The latest news from Monday, October 12th, 2026

Nine-year-old Ruby Bowe from Denton has won the top prize for the Tameside Summer Reading Challenge.

Tameside’s first Community Grocery is already proving a big hit with 331 households signing up in the first week.

Stalybridge Celtic’s search for a new first-team manager is over, with the club confirming the appointment of former Atherton Laburnum Rovers boss David Jones. 

Little Voices is expanding into Mossley, bringing its professional singing and acting lessons to local students.

Oldham writer, performer, drag queen and vegan activist Paul J. Burgess will release his latest book, I Am the Detail: A Life in Writings, in November making it the third of his books to be made available completely free online.

A closure order on a property in Grotton has been successfully extended following joint action by local authorities.

Community group calls for urgent action after road collapse near village cenotaph, as residents face prospect of paying for repairs themselves.

Hulme Grammar School has officially opened The Victoria Channing Centre for Pastoral Care and Wellbeing . . . a flagship new facility designed to provide wrap-around support, resilience building and mental health initiatives for pupils, staff, and the wider Oldham community.

An emaciated dog found roaming in fields has been given a second chance by Manchester Dogs’ Home, with specialist heart tests bringing welcome news after eight weeks of care.