From Stockport Council: Stockport Council’s Library Service is carrying out a survey asking children and young people what they think of their local library. The survey will take place between October 4th -16th in all libraries in the borough. All children aged up to 15 years visiting a library during this time will be invited [...]

From Stockport Council: Stockport Council’s Dog Warden Service and Civil Resilience Unit both won Gold ‘Stray Dog Footprint’ awards from the RSPCA. The award is part of the national charity’s Community Animal Welfare Footprint scheme which encourages local councils to consider animal welfare in providing services. It is the first time that the Council had [...]

Following the closure of J J Mundy’s Greengrocers in Gatley, our butchers, Jackson O’Malley, is selling a decent selection of quality veg at good prices. Drop in and give it a try, but remember that if not enough people buy it, they can’t keep on selling it.

From Stockport Council: Health and Safety that works Small and medium sized businesses in Stockport make a very important contribution to the borough’s economic prosperity. However any business which fails to effectively manage health and safety can cost it money resulting from workplace accidents, ill-health, lost works and increased insurance premiums. Stockport Council’s Health and [...]

From Stockport Council: Stockport Council has issued a warning about a Council tax scam after a resident was nearly conned out of £97. On Friday 10th September, the resident was phoned by a man offering savings of £600-700 on his Council Tax banding by having the property re-surveyed. The survey would cost £97 and the [...]

From Stockport Council: Stockport Council is encouraging parents/carers to attend consultation sessions about the future of Offerton School. The Council is consulting interested parties on a proposal to close Offerton School following a decision by the Council’s Executive in June. A series of consultation sessions are being held at Offerton School to give interested parties, [...]

We’ve reached 1998 in my review of Stockport’s local election results from 1974 onwards. The Lib Dems took a second seat in Cheadle ward and the Conservatives won back Bramhall East, beating Brian Millard.  Current councillors Shan Alexander and Margaret McLay won in 1998.  Sue Derbyshire, who currently holds the finance portfolio on Stockport’s Executive, [...]

From Stockport Council: Stockport Council is encouraging parents / carers to give their views on childcare in the borough. The Council’s Childcare Sufficiency Assessment is carried out every three years and focuses on the supply of childcare across Stockport. The assessment involves thorough consultation with parent / carers including focus groups and questionnaires. Parents/ carers [...]

At 7.10am today (Friday 24th Sept) one of the trees in the patch of land next to the Horse & Farrier pub in Gatley crashed across Old Hall Road, blocking it. There looks to have been damage to one car and some (hopefully minor) damage to the buildings opposite.  No-one appears to have been injured. [...]

Update 5th October 2010: see latest Avondale and Peel Moat news here. Following Stockport Council’s procedures, the decision to close Avondale leisure centre has been referred back to the Executive.  Everyone’s agreed that they need to think again. Around a hundred members of the public attended the Scrutiny meeting this evening where the decision was [...]