Tameside Reporter from Monday, November 24th, 2025

What should have been a joyful start to Ashton’s festive season has instead left many visitors frustrated, after families reported missing the Christmas lights switch-on on Saturday and described the event as underwhelming compared to previous years.

New plans for a drive-thru McDonald’s in Hyde have been tabled, seven months after the fast-food giant backed out of their original proposal.

Police are appealing for help to find Shah Foyaz Miah, who is wanted for driving and drug offences that occurred on St Albans Road, Tameside on Tuesday, November 11, 2025.

Pupils at St Paul’s RC Primary School in Hyde helped mark a milestone this week as Warm Front Ltd celebrated its 20th anniversary with a time capsule burial and the planting of a commemorative Silver Birch tree.

When 21-year-old Ellie Craven shut the door on her university halls for the final time, she wasn’t expecting to become one of Tameside’s biggest social-media success stories.