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Here’s their latest newsletter (June 2013)

I don’t know about you, but I’d rather know somewhere had problems and I’d rather they knew I knew so they could do something about it.

It isn’t just restaurants, cafes and takeaways that get checked.  Schools and care homes do too – and quite rightly.

You can always see the latest food hygiene ratings on the Food Standards Agency website.

We want all our places to be clean and the way to get there is to check them, publicise the results and get them to improve.

Places that scored a five (top) rating for hygiene when last inspected include:

• Ashbourne House, 147-149 Gatley Road, Gatley (care home)
• Borough Care/Wellcroft, 95 Church Road, Gatley (care home)
• Bossco, Gatley
• Coffee Fix, Church Road, Gatley
• Gatley Tandoori, 3-5 Northenden Road, Gatley
• Gatley Primary School
• Lum Head Primary School
• The Kingsway School
• Simply Sandwiches, Stonepail Road, Gatley
• Pymgate Lodge, Styal Road, Gatley
• Baguette Me Not, Rectory Gardens, Cheadle
• Jackson O’Malley Butchers

Places that scored zero on their last inspection (and may have improved since, of course):

• Alaska Fried Chicken, Gatley

So across Cheadle and Gatley, only one place scored a zero.  Some more scored 1 or 2 (you can check on the Food Standards Agency website to see which).

The Food Standard Agency also has smartphone apps to help you find out about the rating for any place in the country.

As part of those savings, we’re proposing changing the opening hours of many of our libraries, closing them when they’re least used and keeping them open when more people want to use them.  This will save £300,000 – a big chunk of money.

There are no proposals to close any libraries – all our libraries will stay open.

Please have your say in the consultation – you’ve got until 6th July 2013 to do it.

A new offer can provide a variety of free insulation measures, not just loft and cavity wall, and some eligible residents may also be entitled to a new boiler.

Stockport residents are asked call the free advice line 0800 009 3363 to see if their property is eligible as it could see them saving hundreds of pounds a year on their energy bills. Even if a property hasn’t been suitable in the past, there may now be solutions available.

The offer is made as part of the ‘Get Me Toasty’ campaign in which people living in certain areas of Greater Manchester automatically qualify for free insulation measures.

Some low income households with poor insulation and heating systems will be able to access free heating and insulation improvements.

Councillor Stuart Bodsworth, Executive Member for Communities and Sustainability at Stockport Council, said: “Residents can make significant savings on their fuel bills by getting in touch with the Energy Advice Service to see if they are eligible for free or discounted work on their homes.”

The Council is working with Forrest, one of three partners across Greater Manchester, who will be the main contractor in the borough. They will provide assessments and the delivery of Energy Company Obligation products including insulation and heating for the most vulnerable.

Visit www.getmetoasty.com for more information, or call the Greater Manchester Energy Advice Service between 9am-5pm Monday to Friday on freephone 0800 009 3363. Alternatively, email your details to getmetoasty@manchester.gov.uk and request a call back.

To report a faulty streetlight, you can now locate it on the map, click on the streetlight and click the “Report it here” link.

Report streetlights here.

As well as the carnival parade and fun day on Sunday 7th July, there’s Open Gardens, beer festival, bike ride, stream clean. comedy, music and more.

For the full list of events and lots more information, see the Gatley Festival website here or the Gatley Festival Facebook page.

The Lib Dem team will have our regular stand at the Fun Day – see you there.

• Cars often park right up to the junction with Acres Road, making it difficult for vehicles to get round the corner, so we’re looking at putting double yellow lines just on the corner.
• It’s been suggested that the parking restriction opposite the school (on the single yellow lines) might be changed to start earlier.  We’re not sure if that would cause more problems than it solves, so we’ll ask residents what they think.
• We’ve also noticed that the guard rail in front of the school needs partially repairing and repainting, so we’re getting that done.

In the last week we visit Styal Road, Firs Road and roads off in Gatley, then Cheadle Road, The Spinney and nearby roads in Cheadle.

We’re aiming to call on all 6,000 households in Cheadle and Gatley over the next year – we’re calling in Project 6000. We’re calling with our Residents’ Survey to find out what you think is good or bad, and what we should be concentrating on. We’re picking up lots of issues and doing our best to get them sorted.

If we’ve not called to see you already, you should get a call over the next few months; but of course you can get in touch any time with Keith, Pam or myself if you’ve a problem that needs sorting.