Great to attend the raising of the Armed Forces Day flag at Glossop Cenotaph to mark High Peak’s commemorations for Armed Forces Day, which is on Saturday 25th June. Armed Forces Day aims to provide an opportunity for the public to show their support for our Armed Forces community, past and present. This includes everyone […]
Monday 14th March sees celebrations across the Commonwealth to celebrate Commonwealth Day 2022.Each year there is a theme chosen for Commonwealth Day. This year the theme will centre around the forthcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting – ‘Delivering a Common Future’ – which highlights how the 54 member countries in the Commonwealth family are’ innovating, connecting and transforming’ […]
Armed Forces Day 2021 Flag Raising – Monday 26th June will see a flag raising ceremony take in place at 11.55am in Glossops Norfolk Square
Today the nation has marked the first anniversary of the Covid lockdown by holding a National Day of Reflection. In the High Peak we will be planting trees.
Today is #999day or Emergency Services day – a day to celebrate and thank the people who work and volunteer in the emergency services. More than 2 million people work and volunteer in the emergency services today, including 250,000 first responders. They work in a range of roles – from answering emergency calls to dealing […]
Today would normally have seen flag-raising ceremonies take place in Glossop and Buxton to both high light and commemorate Merchant Navy Day. Alas due to Covid, we’ve not held the ceremonies today, but we are still displaying the flag and highlighting that today is Merchant Navy Day and as we still have the same Mayor […]
Merchant Navy Day 2019: Tomorrow morning (Tuesday 3rd September) will see two events taking place across the High Peak to mark Merchant Navy Day 2019. The Red Ensign Flag will be raised at ceremonies in Buxton and Glossop. At the ceremonies, the Deputy Mayor in Buxton and the Mayor of the High Peak in Glossop will say […]
Last night (Wednesday) saw the first since the elections and the annual meeting of High Peak Borough Council. The first item to be considered at the annual council 2019 was the election of the chair of the council and Mayor of the High Peak for the forthcoming year, and I was proud and privileged to […]
In terms of the budget council meeting that took place on Wednesday, the bulk of the proceedings are considered in part 1, The reason for part two is
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 […]