More from Glossop Chronicle

• Derbyshire councillor blames financial pressures as ten Children’s Centres face possible closure

  Derbyshire County Council’s children services chief has blamed financial pressures and rising costs for the proposed closure of ten Children’s Centres across the region with potentially 132 job cuts to help the authority meet a £3.9m savings target.

• Derbyshire council considers stopping grants for community and voluntary groups

  Derbyshire County Council is considering ceasing discretionary funding – which currently stands at over £1m – for 50 community and voluntary groups as part of wider saving plans to balance a previously estimated overall budget deficit of over £39m for the 2024-25 financial year.

• Hadfield St Andrew’s deliver fixture booklets to 5,000 local homes ahead of new season

  Members of Hadfield St Andrew’s Cricket Club have been out in force in recent weeks delivering thousands of the Club’s 2024 Fixture Booklets to households in Hadfield, Padfield and across the Glossop area.

• Care home closures causes strong reaction from councillors

  A Conservative councillor strongly opposes vote to close a care home, among 11 which could be shut by his party’s administration.