Glossop Chronicle

Old Glossop will once again be transformed into the Victorian Christmas Fayre this weekend. 

Tintwistle Parish Council is backing a campaign to improve a vital footpath in the village.

Derbyshire County Council chiefs rejected a call to increase wages for its lowest paid employees by 65 pence per hour – in the same meeting they approved a new managing director with a salary of up to £176k.

With the countdown to Christmas gathering pace in the High Peak, a new gift guide has been created to help promote the fantastic independent shops found across the area. 

Approval for a development of 83 new homes in Dove Holes has been set aside after it emerged Chapel Parish Council had not been consulted on the proposal. 

Plans have been submitted for a change of use for a property in Hollingworth to become a care home. 

Hollingworth's Etherow Lodge Park has won a Green Flag Award again.

Business owner Karen Wood has sold knitting/crochet products online for 20 years and opened her Charlesworth shop five years ago. 

A photo competition held by Chapel Camera Club has been a great success - not only featuring stunning images, but also helping raise funds for a local charity.  

Protestors demonstrated outside County Hall in the fight against the potential closure of seven Derbyshire County Council-run care homes.

The former home of Glossopdale School on Talbot Road in Glossop has now been cleared of all buildings and secured, but what next for the site?

A local domestic abuse charity is holding a candlelit vigil in Glossop town centre.

Police are investigating after a teenage boy was allegedly assaulted and had his phone stolen by two youths in Gamesley. 

The Tameside and Glossop Community Equipment Service are appealing for local people to return any items of care equipment loaned to them that they no longer use.

There's a Christmas carol service at a church in Glossop on Sunday 11 December.

Two High Peak charities, The Zink Project and Little Cherubs, have joined forces to help local people by providing a one-off clothing bank.

Health Secretary Sajid Javid is to look at a funding bid put forward for a major new healthcare hub in Buxton. 

A Hadfield woman is giving disabled people the chance to take up martial arts.

The way in which residents can report minor road traffic collisions and offences to Derbyshire Police has now changed. 

The importance of grit bins was highlighted last weekend across the High Peak as the wintry weather made an early appearance. 

A Tintwistle businessman fears he'll be put out of business because of planning regulations.

A High Peak hospice has been given a funding boost in time for Christmas thanks to a local gas network. 

Glossop Music Festival will be holding its Christmas Concert on Friday 10 December. 

In his latest column, High Peak MP Robert Largan writes about the impact of Storm Arwen on the borough and an ongoing dispute between councils over grit bins.

The festive season is well and truly under way in Glossop after the Christmas Light Switch On was held on Saturday. 

Buxton is getting ready to welcome the crowds this Saturday (4 December) when Buxton FC plays in the FA Cup's second round and the town welcomes shoppers and socialisers enjoying the pre-Christmas season.

Masks are again a requirement on public transport and in shops in response to the Omicron variant of Covid-19 being identified. 

'Safe passage for refugees' was the demand of High Peak Stand Up to Racism's protest in Glossop on Saturday.

Care home residents, relatives and staff are being asked to join the fight to save Derbyshire's council-run facilities from the threat of closure.

Local residents are being invited to events across Glossopdale this week to mark the planting of Covid memorial trees. 

Heavy snow and icy conditions have caused widespread disruption across the High Peak with roads closed, public transport cancelled and schools disrupted. 

As the High Peak welcomes shoppers to the borough in the build-up to Christmas, the council is offering free parking on Saturdays.

Police officers in Derbyshire are under new orders by the chief constable to help ensure women feel safer following the death of Sarah Everard and other recent tragedies.

Members of a campaign to safeguard 23 care homes plan to lobby Derbyshire County Council this week.

A mobile breast screening unit is returning to New Mills in December. 

High Peak's mountain rescue teams have been busy over the weekend - not just rescuing people in trouble gut also providing vital support to the police and health teams. 

With Christmas fast approaching the Age UK shop in Glossop is encouraging locals to pop in to pick up a festive bargain and help rise vital funds. 

Derbyshire Police felt the need to post the dictionary definition of 'road closure' on social media, after motorists ignored the road closed signs after heavy snow and ice saw routes across the county closed.

Christmas carols will be the theme of the Christmas Tree Festival taking place at Central Methodist Church in Glossop from Thursday (16th) to Sunday (19th) December. 

If you’re looking for some unusual gifts this year, there’s an array of Christmas markets being held across High Peak.

Two friends ran through the night to help boost vital donations to Glossopdale Food Bank.

A School of Rock has been launched by High Peak charity Zink to bring people together and learn new skills.  

Glossop once had a thriving saw mill on Victoria Street, but it came close to destruction when a 30 gallon drum of paraffin exploded.

We look back over the Chronicle archives to discover our favourite Christmas images.

After more than 18 months of virtual fundraising, the Saddleworth Palestine Women’s Scholarship Fund welcomed supporters to a Middle Eastern themed afternoon tea at Friezland Church Hall.

Old Glossop will be transformed into a Victorian Christmas Fayre next month.

A special memorial has been made by the Friends of Glossop Station to a caring couple.

Community creatives are launching a festive art trail through Glossop this Saturday (November 27).

Traders from Glossop’s Indoor Market are facing the possibility of never being able to return to their former home once the multi-million-pound renovations to the building are completed. 

‘The Crossword Solver’ is Andrew Dutton’s newest novel telling the story of Pilot Ken and his friends around a table at the pub.

A survey of residents is set to guide the development of town centres across the High Peak. 

An annual charity walk that raises funds for cancer charities has been given a boost. 

Reading was celebrated at Dinting C of E Primary School on Friday (19 November) with the launch of their new Book Shed. 

A High Peak green group has vowed to continue pressing for action on climate change. 

