Ring & Ride minibus services have relaunched across Greater Manchester – with safe social distancing in place – to help…
Ring & Ride service back on the road
Tag: Tameside Correspondent
Ashton MP Angela Rayner hosts virtual chat with care workers
ASHTON MP Angela Rayner – a former home help – hosted a virtual chat with frontline care workers about their…
Ashton MP Angela Rayner hosts virtual chat with care workers
Offering a helping hand – Hyde company’s generous sanitiser gesture to community
A HYDE-BASED company has donated 600 litres of hand sanitiser to care homes, food banks and other social care and…
Offering a helping hand – Hyde company’s generous sanitiser gesture to community
‘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
Business blooms at DB Garden Nurseries
BUSINESS is blooming great at DB Garden Nurseries. Though garden centres were shut for almost two months before recently re-opening,…
Business blooms at DB Garden Nurseries
New mums get breastfeeding support via Zoom
New mums are receiving support in feeding their babies during lockdown thanks to digital technology. Home-Start Oldham, Stockport and Tameside…
New mums get breastfeeding support via Zoom
Mayhem at Werneth Low Golf Club
THE easing of lockdown restrictions has caused mayhem at Werneth Low Golf Club where thousands of pounds of damage has…
Mayhem at Werneth Low Golf Club
Tameside schools prepare for phased return
TAMESIDE’S schools are putting safety measures in place as they prepare to welcome back more pupils in a phased return…
Tameside schools prepare for phased return
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
Ashton MP pays tribute to female keyworkers to mark the anniversary of the Equal Pay Act
ASHTON MP Angela Rayner has paid tribute to female key workers as she marked the 50th anniversary of the Equal…
Ashton MP pays tribute to female keyworkers to mark the anniversary of the Equal Pay Act
Stalybridge artist in line for £10,000 Castlegate Prize
THIRTY artists, including Stalybridge’s Ian McKay, have been named as finalists for a new £10,000 national art prize. The Castlegate…
Stalybridge artist in line for £10,000 Castlegate Prize
Stalybridge woman involved in £300,000 drug dealing operation is spared jail
A GANGSTER’S moll from Stalybridge, who helped with a £300,000 a year county lines drugs racket in which junkie drifters…
Stalybridge woman involved in £300,000 drug dealing operation is spared jail
Neighbourhood Watch celebrates success
NEIGHBOURHOOD Watch Association Tameside (NWAT), which has existed for barely 18 months, has proved to be a resounding success. And…
Neighbourhood Watch celebrates success
Concerns over Earnshaw Clough development after building firm CPUK goes into administration
WORRIED residents face further misery and uncertainty after building firm Construction Partnership UK (CPUK) went into administration. Building work on…
Concerns over Earnshaw Clough development after building firm CPUK goes into administration
MP criticises Government for reducing Tameside Council’s emergency funding
ANDREW Gwynne has criticised the Government for handing significant cuts in emergency funding to both Tameside and Stockport Councils as…
MP criticises Government for reducing Tameside Council’s emergency funding
Milton St John’s Primary closes temporarily after Covid-19 case
MILTON St John’s Primary School has been shut following a confirmed case of Covid-19, Tameside Council has confirmed. The Mossley…
Milton St John’s Primary closes temporarily after Covid-19 case
47th civic mayor of Tameside takes office virtually
TAMESIDE’S new civic mayor may have taken office at a virtual meeting, but Cllr Janet Cooper’s work in the community…
47th civic mayor of Tameside takes office virtually
Police hunt man involved in machete attack in Hyde
Police are appealing for the public’s help to trace a wanted man in connection with an aggravated burglary that took…
Police hunt man involved in machete attack in Hyde
Stalybridge Snooker League suspended due to coronavirus
STALYBRIDGE Snooker League has been suspended at a time when it was at the business end of the campaign. Six…
Stalybridge Snooker League suspended due to coronavirus
Captain’s year caught up in Covid-19 crisis
TONY Brown declared that everybody will remember his year as captain at Stamford Golf Club because it coincided with coronavirus.…
Captain’s year caught up in Covid-19 crisis
Join the Carrbrook community clean-up
A COMMUNITY clean-up takes place in Carrbrook tomorrow (Sun, May 24) to clear fly-tipping and littering. It has been organised…
Join the Carrbrook community clean-up
Dorothy still able to celebrate birthday
A FUNDRAISING champion was not far from people’s thoughts as she celebrated her 98th birthday, even though she was forced…
Dorothy still able to celebrate birthday
Hope flies high at Gorse Hall Primary
CHILDREN at Gorse Hall Primary, Stalybridge, have proved creative during the coronavirus lockdown. They have been busy designing and making…
Hope flies high at Gorse Hall Primary
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
Hyde makes sure people are not left out
A GROUP of Hyde volunteers is making sure their neighbours and near neighbours are not left alone during the lockdown.Help…
Hyde makes sure people are not left out
Traffic calming measures explored at blackspot
A CHANGE to a one-way system in Hyde is to be explored as a possible solution to issues at an…
Traffic calming measures explored at blackspot
€25,000 boost for Local Communications Limited from Emergency Fund
Local Communications Limited is delighted to have been awarded €25,000 from the European Journalism Covid-19 Support Fund to help us…
€25,000 boost for Local Communications Limited from Emergency Fund
Communities celebrate VE Day with a ‘Best Dressed House’ competition by a local estate agent
Annabelle Jardine-Jones, owner of On The Move Property Boutique estate agency in Gee Cross, supported by Hyde Werneth Conservative Councillors, launched a community competition…
Communities celebrate VE Day with a ‘Best Dressed House’ competition by a local estate agent
Mossley resident threatened with prosecution over bins on street
A MOSSLEY resident was threatened with prosecution by Tameside Council for leaving his recycling bins on the street. Michael Herbert…
Mossley resident threatened with prosecution over bins on street
Singers get in on the Facebook act
LOCAL singers and pop artists have the chance to show what they can do without leaving their own front room.…
Singers get in on the Facebook act
The challenges of home schooling during lockdown
Laura Trelfa, Headteacher at Micklehurst All Saints CE Primary, discusses the challenges of home schooling. This is a very worrying…
The challenges of home schooling during lockdown
Correspondent helps reunite stolen minibus with its owner
A MINIBUS that was helping make sure a foodbank had enough stock to cope during the Covid-19 crisis has been…
Correspondent helps reunite stolen minibus with its owner