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A little girl, aged maybe 11 or 12 years old, stands up in front of a room full of police officers and asks nervously: “What do I do if someone is bringing drugs to school?”

Firefighters from eight stations took almost 24 hours to put out a blaze on Crowden Moor, less than a week after warning of tinderbox conditions.

The head of the Greater Manchester Police Federation (GMPF) said the force is in the depths of a “retention crisis” after 9,000 cops quit across the country.

An art exhibition celebrating the people of Derbyshire is now open at High Lea Hall in New Mills.

A hiker was winched to safety by a coastguard helicopter after breaking her leg on Kinder Scout on Friday afternoon.

Planners have refused permission for the conversion of part of a former shopping arcade into three HMOs as it would cause an “institutionalised environment”.

Tameside residents have been asked to be vigilant after reports of rogue traders offering jet washing services across the borough.

The owners of a Stalybridge pub have been fined more than £3,500 after it twice breached a noise abatement order.

A biker is in hospital with “life threatening injuries” after a collision that closed the A57 Snake Pass on Saturday evening.

Friends of Waterloo Park will be hosting several classes for Tameside residents to learn basic digital skills.

A 76-year-old man will appear in court in the New Year on trial for non-recent child sexual offences in Oldham.

The run takes place every Sunday at 9am in Hyde Park.

Operation Vulcan descended on a local park in Derker for a fun-filled day aimed at improving community confidence in police.

Greater Manchester Police and partners made more than 130 visits to business premises as part of the first ever large-scale national intensification crackdown on crime.

The Reform Party took the Longdendale council seat from Labour in a landslide victory last night (April 10).

Police are looking for this Hyde man in connection with stalking.

A 40-year-old man is being sought by police in connection with domestic offences.

Six major projects could transform the way Oldham town centre looks forever, including turning part of the town hall into a hotel.

An independent councillor plans to challenge the leadership of Oldham Council’s Labour boss.

Oldham council wants to crack down on ‘chicken coop’ HMOs after the number of shared houses has ‘almost doubled’ in the last five years.

The British Garden Centres has put together a guide to help with the aftercare of spring bulbs, in light of the glorious spring weather we have had recently!

Emmaus Mossley are attending a charity sleep-out to raise awareness about homelessness hosted by Oldham Athletic Community Trust.

Sian Marsden, 25, from Hadfield has faced multiple issues, including post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, emotionally-unstable personality disorder, body dysmorphia and psychosis.

Lucas Vezza-O’Brien from Denton is hoping to change the law so no other pupil is left in the same situation.

In collaboration with the Tree Council’s ‘Young Tree Champions’ programme, pupils from St Andrew’s School in Hadfield have recently planted fruit trees on the Save Roughfields Campaign site, in a bid to start a community orchard.

Oldham council’s inquiry into local grooming gangs will ‘not be impacted’ despite concerns it will have to bid for government funding.

Councillors in Oldham have blasted a government decision as ‘undemocratic’ and ‘shameful’ after a minister rejected a request to withdraw from a divisive housing scheme. 

An Oldham Conservative group member has called on the council to axe a third of its members.

To make travelling with pooches easier - TransPennine Express (TPE) is rolling out pup-friendly provisions for its customers.

Police have made two arrests and issued dozens of fines for traffic offences in a crackdown on crime in Derker.

A former Labour councillor in Tameside said his resignation was sparked by ‘toxic culture’ of the party and recent welfare cuts. 

Pupils at Hadfield Infant School have used their creative talent to highlight the importance of road safety to parents outside their school.

Police are trying to locate Gareth Gillan who is wanted on recall to prison.

One of Oldham’s oldest pubs has been ordered to shut its doors until further notice following a stabbing and mass brawl on Sunday night (April 6).

Oldham’s request to withdraw from a ‘controversial’ Greater Manchester housing plan has been rejected by the government.

A 39-year-old man has been arrested in an early morning raid as police tackle drugs and crime in Derker.

A 40-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of rape of a child under 13 in Oldham as part of an ongoing investigation into non-recent child sexual exploitation.

