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<title>Store wars?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>A massive supermarket could be opened on this derelict field as part of a multi-million pound development, the Advertiser can reveal.</p>
    <p>The store has been earmarked for the 10-acre site at the back of Tesco on Wren Nest Road in the town centre.</p> <br/><img src="http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/170.$plit/C_71_article_1198108_short_teaser_group_short_teaser_image.jpg" align="left" > ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2010-03-11T09:01:55</pubDate>
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<title>Charges after spate of burglaries</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>Two people have been charged in connection with five burglaries in the Glossop area.</p>
    <p>Officers have seen a rise in burglaries in recent weeks and have been increasing patrols and offering crime prevention advice to residents to tackle the problem.</p>  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2010-03-12T10:41:39</pubDate>
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<title>A chance to thank our brave soldiers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>Hundreds of soldiers who fought side by side with the Afghan National Army during some of the fiercest fighting in Helmand Province are set to parade through Glossop town centre on Friday. 
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    <p>Residents are being invited to line the route 300 soldiers from the 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Worcesters and Foresters) will parade along, exercising their right to the freedom of the borough.</p> <br/><img src="http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/113.$plit/C_71_article_1198113_short_teaser_group_short_teaser_image.jpg" align="left" > ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2010-03-11T09:02:00</pubDate>
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<title>MP praises local heroes</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>Parliamentarians heard praise for community heroes who have made a difference in the Glossop area.</p>
    <p>In a House of Commons debate he secured on the future of public services, Glossop MP Tom Levitt spoke highly of the High Peak ‘heroes’ he had met. He is stepping down at the next election and took the opportunity to reminisce on his 13 years as an MP.</p>  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2010-03-11T09:02:01</pubDate>
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<title>Cuts fears over council tax levy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>High Peak Council has ratified its lowest council tax rise in 12 years, according to the ruling Tories.</p>
    <p>But Labour is warning of cuts ahead and says the 1.5 per cent rise is only achieved by a raid on reserves. It also says cash to refurbish Glossop town hall is absent from the budget. 
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<pubDate>2010-03-11T09:02:02</pubDate>
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<title>Breast cancer mum raises health issues 
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>A young mum battling breast cancer held an open day to encourage other women to be up front about their health.</p>
    <p>Dawn Hockey, 28, helped to organise the ‘breastravaganza’ which brought experts together to raise awareness of breast health and the importance of checking yourself each month.</p> <br/><img src="http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/742.$plit/C_71_article_1198122_short_teaser_group_short_teaser_image.jpg" align="left" > ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2010-03-11T09:02:09</pubDate>
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<title>&#x2018;Left in the dark&#x2019; over plans for new bypass</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>Plans by Tameside Council for a revised Longdendale bypass may be out to consultation but that has not yet included neighbouring councils across the border. 
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    <p>While the blueprint focuses on Mottram, there is also an option for a new road from Mottram Moor to Brookfield in Glossop. High Peak Council leader Tony Ashton says he is still in the dark about the proposals. 
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<pubDate>2010-03-11T09:02:12</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>Two classrooms were being demolished this week as part of a scheme to update a Glossop school.</p>
    <p>St Andrew’s C of E Junior School in Hadfield is being rebuilt and an early years centre is also being erected on the site on Hadfield Road. 
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<pubDate>2010-03-11T09:02:14</pubDate>
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<title>Dont let my girl&#x27;s death be in vain</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>The father of a teenage girl who died from carbon monoxide poisoning has backed an MP’s campaign to raise awareness of the ‘silent killer.’</p>
    <p>David Worswick, from Glossop, attended a packed meeting on carbon monoxide deaths organised by MP Tom Levitt.</p> <br/><img src="http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/589.$plit/C_71_article_1194476_short_teaser_group_short_teaser_image.jpg" align="left" > ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2010-03-04T09:02:46</pubDate>
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<title>Council tax rise lowest for a decade</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>Council tax in the High Peak is to increase by 1.5 per cent - the lowest rise for more than a decade.</p>
    <p>It is the smallest increase from High Peak Borough Council since 1998/99.</p>  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2010-03-04T10:45:34</pubDate>
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<title>End of the track for bobsleigh champ?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>Glossop-born bobsleigher Daniel Money fears the Vancouver Olympics could be his last. 
