Saturday 28th March at 8.30pm sees this year’s earth hour, the initiative which started in Sydney Australia in 2007 aims to highlight climate change by encouraging people and businesses to turn off there lights for an hour. This year the theme is on transferring it from an event into the world’s first global election by […]
Concerning news with the announcement last week of 150 jobs cuts at MEN Media the company that produces the Manchester Evening News and a number of week titles across the North West including our own Glossop Advertiser. Approximately a third of the staff that works in the weekly papers around Manchester stands likely to loose […]
Good news for the first team this week who won 2 – 1 away to Trafford Reserves, bad news however for the reserves who fell 2 – 0 at home to Golborne Sport Reserves. This week sees the first team with a mid week game on Tuesday evening away to Curzon Ashton Reserves, followed by […]
Wednesday evening saw a meeting of the regeneration select committee, onethat I don't usually serve on, but was attending on Wednesday due to thereport back from the Congestion Charge sub committee been underconsideration. In the end I substituted for one of the other Labour members who was unableto attend due to illness. In general the […]
Last Thursday (5th March) evening saw a meeting of the full council, theprimary purpose of which was around setting the council tax and budget forthe council for the following year. After a slightly delayed start due to problems with the traffic lights inLittle Hayfield, which were apparently showing red at both ends for sometime. The […]
Although at the full council meeting on Thursday the council approved thatcouncil / High Peak Community Housing rents should rise by the governmentguideline average of 5.7%, on Friday the Labour Housing Minister MargaretBeckett advised that the average rent increase for local authority tenantsin 2009/10 will now be halved (or thereabouts) to around 3.1%. The change […]
Bad news for both the first team and reserves this week with the first teamlosing 1 – 0 at home to Pilkington, and the reserves loosing 1 – 0 as wellaway to Linotype / Cheadle HN Reserves. Next Saturday (14th March) sees the first team away to Trafford Reserves,with the reserve side at home to […]
An event to highlight the end of fair-trade fortnight took place from12.00noon on Friday until 12.00noon on Saturday with people been asked to gobananas for fair trade by having a banana during that time. Across the country thousands of people took part and not to be left out (aspictured above) myself, Cllr Bob Mckeown and […]
Last Saturday morning saw this month's councillor's surgery down at the GRAOffice on Winster Mews. The month we also had Tom Levitt MP in attendance which no doubt helped bumpup the attendance by a few more. One particular theme that was raised by a number of callers was with regardsto untidy gardens, which are causing […]
Following on from a private family funeral service a public memorial servicewill be held on Friday 13th March at 2.00pm in the large hall of New MillsTown Hall.