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Emergency care beds have been taken out of the Nightingale Hospital in Manchester as bosses look to 'cease operations' there by the end of March.

Hundreds of fines have been handed out for Covid breaches in Greater Manchester in the last week – including at weddings, house parties and Manchester Airport.

A crippling level of disinformation and historic mistrust is causing Derbyshire residents in black, Asian and other ethnic minority communities to not take up the Covid vaccines.

Chiefs in Tameside have issued a warning to residents that there is the potential for coronavirus restrictions to remain in place locally if the borough's high infection rates don't come down. 

Councillors have become embroiled in a row over Tameside's leisure trust after a Tory member claimed it was a 'ticking time bomb'.

The first online public engagement sessions to gain feedback for plans to create a Garden Village in Godley are to take place today (Thursday).

Police are warning residents in the Carrbrook and Millbrook areas of Tameside in particular to be vigilant, amid a spate of attempted thefts recently. 

Councillors in Tameside have agreed a maximum council tax rise of 4.99 per cent and £9 million worth of cuts – including reductions in recycling collections.

Lidl's new store in Glossop has opened its doors to shoppers for the first time.

Glossop Household Waste Recycling Centre will open later than usual on Friday (26 February) to allow demolition work to take place on the site next to the centre.

Parents across the High Peak are set to hear about their child's secondary school place for September next week. 

The makers and menders at Glossop Community Allotment are celebrating the news that the National Lottery has awarded them a significant grant to help convert a shipping container on the Dinting Lane site into a workshop.

A Failsworth footpath, that was commonly used by getaway drivers being pursued by the police, has been made narrower following requests from local councillors, residents and police officers.

Maggie's have teamed up with Pearson Solicitors and Financial Advisors to offer visitors to the Oldham centre free advice on future planning.

A multi-agency rescue operation swung into action after a man fell from a spectacular monolith on the wind-hammered hills above Saddleworth.

An Uppermill-born physicist is set to be honoured to mark his incredible achievements in helping to develop sonar - thus saving thousands if not millions of lives during the Second World War. 

Tameside businesses that were able to trade between August and November 2020 are being reminded that they may be eligible for grant funding. 

With record numbers of young people now attending university and fees rising higher than ever before, more and more young people are opting to forgo three years of further education to instead learn on the job with an apprenticeship.

Two local businesses have been continuing their good work delivering laptops to schools for children to use during lockdown.

Businesses in Derbyshire will soon be able to bid for grants from a £2 million fund to help the county "build back greener" from the coronavirus pandemic.

In what will come as no surprise to most football supporters in the borough and the country as a whole, the Football Association has confirmed that the season at steps three to six of the National League System has been curtailed.

Lovers of sport were given some welcome news this week as the government announced the return of outdoor sports on March 29.

The Tameside Sport & Physical Activity Network has continued to grow and help clubs, groups and organisations over the past 12 months despite the restrcitions in place caused by Covid-19.

Active Tameside chief executive Chris Rushton has shed light on the services that will be available as part of the government’s relaxation to lockdown measures.