BBC News (Free subscription) | 12/08/2008
A £500m scheme to rejuvenate Stockport in Greater Manchester is shelved after the major developer involved pulls out.
The Lone Voice (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Walter Bargate, 84, was wrongly billed more than £6500 and then left for two nights in a cold, dark house without power. He was found in a coma at his home in Stockport, Greater Manchester, in February last year. Former RAF officer Mr Bargate, who has cataracts and clawed hands, could not get his newly installed pre-payment electricity meter to work. Daughter Sarah Hayes, 50, said he tried to end his...
Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 20/06/2008
THREE NHS trusts in Greater Manchester - Trafford, Manchester and Stockport - have been criticised for failing hygiene standards.
Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 28/05/2008
A LONDON-born `Irishman' was crowned Stockport County's local hero as the Hatters showed Greater Manchester how to celebrate a big win.
Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 26/05/2008
If only all play- off finals produced such raw excitement as this. A match that was made in Greater Manchester and staged on a rain-swept afternoon made both sides feel at home
thisislondon (Free subscription) | 26/05/2008
If only all play- off finals produced such raw excitement as this. A match that was made in Greater Manchester and staged on a rain-swept afternoon made both sides feel at home
Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 17/05/2008
Poacher supreme Liam Dickinson grabbed the early goal which earned his Stockport side a Wembley League Two play-off final against Greater Manchester rivals Rochdale
Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 16/02/2008
UNHAPPY commuters will get the chance to air their grievances face-to-face with transport chiefs at a meeting in Stockport. Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority (GMPTA) is hosting a Transport Operator Surgery at Stockport train station on February 21 from 7am to 9am.
Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 16/01/2008
An attractive teacher at private school is at the centre of a sex storm after pupils spotted her in a raunchy video. The £7,000-a-year Stockport Grammar, in Greater Manchester, is investigating allegations that English teacher Sarah Green appeared in a sexually explicit internet ad
Cllr Iain Lindley's Diary (Free subscription) | 07/12/2007
I’ve managed to find a copy of the document comparing this year’s revenue support grant award to last year’s - click here to read it. Salford's RSG has increased by 3.6%, which is lower than all the other Greater Manchester Councils with the exception of Bury, Trafford and Stockport, which (and I’m sure this is a complete [...]
BBC News (Free subscription) | 30/09/2007
A 47-year-old man from Stockport is charged over the stabbing of a man at a takeaway in Greater Manchester.
Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 28/08/2007
ONE of Greater Manchester's busiest routes has reopened after two months of misery for motorists. The A6 at Belmont Bridge, near Stockport, has been completely closed while it was strengthened to meet a European law designed to cater for Continental lorries.
Bolton Evening News (Free subscription) | 27/07/2007
Stockport Council has become the second local authority in Greater Manchester to officially oppose the city's planned congestion charge.
Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 26/07/2007
STOCKPORT have dramatically rejected congestion charging in Greater Manchester.
