All posts tagged "Prescot Leisure Centre"

  • Knowsley Council Plans Will Spark Outrage in Prescot and Whiston

    (Carl Cashman press release) Knowsley Council plans to demolish Prescot Leisure Centre and Scotchbarn Pool will be the last straw, says Carl Cashman, a Lib Dem Activist and leisure centre user. “The plans to demolish the Leisure...

    • Posted August 22, 2011
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  • Work on Prescot Leisure Centre Replacement to Begin

    (KMBC press release) Plans to invest £1.4m in leisure facilities in Prescot have been given the go-ahead. The council’s Planning Committee approved the £1.4m scheme yesterday, which will provide modern leisure facilities on the Warrington Road site....

    • Posted August 22, 2011
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  • Prescot Leisure Centre: Last Chance to Oppose Plans

    Campaigners against the closure of Prescot Leisure Centre are urging residents to make a last-minute appeal to Knowsley Council. Prescotians are invited to attend the KMBC Planning Committee on Thursday, 18 August, to raise their objections to...

    • Posted August 17, 2011
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  • Prescot Leisure Centre Replacement Plans Revealed

    Knowsley Council has made available its proposals for the new community leisure facility to replace Prescot Leisure Centre. Prescot residents and businesses have until Wednesday 23 March to view the plans and submit any comments or objections...

    • Posted March 8, 2011
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  • Opinion: Labour Attack Is an Insult to All Prescotians

    Knowsley Council will downsize Prescot Leisure Centre and relocate Prescot Museum from its Grade-II listed Georgian home to the council One-Stop Shop. Now Prescot’s Labour councillors have added insult to injury by launching a savage attack on...

    • Posted February 15, 2011
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  • Knowsley Labour Councillors Accuse Lib Dems, Defend Prescot Plans

    Prescot’s Labour councillors have criticised their Lib Dem counterparts and said that Knowsley Council’s plans for the town will “revitalize the centre of Prescot.” In Prescot Voice, the local newsletter published by Knowsley Labour Group, Labour councillors...

    • Posted February 13, 2011
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  • Knowsley Stands by Prescot Plans, Dismisses Objections

    Five Knowsley councillors are angry with Knowsley Council after it stood by Cabinet plans to jettison Prescot Leisure Centre and replace it with smaller facilities. Councillors Bill and Marjorie Sommerfield, Yvonne Southern, Joan McGarry and Sarah Smithson...

    • Posted November 10, 2010
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  • Committee to Hear Complaints against Knowsley’s Prescot Plans

    Lib Dem councillors in Knowsley have been given a chance to protest Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council’s decision to close Prescot Leisure Centre and replace it with smaller pitch-side facilities. The plan, which was agreed unanimously by KMBC’s...

    • Posted November 5, 2010
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  • Rainhill Beer Festival May Be Last

    Local charities could lose thousands of pounds of financial support if the Rotary Club of Rainhill fails to find a new venue for its fund-raising Beer Festival next year. The Club

    • Posted November 3, 2010
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  • Prescotians Fight for Future as Knowsley Council Ignore Views

     A historic Merseyside town is protesting the downgrading of its leisure centre and museum by fighting back against the council it accuses of selling it short. Furious at Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council’s plans to replace Prescot Leisure...

    • Posted October 23, 2010
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