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Critical Care Team goes the extra mile for patients

A dedicated team from the Critical Care department at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust will be taking on the Four Meres Challenge in Saddleworth on Sunday 12 July to raise funds for Tameside & Glossop NHS Charity.
The next streets set to benefit from £45m road repair package

A massive £45m road maintenance programme has been started by Tameside council. And a list of the next streets impacted has been released.
Success for south Tameside Community Groups

Community groups gathered for the annual Tameside Communities grant funding event, with all eight groups successful in their funding bids.
Livingstone Primary celebrates two years of their safer, healthier school street

Pupils, families and staff at a school in Mossley have come together to celebrate the success of an initiative which has created a safer and healthier environment for children.

Critical Care Team goes the extra mile for patients

A dedicated team from the Critical Care department at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust will be taking on the Four Meres Challenge in Saddleworth on Sunday 12 July to raise funds for Tameside & Glossop NHS Charity.
The next streets set to benefit from £45m road repair package

A massive £45m road maintenance programme has been started by Tameside council. And a list of the next streets impacted has been released.
Success for south Tameside Community Groups

Community groups gathered for the annual Tameside Communities grant funding event, with all eight groups successful in their funding bids.
Livingstone Primary celebrates two years of their safer, healthier school street

Pupils, families and staff at a school in Mossley have come together to celebrate the success of an initiative which has created a safer and healthier environment for children.

Critical Care Team goes the extra mile for patients

A dedicated team from the Critical Care department at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust will be taking on the Four Meres Challenge in Saddleworth on Sunday 12 July to raise funds for Tameside & Glossop NHS Charity.
Snake Pass to close for nearly three weeks

Drivers are being warned to plan ahead as the A57 Snake Pass is set to close for almost three weeks while engineers carry out crucial investigations into one of the route's most significant landslip sites.
Fatal collision in town centre

A man in his 80s has died following a collision in Glossop town centre on Tuesday 9th June.
Popular Glossop North End Beer Festival under threat

Organisers of the Glossop North End AFC Beer Festival have thanked supporters for helping deliver the most successful event in the festival’s history, while warning that its future is under threat.

Questions being asked about what happened with major project

A developer has been criticised for ‘simply unacceptable’ delays to a major £3.7m project and questions are now being asked about what went wrong.
Mountain heroes launch key appeal

Oldham Mountain Rescue Team have launched a campaign to replace their two stalwart Land Rovers after 16 years of valiant service.
Oldham play cafe backs 11-year-old baker's sweet ambitions

An Oldham play cafe is helping an 11-year-old entrepreneur expand his startup after discovering the young baker’s cookies on social media.
Four new properties handed to FCHO for social rent and shared ownership

Four new properties have been handed over to First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO) at Fitton Hill - the start of a summer of new homes for social rent and shared ownership to complete at the site.

Jeremy Clarkson reveals cancer diagnosis in Clarksons Farm episode

Jeremy Clarkson has revealed he has been diagnosed with cancer.
British couple say Russian warship firing warning shots near yacht was scary

A British woman onboard a yacht in the English Channel which sailors on a Russian warship fired warning shots near to “prevent a possible collision” said the incident was “a bit scary”.
Fifth of young men do not consider controlling someones spending to be abuse

Nearly one in five young adult men fail to recognise controlling someone’s spending as economic abuse, according to research published by the Home Office and charity Surviving Economic Abuse.
Pub bookings surge by 300 for Englands World Cup kick off

Pub bookings have surged by almost 300% as fans make plans to watch England’s World Cup kick-off, figures show.

'One Smack' vows to bounce back

High Peak boxer Jack Massey has vowed to come back stronger after Saturday’s cruiserweight clash with Cheavon Clarke in Bournemouth ended in defeat.
Tour 2026 spotlight: Hero Half Marathon

Ahead of the iconic local running event, The Tour 2026, we’re shining a light on all four individual races, with this week’s focus the gruelling Hero Half Marathon.
United View: World Cup watch

Ahead of the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup, which gets underway tonight (Thursday), I thought I’d take a closer look at some of the United stars set to represent their nations in the US, Canada and Mexico.
City Watch: O'Reilly's time to shine in the States?

The World Cup begins this week with multiple Manchester City players ready to represent their countries at the biggest tournament in international football.

Ensemble provides a stage for all ages

Festival favourites return in a day of variety and creativity
Eyeline Theatre delivers a lunchtime double bill to remember

Stars of stage and screen put the focus on new works
Alex B Cann film column - 04/06/26 WhatsApps and Weddings

There has been a shortage of decent romantic comedies in recent years. Rye Lane was a charming exception, featuring two twenty-somethings getting over bad break-ups from toxic relationships while putting the world to rights. It feels genuinely authentic, and the humour works really well too.
Alex Cann - 04/06/26 The sofa is winning

I was discussing one-way systems in the supermarket the other day and thinking back to those strange times when most major supermarkets resembled Ikea. This seems like a distant memory now, along with bog-roll panic buying. As well as the swanky coffee machine, Molton Brown toiletries and posh onesie, the revelation that Peter Murrell (estranged husband of Nicola Sturgeon) bought 108 toilet rolls hours before she implored the public not to panic-buy them certainly raised an eyebrow.
Review: Midsomer Murder's

Last week my friend and I attended Midsomer Murders: The Killings at Badger's Drift at the Opera House in Manchester.