Last Saturday evening saw a showing of the film the Iron Wall, whichhighlighted the current situation in Gaza and some of the many reason'sbehind it. The film was introduced by local MP Tom Levitt and was followed by aninterest discussion with many of the 30 or so people in attendance takingpart, with a collection been […]
No news to report this week in terms of results news with games for thevarious Gamesley sides been postponed due to the weather. This coming Saturday (14th February) sees the first team away to Rylands /Crossfields, with the reserves scheduled to be at home to Eagle SportReserves. The snowy weather also affected Gamesley Villa's cup […]
As flagged previously last Wednesday evening saw a meeting of theEnvironment Select Committee which was considering the ongoing proposals togive PCSO's the powers to issue fines, along with consideration of concernsover the bin and recycling collection service. Although I missed part of the debate on the PCSO issue, it seemed from whatI heard and from […]
On Sunday I was at Manchester Town Hall for a Go 4th rally, which featuredJohn Prescott (pictured above) and whilst it covered a whole range of areas,one section that has picked up a lot of press coverage has been around thecomments made on bonuses for bankers in banks that have received tax payersmoney. Following on […]
This week from the 9th February until 15th February is National Chip Week,during which a number of events are taking place organised by the PotatoCouncil to highlight the eating of Chip's. Locally on Monday the Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service held a series ofdemonstrations in Glossop over the dangers of chip pans which have causedjust […]
Next Wednesday evening (18th February) sees a meeting of the council's auditand regulatory committee which will consider amongst other items reports onthe data quality audit report, the review of the code of corporategovernance, Risk Management and Insurance along with a report on thePerformance Indicators for Electoral Registration, which could well be aninteresting item given the […]
Finger’s crossed for St Margaret’s School this week, where the deadline for applications for a new head teacher passed on Monday (2nd February). Hopefully a number of applications will have been received for the post, with interviews planned for within the next few weeks.
A quick get well soon to former Gamesley Councillor Richard Cooke who is currently ill in hospital.
This Saturday morning sees this month’s councillor’s surgery which will as usual take place in the GRA Office on Winster Mews from 11.00am until 12.00noon. There’s no set theme for this months surgery and we would welcome any concerns or issues you have.
I hope you’ve not been inconvenienced to much by the recent snowy weather, and whilst I’m sure that the various agencies involved are all working as hard as possible to grit road etc, I’m sure there must be more that we can do, to prevent things grinding to a holt, especially around public transport with […]