More from Tameside Reporter

• How every Greater Manchester council intends to tackle ‘family voting’ in the upcoming May elections

  The issue of election voting integrity has seen much scrutiny over the past week after observers raised ‘major concerns’ about family voting in last week’s Gorton and Denton by-election.

• Tameside families urged to take part in landmark consultation on children’s online safety

  Ashton-under-Lyne MP Angela Rayner is urging families across Tameside to take part in a major national consultation on how to better protect children online.

• Greater Manchester hospitality leaders take action to tackle stress and burnout

  Hospitality leaders across Greater Manchester are joining forces to address rising levels of stress and burnout among workers, amid warnings that workforce wellbeing is becoming a serious commercial risk for the sector.

• On the streets of Ashton town centre talking about council tax rises

  The cost of living is soaring, bills are going up and people are living ‘on a knife’s edge’. It’s no wonder a council tax rise in Tameside has filled Sophie Walton with dread and fear.