A bill brought forward in parliament by High Peak MP Robert Largan that could give local authorities the power to ban the sale of disposable barbecues has passed its first reading in Parliament.

The new base for Zinc and High Peak Foodbank is now open. 

Plans for a new McDonald's restaurant in Glossop have been put forward to High Peak Borough Council. 

Hadfield Conservative Club is having a Christmas artisan craft fair. 

Changes are being made at Manor House Surgery in Glossop and Hadfield that look set to benefit patients. 

Tickets are now on sale for a pantomime at New Mills Arts Theatre.

Mottram Parish Church is holding its first Christmas Tree Festival, featuring a host of trees decorated by different local organisations, schools, and the church. 

Top tips on how to stay safe when out on the hills are being offered in a series of videos. 

Volunteers from Kinder Mountain Rescue Team were called into action on Wednesday evening (17 November) after a farmer had fallen in a field while feeding her animals. 

A bus service that provided Glossop residents with a link to both Sheffield and Manchester is to be withdrawn in the New Year. 

A consultation into the future of seven care homes across Derbyshire has been launched, as the council proposes closing them instead of paying up to £27 million to carry out repairs on them.

It's approaching the most wonderful time of the year and that means a familiar festive face will be once again touring Glossopdale's streets to bring some Christmas cheer. 

Glossop Men's Gang is on the lookout for new members to join the group.

A number of planning applications have been submitted to, and approved by, High Peak Borough Council of late. Here's our latest round-up to bring you up to speed...

After a turbulent two years of disruption due to Covid, the Buxton Fringe were delighted to again be able to hold their AGM in person this week.  

There's a chance to buy an unusual one-of-a kind gift at Hadfield Infants School's Christmas Fair on Saturday 27 November.

Two men armed with a crowbar and a knife threatened staff before robbing a 'substantial amount' of money and cigarettes from a shop in New Mills. 

Around £2 million has been given to projects to help boost businesses, create jobs and improve the career prospects of residents in the High Peak and Derbyshire Dales following bids by Derbyshire County Council for government cash.

A well-loved teacher is leaving Hadfield Nursery School after 32 years of service.

A Glossop butcher says his business has remained unaffected despite the shortage of carbon dioxide. 

Tameside, Oldham and Glossop Mind is holding a recruitment open evening on Monday 29 November. 

Two men, from Glossop and Hyde respectively, have been charged by detectives investigating the supply of drugs and firearms across the North West region.

An investigation is under way after a councillor claims he caught Derbyshire County Council reading his confidential emails without his consent.

In his latest column, High Peak MP Robert Largan writes about the crisis in the Channel and what can be done to solve the problem.

Derbyshire Police is holding a 30-minute webinar offering advice on how people can make the most of online shopping, protect their online accounts, avoid scams and make online payments safely.

Plans that could see up to 130 homes built on a site off Dinting Vale have been revealed. 

Plans to potentially close seven Derbyshire council-run care homes have been met with an outcry from unions, opposition councillors and a Conservative rebel.

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A Glossopdale soldier will be forever remembered after a new street was named in his honour. 

A Hadfield man is hoping to boost donations to Glossopdale Foodbank once again this festive period by lacing up his running shoes.

Police have carried out dawn raids at addresses in Hyde and Glossop as part of an investigation into the use of an encrypted network by serious and organised crime groups. 

Residents who haven't yet had their say in Derbyshire County Council's annual survey are being encouraged to do it now as the deadline approaches.

An appeal is being launched to help to uncover the secrets of Errwood Hall in the Goyt Valley - one of the Peak District's most fascinating long-lost family homes.

3rd Glossop scout group need new leaders so they can reopen their Explorer Scouts section.

The new nursery garden at Gamesley Early Excellence Centre has been opened after a seven-week building project to transform it. 

The Glossop branch of the Pony Club is holding an indoor table top sale at Hargate Hill Equestrian Centre. 

Police have released CCTV images of a man they would like to speak to in connection with an alleged assault in New Mills. 

Social media come to the rescue of Tarn, a search and rescue dog, who was reported missing on Saturday afternoon by his handler who is part of the Edale Mountain Rescue Team. 

Glossop people turned out in force on Remembrance Sunday to remember the dead of two world wars and other conflicts.

Now that darker late afternoon and evenings are here, police in Derbyshire have issued some advice for residents to help keep their homes secure and deter thieves. 

Sixteen days of festivities are to bring the magic of Christmas to Buxton's Pavilion Gardens. 

A union chief is worried thousands of workers feel 'silenced' after it is revealed Derbyshire County Council forbids them to speak to the media.

A 'jumble trail' is being held in Hadfield and Padfield this weekend so people can grab themselves a bargain and help a local good cause. 

Time is running out for primary school children in Tameside and Glossopdale to submit their competition entries to imagine what the Tameside Hospital of the future will look like.

Listen back to when Tameside Radio presenter Ian Cheeseman had a fascinating chat with Glossop Chronicle editor David Jones.

Anyone feeling unwell over spring bank holiday can still access a variety of healthcare services when their GP practice is closed.

New Mills Festival organisers are still looking for your creative ideas for events for this year's festival with a difference.

Voluntary organisations throughout the High Peak and Derbyshire are being encouraged to fill out a survey on their experiences during lockdown and how they can be supported moving forward. 

Be Well's monthly quiz at The Oakwood pub in Glossop town centre is back on Wednesday (26 February). 

A consultation is open for residents to have their say on plans to revise opening hours at Gamesley Library. 

The Glossop and District branch of the National Childbirth Trust (NCT) will be holding its next Nearly New Sale this weekend.

Things are about to get colourful inside Bradbury Community House in Glossop this weekend. 

Be Well's Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) walking group are meeting this afternoon (Wednesday).