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• Former actress uses skills to help young people stay in education

  A Tameside-based business has secured £56,000 in innovation funding to develop a digital programme aimed at helping young people at risk of long-term absence from school.

• The Vale announces autumn/winter 2026 programme

  Festival favourites Transglobal Underground will be alighting at The Vale this autumn as part of the Mossley arts centre's autumn live programme.

• The Vale in Mossley turns five with a packed day of free fun

  A Tameside arts centre is celebrating turning five with a packed day of free fun, from drumming to perfume-making, ceilidh-dancing and even a sound bath.

• Woman denies charges of arson in relation to Dovestone fires

  A 20-year-old woman has pleaded not guilty to arson after a huge fire broke out in Dovestone Reservoir in July.