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New safety advice issued on electric gates

Installers, designers, maintenance firms and manufacturers of electric gates, are being urged to seriously consider new safety advice issued by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), following the recent deaths of two children involving these gates.

The safety alert points out that limiting the closing forces of gates alone will not provide sufficient protection to meet the relevant standards, and installers must fit additional safeguards to gates in public areas.

HSE’s Director of Field Operations, David Ashton, said:“ Electric or automatic gates are designed to stop if someone gets in the way, and installers and those maintaining these gates have a real duty to ensure this happens.

Date published: 04/09/2010

Football hooligans warned not to travel to Switzerland

Greater Manchester Police is warning football hooligans not to travel to Basel for the European Championship qualifying match between Switzerland and England on 7 September 2010.

Operation Breitling will target known or potential troublemakers travelling from Manchester Airport to commit football violence.

Plain clothed Football Intelligence and uniformed police...

Date published: 04/09/2010

Ricky Rocks Dukinfield for charity

Band wives

Friday night (3/9/10), saw a special evening at Dukinfield Town Hall, when a rock and roll tribute night was put on in aid of the cancer charity MacMillan Nurses. The brainchild of local...

Date published: 04/09/2010

New safety advice issued on electric gates

Installers, designers, maintenance firms and manufacturers of electric gates, are being urged to seriously consider new safety advice issued by the Health and Safety Executive today, following the recent deaths of two children involving these gates.

The safety alert points out that limiting the closing forces of gates alone will not provide sufficient protection to meet...

Date published: 04/09/2010

GMP complaints on top-three list

Greater Manchester’s police officers are some of the most complained about in the UK, new figures show.

A total of 160 officers in the region had three or more complaints made against them last year — the third highest number nationally.

The Police Force of Northern Ireland had the highest number of officers with three or more complaints, at 376.

Date published: 03/09/2010

Marvel of the skies

The world’s largest passenger plane landed at Manchester Airport on Wednesday 1 September 2010.

Dubai–based airline Emirates flew the 500-seat Airbus A380 superjumbo into Manchester to open its daily services to Dubai.

The A380 is 236ft long, with a wingspan of 261ft and is 80ft high to the tip of its tail.

Date published: 03/09/2010

Time to stand up and be counted

The time has come for all Tamesiders to stand up and be counted. The ten-yearly census takes place on March 27 next year and Cllr John Taylor, deputy leader of Tameside Council, says it is vital that people fill in their questionnaires.

Around 25 million packs will be sent out in England and Wales by the Office for National Statistics. Households will be asked questions...

Date published: 03/09/2010

Council's Chief Executive earns more than PM

Tameside Council’s Chief Executive earns more money per year than the Prime Minister, according to figures published by the GMB trade union.

In a table of the most recent published accounts of local councils it was shown that Tameside’s Steven Pleasant earns £190,800, compared to the £143,000 earned by David Cameron.

Date published: 03/09/2010

Audenshaw School breaks away from council to become academy

Audenshaw School Headmaster Mr Steve Turner

Audenshaw School was granted Academy Status by the Secretary of State for Education on 1 September 2010.

The school is one of only 32 schools who were given permission to convert by the...

Date published: 03/09/2010

North West farmers urged to strap up during harvest

Steven Smith, HSE Head of Operations in the North West

Farmers across the are being reminded to wear safety straps when driving their tractors, especially during the busy harvest period.

Not wearing a lap strap or seat restraint puts...

Date published: 02/09/2010

Stalybridge Celtic latest games

Stalybridge Celtic Club Crest

Stalybridge Celtic suffered two disappointing games this week, for different reasons.

Against Nuneaton on Saturday Celtic kept it tight at the back, which led to few chances for either...

Date published: 02/09/2010

Rio Ferdinand’s stylish performance - in Stalybridge

Rio Ferdinand played in his first match yesterday since suffering the knee injury that wrecked his World Cup.

It was the first time Ferdinand had been in action since he suffered a major knee ligament injury in a freak collision with Emile Heskey on the first day of World Cup training with England in South Africa.

And it seems Ferdinand is now on track to face Everton...

Date published: 02/09/2010

Thief steals from hospital patients

Greater Manchester Police image

Police are hunting a thief who has targeted bed-ridden patients in hospital.

Sometime between 2.30pm on (4 August 2010) and 11.15am the following day an unknown offender stole a ring...

Date published: 01/09/2010

Droylsden 0 – 3 Blyth Sartans

Droylsden Lamb

This was all set to be the proverbial “smash and grab” by the Northumbrians, but the Spartans added two further goals in added time to give the score line an even more flattering look than...

Date published: 01/09/2010

Family of Garry Lister pay tribute

The family of a motorcyclist killed in a road traffic collision in Audenshaw have today, Wednesday 1 September 2010, paid tribute to him.

Garry David Lister, aged 36, of Platt Walk, Denton, died during the collision on Saturday 28 August 2010.

He was riding his Yamaha 600 bike along Corporation Road at around 8.50pm when it was in collision with a Vauxhall Zafira at...

Date published: 01/09/2010

Distraction burglary

Greater Manchester Police image

Police are hunting a woman who distracted an elderly couple to steal cash from them.

At around 6pm on (Wednesday 25 August 2010), the offender knocked on the door of a house on Nelson...

Date published: 31/08/2010

Droylsden 3 – 1 Hyde

Droylsden Lamb

Droylsden eventually ran out comfortable winners in this first Tameside derby of the season, but they were made to fight all the way by a resilient Hyde side, who were on top for large...

Date published: 31/08/2010

Tameside Horticultural Show

Flowers

Magnificent marrows, spectacular Victoria sponges and fantastic photographs are just some of the handiwork that will be on display for next weekend’s Tameside Horticultural Show.

But...

Date published: 30/08/2010

Wastes not want not

Tomatoes

Householders can now help to remove food waste from costly landfill by recycling it in their brown bin.

Tameside Council is launching the initiative – which will hopefully help the...

Date published: 30/08/2010

Children could miss out on new and improved playgrounds

Children in Tameside could miss out on new and improved playgrounds in the latest round of government cuts

Children in Tameside could miss out on eight new and improved playgrounds in the latest round of government cuts.

Tameside Council has been asked to freeze the projects after the...

Date published: 29/08/2010

Man dies in road traffic collision

A motorcyclist has died in a road traffic collision in Audenshaw.

At about 8.50pm last night, Saturday 28 August 2010, the victim was riding his Yamaha 600 bike along Corporation Road when it was in collision with a Vauxhall Zafira at the junction with Hopkinson Avenue.

The rider, believed to be a 36-year-old man, suffered head injuries and was pronounced dead at the...

Date published: 29/08/2010

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