Recycling rates rise
Residents across High Peak bucked the national trend by sending an increased amount of household waste for recycling last year.
18 Mar 2024
Tens of thousands wait for routine treatment
The median waiting time from referral at an NHS Trust to treatment at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care was 15 weeks at the end of December 2023
18 Mar 2024
‘Tougher punishments needed’ for fly-tippers
“Environmental crime is not a victimless crime. We are all victims of it.”
15 Mar 2024
Concerns over number of pollution incidents
Almost 100 water pollution incidents were recorded in the High Peak between 2018 and 2022, new figures show
10 Mar 2024
Britain's dental health crisis exposed as hundreds of children in hospital with bad teeth
The latest data shows 40% of kids don't have regular NHS check-ups and that 104,133 children went to hospital with rotten teeth over the past five years. In 2022 alone there were 116 extractions every day
19 Feb 2024
Medication shortages a strain on pharmacies
It was reported earlier this month that nationally ‘111 different medicines - such as cholesterol drugs and hormone replacement therapies - are routinely in short supply which is double the number in 2022’.
19 Feb 2024
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16 Sep 2024
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16 Sep 2024
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