Tameside news

• Cook try gives Leigh victory over Castleford

  05-06-2026 23:29 via bbc.com
  
  Leigh continue their march up the Super League table with a fifth victory in six games as Adam Cook's gift try sinks Castleford.
  
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• Young people team up with Lottery Winners to write hometown anthem

  06-06-2026 08:30 via bbc.com
  
  Young people in Leigh team up with the indie chart-toppers to write a song championing their hometown.
  
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• 'I've matched with four men on dating apps - they were all scammers'

  06-06-2026 08:27 via bbc.com
  
  Julie Osgood tried dating after losing her partner of 38 years to Covid and now wants to warn others.
  
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• Was the weekend really invented in Greater Manchester?

  06-06-2026 08:23 via bbc.com
  
  Salford is holding a free festival for all the family to celebration the invention of the weekend.
  
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• Smith helps Wire beat Hull FC to keep pace at top

  05-06-2026 23:50 via bbc.com
  
  Josh Smith scores two second-half tries as Warrington struggle past Hull FC to move level on points with Leeds at the top of Super League.
  
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• T20 Blast round-up: Bairstow inspires Yorkshire to record Roses win

  05-06-2026 23:32 via bbc.com
  
  A round up of Friday's T20 Blast action which included Jonny Bairstow and Moeen Ali inspiring Yorkshire to a 106-run win over Lancashire Lightning.
  
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• Angry Ginge says pets died in fire at mum's home

  05-06-2026 23:02 via bbc.com
  
  The Salford-born content creator says two cats and one rabbit died in a fire at his mother's house.
  
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• Associate of synagogue attacker admits terror charge

  05-06-2026 22:48 via bbc.com
  
  Mohammad Bashir drove Jihad Al-Shamie to a military base in Oxfordshire in the months before the attack.
  
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• Man jailed for 24 years for 2003 rape in Salford

  05-06-2026 21:46 via bbc.com
  
  A rapist has been jailed for the 2003 attack in Salford for which Andrew Malkinson wrongly served 17 years in prison.
  
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• Stockport County appoint Rochdale boss McNulty

  05-06-2026 19:44 via bbc.com
  
  Stockport County appoint Rochdale boss Jim McNulty as their new manager on a three-year deal.
  
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• Rapist's 24-year sentence an 'insult', says wrongly convicted Andrew Malkinson

  05-06-2026 19:04 via bbc.com
  
  Paul Quinn is jailed over the 2003 attack in Salford for which Andrew Malkinson served 17 years.
  
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• Rapist's 24-year sentence an 'insult', says Malkinson

  05-06-2026 19:04 via bbc.com
  
  Paul Quinn is jailed over the 2003 attack in Salford for which Andrew Malkinson served 17 years.
  
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• Airport check-in worker part of £30m cash smuggling gang

  05-06-2026 18:48 via bbc.com
  
  Emirates attendant Emma Rauf helped couriers carry hundreds of thousands of pounds on flights to Dubai.
  
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• How the contest is shaping up two weeks ahead of crucial Makerfield by-election

  05-06-2026 18:00 via bbc.com
  
  What stood out from the Question Time exchanges between candidates in the Makerfield by-election?
  
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• Prem team news: final-round play-off spots up for grabs

  05-06-2026 16:33 via bbc.com
  
  After 17 rounds of action the Prem's regular season ends on Saturday with two key games in the play-off shake-up.
  
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• Shaw and Hasegawa on PFA women's award shortlist

  05-06-2026 11:28 via bbc.com
  
  Manchester City duo Khadija 'Bunny' Shaw and Yui Hasegawa are shortlisted for the Professional Footballers Association's Women's Player of the Year award.
  
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• Fernandes & Man City duo among six on player of year shortlist

  05-06-2026 10:56 via bbc.com
  
  Declan Rice, Gabriel, David Raya, Bruno Fernandes, Erling Haaland and Rayan Cherki are nominated for the Professional Footballers' Association men's player of the year award.
  
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• Burnham says he would seek to enter any Labour leadership contest

  05-06-2026 09:56 via bbc.com
  
  The Greater Manchester mayor would need to win the by-election in Makerfield to be a possible candidate.
  
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• Social housing included in plan for old golf course

  05-06-2026 07:10 via bbc.com
  
  Plans to build 244 homes at a former golf club in Stockport attracted significant local opposition.
  
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• ABBA themed venue planned next to football stadium

  05-06-2026 07:09 via bbc.com
  
  Planners recommend the approval of Mamma Mia! The Party next to Manchester City's Etihad Stadium.
  
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• Royal hug for woman ringing cancer treatment bell

  04-06-2026 21:37 via bbc.com
  
  The Princess of Wales tells an emotional cancer patient "you can do it" at The Christie hospital.
  
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• Man Utd will not be swayed on transfer plan - Berrada

  04-06-2026 20:10 via bbc.com
  
  Manchester United chief executive Omar Berrada says the club will not bow to pressure and overpay in the summer transfer window.
  
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• Son 'overwhelmed' by tributes to taxi firm owner

  04-06-2026 17:02 via bbc.com
  
  People have been sharing "beautiful stories" about Alfanso Vivian Salmon who has died, aged 88.
  
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• By-election win-win for me, Reform candidate says

  04-06-2026 13:50 via bbc.com
  
  Robert Kenyon says even if he fails to get elected he would have "given two fingers to the establishment".
  
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• Wembley defeat, another manager sacked - what's going on at Salford City?

  04-06-2026 13:08 via bbc.com
  
  Famous owners but stuck in League Two with another manager sacked - what's happening at Salford City?
  
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• Failures at home where 'drunk child attacked police'

  04-06-2026 10:02 via bbc.com
  
  Ofsted rates the Salford facility run by Care 4 Every Child Limited as inadequate.
  
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• Mum 'speechless' as strangers transform her home

  04-06-2026 07:07 via bbc.com
  
  A Trafford mum of three boys with complex needs has her home renovated by a group of kind volunteers.
  
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• 'It upset me to see state of baby memorial garden'

  04-06-2026 07:06 via bbc.com
  
  Carole Moore who miscarried her first child says she was saddened when she saw the state of the garden.
  
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• Man City have opening Anderson bid rejected by Forest

  04-06-2026 00:41 via bbc.com
  
  Manchester City have an opening transfer bid for midfielder Elliot Anderson rejected by Nottingham Forest.
  
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• Doorcam catches man dumping rubbish in skip

  03-06-2026 18:39 via bbc.com
  
  The man was caught on camera putting rubbish bags in a skip and has been fined £1,000.
  
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