DELIGHTED Doreen Dickinson believes the Conservatives’ success at the local elections sent a message to the ruling Labour group. The people of Tameside are not…
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Shock over £1 million extra cost of market hall project
STALYBRIDGE’S civic and market hall will cost more than £1 million extra than was first thought to be brought back into use after a ‘shock’…
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ELECTIONS 2021: Shock as former mayor loses seat
THE Conservative Party’s one gain in the Tameside local election was a major scalp, Leigh Drennan who was civic mayor in 2019-20. He lost his…
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Huge ‘contemporary’ home approved for green belt in Stalybridge minutes after summer house rejected
By Charlotte Green, Local democracy reporter A HUGE ‘contemporary’ house in the Stalybridge countryside has been backed by councillors – minutes after they threw out…
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Metrolink would be ‘downgrade’ for Stalybridge, councillor claims
STALYBRIDGE residents do not want to be linked to the tram network because there is a “perfectly good” train service already, a councillor has claimed.…
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£2m housing development gets go-ahead
A PLAN to transform a former Stalybridge care home into 33 apartments in a £2million development has been given the go-ahead by planners. The proposal…
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Councillors clash over government handling of coronavirus
COUNCILLORS have clashed over the government’s handling of coronavirus with a top Tory insisting they have done ‘a bloody good job’ while Tameside’s leader claimed…
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Housing estate in conservation area approved
A NEW housing estate will be built in a Stalybridge conservation area despite concerns it would overshadow the ‘sanctity’ of events at the neighbouring Grade-II…
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Fatality sparks new calls for action at Matley Lane accident blackspot
FEARS of a fatality at an accident blackspot have sadly been realised. Resident Ian Allcroft had long predicted somebody would lose their life on Matley…
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TAMESIDE Council is pressing ahead with plans to demolish the conservatory at Stamford Park after a plea for more time was rejected. Stalybridge South councillor…
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