Vaping is set to be restricted in Rochdale under new plans to tackle concerns that children are buying them under age, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) understands.
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Greater Manchester councils are carrying out checks to see if any of their buildings have dangerous crumbling concrete.
A number of schools across the region are dealing with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete - RAAC - issues. Bosses at our 10 town halls are now conducting surveys to find out if other buildings in their estate may be affected.
The government has classed the concrete as an immediate safety risk, leaving 147 schools and colleges facing issues.
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The crisis has led to concerns about RAAC in other public buildings such as hospitals, offices, homes and council properties. The government says this specific type of concrete has the potential to suddenly collapse.
The building material is a lightweight, cheaper form of regular concrete. RAAC was used primarily in roof planks of some public buildings built between the mid-1960s and mid-1990s.
It comes as social housing bosses were told to check their stock for RAAC.
The Regulator for Social Housing (RSH) has written to providers across the country, urging them to check their properties are safe in the wake of the RAAC saga.
Greater Manchester bodies will be looking at properties. One provider, Stockport Homes, said in a statement: "We are undertaking initial investigations/surveys for additional assurance against some stock."
Tenants are being visited in Stockport and filled in on the checks, but rehoming isn't deemed to be necessary at this stage, it is understood.
Councils across the region have commented on checks on their buildings. It is not, at this stage, thought the issue is widespread in publicly-owned buildings in the region.
A spokesperson for Bury Council said: “We’re
Vaping is set to be restricted in Rochdale under new plans to tackle concerns that children are buying them under age, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) understands.
Libraries across Greater Manchester will be participating in Black History Month by hosting events celebrating black female pioneers who made history.
Sunday marked a new dawn in the history of bus services in Greater Manchester - another chapter in a story dating back almost 200 years to 1824.
The launch of bus franchising today - putting power back into the hands of the people over operators - heralds the start of the Bee Network in Greater Manchester.
A million-pound mansion in Greater Manchester has had a whopping £500,000 taken off its price tag after being on the market for nine months without finding a buyer. The property in Sale, a desirable town in the centre of Trafford, was originally put up for sale for £1.5 million back in January this year, but its price has now been slashed to £1 million.
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Plans to build 1,400 new homes in Rochdale have been submitted to the council by a developer.
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Oldham’s chief executive is to remain at the authority until 2026 after announcing plans to postpone his imminent retirement.
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Following an extended period of extremely high temperatures, many people across the UK, including Greater Manchester, reported seeing lightning without any thunder over the weekend.
This is the moment thunder and lightning struck Greater Manchester last night following the recent heatwave.
Thick smoke billowed into the sky above Rochdale following a fire at a scrap yard. Firefighters were called out to Hill Street at around 9.30pm last night (September 10).
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