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Election results from Fylde local council election 2023 count

37 seats were contested across the wards including Ansdell and Fairhaven, Ashton, Carnegie, Freckleton Village, Heyhouses, Kilgrimol, Kilnhouse, Kirkham, Lytham East, Lytham West, Medlar with Wesham, Park, Rural East Fylde, Rural North Fylde, Staining, Warton and Wrea Green with Westby

Manchester Evening News · May 5, 2023

Tameside council local elections 2023 results

Seats were contested across Ashton, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Dukinfield, Hyde, Lonhdendale, Mossley, St Peter's, Stalybridge North and Stalybridge

Manchester Evening News · May 4, 2023

''They need shaking up': Disquiet among Tameside voters ahead of all-out election

Controversial issues such as the Godley Green garden village plans in Hyde, and regeneration projects for Ashton-under-Lyne’s outdoor market and Stalybridge town centre may prove to be pivotal in some wards where campaigning is at its fiercest

Manchester Evening News · Apr 27, 2023

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The 'lowest ever turnout' town where 'people think voting won't change things'

Only 5.34 per cent of eligible voters turned up to poll stations in Ashton for the by-election back in December 2022

Manchester Evening News · Apr 23, 2023

Ground is broken on massive school building project in Ashton

The school building the project is aiming for completion in Autumn 2024.

Manchester Evening News · Apr 21, 2023

Heartbreaking tribute to 'always smiling' mum-of-three found dead on railway line

Colette Fazackerley, 40, was pronounced dead on Easter Sunday (April 9) after police were called to reports of a woman near the train tracks, close to the Ashton Cricket Club

Daily Mirror · Apr 18, 2023

"She was always smiling. Nobody would've known she was suffering": Family pay tribute to mum-of-three found dead on railway line

Mum-of-three Colette Fazackerley, 40, was found dead on the railway line in Ashton-under-Lyne

Manchester Evening News · Apr 17, 2023

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First picture of woman tragically found dead on railway line on Easter Sunday - two days after she was last seen outside bar

Colette Fazackerley was last seen two days before outside a bar in Ashton-under-Lyne

Manchester Evening News · Apr 17, 2023

Abusive messages left on football fans' cars after stunt by group of vigilantes

Motorists parked outside of Ashton Gate Stadium on Raynes Road found fake parking tickets on their cars that told him they had 'parked like a c***'.

Daily Record · Apr 12, 2023

Drivers find obscene messages left like parking tickets on cars by vigilantes

Drivers returning to their cars by Bristol's Ashton Gate Stadium found obscene messages left like parking tickets on windscreens complaining that they had left their cars badly positioned

Daily Mirror · Apr 11, 2023

Cars near Ashton Gate Stadium slapped with rude notes about parking

"Do not do it again"

Bristol Post · Apr 11, 2023

Bust-up explodes on Facebook over location of area border sign in Greater Manchester neighbourhood

A new Welcome to Bryn' sign was installed outside Ashton Library recently - sparking an online row

Manchester Evening News · Apr 1, 2023

Town to be left with only two banks after NatWest make 'disappointing' decision

The bank confirmed this decision just six months after announcing they would be closing 43 banks across the UK.

Manchester Evening News · Mar 31, 2023

"The Dodge City days are over": The future for three Greater Manchester towns

Wigan Council's key areas of focus for the rejuvenation of town centres include Wigan, Ashton and Leigh

Manchester Evening News · Mar 26, 2023

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Manchester Evening News · Mar 17, 2023

Town centre to get £6.6million overhaul after government U-turn

Proposals for Ashton include improved shop fronts, upgraded streets and public spaces, new walking and cycling routes and a refresh for the town’s market square

Manchester Evening News · Mar 3, 2023

Young woman missing for more than a year may have been 'killed by man who knew her family'

"We want to keep Alisha in people’s memories"

Daily Mirror · Feb 2, 2023

Heroic bystanders chase off attacker who dragged teen through alley in bid to rape her

The traumatised 17-year-old was walking home through Ashton-under-Lyne when a stranger asked her for a cigarette before licking her face and pushing her into an alleyway

Manchester Evening News · Jan 23, 2023

Derelict hotel could be demolished for 26 homes

The proposal is looking to bring the site of Rockleigh Hotel in Ashton-in-Makerfield with 26 affordable homes

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Manchester Evening News · Jan 20, 2023

Disappointment for Wigan's failed bids despite £20 million success for Levelling Up cash

Leigh and Ashton town centres missed out on Levelling Up funding despite Haigh Hall getting £20 million

Manchester Evening News · Jan 5, 2023

'I can't believe it's happened again': Owner's disbelief after BMW obliterates shop

A woman has been arrested after the major smash in Canterbury Street, Ashton-under-Lyne

Manchester Evening News · Jan 5, 2023

Home collapses after car smashes into it with woman arrested

Police and fire crews are in Canterbury Street, Ashton-under-Lyne

Bristol Post · Jan 5, 2023

How one area of Bristol will see its population increase by 44 per cent as huge amount of development planned

Now a community group is launching a big project to work out how Southville, Ashton and Bedminster will cope

Manchester Evening News · Dec 1, 2022

Row over plans for late night Metrolink tram trial that 'cuts across side of Manchester'

Manchester's Labour-run council is 'pushing hard' for trams to run until 1am on Fridays and Saturdays from 2023, but they did not agree to the Lib Dem's proposal for a three-month trial of late night trams on the Eccles via Media City to Ashton-under-Lyne Metrolink service

Manchester Evening News · Nov 11, 2022

Radical Tameside boundaries shake-up scaled back

The proposals were opposed by local MPs

Manchester Evening News · Nov 3, 2022

Nearly 2,000 homes in Ashton-under-Lyne without electricity after huge power cut

The outage is expected to last until at least 4.45pm

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