The latest news from Wednesday, May 13th, 2026

Members of the public joined healthcare professionals at Willow Wood Hospice to learn how to start difficult conversations around death, dying and grief during this year’s Dying Matters Week.

A stretch of the A57 Snake Pass is set to close for more than two weeks next month, as engineers carry out investigations into ongoing landslip problems.

High Peak MP Jon Pearce has been asked whether he still has confidence in Keir Starmer as pressure grows on the Labour leader following recent local election results.

The Vale's annual showcase of the very best of Oldham and Tameside returns this June.

Next week is Dementia Action Week. It is an awareness campaign led by the Alzheimer’s Society, bringing people and organisations together to act on dementia. 

Leading KBB manufacturer and supplier, Hill’s Panel Products (HPP), has announced Gareth Evans as its new Managing Director.

The new leader of the Conservative party in Tameside has been announced.

Oldham Mountain Rescue Team were called by North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) after they received an emergency call from a party of four walkers, where one member of the group had fallen and injured themselves on the upper edge path at Ashway, Dovestones.

A new £750,000 dedicated SEND unit for children with complex autism needs will open at St Stephen's RC Primary this autumn.