The Latest Breaking News from Ashton

Technicalities and delegation on HVO and others won't get Hunter coal shift sorted

'Has it occurred to federal Labor MPs to get the technicality sorted?'

Newcastle Herald · Aug 10

Boy 15 Dies After Doctors Dismissed Heart Warning Signs as Asthma in Tragic Misdiagnosis

Jake Lawler was just 15 when he tragically died after collapsing during a school day at Ashton on Mersey School in Sale, Trafford, on 5 November last year.

The Fashion Central · May 22, 2025

THREE leisure centres to shut within months in one Greater Manchester borough

Active Ashton, Adventure Longdendale and Active Etherow will shut in early September

Manchester Evening News · Jul 3, 2023

Metrolink line suspended after car driven onto tram tracks

Services on the Ashton line have been suspended

Manchester Evening News · Feb 17, 2023

Opposition to HS2 plans which would cut off Ashton from the Metrolink for years to go before MPs

There would be a temporary track and ‘turn back’ created at Piccadilly for a period of two years

Manchester Evening News · Feb 7, 2023

Long Ashton pub forced to close after 'severe flooding' causes damage

Staff have been working hard for the pub's reopening at the weekend

Bristol Post · Jan 20, 2023

The council candidates hoping to win the Ashton by-election

The third council seat in Ashton was left vacant following the sad death of well-loved Coun Anthony Sykes

Manchester Evening News · Nov 25, 2022

'Common sense prevails' after bizarre boundary change in Greater Manchester axed

“It came as no surprise to me that local people would strongly resist this move and I am glad that common sense has prevailed.”

Manchester Evening News · Nov 8, 2022

M6, M53, M56, M57 and M58 to close with motorists expecting 'delays'

Here's a list of all the motorway closures you can expect between August 8 and 14

Liverpool Echo · Aug 8, 2022

Controversial 84-home development next to Haydock Park in Ashton labelled "dangerous and inconvenient" approved despite objections

"If there are security problems that is their problem not the residents'.”

Manchester Evening News · Jun 15, 2022