Countryside Alliance has found 76%
of people living in rural areas think it is unlikely that policing
in their local area will change with the introduction of Police and
Crime Commissioners, raising further fears about low turnout in the
November elections. The Countryside Alliance has launched its Police
Commissioners’ Manifesto; Rural Crime Matters; calling on all those
standing as candidates in the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC)
elections to sign-up to address policing and crime in rural areas as
a key priority.
Key Finding:-
76% of people living in rural
areas agreed that it was unlikely that policing in their local area
would change with the introduction of an Elected Police
Commissioner. 66% of people in urban areas thought it was unlikely
that PCCs would have an impact on policing in towns and cities.
Further Findings:-
66% of rural people agreed that Elected Police Commissioners will be
an added an extra layer of bureaucracy. 63 per cent of urban people
agree Elected Police Commissioners will be an added extra layer of
bureaucracy.
55% of rural residents think Elected Police Commissioners will be a
waste of money. 52% of urban residents think Elected Police
Commissioners will be a waste of money.
52% of respondents in rural areas said Britain’s forces needed to
have police strategies that were different for different places.
Again this was a higher level of support than in urban areas where
45% of respondents agreed.
The 4 Key Asks in the Countryside Alliance Police Commissioners’
Manifesto:- "We want to see police spending per head on a
level footing for both rural and urban areas. The Government’s
Spending Review has concluded that police funding will be reduced by
14% in real terms by 2014-15. PCCs will set their police
force’s budget and it would be unfair if these cuts were to affect
rural communities disproportionately. Also:- A crime in a rural area
should be taken as seriously as a crime in an urban area and this
must be reflected in the Police’s handling and response:-
Crimes that occur in rural
areas, such as burglary, agricultural theft, fly-tipping, rustling
and trespass should be high on the list of policing priorities
decided upon by PCCs;
People from rural communities must be
represented on community safety partnerships and local criminal
justice boards, so that they have a voice;
PCCs should engage with, and
listen to, these organisations; The needs of rural areas should be
routinely considered in the development of policy and strategy.
In deciding policing
strategy it is vital that PCCs recognise the concerns of rural
communities and that Police Plans reflect this."
Countryside Alliance Executive Chairman, Sir Barney White-Spunner,
commented:- “The election of Police and Crime Commissioners is
the single most important change to policing in the England and
Wales for decades. The election date and limited campaign funding
have already raised concerns that turnout for the November elections
will be low. Coupled with three quarters voters do not think that
Commissioners will make any practical difference to policing in
their areas only raise those concerns further. It is in no-one’s
interest to have Commissioners elected by a tiny proportion of the
electorate so the Countryside Alliance has published a Police
Commissioners’ Manifesto to help candidates engage with rural
communities and the policing issues that matter to them. Rural
voters will come out to vote for candidates who understand that
rural crime matters.”
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