A gran ripped off her employer for thousands of pounds because she felt ‘underpaid and undervalued’. Beryl Rawlings, of Ashton, worked as an assistant accountant for Elcometer Ltd but doctored the family firm’s cheques so they could be paid to her. More...

It's A Long Way To Tipperary was first performed by music hall entertainer Jack Judge at the Grand Theatre in Stalybridge - exactly 100 years ago. Crowds gathered outside Stalybridge Civic Hall today, where a statue of Jack Judge now stands, for a special performance by Stalybridge...

A little girl has been robbed of the only memories of her birth family after thieves stole laptops from her home. Five-year-old Savannah Williams was adopted by Maria and Derek Williams while they were working on the Caribbean island of St Kitts. More...

Wayne and Michael Shepherd were collared with more than £8,000 of cannabis and cocaine at the terraced house. Wayne Shepherd, 53, allowed his son Michael, 23, to use the garage as a base for drug dealing, a court heard. More...

A church is being forced to close its doors due to the rising cost of building repairs. Parishioners will gather for a final thanksgiving mass at 7pm on Thursday (14 July) at St Raphael’s RC Church in Millbrook, Stalybridge. The decision was made following a consultation with the...

Drunken thugs who launched a 'sickening and brutal' attack on a stranger they found asleep at a bus stop have been jailed. Dean Hayward and Dane Simms rained punches on their victim's head and body before one of the men kicked him in the face, a court heard.

Three men have been charged with manslaughter after an employee fell through a roof and died. Kevin Palliser, 59, of Risworth Rise, Shaw, Richard Vaughan Williams, 42, of Priory Close, Hawarden in Clwyd and Graham Coupe, 59, of Hampshire Close, Glossop all face charges. ...

The memory of an inspirational army cadet instructor will live on in a therapy room to help other cancer patients. More...

Footballers have made helping little Ria Stonehouse their special goal. More...

Ridge Hill school is set to become the first primary in Tameside to become an academy. More...

Avon calling! It’s been the familiar calling card for the American beauty business for 125 years and it has made billions of dollars selling cosmetics and perfumes door-to-door.

It's a condition that affects millions of people in the UK, yet dozens of myths still surround diabetes. More...

Drivers are being urged to lock their cars and hide valuables after a string of thefts from vehicles in Ashton. Thieves ransacked a car which was left unlocked on Wilshaw Grove and stole golf clubs, keys, a wallet and a mobile phone. The two offenders struck overnight between...

Staff at the council are holding a 24-hour tweetathon via the social networking website, broadcasting details of the work the council does in a typical day. The tweetathon begins tonight (Wednesday) at midnight - you'll be able to keep track of every tweet throughout the 24 hours...

A young man who was slashed and kicked senseless in a random city centre attack has praised a Good Samaritan for saving his life. The 22-year-old suffered horrific injuries in the unprovoked beating and knifing near Piccadilly Gardens. He was left with multiple broken face bones,...

A paedophile who forced his victims to eat the flesh from pigs’ heads has been found guilty of abusing eight children. Evil Colin Cooper, 60, was ‘utterly obsessed’ with molesting youngsters and continued to prey on them even after serving a jail sentence for child sex offences in...