After a year of fundraising Puddle Ducks Greater Manchester is celebrating with the installation of a defibrillator at their swim school.

Derbyshire Police Safer Neighbourhood Team Officers have recently been out conducting extra speed checks. 

Over the weekend, eight braced steel beams were lifted into place as part of a £23m project In Denton. And National Highways images captured the impressive moment each was meticulously craned into position.

Police are becoming increasingly concerned about the whereabouts of a 69-year-old man who suffers from dementia.

Scrapped McDonald's drive-thru confirmed.

Oldham Spindles has scooped a top award for transforming a struggling 1990s shopping centre into a vibrant, multi-functional workplace and community hub.

Emergency services were called to Guide Lane at 9:10pm on Monday Night.

Plans to build a huge new solar energy farm next to Rochdale Canal could be ‘completed by autumn’ after years of delay.

A relentless fight against crime in Oldham and beyond is reaping significant rewards in keeping people safe – according to Greater Manchester Police.

New facilities designed to give disabled customers the confidence to travel by train have been installed at dozens of stations across the North of England.

Droylsden Lifesaving Club meet at Medlock on a Monday evening and are searching for new members.

Emergency services were called out to the Primark Store in Market place last night after a woman died.

Police are appealing for the public's help in locating a woman who never returned to the Royal Oldham Hospital from authorised leave.

A man who allegedly slapped Jack Grealish at the end of Sunday’s Manchester derby has been charged with assault.

A housing trust will expand into Tameside as it aims to take its property portfolio to 10,000 homes over the next five years.

A man has been charged with possession of an offensive weapon in a public place after reports of a someone wielding a machete on yesterday.

The first pétanque piste in the High Peak is open for business following a £16,000 grant from Tarmac’s Landfill Communities Fund.

A Droylsden blood donor is marking a decade of donations by encouraging other people in Tameside to sign up.

Healthwatch Tameside has published their research on GP experiences from the patient perspective.

Over 40,000 unique images from the Peak District National Park’s archives are to be catalogued, and many made public online for the first time.

Neighbours in Shaw, Oldham took to the streets this weekend to oppose a ‘flood of HMOs’ entering their town.

Plans for a huge HMO in Oldham that sparked a major backlash among neighbours have been refused by Oldham Council.

Another starlet has rolled off the Hyde Cricket Club conveyor belt with 16-year-old Rian Maisuria signing for the Lancashire Boys' Academy.

Three men were rushed to hospital following a fight outside a pub in Failsworth last night.

Natalie Drabble will be swimming the length of the English Channel to support Willow Wood Hospice.

Pub site dating back to 1860 to be brought back to life

Crashes involving Metrolink trams and cars surged by 30 per cent last year, new data shows.

The Glossop and Manchester-based law firm is running a free seminar in Glossop for residential landlords and letting agents.

Oldham Green Hill Sports & Recreation Club invited local members and guests to a packed Eid event to celebrate community cohesion.

Armed police swooped on Medlock Vale in Droylsden after reports of a man with a machete yesterday (Sunday April 6).

Two men have been found guilty of kidnapping, assaulting and subjecting a pensioner to a terrifying ordeal in Oldham.

Diving star Anthony Harding began the World Aquatics Diving World Cup season with a 3rd place finish in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Oldham’s brand new town-centre park will open in March 2026, the council has revealed.

Residents are gearing up for a peaceful protest following what they describe as a ‘deluge of HMOs’ in an Oldham town.

Callum Hesketh was born 2.5 months premature at Tameside Hospital, after being exposed to heroin and crystal meth in the womb.

A popular destination for holiday outings will be closed to all traffic for two weekends, including the May bank holiday.

Plans to create a new drive-thru McDonald’s in Hyde have been shelved.

The centre of Ashton remains a building site as work to transform it continues.

A leading firefighter has warned hikers about the risk of wildfires after the recent spell of dry weather.

Students at Tameside College and Clarendon Sixth Form took home more than 20 prizes in the Greater Manchester Colleges Group skills competition.

A proposed HMO that attracted more than 130 letters of objection will not go ahead after planners condemned the scheme as ‘incompatible’ with the local area.

