Last week the council's licensing panel heard two reviews on shops inHadfield that had been found to allow sales of alcohol to underagecustomers. In the cases of one of the premises the issues were that severe the paneltook the decision to revoke the licence whilst with the other premises theytook the decision to require the […]
On Friday the Youth Citizenship Commission reported back on the consultationthat ran from November 08 to January 09 on voting at 16. The commission which will report back to the government later this year inJune found that two-thirds of respondents to the consultation backing theidea of lowering the voting age to 16, with the many […]
Tuesday evening (21st April) sees a meeting of the council's executivecommittee, which will consider reports on the sustainable community strategyreview, changes to the home options scheme and how the council's financialdepartment will work in the future. Wednesday evening (22nd April) sees this months meeting of the High PeakCommunity Housing Board, which as well as the […]
As possible expected last night's development control meeting decided tostick with the officer recommendation to refuse the proposals for a Lidlstore in the former Wild and Hallam showroom at Brookfield. The decision which appears to have met with approval from local residentsmay have been expected by the proposers of the store who I understand weren't […]
This Sunday (26th April), the Centurion Pub are holiday a DominoesCompetition in memory of the late John Francis. John would often be seen playing dominoes and this Sunday would have beenhis birthday. Registration for the event starts at 12.30, with the event due to start at1.00pm. Its 5's & 3's, and you can enter as […]
Neighbour watch co-ordinators and local residents on ringmaster will haveheard reports from the police about increased patrols in the Winster Mews /Edale Crescent Area following a number of incidents. The extra patrols along with work to tackle these some of the causes behindrecent problems with High Peak Community Housing and the council are aimedto reassure […]
I hope you'll all join me in wishing a warm welcome to Cathy Quinn whofollowing the Easter holidays has now taken charge as the new head at StMargaret's School. Special thanks to Margaret Hyde the head at All Saint's who filled in ashead for last term.
On Saturday the other Cllr Mckeown joined the large crowd of supporters atGlossop North End's Surry Street Ground to secure our tickets for the FAVase final on Sunday 9th May. According to reports on the North End Message Board over a 1,000 ticket'swere sold on the Saturday, but don't worry if you've not got yours […]
A bad week for the first team with a 3 – 0 loss on Wednesday at home to Club AZ, and a further 3 – 0 loss on Saturday away to Middlewich Town. The reserves have a similar bad time with a 3 – 2 loss away to Denton Town Reserves last Thursday followed by […]
Tom Levitt MP has a page on his website (http://tinyurl.com/cvyqp6) aboutthe e-media age, looking in a similar way to the online conference Iattended last week on how Councillor's, MP's and the like should be usingnew media such as facebook, twitter etc. The content of the post is straight forward enough and gets across possiblean important […]