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Citizens Advice SORT reports 41% increase in demand over pandemic

The Citizens Advice SORT group, covering Stockport, Oldham, Rochdale and Trafford, reported that it supported a record 45,000 clients over the phone since the start of the pandemic, a 41% increase on the previous year. The organisation's 80 staff and 77 volunteers, who have been working from home … [Read more...]

30th March: Coronavirus News Updates

UK NEWS & HEADLINES: UK STATISTICS Total UK Cases: 4,337,696 positive testsLatest UK daily figure: 4,654 new casesNumber in UK hospital: 4,560 (296 fewer than previous day)New deaths across UK: 23Total UK deaths: 126,615England Cases per 100,000: 42 per 100,000 (daily change: 1 fewer)R … [Read more...]

Business leaders urge government to stick to reopening timetable

Businesses leaders from the across the country have called on the Prime Minister to maintain its current timetable for reopening the economy. In a letter sent by Cities Restart, a business network aimed to ensuring the economic recovery of UK cities after the pandemic, the organisation urged the … [Read more...]

Hazel Grove apartment scheme secures planning approval

Plans to build an apartment scheme of 32 one- and two-bedroom homes in Hazel Grove has been approved by Stockport Council. Kirkland Developments proposed the development to repurpose the site of the former Woodman Inn pub on the A6 in Hazel Grove, which has been closed for over eight years. The … [Read more...]

Supportability announces return of annual charity golf day

Stockport charity, Supportability, has confirmed that it will be hold its annual charity golf day once again this year on 9th July at Heaton Moor Golf Club. The golf day is one of the most important dates in Supportability's calendar, and is the charity's biggest fundraising event in any given … [Read more...]

29th March: Coronavirus News Updates

UK NEWS & HEADLINES: UK STATISTICS Total UK Cases: 4,333,042 positive testsLatest UK daily figure: 3,862new casesNumber in UK hospital: 4,560 (296 fewer than previous day)New deaths across UK: 19Total UK deaths: 126,592England Cases per 100,000: 43 per 100,000 (daily change: 1 fewer)R … [Read more...]

Stockport Council refuses Bredbury Industrial Estate expansion

Stockport Council has rejected plans for the 1 million sq ft Bredbury Gateway industrial estate proposed on a 76 acre Green Belt site along the River Tame. In an almost two-and-a-half hour debate on the proposals in a meeting of Stockport Council's Planning & Highways Regulation Committee, … [Read more...]

Green light for St Thomas Gardens development

Stockport Council has given the green light to a proposed residential scheme, St Thomas Gardens, that will repurpose the former St Thomas Hospital in the town centre. Councillors expressed enthusiastic support for the scheme, which comprises 67 new homes and a 70-bed care facility, for its model … [Read more...]

Brompton Bike Hire scheme arrives at Stockport Exchange

Stockport Exchange, already one of the region’s most well-connected and accessible business hubs, is boosting its active travel credentials by introducing a Brompton Bike Hire dock. The new solar powered cycle dock, which launches in the summer will see eight docks and 12 cycles located outside … [Read more...]