Month: January 2026

A public consultation has launched on proposals to update an historic document that governs how Victoria Hall in Glossop is managed and used. Victoria Hall was gifted to the town in 1887 by local businessmen Edward Partington and Herbert Rhodes to mark Queen Victoria’s Jubilee and has been at the centre of Glossop’s social and

The Mayor of High Peak Borough Council, Councillor Dom Starkey, will lead local commemorations to mark National Holocaust Memorial Day on Tuesday 27 January. The Mayor will take part in two short flag-raising ceremonies in Buxton and Glossop, marking the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz Concentration Camp on 27 January 1945. Holocaust Memorial Day

Eligible homeowners and businesses in the High Peak can now apply for a free septic tank upgrade as part of a new scheme designed to protect local rivers and reduce harmful pollution entering waterways. High Peak Borough Council, together with its regeneration and property partner Alliance Norse, is working with specialist water and wastewater engineers

The Claire Ward, Mayor of the East Midlands, has welcomed the Government’s decision to take another look at business rates for the pub industry, warning that urgent action is needed to prevent further closures. Mayor Claire Ward said: “I am pleased to see the Government is looking again at the business rates for the pub