Just a quick reminder that this week is the second week of the new bin collection arrangements, meaning that on Monday night (26th July) you will need to put out your black bin (if you live on Gamesley that is). For further information or to confirm your collection arrangements (if you are not on Gamesley) […]
Don’t forget that the changes to the 239 and the official end to the 392 take effect from tomorrow (Monday 26th July). I say official end to the 392, because all there are various reports that no journeys have been seen on this service for the last few weeks, it was supposed to have still […]
Tonight saw the first meeting of a task and finish group which will review the council setup for Area Forums, along with a few other bits that are related to what the area forums cover including the ‘going local’ and ‘community’ grants funds. The reason for the review follows on from a paper that went […]
The changes to the 239 will be taking place on Monday 26th July in advance of this change, the following details are being circulated to people who have signed the list in the GRA, and copies will be available to collect from there as well. You can also download a copy by clicking here 239 […]
Most councillor’s receive every week for most week’s of the year a magazine called ‘First’ from the Local Government Association that aims to keep us up to date on issues around local government. It also as with most publications contains a letters page, and in this weeks release, there was a letter from Lynn Faulds […]
It’s that time of year again, it’s time for the annual total politics blog poll, and whilst I don’t expect to come anywhere near the top, it’s nice to appear on the list, so if you enjoy reading this blog please vote for it ! To vote, you need to send an email to toptenblogs@totalpolitics.com […]
From this Monday (19th July) refuse and recycling collections are being reorganised by the council. This means that the day our ‘bins’ are collected will change. For us on Gamesley this mean instead of our ‘bins’ being collected on a Thursday, they will now be collected on a Tuesday starting with the green bin and […]
My condolences to the family of Cllr Roy Oldham, ward councillor for Longendale and former leader of Tameside Council who passed away this morning. Roy who was 76, was leader of Tameside Council for 30 years until this year, a councillor on Tameside Council from its creation in 1974, and a councillor on the Longdendale […]
Local residents may have noticed the scaffolding that has recently being erected around the currently empty Melandra Castle Public House. After a check with the owners of the pub (Enterprise Inns), the scaffolding will be there for the remainder of this week (weather permitting) while works are completed to fix a leaking roof. In addition […]
This last week saw the fifth anniversary of this blog, which was first started in 2005. As a reminder whilst not all the topics covered may be interesting, I do hope that readers of the blog will find the contents useful and if you have suggestion for topics or issues that should be covered please […]