Sign up to the MyTameside newsletter here to keep abreast of what's happening in your neighbourhood Patrols are being stepped up on a notorious Tameside hotspot for anti-social behaviour after a rise in reported incidents.
Regular knife sweeps are being carried out around Burlington Street, Ashton, where police are being informed of drug taking and loitering.
In one sweep, officers recovered a haul of weapons from Millennium Green, the football pitch where locals say youths congregate and leave residents feeling trapped in their own homes. READ MORE: Young man, 23, dies in horror crash involving a motorbike and a car When neighbours told the Manchester Evening News in May about yobs running riot in their community, police said
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