The latest news from Tuesday, September 1st, 2026

Both Ashton sides met in the league for the first time in over seven years on Bank Holiday Monday, as Curzon Ashton welcomed Ashton United to the Tameside Stadium. 

Local Vocals are opening a new choir in Ashton-under-Lyne. The community choir runs 44 other choirs across the North of England.

Four people have been charged following a wildfire at Dovestone Reservoir in July.

Fields of Gold Festival returns to Ashton-under-Lyne this weekend for two days of live music, tribute acts, and a buzzing festival atmosphere.

An Oldham community care provider has become the first organisation to back a UK campaign calling for specialist endometriosis health clinics.

Motorists should be able to take advantage of freer flowing traffic at four key locations in Oldham after funding has been confirmed and equipment is on order for work to keep critical yellow box junctions clear.

Thirty-one per cent of people in the North West do not know choking can become life-threatening in minutes without first aid - according to new research from St John Ambulance.

Residents are enjoying transformed streets and alleyways, featuring colourful mosaic house numbers, improved waste and recycling management, and community vegetable planters.

An Oldham specialist school has invested £100,000 to open an ICT suite, new classrooms, calm rooms, a library and a new kitchen, but it will not increase the number of pupils it teaches.

A pensioner who was rushed to hospital following a road traffic collision on Thursday has sadly died.