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    <p>The former Sale Harriers Manchester sprinter suffered crashes in the two and four-man bob competitions.</p> <br/><img src="http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/764.$plit/C_71_article_1194479_short_teaser_group_short_teaser_image.jpg" align="left" > ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2010-03-04T09:02:53</pubDate>
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<title>Extra police patrols as burglars strike 
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>A spate of burglaries has prompted police to increase the number of patrols in Glossop.</p>
    <p>The most recent raid was reported last Thursday when jewellery was stolen.</p>  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2010-03-04T09:02:54</pubDate>
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<title>Church to take part in &#x2018;wave of prayer&#x2019; day</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>A ‘wave of prayer’ set to sweep around the world will be touching Glossop.</p>
    <p>Zion Methodist Church will be the venue for a Women’s World Day of Prayer (WWDP) tomorrow (Friday). 
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<pubDate>2010-03-04T09:02:58</pubDate>
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<title>Avalanche fears as walkers rescued</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>Glossop Mountain Rescue was one of four teams to battle through heavy snowfall and run the risk of an avalanche while searching for two walkers. 
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    <p>As well as ‘white-out’ conditions and severe winds, rescue teams also had to confront a possible avalanche, as fresh snow built up. 
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<pubDate>2010-03-04T09:03:00</pubDate>
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<title>Shoppers warned of chip pan fire dangers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>Shoppers in Glossop were shown first hand the dangers of chip pan fires.</p>
    <p>Firefighters from Derbyshire Fire Service demonstrated how quickly they can explode into flames. 
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<pubDate>2010-03-04T09:03:04</pubDate>
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<title>Search is on for owners of old papers</title>
<link>http://www.glossopadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1194487_search_is_on_for_owners_of_old_papers?rss=yes</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <p>A Glossop woman has found century-old documents belonging to a family in Stockport.</p>
    <p>The items, dating back to 1888, include a short story, a wedding card and a newspaper clipping from the District Advertiser of Cheadle Hulme, Bramhall, Woodford and Heald Green.</p> <br/><img src="http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/835.$plit/C_71_article_1194487_short_teaser_group_short_teaser_image.jpg" align="left" > ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2010-03-04T09:03:06</pubDate>
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<title>Name your Pub of the Year</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>We have launched our bid to find the best pub or bar in Glossop.</p>
    <p>We know there are some real gems across our patch, pubs that are true standard bearers and hubs of the community. And now we want your help to find the finest.</p> <br/><img src="http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/620.$plit/C_71_article_1194488_short_teaser_group_short_teaser_image.jpg" align="left" > ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2010-03-11T16:58:35</pubDate>
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<title> Armed Forces to march through Glossop 
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>The streets of Glossop will be lined with well wishers on Friday week (March 12) when Armed Forces march through town for the first time in more than 50 years.</p>
    <p>Starting at 10.30am, the Freedom March by the 2nd Battalion Mercian Regiment will celebrate the second anniversary of High Peak Borough Council granting it the freedom of the borough in a ceremony at Buxton.</p>  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2010-03-04T09:03:07</pubDate>
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<title>Jim&#x2019;s pint from beyond the grave</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>Old Glossop microbrewery Howard Town has been asked to produce some unusual beers in the past, including a special ale for Oldham Athletic FC and a wedding brew called Ball and Chain. 
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    <p>But now it has had its strangest request – to provide the bitter in honour of a pub regular who died earlier this month. 
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<pubDate>2010-03-04T09:03:11</pubDate>
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<title>Surf&#x2019;s up for the beach boys</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>Who would have thought landlocked Glossop could be a surfer’s paradise?</p>
    <p>Staff at a Hadfield firm have recently finished building the UK’s first surfing simulator rides. 
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<pubDate>2010-03-04T09:03:13</pubDate>
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<title>The fight goes on</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>Campaigners have ‘cautiously’ welcomed two independent probes into Tameside Hospital but say they will continue to fight until they see real change.</p>
    <p>The investigations were announced last week after local MPs called for action and following mounting public pressure including a Facebook group and a petition launched by the Advertiser and Manchester Evening News.</p> <br/><img src="http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/782.$plit/C_71_article_1193691_short_teaser_group_short_teaser_image.jpg" align="left" > ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2010-02-25T09:21:02</pubDate>
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<title>MP Levitt denies &#x2018;paid advisor&#x2019; claim</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>Lord Gnome has got it wrong, according to MP Tom Levitt.</p>
    <p>The Glossop MP will not be taking up a post as a paid advisor to food company Nestle, with which he has longstanding links. 