Police have asked the public to help in their search for an Ashton man with dementia who has been missing since Saturday morning (April 5).

A goal line clearance in stoppage time ensured Curzon Ashton leapt back into the National League North play-offs with a 1-0 home win against Warrington Town.

The head of a Chadderton school plagued with building issues departed from his post with his head held high on Friday.

Beloved teacher Helen O’Hara, has retired from Hadfield Infant School after 29 years, with colleagues, parents and pupils expressing their sadness at her departure.

Glossop Police Safer Neighbourhood Team have issued an alert to van owners after a spate of break-ins.

The award-winning Glossop School Band are reforming for a one-off free concert to celebrate the life of their late maestro, Jack Fletcher.

A budding shoe designer from University Campus Oldham is set to make huge waves in the fashion and footwear industry.

Greater Manchester Police has highlighted the consequences of the Fatal 4 Offences -which contribute to road traffic collisions.

Over the last few months, the Glossop Police Safer Neighbourhood Team have seen an increase in anti-social behaviour in Glossop. 

The Old Street site has been vacant for years. There are now plans to transform the building’s first and second floors into four apartments, with a pub and restaurant below.

The discount supermarket is hoping to build a new store on the plot of The Pearl Restaurant when their lease end in 2029.

For the fifth year Tameside community safety partnership has launched its grant fund.

GMP’s Economic Crime Unit has successfully forfeited over £17 million from criminal’s back pockets.

Forensics were at the scene on Yew Tree Road after the man was found with serious injuries and was rushed to hospital.

Train operator Northern will be helping racegoers gallop to the Grand National festival at Aintree this week, with extra trains running to get customers safely to the races and back home again.

Telecoms company IX Wireless want to put the 15-meter-tall metal poles in Ashton, Denton and Stalybridge.

The Willow Wood Hospice has announced a raffle at a charity shop in Glossop – with an original Vivienne Westwood handbag as the top prize.

A Glossop mum of two will soon have the accolade of running in all six of the world’s major marathons. 

Noah’s ART in Hyde is fundraising to help feed their therapy Rabbits and Guinea Pigs.

Oasis Academy Oldham staged a special Culture Day to celebrate a ‘sense of belonging and diversity’.

The claims involve unnecessary pain and operations from patients being incorrectly diagnosed.

A gang of youths have been ‘given advice’ by police after reports of anti-social behaviour outside a town centre hotel at the weekend.

To help make the most of every donation, Willow Wood Hospice’s charity shops have a new system for furniture collections.

The old sports pavilion at Mossley playing fields is to be demolished to make way for the café and function room.

Oldham council will not get a statutory public inquiry into child sexual exploitation in the borough, the home secretary has confirmed.

A new Lidl store is set to open its doors in Oldham later this year.

A chance remark while crossing boggy Saddleworth moorland has led to two established Oldham businesses becoming next-door neighbours.

Emergency services were called out to the A628 Woodhead Pass in the Crowden area of Derbyshire on Tuesday morning.

Waterloo and Taunton Conservative Club in Ashton-under-Lyne, dug deep on Mothering Sunday to raise money for Willow Wood Hospice.

The site on Stockport Road closed its doors for the final time yesterday.

People who use mobility scooters can now travel to and from another eight stations on the Northern network.

Oldham has been ‘left in uncertainty’ since voting to withdraw from a controversial housing scheme.

An investigation is underway after a 19-year-old man was stabbed at Alexandra Road retail park on Sunday afternoon.

A Tameside police officer has spoken out about his experience with domestic abuse in the hope of encouraging other male victims to seek help.

Tips across Tameside switched to their summer opening times after the clocks went forward this weekend.

A thug fled empty handed after trying to mug a High Peak councillor on Thursday night.

A team of intrepid adventurers have raised more than £45,000 for a High Peak hospice after completing a three-day trek through the Sahara Desert.

Shed owners across Tameside have been asked to step up security on their outbuildings following a spate of break-ins.

Litter pickers across Tameside joined forces this week for the latest Great British Spring Clean.

The family of a 50-year-old man who was struck by a car during an altercation on a busy junction have paid tribute to a ‘kind, loving family man’.

