By George Lythgoe – Local Democracy Reporter TWO shopping centres and an old bus station site are set to be transformed as part of ambitious…
View More Ashton town centre set for major transformation with new homes and shopping hub in £20m masterplan
AN ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE tennis club has closed and could disappear completely after plans were lodged to replace it with four houses. Rosehill, on Gorsey Lane, has…
View More Ashton tennis club closes, with houses plan for land
ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE’S MP has had an up close and personal tour of the major building work taking place on her doorstep. Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner…
View More Ashton market scheme gets vote of approval from Deputy Prime Minister
A FRIENDS group of a popular Ashton-under-Lyne park has expressed its dismay after youths allegedly caused damage by setting a bin on a fire. The…
View More Vandals set bin on fire in Ashton park
AN ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE pub hopes to become a mighty Oak once again as it reopens. The Royal Oak, on Nook Lane in Hurst Cross, will be…
View More Ashton’s Royal Oak pub looks to grow following refurb
AN ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE building familiar to many as a charity shop will be converted if planning permission is granted. Mark Robinson, of locally-based Delamere Developments, has…
View More Ashton charity shop site earmarked for apartment conversion
TWO businesses in Ashton-under-Lyne have paid the penalty for stocking illegal vapes. They have been handed hefty fines after police and Trading Standards officers swooped…
View More Two Ashton businesses appear in court over illegal vapes
FURTHER details of how Ashton-Under-Lyne’s new market square will look have been revealed. A specialist architecture company, which has worked on projects up and down…
View More New glimpse of Ashton’s new market square details plans
PLANS to convert part of a historic Ashton-under-Lyne shopping arcade into three houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) have been refused. And Tameside Council believes the…
View More HMOs plan for historic Ashton arcade refused
AN ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE ‘monster’ has been jailed for a minimum of 13 years after a campaign of physical and sexual abuse against a woman. Ryan Schofield…
View More Ashton ‘monster’ jailed for life jailed after campaign of abuse against woman