Tameside Reporter

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.

Children's services in Tameside have been 'too weak for too long'.

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

Tameside Council will hold a series of Pension Credit Roadshows to help the borough’s OAPs claim any benefits they are entitled to.

A primary school in Haughton Green is reeling after its minibus was stolen over the summer holidays.

An old pub in Tameside is set to be turned into flats following its closure last year.

A counsellor is raising funds to provide free talking therapy for the homeless at the We Shall Overcome Hub at The Station pub in Ashton.

The man they call 'Santa Rod' is fighting to save the life of a child who was attacked by a rabid dog.

A new respite care facility for children will be built on the land of an old school in Hyde.

Police are appealing for help in finding a missing pensioner with dementia who was last seen in Ashton Bus Station on Monday lunchtime.

A Denton councillor had his mountain bike stolen during burglary in the early hours of Sunday September 15.

Police in Tameside are asking for the public’s help in finding a man in connection to a strangulation.

Ashton and Denton Island will feature in a 2025 calendar highlighting the hidden joys of the M60.

More images of Greater Manchester’s newest trains stations between Stalybridge tunnel and Diggle have been revealed.

The Mayor of Greater Manchester said he is committed to supporting local hospices on his first visit to Willow Wood.  

Ashton’s indoor market gallery is full with home-grown talent this Autumn, as two exhibitions open side by side.

A Tameside councillor has been harrassed after leading efforts to fight fly-tipping in his ward.

Stalybridge Celtic can now install a new fan zone area after getting approval from the council.

A devastating spell of bowling from Andrew Jackson propelled Hyde towards the Cheshire County Cricket League title before rain intervened at Grappenhall.

A group for people experiencing domestic abuse is holding a coffee morning on Thursday September 19 in Ashton.

Human remains believed to have been found by children playing in woodland next to Dukinfield Cemetery are from an old burial site dug up by animals.

The area around Dukinfield Cemetery has been closed off after reports of 'remains’ being found nearby.

A Tameside chippy has received zero in the latest 'scores on the doors' food hygiene ratings.

A Tameside MP says controversial cuts to winter fuel payments was the 'right decision to get our country's finances on a firmer footing".

Andy Burnham has promised to commission a report on the train derailment that happened on a bridge over a road in Tameside last week. 

A teenage Tameside swimmer has revealed she doesn't let asthma get in the way of her success in the pool.

Andy Burnham has urged the government to reuse land earmarked for HS2 to build a new train line between Manchester and Birmingham.

A Tameside primary school has maintained its Good rating after an inspection by education watchdog Ofsted.

A couple from Greater Manchester have ‘tied the knot’ inside the large charity shop of homelessness charity Emmaus Mossley.

A coroner has launched a probe after a patient died from thirst and hunger after leaving a Tameside care home.

In episode 1 of our Mental Health series, Mark Andrews will be joined in the Podcast Studio by Daisy Dixon. Daisy has over 20 years’ experience brokering, fostering and maintaining good relationships with organisations, adults and children.

Tameside Council is launching a new scheme to help three- to five-year-olds get into good toothbrushing habits.

Two people have been arrested after a drugs bust uncovered a cannabis farm in Dukinfield.

Greater Manchester Police have renewed calls for the public’s help in locating Tariq Morris, who is wanted in connection with a series of serious offences.

Hyde Youth Theatre is on the lookout for budding actors to join its ranks.

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has called the controversial early release scheme for prisoners an ‘indictment on the previous government’. 

A woman will need facial and dental surgery after being hit by a brick thrown at a moving bus in Droylsden.

Tameside's Strictly contestant Shayne Ward has been named as the overall favourite to emerge victorious in the hit BBC show.

Trams on the Ashton Metrolink line won’t run for much of Sunday morning while engineers complete work on infrastructure in Manchester city centre.

A dying man with a chronic lung condition and a serious infection was left in a corridor in Tameside Hospital’s Accident and Emergency department for 22 hours.

The owner of a farmhouse granted permission to build a new games room earlier this year has been dragged back before a council planning panel following a complaint.

An old coal-fired power station site will be transformed into a new park and houses. 

A warehouse destroyed in a fire three years ago will be rebuilt. 

A fly-tipper has been fined £2,000 after he was found guilty of dumping rubbish in an alley behind his home.

Portland Basin Museum will host a steampunk event this Saturday, September 14.

A lane has been closed on the M60 following flash flooding.

