Police have arrested 10 people in the New Mills and Glossop areas during a 10 week long campaign to target illegal drug use and supply.

Response teams and Safer Neighbourhood officers worked alongside detectives during the operation, which started Monday, November 14 and finished on Sunday, January 22.

Six searches were carried out at properties in the area; four were in New Mills, one in Glossop and one in Gamesley. Officers recovered suspected Class A and Class B drugs, including cannabis, heroin, cocaine and amphetamine.

Detective Chief Inspector Tracy Lewis said: “The operation was set up to act on information gathered from the local community and target those suspected of involvement in illegal drug use and supply.

“Due to the recognised link between illegal drug activities and other offences such as burglary and car crime, we will always take positive action against drug dealers. The operation was all about helping to reduce crime in the area and to keep our area safe”

Inspector Gareth Meadows, local police inspector for the Glossop and New Mills areas said: “Classified drugs are illegal for a reason; they limit the lives and opportunities of those who take them and can have a harmful effect on the wider community. The only people who stand to benefit are those who sell them for their own profit.

“I aim to ensure that local people have the confidence that the police in Glossop and New Mills will act on information received about such criminals and take action.This operation has led to some good results and much of this success is due to intelligence the public has provided. I am grateful for this and would urge anyone with information to contact us.”

To contact Derbyshire police call 101, the non-emergency number or alternatively you can pass on details about crime anonymously through Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

On Saturday 21^st January at 18:09 the teams exercise was disrupted as the team were called to search Bleaklow for a male and female with a dog who had become benighted. The team requested assistance from Woodhead Mountain Rescue Team, 3 Search & Rescue Dogs and a police helicopter. The helicopter quickly located the couple in the Westend area of the Derwent and passed their location to the team. The missing couple were located and the female had suffered ligament damage to her knee and foot. She was evacuated to a waiting ambulance. All team members were off the hill by 3am.

Derbyshire County Council are bringing their appentice roadshow to both Buxton and Glossop – the aim of these events is to explain what the funding is for and how to access it. If you are a local business considering an apprentice then put these dates in yiour diary.

DCC is hosting 2 events in High Peak on Thursday 09 February

09.00 – 11.00am Buxton Pavilion, St. Johns Rd, Buxton

13.00 – 15.00pm Bradbury House, Market Street, Glossop

Police have arrested a second person on suspicion of burglary in Glossop.

It is after a house on Kershaw Street was broken into on Tuesday, January 17.

Officers arrested a 28-year-old man from the local area on Thursday, January 19. A 22-year-old woman was arrested by officers on Wednesday, January 18

Both people have been bailed pending further enquiries.

Anyone with information should contact Derbyshire police on 101, the non-emergency number or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

The Derby Diocesan Board of Education have submitted a planning application to High Peak for the conversion of the former Duke of Norfolk school building to four flats. Friends of Old Glossop School are seeking to oppose this application in order to try to retain the building as an important part of local heritage and to find ways in which it can continue be used and enjoyed by present and future generations.As the Government is keen to point out heritage assets are a non-renewable resource. Once it is sold for housing a unique opportunity to preserve it will be lost.

FROGS are delighted that the Duke of Norfolk has agreed to be Honorary president of their group thus keeping an important historical continuity.

FROGS’ are asking you to support their initiative and are asking that you sign up on their on-line petition. The are about a third of the way towards their target 500 signatures. e links for the  petition, website and Facebook group are as follows:-

On-line petition: http://www.change.org/petitions/frogs-petition/

Web site:  http://frogs2011.blogspot.com/

Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/319816844718991/

Why not circulate this story to other people you know, particuarly local residents and former pupils of Duke of Norfolk School.

As part of their ongoing retail strategy to expand the Hospice’s shop outlets, Willow Wood has applied for planning permission to turn a former night club in Stalybridge into a new retail development. The new department style Hospice shop will open at the site, which is currently occupied by the former Pad night club on Shepley Street in Stalybridge, once planning permission has been granted.

