Monday 12th March, saw a flag raising ceremony take place on Norfolk Square in Glossop, to celebrate and high light Commonwealth Day. Commonwealth Day, is held on the second Monday in March each year, is an opportunity for individuals, communities and organisations to promote the Commonwealth’s shared values of peace, democracy and equality, and to […]
This coming Saturday (24th June) is Armed Forces Day 2017. Armed Forces Day is a chance to show your support for the men and women who make up the Armed Forces community: from currently serving troops to Service families, veterans and cadets. There are many ways for people, communities and organisations across the country to […]
Last Thursday evening, saw this year’s High Peak Borough Council Annual Council and Mayor Making meeting, meaning that a new mayor would be taking over from Cllr George Wharmby who has held the chains of office for the last 12 months. For the new Mayor and first citizen of the borough, I was pleased to […]
I was shocked and saddened to hear of the passing of John Hallsworth. John was a councillor for what is now part of the other Cllr Mckeown’s Hadfield South ward, for 20 years from 1983 to 2003, included 8 years as leader of High Peak Borough Council. As a new councillor in 1999, the education […]
In October, last year, I was pleased to be able to second a motion at the full council meeting, that was to admin Peter Matthews as a freeman of the borough of the High Peak. On Monday 13th February, the second – follow up part to that motion took place with a ceremony that took […]
Annual Council 2016 : Last Tuesday evening (17th May) saw this years High Peak Borough Council annual council meeting and the installation of the Mayor and Deputy for the coming year, in the Pavilion Gardens Grande Marque. It also saw, prior to the annual meeting an ordinary full council meeting which amongst the items of business considered the annual […]
Special Full Council 17/11/15 – Devolution Slight Pause ; At the recent full council meeting to consider the progress towards developing a devolution deal for Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, the Labour group after considering the information available so far, took the view to abstain on the motion that was under consideration, not because we don’t support […]
If like me, you’re a fan of the West Wing TV series (and if you’ve never seen it, it’s worth a watch), you may recall an episode from early on in the first series, where the chief of staff Leo explains the story of Andrew Jackson and the Big Block of Cheese. In the series, the […]
This evening (14th May) has seen this year’s Annual Council and Mayor making, along with a normal meeting of full council to ‘finish off’ the previous ‘council year’ and as opposed to the other recent meetings which have featured issues around the local plan, it was a slightly quieter gathering. You can view the agenda […]
If you’re a fan of the West Wing TV series, you may recall an episode from early on in the first series, where the chief of staff Leo explains the story of Andrew Jackson and the Big Block of Cheese, with the in series connection been that senior members of staff would meet with representatives […]
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