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• Tameside Council announces Christmas and New Year service arrangements

  Tameside Council has confirmed its festive period service arrangements, with most buildings and customer-facing operations set to close on or around Wednesday 24 December.

• Forget Me Not expands popular Christmas tree collection to Tameside

  A much-loved festive recycling scheme is coming to Tameside for the first time, as Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice extends its long-running Christmas tree collection service to the borough and all OL postcodes.

• Crowds pack Stalybridge Civic Hall for festive ‘best of brass’ concert

  Stalybridge Civic Hall was full on Saturday 6 December as music lovers from across Tameside gathered for The Best of Christmas Brass, a festive concert performed by the historic Stalybridge Old Band.

• Festive spirit shines across Tameside as final Christmas lights switched on

  Tameside’s final Christmas light switch-on events lit up the borough over the weekend, as residents came together in Hattersley, Mossley, Micklehurst and Hollingworth to celebrate the start of the festive season.