The very latest news
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Oldham charity dedicated to young people gets new financial backer
Mahdlo Youth Zone has welcomed its new patron, Fix Auto Manchester East, to help it maintain and improve its services for young people across the borough.
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Pots of Happiness are Kind Way to Celebrate Stalybridge
If you find a small, colourful, ceramic pot while you’re out and about in Staybridge town centre, take a look inside.
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Oldham Business Awards 2024 returns for its 16th year
The Oldham Business Awards (OBAs), which recognise and reward excellence, acumen and entrepreneurial spirit among the borough’s business community, are now open for entries.
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Buxtons' Zink Project sends six people to twin town
A joint project between Buxton Bad Nauheim Twinning Association and The Zink Project saw six people from the High Peak visit their German twin town to volunteer at local charities.
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Tameside Rotary offers grants aiming for big community impact
Tameside Rotary has named its community cash awards scheme ‘Small Grants, Big Difference’. This scheme offers small grants of up to £500 to local groups, charities, clubs, societies, and other organisations supporting community life in Tameside.
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Derbyshire council is reducing opening hours at waste sites during latest cost-saving plans
Derbyshire council is to introduce cost-saving efficiency changes at its nine household waste recycling centres including reduced opening hours, new charges to dispose of tyres and asbestos, and a trial scheme to allow small businesses to pay to use two of the centres.
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Ian Cheeseman
Here's where we take a moment to focus on one of Tameside Radio's shows that may not yet have heard.
Ian is known best for being one of Manchester City’s biggest and most loyal fans, spending most of his life as a radio presenter, focussing on his passion for sport. However, on Tameside Radio he presents a show which celebrates another of his huge passions - theatre and musicals. The show is packed with interviews with theatre creatives and great show tunes, and is a must listen for all fans of musicals and the theatre. ‘Break A Leg’ can be heard every Sunday night on Tameside Radio between seven and nine, and is repeated on a Wednesday from nine till eleven.
Tameside Reporter
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Pots of Happiness are Kind Way to Celebrate Stalybridge
If you find a small, colourful, ceramic pot while you’re out and about in Staybridge town centre, take a look inside.
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Tameside Rotary offers grants aiming for big community impact
Tameside Rotary has named its community cash awards scheme ‘Small Grants, Big Difference’. This scheme offers small grants of up to £500 to local groups, charities, clubs, societies, and other organisations supporting community life in Tameside.
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GMP joins other forces nationwide to combat spiking in the region’s pubs and clubs
During Spiking Intensification Week, 18 – 24 March 2024, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) will be continuing work to combat spiking during the night-time economy (NTE) and to protect victims.
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Greater Manchester: Which councils are the best and worst recyclers?
There are huge disparities between what different councils will collect for recycling from people’s homes . How planet-friendly your waste separation is can be a complete postcode lottery, new data from the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) reveals.
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Ashton School without outdoor space for PE or changing facilities slammed by Ofsted
An independent school in Ashton has been criticised by Ofsted after inspectors discovered there were no changing facilities or outdoor space for PE – and a ‘narrow curriculum’.
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TAMESIDE: Controversial children’s home, hotel expansion and a new apartment block… everything to be decided by Tameside planners
Plans for a home that have sparked outrage in Hyde are set to be approved next week.
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'Human error' banned for passengers being fined on Metrolink
‘Human error’ has been blamed for Metrolink passengers being fined — even though they had paid for a ticket.
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GMP continues to support moorland PSPO ahead of warmer months
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) have joined multiple partner agencies in renewing awareness and support for a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) designed to prevent moorland blazes.
Glossop Chronicle
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Buxtons' Zink Project sends six people to twin town
A joint project between Buxton Bad Nauheim Twinning Association and The Zink Project saw six people from the High Peak visit their German twin town to volunteer at local charities.
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Derbyshire council is reducing opening hours at waste sites during latest cost-saving plans
Derbyshire council is to introduce cost-saving efficiency changes at its nine household waste recycling centres including reduced opening hours, new charges to dispose of tyres and asbestos, and a trial scheme to allow small businesses to pay to use two of the centres.
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Glossop resident collects five UNESCO awards in Paris
Glossop resident Dr Shirley Woods-Gallagher was at UNESCO in Paris last week to collect five Global Inclusion Awards.
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Commemoration of tragedy marks 60 years of Peak District Mountain Rescue
Sixty years ago, three scouts sadly lost their lives on the moors above Glossop as part of the Four Inns Challenge.
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Police hunt for missing woman, 76, who may have been heading for Glossop railway station
Police are appealing for help in finding a 76-year-old woman who has gone missing from her Whitfield home.
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HIGH PEAK: Asylum centre plans for town centre thrown out
A bid by the University for a large-scale Asylum Dispersal Centre in Buxton town centre has been defeated by High Peak residents.
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Derbyshire County Council allocates £400,000 of funding to support struggling food banks
Derbyshire County Council has agreed to use £400,000 from a Covid outbreak and public health funding pot to support struggling food banks, as the cost-of-living crisis continues to make life difficult for the county’s most vulnerable residents.
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High Peak nature recovery receives new funding
Under the government-developed Projects for Nature platform, Lloyds Banking Group have committed a total of £250,000 to three different projects, including High Peak Nature Recovery at Dalehead.
Oldham Reporter
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Oldham charity dedicated to young people gets new financial backer
Mahdlo Youth Zone has welcomed its new patron, Fix Auto Manchester East, to help it maintain and improve its services for young people across the borough.
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Oldham Business Awards 2024 returns for its 16th year
The Oldham Business Awards (OBAs), which recognise and reward excellence, acumen and entrepreneurial spirit among the borough’s business community, are now open for entries.
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Oldest solo Atlantic rower, Frank Rothwell, receives UK Points of Light award
Frank Rothwell, 73, is chair of Oldham Athletic Football Club and the oldest person to row across the Atlantic, having completed the ‘World’s Toughest Row’ twice. He has received recognition from the Prime Minister for raising nearly £1.5 million for Alzheimer’s Research UK.
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Family pay tribute to 'shining light' Victoria who died in tragic motorway crash
The 32-year-old, who is believed to be from Oldham, died in a collision on the M65.
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GMP joins other forces nationwide to combat spiking in the region’s pubs and clubs
During Spiking Intensification Week, 18 – 24 March 2024, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) will be continuing work to combat spiking during the night-time economy (NTE) and to protect victims.
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Oldham "going further than the rest" to change the rental market
New plans to clamp down on poor housing and rogue landlords will be put into action in Oldham.
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Northmoor Library in Oldham receives major Art Council grant
The £168,000 boost will transform the Chadderton Way building and improve facilities for all library users.
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Celebrities and local legends celebrate Oldham's 175th birthday
Local legends and Oldham council bosses came together on Tuesday night to celebrate the 175th birthday of the borough.