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Together for Tameside event returns to bring support services to residents

Tameside residents who are out of work will be able to access a variety of support services at Together for Tameside.
Ricky Hatton's celebrity football match tickets are now on sale

Football legends, sporting icons, and entertainment stars to come together as Manchester celebrates the life and legacy of Ricky Hatton.
Gamesley's new Wellbeing Garden officially opens

A new Wellbeing Garden at Gamesley Roman Gardens has officially opened, providing a peaceful space where local people can enjoy nature, take some time out and focus on their wellbeing.
Two local businesses growing together

In September 2021, a handful of local creatives temporarily took on the former Wains Services space at Glossop Gasworks as a place to work and meet for a few months. They named it KIN.DER.

Together for Tameside event returns to bring support services to residents

Tameside residents who are out of work will be able to access a variety of support services at Together for Tameside.
Ricky Hatton's celebrity football match tickets are now on sale

Football legends, sporting icons, and entertainment stars to come together as Manchester celebrates the life and legacy of Ricky Hatton.
Tameside Council commits to building Ricky Hatton statue

A statue will be erected to honour the memory of legendary boxer Ricky Hatton.
Tameside libraries launch project to build a community of readers

Guinness World Record challenges, author talks, and pop-up libraries are all part of the new library project, ‘Read, Connect, Belong’.

Gamesley's new Wellbeing Garden officially opens

A new Wellbeing Garden at Gamesley Roman Gardens has officially opened, providing a peaceful space where local people can enjoy nature, take some time out and focus on their wellbeing.
Two local businesses growing together

In September 2021, a handful of local creatives temporarily took on the former Wains Services space at Glossop Gasworks as a place to work and meet for a few months. They named it KIN.DER.
Glossop RBL launches Poppy Appeal

The Glossop branch of the Royal British Legion will launch its annual Poppy Appeal on Saturday 24th October 2026.
PTA prize helps transform St Luke’s classrooms

Pupils at St Luke’s CE Primary School are enjoying a more flexible and welcoming learning space thanks to £500 won by the school’s Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) in a High Peak Comps community prize draw.

Julie Hesmondhalgh given Great British Theatres Lifetime Achievement Award for Oldham Coliseum campaigning

Oldham Coliseum Theatre's Guest Curator Julie Hesmondhalgh is to be presented with the first ever Great British Theatres Lifetime Achievement Award by the Theatres Trust.
WellFest to be held at Mahdlo Youth Zone

Mahdlo Youth Zone is holding WellFest this Sunday (October 11), a free community event focused on mental health and wellbeing.
Police arrest 17 in early morning raids across Greater Manchester and Oldham

Sixteen men have been arrested on suspicion of various offences - including drugs supply, assault, violent disorder, affray, burglary and robbery - after police smashed down doors during early morning raids across Greater Manchester and Oldham.
First Choice Homes Oldham shortlisted for two national awards for Mossylea development

First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO) has been shortlisted in two categories at a prestigious national housing award for its Mossylea development in Middleton.

Polls close in by election to replace Keir Starmer as Holborn and St Pancras MP

Polls have closed in a by-election to replace Sir Keir Starmer as Holborn and St Pancras MP, with results expected to be announced in the early hours of Friday morning.
Aleksander Ceferin to stand for a fourth term as UEFA president

Aleksander Ceferin has announced he will stand for a fourth term as UEFA president.
Two arrested on suspicion of trespassing at an RAF base

Two Latvian men have been arrested for breaching the perimeter fence at an RAF base used by US military intelligence, the Met Police have said.
US indictment charges former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro with torture

Former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been charged by US authorities with torture and other crimes in a new unsealed indictment that adds pressure on the ousted authoritarian leader already fighting drug trafficking offenses.

Ricky Hatton's celebrity football match tickets are now on sale

Football legends, sporting icons, and entertainment stars to come together as Manchester celebrates the life and legacy of Ricky Hatton.
GNE see off New Mills to take derby spoils

Debutant Nathal Fontaine came off the bench on Tuesday to score the two goals which fired Glossop North End into the next round of the Derbyshire Senior Cup against local rivals New Mills.
Midweek football round-up: Statement victories for Mossley and Curzon

Mossley surged up to fifth in the NPL West table on Tuesday, inflicting a first defeat of the season onto visitors Prescot Cables, while in the NPL Premier, Curzon Ashton likewise ended Redcar Athletic's unbeaten run.
Tributes paid to footballing legend Tony Steenson

Tributes have been paid to much loved footballing icon Tony Steenson, whose passing was announced over the weekend.

From Dad’s Army to a haunted railway…

Arnold Ridley’s Ghost Train still has the power to spook
Alex Cann's weekly film blog - 9th January

A mix this week of stuff that I watched over the festive season and a couple from this week, to start another year of movie watching!
Alex Cann's weekly blog - 9th January

It was tempting to write something this week about the digital darts being fired from the keyboard of the world's richest man, and how it might be better if we just switched social media off for a bit, but for the sake of my blood pressure, I thought I'd share the first part of a musical Top 10 with you.
Dave Sweetmore - 31st October

After the massive success of last year's huge 40th anniversary tour, legendary soul band Stax Of Soul will be rolling back into Uppermill in November as part of this year's series of tour dates.
Dave Sweetmore - 5th September

Rock n Roll Star, National Treasure, Musical Icon, Manchester legend, and TV hero Shaun Ryder next week begins a huge UK theatre tour which runs until May 2025, telling stories and tales of his life as one of music's most iconic and wildest frontmen