Free Pass for Lyme Park and House

by jontwigge on 8 July, 2016

In partnership with Stockport Council, the National Trust at Lyme is offering a free single use pass to the park, house and garden for all residents in the Stockport area. The pass will allow free entry to the house and garden for two adults and children. It can be used throughout the year, excluding bank […]

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Hazel Grove Carnival on Saturday 16th July

by jontwigge on 4 July, 2016

Hazel Grove Carnival will be on Saturday 16th July with lots to do and see throughout the day. This year the theme of the carnival is Rio and there will be lots of schools, community groups, dancing, bands and local businesses involved. The carnival leaves Highfield Road at 11:30am, going right through the Grove so […]

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Roadworks – Chester Rd

by paulankers on 30 June, 2016

Contractors working on behalf of United Utilities are cleaning and surveying a sewer on Chester Rd TOMORROW near the junction of Longmead Ave. Work is scheduled to take place on 1st July between 9.30am and 3.30pm. The workers will use Stop/Go boards to manage traffic.

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You can meet Cllr Jon Twigge at Hazel Grove Library for his surgery where you can raise issues that you want him to work on. The  surgeries are 1st Saturday morning of the month – 9:30am till 11.30am . No appointment is necessary. It is first come first served. If you are visiting the library, but […]

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Stockport’s Liberal Democrat Group have launched a campaign to put pressure on the government to properly fund adaptations at railway stations to ensure that they can be accessed by all. A motion to be debated at Stockport’s next Full Council Meeting calls on the Secretary of State for Transport to reconsider proposals which will see […]

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Hazel Grove people on the Hazel Grove floods

by paulankers on 26 June, 2016

Local people have been offering their thoughts on the floods to your local LibDem team.   Alan & Helen had never seen anything like this in Hazel Grove, “We have lived in hazel Grove for a long time and never encountered flooding like we had.”   Susan said what many were thinking about the cause […]

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Three Questions About Hazel Grove Floods

by paulankers on 22 June, 2016

LibDem Group Leader in Stockport Iain Roberts is asking tough questions of the Council & the authorities in the wake of the floods that affected Hazel Grove on 11th June. Iain raised these questions at the Stockport Council Executive. Ian asks: “First, there was a lot of rainfall in a short period of time, but […]

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Peter Street Construction Problems

by paulankers on 19 June, 2016

After action by Cllr Jon Twigge a number of temporary “No construction traffic” signs have been strategically placed at the junction of Peter St & Commercial Rd. There is a significant developments happening at the McCarthy & Stone retirement homes at the other end of Peter St. Locals will know that there is a walkway separating […]

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Team mourns Jo Cox MP

by paulankers on 17 June, 2016

On Thursday 16th May 2016, Batley & Spen Labour MP Jo Cox was murdered whilst conducting her regular duties. The Lib Dem team in Hazel Grove were appalled by these events and express their sympathy to her family. The motives for the murder are unclear and you can get speculation elsewhere. What is beyond speculation […]

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Hazel Grove has seen some noticeable neglect by the Council this spring. Hopefully, it is not a sign of things to come under a Labour Council. Local campaigner Paul Ankers reported this bin in Devonshire Park whilst walking with his daughter. New Lib Dem Councillor Jon Twigge reported an unsightly bin outside NatWest on the […]

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