Tameside Reporter from Thursday, August 14th, 2025

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has revealed a disturbing rise in physical violence against NHS staff working in accident and emergency (A&E) departments, with the number of reported assaults almost doubling in the past five years.

Students at Ashton Sixth Form College are celebrating another year of exceptional A-Level, vocational, and T-Level results, with smiles and plans for exciting futures taking centre stage.

Seventy years after first saying “I do,” local couple Dennis and Patricia Johnson have once again stood side by side at the altar of St Peter’s Church, Ashton-under-Lyne, to renew their wedding vows - in the very same church where their married life began in 1955.

Students at The Manchester College have plenty to celebrate following an impressive set of results for Level 3 qualifications in 2025, with standout performances in T Levels, BTECs, and other technical and creative courses.

This week ‘2:22 A Ghost Story’ is at Manchester’s Opera house.

A Tameside recovery service has made national history by becoming the first in the UK to host an artist-in-residence within a substance use treatment setting.

A unique collaboration between two community dance groups from Greater Manchester is set to take centre stage this September at one of Europe’s biggest street arts festivals, La Mercè, in Barcelona.

With temperatures expected to climb across the region this week, United Utilities is calling on residents in Greater Manchester and the Pennines to help protect vital water supplies by being more mindful of their water use.

Families across Tameside are being encouraged to get active and embrace the outdoors with the launch of Community Cycle Sundays in Ashton.

School leavers can now apply for Our Pass and save up to £1,600 on travel across Greater Manchester over the next two years.