In the post about last week's Mind Week, I mentioned the early day motion that was been put forward by MIND to highlight a number of the issues around mental health that the campaign was aiming to raise. Following use of the suggested letter, this early day motion has now been signed by local MP […]
Tonight (Tuesday) sees a meeting of the council's executive committee, which amongst other items will be considering reports on the allocation of executive portfolios along with allocating places to outside bodies. Thursday evening will see a meeting in New Mills looking at changes to the current structure of tenant forums, and whether to abandon the […]
A local resident has flagged the issue of whether in the current climate there are too many taxi (hackney carriage) licences been issued locally. Now whilst you may not think this is not too much of a problem, the issue raised with me ranged from a heightened crash risk as drivers rush to be able […]
Tuesday evening saw the first meeting in the new council year of the environment and social inclusion select committees. The main bulk of the business was electing the chairs / vice chairs for the year a process that we went through fairly quickly as opposed to the more lengthy process that had apparently been gone […]
Wednesday evening saw a meeting of the governors at St Margaret's School. The main topic under consideration was what the arrangements will be whenthe bishop of Nottingham visit's the school on the 24th June to helpcelebrate the 40th Anniversary of the school. The bulk of the visit will be taken up with a special assembly […]
It was great to see the large crowds in Glossop on Saturday for the homecoming parade which had been organised by the council to celebrate the success of Glossop North End in getting to Wembley. Even better (especially I expect for the team on the open top bus) was the weather that despite the prospect […]
Just a reminder that this coming Monday is the second of May's bank holiday's and buses will be running to more or less a Sunday service. To check times or get further details please ring travel line on 0871 200 2233 or goto www.Derbyshire.gov.Uk and click on public transport. Also please note that once again […]
From an issue raised at last Saturday's surgery just a quick reminder to local's in the area who have the free bus pass (over 60's etc), you can use your pass to go to places like Manchester etc by bus, even though you will of course need to change bus in either Ashton or Hyde. […]
Last Tuesday evening saw a full council meeting followed by the annual council meeting. The full council meeting considered a number of recommendations from the council's executive along with recommendations from the council audit and regulatory committee, followed by annual reports from the audit and regulatory committee and the council's various select committees. I spoke […]
Starting at St Margarets on Wednesday 3rd June, is a course for parents and carers who want to support and help their children with maths. The course aims to help you learn fun activities to help your child with maths along with learning how maths is taught in school and possible helping to improve your […]