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Indoor soccer schools, boys & girls aged 4-6, Wednesdays

All Sorts Stitch Club every Tuesday in Hadfield

Tuesdays, 1:30-3pm: All Sorts Stitch Club at #Hadfield Youth Ctr, Newshaw Ln, SK13 2AT. £1.50

Samba Dance Class, every Wednesday

Samba Dance Class, every Wednesday, 7:30pm – 10:00pm
Glossop Labour Club, 11-13 Chapel Street, Glossop, SK13 8AT. Samba Dance classes are open to all ages, men and women. We recommend you wear comfortable clothing. Come and give it a go! More details

Write from the heart: Creative writing in Glossop every Thursday

Write from the heart. Creative writing in Glossop. Thursdays 10.30-1pm, Bradbury Community House, Market Street, Glossop. More info call Rob Stevens 0129877362

Glossop Bipolar Self Help Group

The group offers support and information in a friendly safe and confidential setting for anyone affected by bipolar. Family members, partners, friends and carers are all welcome. Glossop Central Methodist Church Sk13 8AT. Second Monday of very month. 7pm till 9pm.

Glossop man gets six years for attack on police officer.

Lee Willan (32) of Woodlands Close, Glossop appeared at Derby Crown Court charged with wounding with intent to do serious grievous bodily harm and was sentenced to six years. On Saturday, September 5 police were called to reports of a man acting suspiciously on Buxton Market Place. Officers arrived and were confronted with Willan holding a knife. Willan attacked Sergeant Trevor Steed; this resulted in Sergeant Steed requiring hospital treatment for a puncture wound to his arm. Sergeant Steed together with other attending officers detained Willan and arrested him.

Justice from the Buxton Beaks, 4th January 2016

Bryan John Chapman, aged 55, of Spring Street Hollingworth pleaded not guilty but was found guilty of assault by beating of a female in Glossop. He was ordered to be under curfew for 12 weeks, pay £200 compensation, £60 victim surcharge and £400 costs. A restraining order was issued preventing him from contacting his victim. 

Suspended sentence for turkey thief

James Richard Taggart, aged 31, of Duxbury Street, Bolton, pleaded guilty to stealing five frozen turkeys from Heron Frozen Foods and was given a suspended prison sentence of 4 weeks.  The court said Taggart had an extensive record for dishonesty and had travelled to Glossop to commit the offence when he was subject to post sentence supervision. He was also ordered to pay victim surcharge of £80 and costs of £85. No compensation was ordered because the turkeys were recovered.

Driving ban for going at 95mph on Snake Pass

Joe Rogers, aged 31, of Lennox Road, Sheffield pleaded guilty to driving a BMW at 95mph on the A57 Snake Pass at Laybower. He was fined £291 plus victim surcharge of £29 and disqualified from driving for 90 days.

Jail and driving ban for cannabis dealer

Thomas Healey, aged 20, of Werneth Road, Glossop, was sent to a young offenders institution for 20 weeks after pleading guilty to possession of cannabis with intent to supply it. The court said the offence was serious because it was planned and activity in supplying drugs was on a large scale. On arrest the defendant gave false details. He also pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle without the owners's consent and without insurance, for which he was disqualified from driving for six months.

John Frederic La Trobe Bateman

John Frederic La Trobe Bateman was the son of an "unsuccessful inventor" and grew up around Fairfield. He got an apprenticeship in Oldham in 1825 and started a civil engineering business eight years later that he ran single handed for the next 50 years. He visited Glossop around 1837 when he worked as surveyor on the Hurst Reservoir dam. It is said that it was at this time that he noticed how Tintwistle was ideally suited to reservoirs, and came back in 1848 to build what became the largest man-made water body on Earth; the Longdendale Chain.

Who's watching the show?

Two acclaimed High Peak musicians have collaborated on a brand new show all about surveillance. The new production from Glossop based singer-songwriters Steve Roberts and Matt Hill, is called '2084' and will receive its world première at Buxton Fringe Festival in July. The show is set in the year '2084' where our every thought, movement and word are under surveillance by the authorities. Twelve original songs explore themes like regret, betrayal, resistance and defiance. The live performances will be interspersed with snatches of a conversation as the audience 'eavesdrop' on a couple as they relax at home.

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