Tameside Reporter

Tameside Council's chief executive Sandra Stewart is to be replaced, it has been announced.

Public transport has been a ‘postcode lottery of unreliability’ for many and Greater Manchester has paved the way for change, a minister has declared.

All things bright and beautiful was very much the theme for an event with a difference on Sunday.

A Recruitment firm based in Manchester has more than quadrupled its £10k fundraising target for a leading cancer hospital after hosting an inaugural charity rugby day.

Georgia Taylor-Brown made it an incredible hat-trick of wins at the latest supertri League event in Toulouse on Sunday.

Local Authors Day is only one of many events Tameside Libraries has lined up for October when the nights get longer and reading – and writing – become more appealing.

Parishioners of St Hilda’s Church in Audenshaw celebrated its 100th anniversary with a special service on Saturday October 5.

A new Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) has opened in Denton, with NHS bosses saying diagnosis and treatment for cancer and heart disease “is set to get quicker”.

A food community group in Hyde could be wound up after losing half of its committee members.

The M67 is set to reopen at 5am on Monday morning after work to remove the deck of St Anne’s Bridge in Denton over the weekend.

Former Labour leader Ed Miliband has come to the defence of Stalybridge and Hyde MP Jonathan Reynolds after it emerged Labour was offering breakfast meetings with the Business Secretary in return for £30,000.

It will be another month until repair works are complete following a freight train derailment in Audenshaw last month.

A £7m headquarters, a ‘New York style’ apartment block as well as a 23-storey tower are three of the headline developments for Greater Manchester this week.

Local fusion favourites Jeramiah Ferrari are coming to Mossley later this month.

A beloved item is set to return to the menu at McDonald's - the much-missed McRib.

Tameside Council has asked  citizens to Think Green while decorating houses during Halloween.

A broadband company which plans to build nine mobile phone transmitters in Tameside has been suspended from erecting telecoms masts in Oldham because of 'unsafe practices'.

Tameside College has opened a brand new centre for automotive students at its Beaufort Road campus, to keep up with the changes in the industry and improve the college’s facilities.

Two people have been charged following a Tameside police investigation into a stolen vehicle

Greater Manchester Police cordoned off Ashton Street in Dukinfield at around 10:15am this morning.

A mum who lost her son to suicide is highlighting support available for men struggling with their mental health.

St Damian's RC Science College, Ashton, has been named in this year’s Educate Awards shortlist.

The M67 will be closed this weekend with bridge demolition works set to go ahead.

Police are concerned about a girl who is missing from Audenshaw.

Police are appealing for help in tracking down a man who is wanted to return to prison.

Residents are being warned to ignore a parking ticket scam that links to a replica of the payment page of Tameside Council’s (TMBC) website. 

A Denton primary school is celebrating after the Department for Education (DfE) agreed to fund a new building on the site. 

Police seized a machete and 39 knives from Greater Manchester schools last year as cops were called to nearly 100 weapons incidents.

Talented crafters are celebrating after knitting up more than £12,000 in the last year for the Alzheimer’s Society.

Tributes have been paid to a woman who died just days after her birthday following a collision between a minibus and a parked car.

Plans for a new maternity theatre in Tameside have been tabled in order to improve care for expectant mothers. 

Police put on their deerstalkers to investigate after an injured animal was spotted.

Nearly one-in-three patients at Tameside Hospital is spending more than four hours in A&E, it has been revealed.

Management at a Stalybridge nursery have vowed to introduce new measures after Ofsted inspectors ruled in required improvement across the board.

Two friends have stubbed out their last cigarette after years of smoking.

Pupils at a Stalybridge school have been described as 'polite and welcoming to all' in a report by education watchdog Ofsted.

Life-saving training for Greater Manchester police offices has been improved after officers failed to carry out checks to find out if a man discovered hanged was still alive.

Two women from Ashton have been fined a combined £2,590 for fly-tipping near their homes.

A vulnerable teenager from Glossop has gone missing for the second time this week.

Tameside triathlete Georgia Taylor-Brown added another podium to her CV with a 3rd place finish in the World Triathlon Championship Series (WTCS) in Weihai, China, on Friday September 27.

A prolific thief has been jailed after stealing £350,000 of luxury cars, all while wearing an electronic tag.

The children of a legendary Tameside non-league football manager have raised £4,300 for the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to mark what would have been his 65th birthday.

Officials have painted a perilous picture about the future of the infamous Snake Pass route between Manchester and Sheffield through the Derbyshire Peak District.

Greater Manchester’s Mayor and council leaders have given the green light to bring in London-style contactless ticketing on buses and trams from March 2025.