A 32-year-old man has been charged with murder following a road rage hit-and-run incident in Oldham.

Mum and baby have been located after a placenta was discovered in Werneth park yesterday afternoon.

A suspicious item found in Werneth Park this afternoon has been confirmed to be a human placenta by medical professionals.

Police are appealing for the public’s help to find Neculai Todirenchi, who is wanted in connection with theft.

Police have issued a statement after part of Pennine Road in Simmondley was closed early on the morning of Friday March 28.

Operation Vulcan has seized an e-bike during an early morning raid in Derker as police continue to fight the crimes blighting the community.

Five people are battling to become Tameside’s newest councillor.

An extra 143 school places could soon be created for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in Tameside.

Two Tameside MPs have said things ‘must and will get better’ following another scathing report into the council’s children’s services department.

Dramatic photos capture the moment a former hospital wing was demolished in Oldham this week.

Andy Burnham has branded Rachel Reeves’ benefits cuts as ‘the wrong choice’ after the government’s own figures show reforms could push 250,000 into poverty.

More than 100 new houses to be built in Chadderton could ‘help people get on the property ladder’, developers say.

The former leader of Oldham’s Conservative councillors has joined a group of independents.

Screens at Manchester Airport have been upgraded to include information to help British Sign Language users find the next train into the city centre quickly and easily.

The recent ‘International Day of Forests’, saw members of High Peak Green New Deal calling for an end to deforestation.

Plans to convert an empty shop into a 4-bed HMO have hit the skids after officials condemned the scheme for creating ‘an institutionalised environment’.

Francis House Children’s Hospice has waved a fond farewell to its Chief Executive Officer Reverend David Ireland and welcomed Rachael Taylor as his replacement.

On Thursday March 27, Glossop will stage its first ever Glossopdale Community Champions Awards.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following an horrific incident in Oldham last night.

Police in Lees are investigating incidents involving youths kicking front doors and putting residents in distress.

Three men in possession of drugs were arrested after police from Operation Vulcan spotted a car being driven without insurance.

A Greenacres nursery has welcomed its latest Ofsted report.

Oldham is due to get a new outdoor market space on George Square, the council has confirmed.

A couple in Simmondley were stunned to discover a World War Two air raid shelter hidden beneath a large flowerbed in their garden.

A brand new outdoor market, a ‘cultural quarter’ around the Coliseum and an ‘ambitious’ sports campus are among the projects Oldham will spend a multimillion pound government boost on.

A Covid memorial has been destroyed by vandals in the gardens of Shaw town centre.

Households in Oldham could face a new charge to replace brown, blue and green recyling bins.

An 18-year-old man was arrested after ramming his car into a police vehicle following a chase before being detained.

Labour MP for High Peak, Jon Pearce, is calling for urgent action to tackle the toxic masculinity and online radicalisation of young men.

GMP’s Volunteer Police Cadet units have been taking part in a series of sessions raising awareness of child exploitation as part of a tailored programme to promote open discussion.

Oldham Athletic hosted a special iftar dinner for local guests and dignitaries.

A planning dispute that has left some in a village feeling  ‘frustrated and powerless’ will come to an end this week. 

Tameside will soon have one of the best public transport networks in the country according to the Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham.

A £1m canalside plot is being sold by Tameside Council (TMBC) after developers failed to build anything on the land.

Police are hunting three people in connection with the theft of a pensioner’s purse just before Christmas.

The Sunday Times has named a Tameside town as one of the Best Places to Live in England for 2025.

Police in Oldham seized a car after spotting it being driven erratically in Glodwick.

More than 100 people have objected to plans to convert a former GP office in Shaw into a 22-bed housing complex .

TWO men with links to Oldham are being sought by police along with 10 others in relation to drugs and firearms investigations.

A fundraising gala ball in Buxton is set to celebrate 35 years of a local hospice charity, and tables are now available to book.

Whether you enjoy a challenging hike or a casual stroll, the High Peak caters to a diverse range of preferences.

Stockport based NK Theatre Arts head to New Mills Art Theatre for the very first time with their production of Rock Of Ages.