Tameside Reporter

Greater Manchester's Olympic cyclist and walking and cycling commissioner Chris Boardman is set to lead the Government's new cycling and walking body, Active Travel England.

Passengers are being warned about disruption that is expected with strike action by First Manchester drivers confirmed to be going ahead next week.

The company director of a Dukinfield-based waste firm has been given a suspended jail sentence by Tameside magistrates.

Police are appealing for the public's help to find the owner of a 'unique' pocket watch which is believed to have been stolen. 

A public inquiry launches on 1 February into proposed plans for the Bredbury Industrial Estate. 

A man has been arrested after police uncovered suspected drugs and a live gun from a house in Hollingworth. 

Funding to upgrade taxis, vans, coaches and minibuses to cleaner models is set to be paused to allow for a 'fundamental review' of the Clean Air Zone.

A campaign to highlight safer heating in winter has been launched by Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS).

A new course in Mossley has been set up to give people the skills they need to begin a creative career.

Members of Ashton's Latin Steps Dance Company are celebrating a trophy triumph after stepping out in a prestigious dance contest.

An appeal has been launched to make one young lady's birthday extra special this year.

Another man has been arrested as part of an investigation believed to be into abuse sent to Ashton-under-Lyne and Failsworth MP Angela Rayner.

Stalybridge is to take centre stage after being named Greater Manchester's Town of Culture for 2022.

A van driver banned from the road for three years and a Dukinfield man with a kitchen knife in public are among the cases which have gone before magistrates of late.

Bus drivers employed by First Manchester have announced further strikes in the ongoing dispute over pay, which is set to affect passengers throughout February. 

The new 'Hats Off to Denton' sculpture trail is Tameside Council's way of tipping its hat to the industry which made Denton's name.

Interviews with children who run away from home are to be brought back under council control after a review found issues involving the troubled Greater Manchester Police IT system iOPS.

There are busy times ahead for the Together Centre in Dukinfield as it welcomes people back through its doors in 2022.

Red Wall MPs are rebelling against Boris Johnson because of his 'failure' to deliver on promises to level up the country, according to Andy Burnham.

Pinfold Primary School pupils in Hattersley have presented a cheque for £476.68 to the Royal British Legion.

Before listening to Michael Taylor and Neil Summers on the Tameside Radio airwaves on Sunday evening during their Music Therapy show, have a read of their latest column for us...

In his latest column, the Stalybridge and Hyde MP talks about what he witnessed at Prime Minister's Questions and developments in the Downing Street parties saga this week.

Need help with your family tree? Volunteers at the Tameside Local Studies and Archive Centre on Cotton Street, Ashton, are available to help.

In his latest column, the Tameside Radio presenter writes about the next guests on his show - a local band about to release their long-awaited debut single.

In his penultimate Reporter column, the departing Vicar of Mossley pays tribute to charities and groups he's been closely involved with during his time in the parish.

Hardy volunteers braved the cold winter weather to tackle one of Mossley's litter-strewn areas in a bid to rid the town of rubbish.

The Tameside Radio presenter updates us on what his plan with Slimming World Tameside entails. Would you be able to stick to it?

Smiling Nicky Jackson became a roadside stalwart for scores of runners taking part in a prestigious mountain challenge recently.

A woman bravely fought off a man who tried to rob her elderly mother on a bridle path in Ashton. 

Manchester and District Iyengar Yoga (MDIY), based in Dukinfield, is the oldest and one of the largest Iyengar yoga organisations in the UK. 

Residents in Tameside who are struggling to fund essential goods and services this winter can apply to access a new fund to help with buying food, energy and other essentials.

Guide Bridge Theatre in Audenshaw will be fully reopen in March following extensive improvement works inside.

Young actors at Tameside Youth Drama produced one of their most memorable pantos at Hyde Festival Theatre in their latest run.

Non-urgent surgery and hospital appointments are set to restart this week.

Blue and black bins will be collected every three weeks in Tameside as part of changes to recycling, the council has confirmed. 

Police are investigating after a woman was left 'significantly out of pocket' when the catalytic converter was stolen from her car outside Tameside Hospital. 

