A Salford Star Exclusive

Star date: July 2nd 2009

WILKINSON'S HOTEL DESTROYS FUNDING FOR BUILE HILL PARK

The restoration of Buile Hill Park received a major blow today when the Heritage Lottery Fund rejected Salford Council's £3million application on the grounds that "a hotel within a park would impact on its character"…

Now, according to official figures, the Buile Hill rebuff has cost the Council almost £73,000.

Star Date: 30th June 2009
A Salford Star Exclusive

REDS ROCKED BY FURTHER STADIUM SETBACK

Salford City Reds new state of the art stadium has received yet another huge blow as Salford City College was refused development funding by the Learning and Skills Council yesterday…

READING MINDS

Never mind the books, you can borrow a real Salford person with a story to tell at Swinton Library this Monday 29th June between 2pm and 9pm as part of UNISON’s unique Living Library event…

PUBLIC MEEETING

The first public meeting of the Hazel Must Go! Campaign is to be held on

`YOU TUBE IF YOU WANT TO...'

Here's Chasing Hazel - the video of the Hazel Must Go! protest by Daniel Sims and Amna Kaleem.

It includes footage of Hazel Blears slinking out of the Civic Centre and the Salford Youth Council attempting their citizen's arrest...

Nigel Pivaro's Take On The Day The Media Pack Arrived In Salford

…The scribes of Canary Wharf calculate that their readers don't want to know about the nuts and bolts of deprivation and enforced poverty of some unlucky Salford lass…What is sexy is the dethroning of an ex cabinet ice queen who feathered her nest too liberally, got caught out and had the brass neck to instigate an abortive coup on the eve of the election…

Star date: Friday June 19th 2009

HAZEL AVOIDS THE GRASS ROOTS

`Hazel…Hazel…Hazel…Out! Out! Out!'...

Last night 31 members of the Labour Party voted to re-select Hazel Blears and they've got a hell of a lot to answer for.  Earlier in the day people had queued at the Hazel Must Go! stall on Salford Precinct to sign a petition to try and force her to resign.  Outside the Civic Centre, with a only day's notice, nearly 200 people launched a noisy demonstration to try and persuade the Labour People to de-select her.  But, out of touch and out of step with the ordinary Salford people, the delegates supported Hazel Blears and have now opened the door for an independent candidate to stand against Blears at the next General Election…

And just where was Hazel?  She avoided her beloved `grass roots' Salford people, sneaking into the Civic Centre to avoid the demonstration against her and sneaking out again afterwards, only posing for select camera crews…which really disappointed one bloke from Salford Youth Council who was hoping to make a citizen's arrest…

Two events have been organised by the Hazel Must Go! Campaign at very short notice, and both are being supported by the Salford Star.

HAZEL MUST GO! Demonstration outside Salford Civic Centre in Swinton 6pm Thursday June 18th

HAZEL MUST GO! Petition Signing – Salford Precinct (near Tesco’s)
10am-12noon Thursday June 18th

ON YOUR BIKE HAZEL

While everyone in Salford struggles with bills and jobs and debts and stuff, we reveal how Hazel is about to take delivery of a custom made motorbike so she can take off this summer on a lovely biking holiday in Europe…but who's paying for it?

Star Date: 17 June 2009

THE TRUTH ABOUT HAZEL'S EXPENSES…

Shock! Horror! The full extent of Hazel's expenses revealed…

Over £9000 on food…Over £51000 on mortgage payments…Over £8000 on furniture…Oh and some lovely wine glasses for £60 and a mirror for nearly £300…