West Lancs Borough Council declares zero rise, following a zero rise at LCC, 1.8% for Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service and 2.95% at Lancashire Police.

The only shool in Lancashire to have won this award, and has been selected to go forward for the UK Rolls Royce Science Prize.

County Cllr. Cropper gets £450 for Hillock and Lady Anne Close Bowling Club for equipment, £500 for seating at the Grove Youth and Community Centre, and £300 for Rufford Scouts for kit.

A number of schemes that will have most impact on road safety were approved at the Lancashire Local Meeting on Jan.20th, 2010

Moving the Indoor Bowling to Haskayne Village Hall attracts many new members, requiring more equipment. County Cllrs. Cropper and O'Toole able to provide £650 from LCC.

West Lancs Borough Council and Lancashire County Council jointly fund the £83,800 scheme aimed at 8-13 year olds.

Cllr. William Cropper says " Susan and I have had a wonderful year which ended on May 21st, 2008".

County Councillor Tony Jones, Chairman of Lancashire County Council, assisted by Councillor Geoff Roberts, Mayor of West Lancs, performs the ceremony on 22 Jan., 2010.

Grand Refurbishment Party on Nov 28th. to mark the occasion.

Serving on the Resources and the Planning and Performance Committees and the Lead Member for the Southern Division on theIndependant Advisory Group..

Putting Scarisbrick on the Boating Map. Impressive local facility completed in March 2009.

West Lancs Borough Council set to approve additional £65,000 capital investment in addition to the £140,000 improvements currently taking place.

Following completion of the Town Centre "uplift", I was delighted to attend the Burscough Town Centre Celebration Tour on Nov. 24th., headed by the Chairman of West Lancs District Council, Cllr. Cyril Ainscough.The research and resulting artwork to round off the scheme were explained at length and the project has scooped two national awards. A credit to WLDC!

Refurbishment completed in Spring 2009, including improved car parking, by West Lancs Borough Council.

Three primary schools in my division --Burscough Bridge Methodist, St. Mark's C oe E and Pinfold Primary have been wrongly claimed to be under threat of closure in the local press by Rosie Cooper, MP for West Lancs.

Great news that the future of the school and the Grade 1-listed building are safeguarded.

Covers School Lane from the A59 to the vicinity of Haydock Farm and Colbourne Close. This is one of the first 20 mph zones in Lancashire.There has been much consultation with residents and the Parish Council on this with public approval. I was pleased to support it.

Approved at the Lancashire Local on July 22nd.and funded by Tesco. Dropped kerbs at at the road to the Rail Interchange for the disabled. This will assist residents from the northern part of Burscoughas well as users of the "Grove" accessing Tescos and shops and businesses in the towncentre.

Considerable investment continues and flooding of sewage in New Lane and other places have been reduced. But there are still problems and meetings with UU are continuing.

Residents will benefit from this new crossing between Red Cat Lane and Warper's Moss Lane.

Remedial works, prompted by accident records over the past 5 years,have been carried out in 2008/9 from the Beaufort Hotel to the Morris Dancers (Burscough and Scarisbrick).

Cllr. Cropper said " I am delighted to have been been invited ,along with my wife, to join this elite group. I hope to be able to help the Scouts locally move forward, to benefit our young people in West Lancashire".

Treatment to improve the road surface in late 2006 was carried out. Results not entirely satisfactory.Site Meeting resulted in a new footpath from Southport Road to the National Services Club and promise of leveling perhaps once a year.

A Burscough project to help tackle climate change has been given the green light by Lancashire Local West Lancashire.

ORMSKIRK will be the first of 150 stations across England and Wales to benefit from a multi-million pound scheme to modernise the station, make it safer and more comfortable for the thousands of passengers using it each year.

BLUEPRINTS for a new development of 111- self-contained one and two bedroom flats for older people in Ormskirk have been submitted to planning bosses.

Children,young people, families and friends attended the re-launch of The Grove Youth and Community Centre in Burscough, together with the opening of the new Children’s Centre, on Saturday 4 Oct. 2008. Costing £330,000 it is great news for Burscough!

A micro-finance pilot is already helping entrepreneurs achieve their goals. The pilot aims to offer a simple solution to entrepreneurs looking for finance up to £5,000.

LANCASHIRE County Council has appointed Age Concern Lancashire to develop and provide the new locally-based Help Direct Gateway community support service in West Lancashire.

C. Cllr.Cropper said "I am delighted to have been appointed an LEA Governor of the main secondary provider in my division.As Chairman of West Lancs District Council I attended the Awards Ceremony last year and was impressed with the results being achieved".

A NEW bus map and guide for the West Lancashire area has been produced by Lancashire County Council.

Your local County Councillor is now on the World Wide Web!