Tameside Radio's very first outside broadcast this year came from Infinity Initiatives in Ashton last Saturday (15 January).

There are concerns that learner drivers and driving instructors will be left counting the cost if Tameside's only test centre closes without it being replaced.

The Civic Mayor of Tameside's spring charity ball may be taking place in Dukinfield but the music will be made in Detroit.

Andy Burnham has announced plans for a £10 council tax increase for police in Greater Manchester, one year after the force was placed in special measures.

Denton family firm Vaughan and Lester have thanked everyone for their kind words of condolence following the sad death of Jackie Lester.

Park Bridge Heritage Centre at Park Bridge in Ashton could be extended to form a larger café area plus proposed outside dining area.

Hyde Little Theatre group is busy preparing for the production of JB Priestley's highly entertaining Yorkshire comedy 'When We Are Married'.

You can take a step back in time in Denton next month as Denton West Community Centre is staging Sgt Dom Collins' 1940s Variety Show on Sunday 20 February.

In his latest column, Denton MP and shadow public health minister Andrew Gwynne discusses learning the lessons of the pandemic, living with Covid-19 and dealing with potential future mutations.

Works of art have been springing up around Mossley to brighten up the town centre.

Since founding Barty's Food Bank, Steve Barton BEM - honoured in 2019 for his amazing community work - has relied on the generous donations of Tamesiders. 

Engineering students at Tameside College are to take part in a prestigious 'cadet' scheme with a local NHS trust.

Denton West End Community Library will be hosting a coffee morning in association with the charity Guide Dogs on Saturday (22 January).

The re-opening of Tameside's cultural buildings is good news for one local charity.

Members of The British Motorcycle Preservation Society (Manchester Branch) have been revving up donations for Prostate Cancer UK.

Passengers of First Manchester buses are being warned to brace themselves for more travel chaos.

Tameside businessman Mark Atherton says Clean Air Zone charges poised to be introduced in May need to be put on ice or shelved altogether.

Fast-food giant KFC is looking at opening up to 500 new sites across the country, with Glossop, Buxton and Stalybridge all included on the list. 

Vital essentials including a healthy meal, the latest news and a visit from a friendly face have been delivered for very nearly two years now.

Greater Manchester Police has confirmed the appointment of a new permanent assistant chief constable.

A 31-year-old man from Hyde is among three people in Greater Manchester who have been charged in connection with the supply of drugs.

Two men are in police custody after a suspected stolen vehicle was pursued and stopped by police in Tameside.

A new panto, entitled 'Once Upon A Jack and Jill' and produced by Failsworth-based singing and dancing academy Ruby Slippers, has been adapted for the stage following a highly successful school tour. 

A man from Stalybridge who stabbed a man 10 times in a vicious knife attack in Glossop has been jailed for six years.

A man has been arrested after a pensioner was punched in the face on a bus when asking a woman to stop ringing the bell.

A 'controlling and manipulative' rapist from Ashton who physically and mentally abused a woman for over a year is now behind bars.

The search is on to find those healthcare workers who have gone the extra mile in the 2022 Who's Your Hero Awards.

Tameside Rotary Club is celebrating its best Santa Sleigh fundraising tour ever after amassing an amazing £8,000 and is thanking local residents for their incredible generosity.

Christmas 2021 was brightened across the whole greater Hyde area by large numbers of local residents decorating the outsides of their homes and gardens with illuminations.

Women and people with a cervix registered with a GP practice in Tameside and Glossop are being urged to attend cervical screening when invited.

Two women have been charged in connection with a stabbing in Dukinfield.

Tameside Council has announced that Stalybridge Street Feast will be back this year, and this time for an extended 10-month run.

Three volunteers have given almost 60 years between them to the streets of Tameside in their roles as Special Constables.

Additional funding has been made available by the government to support Tameside businesses impacted by the Omicron Covid-19 variant and Plan B measures.

The driving test centre in Hyde is set to permanently close in a matter of weeks.   

Police have released a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to after an elderly man was punched in the face on a bus on Christmas Eve.

