AGE UK Tameside is a community charity supporting older people for more than 40 years. It is based at 131…
Age UK takes care of Tameside
Author: Trevor Baxter
Bear necessities! Caring May knits fellow residents new companions
A MILLBROOK care home resident has got the needle with her fellow residents and they are delighted! As Manchester’s first…
Bear necessities! Caring May knits fellow residents new companions
Inquest opened into train station fatality
AN INQUEST has been opened into a 34-year-old man who died at Greenfield train station last month. The deceased has…
Inquest opened into train station fatality
Plinth puzzle – local historians ask for help to identify mystery object
A MARBLE plinth found in a Tameside garden is baffling local history buffs in Denton and Mossley. Now, Correspondent readers…
Plinth puzzle – local historians ask for help to identify mystery object
What hopes means during the COVID-19 pandemic – a virtual exhibition to mark World Suicide Prevention Day
TO MARK World Suicide Prevention Day on Thursday 10 September a patient safety research centre has created a virtual photographic…
What hopes means during the COVID-19 pandemic – a virtual exhibition to mark World Suicide Prevention Day
Brain food Cabbage back on musical menu with new releases
A MUSICAL Mossley export are out of lockdown with a new single and imminent album release. Described as ‘Pennine Punks’…
Brain food Cabbage back on musical menu with new releases
Rail upgrade is ‘really bad news’ for area, says transport expert
A TRANSPORT expert says the planned £589 million upgrade of the Trans-Pennine rail route is ‘really bad news’ for passengers…
Rail upgrade is ‘really bad news’ for area, says transport expert
Desk jobs! Delph workspace offers alternative to daily commute
THE daily commute has become a distant memory for many Saddleworth workers. But with Covid-19 lockdown restrictions regularly eased and…
Desk jobs! Delph workspace offers alternative to daily commute
More businesses can now apply for the discretionary small business grants
IF you missed out previously you can now check Tameside Council’s criteria to see if you are eligible to apply…
More businesses can now apply for the discretionary small business grants
Pay (more) and display! New parking fees for reservoir?
MOTORISTS parking at Dovestone Reservoir contributed more than £85,000 to Oldham Council coffers in the last financial year. That figure…
Pay (more) and display! New parking fees for reservoir?
Compilation album could be antidote to summertime blues
A HYDE man hopes a new project will strike the right chord with music lovers across Manchester. Alex Bennett and…
Compilation album could be antidote to summertime blues
‘Stay away’ plea as fire crews attend blaze at Dovestone Reservoir
Firefighters are in attendance at Dovestone Reservoir after a blaze broke out at the Saddleworth beauty spot this afternoon. (Tuesday)…
‘Stay away’ plea as fire crews attend blaze at Dovestone Reservoir
Conserve water in dry spell, urges United Utilities
WATER bosses have urged consumers to help conserve supplies by implementing measures to reduce demand.Reservoirs water levels are visibly dropping…
Conserve water in dry spell, urges United Utilities
Banner headlines! Sending out message of support for key workers
AN award-winning Hyde cartoonist, whose work has featured in Private Eye to Playboy, Punch to The Times, is collaborating on…
Banner headlines! Sending out message of support for key workers
Scrubbed up well – Sam’s new clothes are just the job
A MOSSLEY based bridal seamstress is tailoring her talents to produce vital clothing for key health workers. Sam Newton would…
Scrubbed up well – Sam’s new clothes are just the job
Lockdown lookout with garden watch
BY the time the country emerges from coronavirus lockdown, Spring will almost certainly have Sprung. But thanks to the Greater…
Lockdown lookout with garden watch
Police to deploy mobile media van to urge people to stay at home
A mobile media van will be driving around communities across Greater Manchester over the weekend and reminding them to stay…
Police to deploy mobile media van to urge people to stay at home
Mossley homelessness charity launches emergency appeal
A MOSSLEY charity has launched an urgent appeal for help so it can continue to support a community of former…
Mossley homelessness charity launches emergency appeal
Free online counselling now available for children and young people in Tameside
All children and young people in Tameside and Glossop can now access free online counselling and emotional well-being support from…
Free online counselling now available for children and young people in Tameside
Armed Forces Day Gets 12-Month Pass
Armed Forces Day has been granted a one-year pass – but it’ll be back bigger and better in 2021.Tameside Council’s…
Armed Forces Day Gets 12-Month Pass
Enjoy a new Tameside art exhibition online
ART lovers can enjoy the latest exhibition at Ashton’s Market Gallery from the safety and comfort of their own home.…
Enjoy a new Tameside art exhibition online
Spring sunshine delight for Manchester donkeys
Staff at an animal welfare charity in Manchester captured some delightful photographs of its resident donkeys basking in the spring…
Spring sunshine delight for Manchester donkeys
Soup success for Mini Meditators at landmark crowdfunding dinner
AN initiative helping children and young people with additional needs and disabilities is the latest recipient of funds generated by…
Soup success for Mini Meditators at landmark crowdfunding dinner
Action Together raising money for emergency community response to coronavirus in Tameside.
Action Together has launched a fundraising appeal for Tameside (Oldham and Rochdale), along with a COVID-19 Community Response Fund to…
Action Together raising money for emergency community response to coronavirus in Tameside.
Mayor Andy Burnham calls on residents to drive, walk or cycle for essential journeys
People across Greater Manchester are being urged to drive, walk or cycle if they have to make essential journeys –…
Mayor Andy Burnham calls on residents to drive, walk or cycle for essential journeys
Chou better believe it! Cabbage turn to Corrie for new single idea
DRAWING inspiration from Coronation Street, ‘Pennine performance punks’ Cabbage return with their first single of 2020. Their outstanding comeback, ‘You’ve…
Chou better believe it! Cabbage turn to Corrie for new single idea
‘Stay off the moors’ plea from National Trust rangers
NATIONAL Trust rangers have urged people to stay away from “vulnerable” moorland to avoid a repeat of last year’s major…
‘Stay off the moors’ plea from National Trust rangers
Manns Wharf caterers turns to ‘meals on wheels’
A long-standing catering company with strong Saddleworth and Mossley roots has changed its name and re-structured its business model to…
Manns Wharf caterers turns to ‘meals on wheels’
Emmaus closes second-hand superstore as part of COVID-19 prevention measures
DUE to the current COVID-19 situation, Emmaus Mossley has temporarily closed its second-hand superstore with immediate effect. The homelessness charity,…
Emmaus closes second-hand superstore as part of COVID-19 prevention measures
The sound of Julie: Singer’s tribute to British icon
IF one of your favourite things is the music of Dame Julie Andrews then you are in for a treat…
The sound of Julie: Singer’s tribute to British iconThe fabulous Baker boys otherwise known as Not Ned
THEY do not claim to be the best thing since sliced bread though it is a subject close to the…
The fabulous Baker boys otherwise known as Not Ned
Steamed up by train visit
DENTON’S ‘ghost’ station recently doubled its weekly tally of trains with the arrival of a welcome visitor. Train enthusiasts were…
Steamed up by train visit