Tameside Reporter from Monday, March 9th, 2026

Droylsden retained top spot in the NWCFL First Division North in dramatic fashion on Saturday, thanks to a stoppage-time winner from Luis Cantello. 

A new community group has been launched to help care for the Waterloo & Taunton War Memorial after concerns were raised about its condition.

Members of the Ukrainian community gathered at the Ukrainian Community Centre on Stockport Road in Ashton to honour the courage and legacy of Ukrainian women during a special International Women’s Day event.

Hundreds of residents from across Tameside will have the chance to explore new employment opportunities when the Spring Jobs Fair returns next month.

"If you'd asked me six months ago what care compliance was, I'd have given you a strange look." 

Parents and carers across Tameside are being encouraged to share their experiences of the support available from pregnancy through to their child’s early years.

On Monday Next – now not many people know this play or even heard of it. Written way back in the 50’s, it’s a classic ‘old-school’ farce depicting a play… within a play.

Three primary schools in Tameside have begun working in partnership with the Stamford Park Trust as they move towards formally joining the multi-academy trust.

Tameside residents are being invited to help create what organisers hope will be the region’s largest and most colourful carnival parade.

A local housing provider has handed over a cheque of more than £14,000 to men’s mental health charity AndysManClub after a year of successful fundraising.

The issue of election voting integrity has seen much scrutiny over the past week after observers raised ‘major concerns’ about family voting in last week’s Gorton and Denton by-election.

Ashton-under-Lyne MP Angela Rayner is urging families across Tameside to take part in a major national consultation on how to better protect children online.

Hospitality leaders across Greater Manchester are joining forces to address rising levels of stress and burnout among workers, amid warnings that workforce wellbeing is becoming a serious commercial risk for the sector.

Ashton-under-Lyne is set to burst into colour this spring as the new Tulips of Ashton Trail launches on Saturday, March 14.

When the old Ashton swimming baths building was bulldozed last year, any hope of a pool coming back to Tameside’s civic town went with it.

Hundreds were slapped with fines for fly-tipping in Tameside last year – the most in the north west.

The ever-popular Stalybridge Street Fest event is returning next month. Friday, April 10 marks the return of the Tameside town for its fifth year. 

The cost of living is soaring, bills are going up and people are living ‘on a knife’s edge’. It’s no wonder a council tax rise in Tameside has filled Sophie Walton with dread and fear.

After two years of fundraising and a generous contribution from Kentown Wizard Foundation, a brand-new minibus was delivered to Cromwell High School in Dukinfield last week.