Services for children with special needs in Tameside have been heavily criticised by watchdogs after inspectors found 'unacceptable' levels of parent dissatisfaction.

The Tameside Radio presenter has details about a hugely popular 'Back to the 80s' festival coming to a legendary Greater Manchester venue very soon - which will feature a special appearance from a familiar face...

Two women have been arrested after two people were stabbed during a fight which broke out in a house in Dukinfield. 

Featured in the Tameside Radio presenter's latest words for us are the Downing Street garden party everyone's been talking about, his own weight-loss journey and a film recommendation.

A teenager has been charged with 'a number' of burglaries in the Droylsden area. 

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Children in Tameside have turned to traditional pastimes to create fun ways of keeping fit and active.

Police are investigating after a man and a woman were both stabbed in 'a fight' on a street in Dukinfield.

Tameside Council planners are considering proposals for the change of use of a former public house into residential accommodation.

Friends of the Tame Valley, the community group looking after the Tame Valley and surrounding areas, braved the wet weather on Sunday and took to Jet Amber Fields for a New Year's clean-up.  

Tameside's libraries and cultural buildings are fully reopening following temporary restrictions due to Covid-19.

A teenager has been charged with a series of drug and driving offences after a police chase through Hattersley. 

The hotly-debated topic of clean air is the subject of Denton MP Andrew Gwynne's column for us this week.

Plans have been submitted to Tameside Council for the change of use of a vacant property on King Street in Dukinfield into a 10-bedroom House of Multiple Occupation (HMO).

Dukinfield-based computer tech firm ZenTec Network Solutions featured on the BBC last weekend.

Covid-19 infections have sky-rocketed across Greater Manchester as neighbourhoods post record high case numbers.

A local hospice is appealing for donations of Cadbury's Creme Eggs ahead of the return of a popular Easter fundraiser. 

The bomb squad were summoned to Daisy Nook Country Park after over 1,000 items, believed to be railway track explosives, were found underwater in the canal. 

Learning disability teams in Tameside and Glossop have moved to a new home, as part of ambitious plans to transform care.

A raft of projects across Tameside are set to make major steps forward in 2022.

Parents and pupils at schools in parts of Tameside and Oldham are being warned about disruption to bus services next week after last-minute strike action has been called. 

A Tameside Through The Seasons photo competition has been launched.

A street had to be evacuated after a lightning bolt struck a house in Ashton, causing a fire to break out in the roof and prompting a huge emergency service response.

A woman who assaulted three people, a man who stole £30,000 of lead from a school and a driver given a three-year ban from the road - here's our latest round-up from Tameside Magistrates' Court.

Tameside's three MPs have each paid their own tributes to their colleague Jack Dromey, who has died suddenly at the age of 73. 

Platforms at Romiley Station on the Hope Valley line are being extended this month to allow longer trains to stop there in the future. 

A community group has praised kind-hearted residents for their support after vandals targeted their garden.

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Action Together Tameside have made a video to say a huge thank you to everyone who took part in the Christmas Tameside Toy Appeal.

The Canal and River Trust is investing £16.5 million carrying out specialist repairs, upgrades and maintenance work to the North West's historic waterways this winter.

The vacated Barclays bank building in the centre of Hyde could be transformed into an educational learning centre.

Mossley Litter Bugs have praised their volunteers after a successful year clearing grot spots in the town.

Over £1.1 million was successfully seized from the pockets of criminals by Greater Manchester Police over the last month (December).

Andy Burnham faced an onslaught of criticism over the Clean Air Zone during a radio phone-in which was 'inundated' with callers.

Dukinfield Operatic and Dramatic Society plan to hold their next get-together for their musical production 'Sound of Music' on Tuesday 18 January.

A young man was stabbed in the arm and sustained a head injury during a 'vicious attack' in the middle of a street in Denton. 

The first column of 2022 by Michael Taylor, who presents Music Therapy with Neil Summers on Tameside Radio on Sunday evenings, discusses cutting down on social media usage in the year ahead.

The family of a man who died after being hit by a car on the M67 has described him as "a joker with a cheeky grin".

