The Gatley United Reformed Church in Elm Road is holding its Christmas Fayre tomorrow, on Saturday 28th November. Visit Father Christmas in his Never Never Land Grotto games face painting tombola toys cafe cakes home produce gifts plants and more… Admission only 50p, children free

Over the following few months the West Neighbourhood Policing Team will be running the above operation to target domestic burglaries and robberies at this time of year. We are deploying high visibility patrols in conjunction with other areas of the police service including the mounted section and air support with a view to targeting offenders [...]

Over the last couple of months I’ve been contacted by people concerned about an increase in aircraft noises.  I tried to contact Manchester Airport but heard nothing.  Finally, a colleague found out it was an issue with their automated landing system. Well, this morning I’ve received a letter from the airport – you can click [...]

Don’t miss Gatley’s Christmas Market at BossCo’s car park this afternoon, from 3.30 to 8pm.  More information here.

Two “in-progress” issues we mentioned in our latest Keeping in Touch leaflet are now being sorted, both on Oak Road. At the junction with Stockport Road, the dip (which turns into a big puddle in wet weather – and I’ve almost forgotten there’s any other kind) is now fixed. The area of land between the [...]

Tonight is Stockport’s Full Council meeting (there’s one roughly every 2-3 months, and this is the first I’ll have been to). I’m hoping to tweet from the meeting, so everyone can see what’s going on as it happens. The meeting starts at 6pm and will probably finish between 9 and 10pm.  To see my tweets [...]

Police today handed out letters at Gatley Primary School warning parents that they risk a fine if they park illegally when dropping off or collecting children. The letter points out that parents have been requested to park considerately and that certain parents have been written to.  The police are now saying they will issue fixed [...]

Sometime in the next few days, Stockport residents should get the latest copy of The Stockport Review through their letterboxes. It may be something that usually spends little time between doormat and blue recycling bin, but take a quick look this time.  OK, I don’t expect you to be very excited at it being the [...]

There will be no collections on Christmas Day or New Years Day – both Fridays.  If you normally have a Friday collection, your rubbish will be collected on Saturday 2nd January 2010 from 7am. Collections will take place as normal on all other days, including the bank holiday Monday 28th December.

You might have seen the Stockport Boost campaign the Lib Dem Council have been pushing over the last few months.  There are lots of elements, from attracting big name companies to Stockport – creating hundreds of jobs – to giving communities the ability to improve their shopping areas. The good news is that, although it’s [...]