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<pubDate>2010-02-25T09:01:19</pubDate>
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<title>Walkers to benefit from bridleway</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>Gamesley residents could soon be able to enjoy further direct access to the Pennine bridleway.</p>
    <p>Derbyshire County Council has been offered funding from Natural England to develop another piece of the bridleway jigsaw at Glossop Road, which ultimately – when fully open – will extend a pathway for 350 miles, from Middleton Top in Derbyshire to just south of the Scottish border at Byrness in Northumberland.</p> <br/><img src="http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/498.$plit/C_71_article_1193701_short_teaser_group_short_teaser_image.jpg" align="left" > ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2010-02-25T09:01:22</pubDate>
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<title>Butchers get a slice of London life</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>Two butchers earned a day off from behind the counter and spent the time instead at the House of Lords after winning a business award.</p>
    <p>Mettrick’s won the title of best traditional business in the East Midlands, beating off 12 others from Derbyshire and three neighbouring counties in a competition by the Countryside Alliance. 
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<pubDate>2010-02-25T09:01:23</pubDate>
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<title>The awards get you fit and help with CV</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>Last weekend saw several groups of 15 to 18 year-olds do their day walk as part of their Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award. 
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    <p>The walkers set off from Crowden Car Park – off the Woodhead Road – and walked roughly 9km. 
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<pubDate>2010-02-25T09:01:25</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>Glossop residents are being asked to go online to help in a crackdown on the illegal sale of alcohol to young people.</p>
    <p>People are being asked to report shops, supermarkets, pubs or off-licences they suspect are breaking the law by selling booze to under-18s and can now do this by downloading a form from the county council’s website..</p>  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2010-02-25T09:01:26</pubDate>
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<title>A major slip up?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>Residents are being urged to ‘Stand Up For Glossop’ as the row over accidents caused by slippery pavement slabs in the town centre stepped up a gear. 
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    <p>At a packed meeting under that name, a petition declaring the pavements along High Street West to be dangerous and requesting the council to make them safe was available to sign.</p> <br/><img src="http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/157.$plit/C_71_article_1192911_short_teaser_group_short_teaser_image.jpg" align="left" > ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2010-02-18T09:00:58</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>A woman calling for the senior management of Tameside Hospital to be sacked is taking her campaign out onto the streets.</p>
    <p>Liz Degnen, from Hadfield, has already set up a campaign group on social networking site Facebook which has attracted around 1,500 members.</p> <br/><img src="http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/833.$plit/C_71_article_1192898_short_teaser_group_short_teaser_image.jpg" align="left" > ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2010-02-18T09:00:38</pubDate>
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<title>No slacking for Derek as he hits 50 not out</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>What an innings! Derek Slack is celebrating being secretary at Old Glossop Cricket Club for half a century.</p>
    <p>Since 1960 the retired school teacher has helped keep the club running, but while the other members think he’s doing a good job, Derek says he never planned to be the secretary, let alone stay for so long.</p> <br/><img src="http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/266.$plit/C_71_article_1192915_short_teaser_group_short_teaser_image.jpg" align="left" > ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2010-02-18T09:00:51</pubDate>
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<title>Rescue team helps stranded walkers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>Members of Glossop Mountain Rescue helped in the search for walkers who, in two separate incidents, got themselves lost when thick low cloud descended.</p>
    <p>In the first incident, a father and son from Salford became lost on Kinder Scout. 
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<pubDate>2010-02-18T09:00:54</pubDate>
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<title>Mill work halted as builder hits trouble</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>Work to convert a former cotton mill into new homes has been stopped – after the builder went into administration. 
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    <p>Balfour Homes (Chisworth) Ltd was converting Kinderlee Mill in Chisworth into 56 apartments and town houses. 
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<pubDate>2010-02-18T09:01:01</pubDate>
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<title>Council tax fine but interest rate worries</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>Council tax payers face a 1.5 per cent rise in their bills next year.</p>
    <p>Subject to approval by a meeting of all High Peak councillors on Tuesday March 2, the executive’s proposal last Tuesday means that a council tax payer in a band D property in the Glossop area will pay £174.40 for borough council services next year, an increase of £2.58. 
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<pubDate>2010-02-18T09:01:10</pubDate>
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<title>Youth matters - looking at activities for Glossop&#x27;s young people</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>If you’ve read either of my other columns, you’ll be well aware that there are plenty of ways to get involved with sport around Glossop. 
