Residents on Longley Lane, Orchard Gardens and Rosewood Gardens in Gatley have been promised their new blue and brown bins, but they haven’t arrived. I’m chasing it up with the Council and hope to get the bins soon. I’ve also reported three faulty street-lamps on Rosewood Gardens and a blocked drain on Longley Lane.

If you’ve been following our campaign for a right-filter at Kingsway lights over the last year, you’ll know that it’s just the Highways Agency standing in our way. The Council want it, the councillors want it and residents of Cheadle and Gatley certainly want it. But the Highways Agency are still dragging their heels, worried [...]

If you’ve seen our latest Cheadle leaflet, you’ll know that we’ve had some great news.  The campaign for a new railway station in Cheadle has had its first major success: a commitment for a feasibility study. This is really excellent and I’d like to thank everyone who signed and returned the petition slip – it [...]

 A few bits and pieces around South Park Road in Gatley: I’ve reported a couple of potholes – actually sections along the side of the road where the tarmac’s in very poor condition. I’ve also asked the Council to look at the path between South Park Road and Belmont, both to cut back foliage and [...]

Just been reading on the BBC news that Ryanair is dropping or moving nine of the ten routes it runs from Manchester Airport from 1st October, citing high airport charges (if they’re anything like the parking charges, they may have a point!). According to the BBC article: The nine routes from Manchester that will close [...]

I was asked to post a 100-word candidate statement on Gatley.net, which I was happy to do. Here’s what I’ve said: As a father of two children at Gatley Primary, school governor and Cub leader, I care deeply about our community and believe I’ve shown a willingness and ability to help improve it over several [...]

Very enjoyable afternoon as a guest of the Cheadle Muslim Association at their annual open day.  The kids enjoyed the bouncy slide, football and cricket, not to mention several trips to the chocolate fountain and burger bar.  I went for something a little spicier. Great event in a very good cause – all the money [...]

The Stockport Express is reporting the arrest of 21 year old Milad Finn and another 21 year old on suspicion of possessing ammunition, following a fatal shooting in Oldham last month. The problem is, it identifies Finn as living in “Lauriston Close, Gatley.”  Which is fine…except Lauriston Close isn’t in Gatley, or even very near.  [...]

I was just dropping by Chapel Street in Cheadle to deliver a letter about our work to improve parking enforcement in the villages and what do I see?  A parking attendent handing out tickets right outside his door. Great to see the campaign is starting to pay dividends – now to keep it going and [...]

I visited Firs Road today and was very pleased to see that the new road surface has been put down – and very nice it looks too. It just covers the section near the junction with Styal Road that was especially bad – there are still a few potholes further up that need sorting out. [...]