Nearly 1,500 people have formally objected to plans to build a huge 'garden village' in the Hyde countryside.

In his first Reporter column of the new year, Stalybridge and Hyde's Labour MP Jonathan Reynolds discusses the rising cost of energy prices.

Commuters are being warned to prepare for snow tomorrow morning, with a severe weather warning being issued for the North of England by National Highways.

A 28-year-old man has been charged with a series of offences following a police chase through Droylsden and Ashton. 

In his first column of the new year, the Tameside Radio presenter previews what we could have to look forward to on the local music scene in the year ahead.

Ashton-under-Lyne and Failsworth MP Angela Rayner took on Boris Johnson in the first Prime Minister's Questions of 2022.  

Have you made any New Year's resolutions? Tameside Radio presenter Alex B Cann has and he explains his pledges in his first column of 2022...

A teenager from Denton is challenging footballers to a virtual match to raise money for a charity close to his heart.

An inspirational Stalybridge teenager with 10,000 followers on YouTube has helped to host a special awards show celebrating the courage of children diagnosed with cancer.

Local MPs have expressed 'extreme concern' at the news that Tameside Hospital and 16 others across Greater Manchester are postponing non-urgent surgery and appointments.

A GoFundMe page has been set up to save the Greswell Primary School library bus after it was targeted by mindless vandals.

Hospitals across Greater Manchester are to pause some non-urgent surgery and appointments due to the 'rising impact' of Covid-19.

Stalybridge Town Team say they will continue in their efforts to improve the town for residents after the town's Christmas lights tree was vandalised.

An 83-year-old man from Hyde has received the British Empire Medal in recognition of his services to people with dementia and their carers in Greater Manchester.

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A pregnant woman was thrown to the floor in a shocking robbery in Denton in which an Audi was stolen. 

An Ashton primary school has been presented with a trophy after raising the most money of any school in the town for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal.

A creative fundraiser is giving pub enthusiasts an opportunity to bid on replica models of their favourite boozers to raise funds for charity.

Sharman Birtles JP DL has received an MBE in the Queens New Year's Honours List for services to charity and the community in Greater Manchester.

Denton's Labour MP Andrew Gwynne discusses the Omicron variant, Covid testing and support for ventilation in schools in his first Tameside Reporter column of 2022.

The British Heart Foundation charity shop in Hyde is in desperate need of donations. 

The Friends of the Tame Valley is inviting people to join its first community litter pick of 2022, which is taking place this weekend. 

A man has died after being hit by a vehicle whilst walking along the M67 motorway in Tameside.

A much-loved feature of the festive season is coming to Ashton this weekend.  

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Members of a family who lost a teenager to accidental drowning in Tameside five years ago are once again supporting a campaign to prevent such tragic incidents from occurring. 

Time is running out for primary school children in Tameside and Glossopdale to submit their competition entries to imagine what the Tameside Hospital of the future will look like.

At last the long wait is over after the official Grafton Centre Grand re-opening this week.

Anyone feeling unwell over spring bank holiday can still access a variety of healthcare services when their GP practice is closed.

Businesses are at the heart of a new council campaign to encourage residents in Tameside to stick to the coronavirus rules, with the borough's Covid infection rate still high. 

Tameside's main shopping centres remain open during the latest lockdown, but only for essential items, click and collect services or takeaways.

A special memorial service is being held in Audenshaw this weekend for parents and relatives who have experienced miscarriage, death of a baby or the loss of an infant.

A team of budding young reporters got plenty of hands-on experience last week during a visit to the Tameside Reporter and Radio offices!

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Huge crowds enjoyed an amazing atmosphere and community spirit at the Northern Lights Tameside Winter Carnival and Lantern Parade in Stalybridge last Saturday.

Bus passengers across Tameside are being encouraged to take part in a major consultation on how Greater Manchester's bus services should be run. 

A mother-of-one from Dukinfield is excited for a happier and healthier future after changing her habits to shed more than five-and-a-half stone. 

Tom Mothersdale as Richard III

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The story of two Tamesider's who have spent much of the last 8 years changing the lives of street children in Kenya.