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    <p>Our town is also full of places for you to start playing music,</p>  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2010-02-18T19:00:16</pubDate>
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<title>Campaigner urges hospital boss to go</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>A HEALTH campaigner has called for under-fire Tameside Hospital boss Christine Green to resign. Furious Liz Degnen, whose mother Betty Dunn died at the hospital, has launched a Facebook campaign to call for the chief executive and her directors to quit.</p> <br/><img src="http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/960.$plit/C_71_article_1192263_short_teaser_group_short_teaser_image.jpg" align="left" > ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2010-02-11T09:02:53</pubDate>
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<title>Locals wanted to catch speeders</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>Residents in the Hadfield, Tintwistle and Padfield areas are being invited to a meeting to find out more about community speedwatch.</p>
    <p>The Hadfield and Tintwistle safer neighbourhood policing team is looking for volunteers for the scheme, where members of the public patrol alongside police officers and PCSOs to check the speed of traffic using the radar gun.</p>  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2010-02-16T11:17:28</pubDate>
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<title>MP makes history with charity help at Commons</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>Glossop MP Tom Levitt can look back at at least one ‘first’ in his time in Parliament. 
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    <p>For the first time ever, the House of Commons speaker invited an MP to nominate a charity to benefit from a reception in the historic surroundings of the Speaker’s lodgings.</p> <br/><img src="http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/674.$plit/C_71_article_1192230_short_teaser_group_short_teaser_image.jpg" align="left" > ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2010-02-11T09:02:20</pubDate>
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<title>Camera cops target weekend tearaways</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>Police are patrolling Glossop using handheld cameras as a way to tackle anti-social behaviour.</p>
    <p>Extra patrols have started on Friday nights, involving response officers, safer neighbourhood officers and PCSOs as part of Operation Bedrock, which runs until the end of March.</p> <br/><img src="http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/962.$plit/C_71_article_1192228_short_teaser_group_short_teaser_image.jpg" align="left" > ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2010-02-11T09:02:18</pubDate>
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<title>Help is at hand for struggling families</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>Families in Glossop struggling to make ends meet are to receive personalised help to find grants and benefits available to them. 
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    <p>Home-Start High Peak has 43 volunteers – all parents themselves – and already offers emotional and practical support to families with at least one child under five. 
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<pubDate>2010-02-11T09:02:15</pubDate>
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<title>MP Tom Levitt told to pay back sofa bed cash</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>High Peak MP Tom Levitt has been told to pay back £90 he was overpaid in mortgage interest and £1,599 for a sofa bed that exceeded the guideline price by £389.</p>
    <p>It happened following long-awaited review of parliamentary expenses.</p>  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2010-02-11T09:02:09</pubDate>
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<title>Crime fighting kids taking to the beat</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>YOU’VE heard of neighbourhood watch – but have you heard of school watch?</p>
    <p>A group of Glossop schoolchildren have worked with the police to set up a special scheme to protect their school.</p> <br/><img src="http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/960.$plit/C_71_article_1192223_short_teaser_group_short_teaser_image.jpg" align="left" > ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2010-02-11T09:02:08</pubDate>
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<title>New drive to protect caravans</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>CARAVAN and motorhome owners are being urged to take extra precautions after a spate of crime involving five holiday homes.</p>
    <p>Three caravans and motorhomes in the Glossop areas have been broken into in the space of 10 days and police are looking into whether the same person or group is behind the crimes.</p>  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2010-02-11T09:02:06</pubDate>
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<title>MPs: Time for change at the top at hospital</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>GLOSSOP’S MP has joined forces with his colleagues in Tameside to call for the senior management at Tameside Hospital to stand down amid increasing concerns about patient care.</p>
    <p>In an unprecedented step Tom Levitt joined forces with MPs David Heyes, Andrew Gwynne and James Purnell to issue a statement calling for ‘fundamental changes in the running of the hospital’ – including for the top brass to step down from their posts.</p> <br/><img src="http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/940.$plit/C_71_article_1191410_short_teaser_group_short_teaser_image.jpg" align="left" > ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2010-02-04T09:01:50</pubDate>
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<title>Town hall building falls victim to ice and snow</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ <p>GLOSSOP town hall has been closed until further notice due to damage caused by recent bad weather.</p>
    <p>The listed building, on High Street, was shut by High Peak Borough Council on Friday (January 29), leaving a number of people who had booked it for future events stranded.</p> <br/><img src="http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/81.$plit/C_71_article_1191409_short_teaser_group_short_teaser_image.jpg" align="left" > ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2010-02-04T09:01:46</pubDate>
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