The parents of an 11-year-old who faced an hour-long walk to school have pulled him out of education – because they feared for his safety.

The stretch of railway in Audenshaw where a freight train derailed will be closed for several weeks while repairs take place.

Two students from Tameside College have travelled to France to compete for the UK in the 47th WorldSkills competition.

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A police helicopter was filmed hovering above Hattersley as police chased a suspected car thief.

Two Tameside nurses have received national recognition after being named Queen’s Nurses by the Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI).

Residents in the west end of Ashton have stepped up their efforts to combat fly-tipping by installing new CCTV cameras on Dean Street.

A breast cancer patient from Dukinfield has given £6,000 to charity after hosting a prosecco and fundraising party.

Police in Tameside are appealing for information after a spate of crime over the past few days.

Longdendale High School is closed after a power cut struck the Spring Street site this morning.

Police are appealing for information after two men were stabbed during a brawl in Ashton town centre on Friday night.

Georgia Taylor-Brown made it successive wins on the supertri triathlon circuit with victory in London today.

Hundreds of people have lined the route of the first Denton Carnival since 2019.

The race for the Cheshire County Cricket League title will go to the final weekend as both Hyde and Nantwich won their respective games on Saturday.

Both our local sides in FA Trophy First Qualifying Round action yesterday came from behind, only to fall in penalty shootouts.

A £1m town centre makeover and hundreds more homes planned for three Greater Manchester boroughs are the biggest planning developments table this week.

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner took some downtime following a rigorous week of interviews over the government’s approach to cladding and right to buy to open a newly built housing development.

The team at Dogs Trust Manchester are hoping one of their canine residents is about to turn the page and start a new chapter in her life after being found wandering the streets alone.   

A train - believed to be a freight vehicle - has derailed in Audenshaw.

The fate of a warehouse that was destroyed by a huge fire three years ago will be decided next week.

Police are at Ashton railway station after reports of a body found on the tracks this afternoon.

Andy Burnham has said that he plans for night buses to come to Tameside within a year.

Question Time will be broadcast live from Ashton-under-Lyne on Thursday September 19, and producers are inviting Tameside residents to join the audience.

The future of a vacant green space that was once occupied by a former coal-fired power station in Stalybridge could be decided next week.

New images have been released showcasing what the relocated Mossley Station and upgraded Greenfield Station could soon look like.

A workman raced to save an elderly woman’s life after she fell into an ‘exceptionally deep and dangerous’ part of Ashton Canal yesterday afternoon.

Ashton police are searching for three balaclava clad thieves who stole a moped from Vicarage Crescent in Hurst.

Hyde CC put the disappointment of losing their top-of-the-table game at Nantwich on Saturday behind them, by beating Bowdon in the semi-final of the Cheshire Cup on Sunday.

Gorton and Denton MP Andrew Gwynne is calling on pregnant women to be vaccinated against an illness that almost killed his grandson.

Locals are contributing to Ashton west end’s fly tipping epidemic according to local independent councillor, Kaleel Khan.

Tameside residents are being urged to ‘Know Your Numbers’ during this year’s campaign by Blood Pressure UK.

Stalybridge Library is to hold a two-day Bumper Book Sale of old stock this month.

An interpretation of LS Lowry’s 1953 painting ‘Going to the Match’ is the subject of a silent fund-raising auction that St Michael’s Church Ashton.

Despite receiving almost 1,000 reports of fly tipping between February 19 and June 21, 2024, Tameside Council has only brought two prosecutions for the offence.

A mural has been created at Hyde Central station, displaying a welcome message and image of the legendary runner, Dr Ron Hill.

Volunteers at Emmaus Mossley are celebrating after the homelessness charity’s Secondhand Superstore was shortlisted for the UK’s Favourite Charity Shop Award.

A car show in honour of late Mossley drag racer Peter ‘Rusty’ Kennedy is in full swing at Great Academy Ashton.

A carpet shop has plans to expand it’s warehouse complex

Autumn's live music line up at The Vale in Mossley promises an eclectic international mix, with Congolese and Cuban fusion, ska, punk and energetic soul.

Workers in Tameside will be able to have a free health check-up at work as part of a new government scheme.

Brit pop legends Oasis announced their Oasis Live ‘25 Tour, along with one additional date at Manchester's Heaton Park in July.

As a final stage in the creation of the GM Ringway, Greater Manchester’s walking trail, ten information boards are being installed on the 200-mile route including one in the Werneth Low Country Park.