Thank you for those of you who contacted me about the dispersal order, following last weeks post about it. Similar to the comments from the Police, a lot of local residents feel it is working quite well, but a number were concerned that the order doesn’t seem to be completely working with regards to the […]
Wednesday night saw this month’s Glossopdale branch meeting. Amongst the items for discussion included a presentation by Cllr Jacqui Wilkinson on the home options scheme, which has recently been set up by High Peak Community Housing, to allow a different way of allocating council house, which should be fairer than the current points based system. […]
From the 1st April, Gold Card Holders travelling before 9.30am on weekday morning’s, will no longer pay half fare for bus journeys, and will instead see the price doubled by having to pay full fare. From the details provided in a recent press release from the County Council, this is due to a large increase […]
It’s just other a month since the Gamesley dispersal order stated, and the view from the Police is that the order is working well with just a few incidents nuisance behaviour moving from the shops to elsewhere on the estate. However from the details from the Police these have been dealt with, and so far […]
The final session of the conference featured Hazel Blears MP, Jon Cruddas MP and Proffessor Gerry Stoker speaking on the theme of renewing the party. Hazel Blear’s MP kicked off, with a speech that covered the needs for cultural and organisational change with the party, the need to stand a Labour candidate at every level, […]
The first of the afternoon session started off chaired by Richard Caborn MP, who after a brief introduction passed on to Linda McAvan, MEP, who started off with the usual details on the good deeds of Europe and how Europe should start to focus more on current concerns such as climate change etc, rather that […]
Last year Sheffield Labour Party along with AMICUS organised a conference to discuss with various leading figures, which way now for the Party. Last year’s event was quite successful, so on Saturday they held part 2. The gathering started off with a greeting from the local Labour Party and was then followed by Derrick Simpson […]
EyamLane Bus Stop Originally uploaded by AnthonyMck. Towards the end of last week, vandals have damaged the bus stop at the end of Eyam Lane, by throwing bricks through the reinforced plastic windows, of the stop leaving the shelter damaged. Once again a small minority of individuals have caused damage to a local facility, causing […]
Whilst not all local residents would necessarily agree, last night at an awards ceremony in London, High Peak Borough Council, was recognised by the Local Government Chronicle along with Wychavon District Council as been joint Council of the Year. The LGC Awards recognise excellence in local councils who take their work beyond the normal level […]
Interestingly in the same week that the food hall for local produce has been quashed, locally produced food featured heavily in the news for another reason. Under the title of Kill it, cook it, eat it, a four part documentary series on BBC 3, followed the process of local Glossop butcher John Metrick’s abattoir, showing […]