Benefits bosses have denied they are to blame for the death of a former foster carer who killed himself when he was unable to pay the bedroom tax.

A school with a set of 'Golden Rules' and a budding volcanologist among the pupils has receiving a glowing report from Ofsted.

A primary where pupils are greeted everyday by the school dog has received a 'good' rating from watchdog group Ofsted.

Greater Manchester’s fire service will ‘never be free of culture issues’, its chief has admitted, but insists it is improving.

Police are appealing for potential victims to come forward after a teenager was arrested following reports of a robbery in Tameside.

A thug from Ashton has been jailed after strangling his pregnant girlfriend and throwing a bottle of tomato sauce at her.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has described the failings by a college, the police and probation service which “probably contributed” to the death of a woman raped and strangled by a convicted sex offender as "shocking".

A “man with a van” rogue trader who advertised his services on Facebook has been ordered to pay more than £2,300 after taking payment to remove household waste then illegally dumping it.

Ashton Brownies turned out to celebrate four decades since it opened on April 1, 1984.

A former Ashton-based police detective has been convicted of stealing cocaine from police evidence lockers to sell on the streets.

Tameside Council Enforcement officers working with Greater Manchester Police have found goods worth approximately £460,000 in an operation carried out on September 19.

The final phase of demolition works to St Anne’s Road bridge will require two full weekend closures to a section of the M67 this Autumn on 7th October to 11th November 2024.

The derailment of a train at Audenshaw earlier this month caused ‘substantial damage to railway infrastructure’, investigators have revealed. 

Police are appealing for witnesses after an elderly woman was injured in a collision between a mini bus and a parked car.

I’ve been in Liverpool this week, covering Andy Burnham at the Labour party conference. And it’s safe to say I brought Mancunian weather with me.

A new talking therapy for children and young people experiencing unusual sensory experiences, such as hearing voices and seeing visions, is being trialled in Tameside. 

Students across the North of England have until Friday (27 September) to get 50%-off the cost of their commute to school with Northern.

No public money will be spent on Manchester United’s plans for revamping their Old Trafford home for the time being, Andy Burnham has confirmed.

Book of Mormon is very much a love-hate musical – if you are easily offended, it may not be for you. Fortunately, I’m not, and the show was simply exceptional.

An evening of funny stories, memories and fun with well-known footballers past and present will be held in Tameside in aid of Willow Wood Hospice. 

“POLICE!” comes the shout just before 7am, although the sound of the maisonette’s front door being sawn in half may have already given the game away. 

It will be a case of all hands on deck for the next phase of a £23 million National Highways project to replace a motorway bridge.

Volunteers are getting ready for a Christmas spectacular

Many children in Tameside believe the number for emergency services in 911 instead of 999.

Andy Burnham has rolled out a crucial part of his plan to change education for young people in Greater Manchester.

A yellow weather warning for heavy rain that lasts until 23:59pm on Monday September 23 is in place for Tameside and the High Peak.

A pair of Tameside College students have won Medallions for Excellence at the 47th WorldSkills competition in Lyon.

A 40-year-old man from Ashton has been arrested for drugs offences, breaching court bail, and assaulting a police officer after a sting in Manchester city centre.

After finishing the Cheshire County Cricket League in an agonising second place last weekend, Hyde again fell at the final hurdle in the Cheshire Cup final against Didsbury yesterday.

It is understood Sandra Stewart - the chief executive of Tameside Council - will step down from her position following a crisis meeting.

A memorial plaque has been unveiled to commemorate and celebrate the life of Michelle Hodgkinson, who died after being attacked in Tameside last year.

Operation AVRO, which targets organised crime, returned to Tameside with weapons and drugs seized in a series of early morning raids.

A man who suffered from anxiety and depression did not receive the help he needed before he killed himself.

A Tameside MP has defended nearly £18,000 in gifts he has received in last five years.

Greater Manchester Police have sacked a former officer who dishonestly undertook work at the Qatar World Cup while claiming to be on a career break.

In an independent kombucha brewery under a railway bridge in Manchester Piccadilly, the new Secretary of State for Business and Trade suggested he would be ringing in a new era for Greater Manchester’s dying market towns.

A family had 17 different social workers in just 18 months because of the exodus of staff from Tameside Council's 'inadequate' children's services, it has been revealed.

A Mossley arts centre made a big splash as it turned three with a water-themed family fun day.

Police officers stood in silence to remember two police officers cut down in service 12 years ago.

Thousands of people in Greater Manchester could soon be getting access to cheaper broadband.

A picture co-painted by LS Lowry has sold for ten times its estimate at an auction in Cumbria.