Pat McCloskey, Chairman of Willow Wood Hospice, said “Since opening twelve years ago, Willow Wood Hospice has become a major health care provider in Tameside and Glossop and to continue to be at the forefront of our specialist service, it is imperative that we constantly review our income streams. This development is a direct result of our commitment to the people of Tameside and Glossop to ensure we provide the very highest levels of care to those in need of our care. ”

Trustee Phil Cowper said “The Hospice has recently carried out a complete review of our existing retail operation and have developed a 12 point action plan to ensure the future sustainability, growth and success of the Hospice’s retailing operation in order to safeguard future income generation. This new development will redefine what people can expect from a Hospice shop and will place us at the forefront of charity retailing in Tameside and Glossop.

John Fellowes, Head of Fundraising for the Hospice, said “Even though we are very excited about this new development in charity retailing I must emphasis that the plans do not involve any changes to our existing shop on Grosvenor Street, Stalybridge, indeed we have only recently entered into new lease arrangements with the landlords.

John continued “We hope to open the doors to the new shop in early spring 2012 and that when open it will bring a vastly improved shopping experience. The amount of extra space available means that we can stock a much lager range of items and put them into separate sections which will help customers find what they’re looking for.  Although the ground floor will house a huge display of quality furniture, the new store will also specialise in books and music, with other specialist themes coming on line in the near future.

John now wants people from throughout Tameside and Glossop to not only donate items for sale but to pop in and pick up a bargain to support this new retail outlet in Stalybridge. Once fully operational the new shop will make a significant contribution to the £2.1 million annual cost to run the Hospice and its services. 

In the meantime anyone who would like to register their interest in becoming a volunteer in this exciting new retail development is initially asked to contact John Fellowes either by email at appeals@willowwood.info or by phone at 0161 330 7788.

Glossop Mountain Rescue Team were called out to two separate incidents onSaturday 7^th January both involving male walkers lost just off the Snake road.

The first missing person was a 50 year old male from the Huddersfield area who was found quickly by the teams Search and Rescue Dog Toby and his handler just off the Snake Summit.

As the walker was being escorted to the team vehicle a call came in to search for a second missing person in the same area. However, before the search commenced, the second walker was picked up by a police vehicle further down the road. Both were safe and well and taken back to the team’s base in Glossop

STREET cleaning teams pulled out all the stops to bag rubbish blown around High Peak towns and villages by gale force winds last week.

The Borough Council was up against it on Wednesday and Thursday (January 4 and 5) as storms played havoc with mountains of waste put out by households for recycling after the Christmas holidays.

While binmen battled to catch up on collections, the council’s Clean Team was rounding up litter plus paper and cardboard blown from blue kerbside recycling bags. The team managed to keep on top of its town centre street sweeping as well, although the emptying of some litter bins had to take a back seat until the winds had dropped.

Buxton and Glossop were particularly badly hit by wind-blown rubbish as the worst of the weather coincided with their recycling days.

Kerbside recycling rounds scheduled for Glossop Wednesday and Thursday (January 4 and 5) were running late but were expected to have caught up by Saturday (January 7).

To help clear the backlog, crews normally reserved for the collection of organic waste have been switched to the picking up of other recyclable materials. The Borough Council’s waste contractor, Veolia, was able to make the contingency arrangement because there is less garden rubbish to collect during the winter.

Sunday 18^th  December 2011     Ambulance assist Hollingworth

17:30 GMRT was called out in the evening when a 17 year old local male injured himself sledging after hitting a partly-obscured railway sleeper, breaking his left leg. Team members assisted the paramedics who were already on scene to carry the casualty a short distance to a very icy lane, where the team vehicle was waiting to transfer the casualty to an NHS ambulance on the road. 18:10

Fri 16^th December 2011 Ambulance assist Etherow Country Park (stood down)

At 16:00 the team was called out to Etherow Country Park to assist KMRT search for an 80year old woman with dementia. The casualty was located before Glossop team arrived and GMRT was stood down at 18.20

Thursday 22^nd December 2011  Ambulance assist

Glossop MRT was called out to Werneth Low at 17:30 in response to an ambulance request to transport a male casualty, who had recently been in hospital, from his home which was inaccessible by ambulance. After a short stretcher carry, the patient was transferred to the waiting ambulance for transfer to hospital.    At 18:30  the team was stood down.

Mary Neighbour, 80,  from Glossop woman has been seriously injured follwing a gliding accident in Australia.