Ashton Waterloo: Last News

Tameside council’s ruling group has undergone a reshuffle ahead of its new leader being confirmed next week. Following the last minute resignation of Brenda Warrington from the role of the leader of the Labour group, there has now been a shake-up of cabinet positions which has seen several of her key allies ditched.

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The latest weekly cases for the borough, broken up into Middle layer Super Output Areas (MSOA) which are sorted by population: Ashton Central – 49 Droylsden East – 44 Droylsden Central – 44 Denton South – 42 Hyde South – 41 Hurst Cross – 38 Hyde North – 38 Ashton Waterloo – 37 Dane Bank – 37 Mossley – 36 Dukinfield West – 33 Cheetham Fold and Gee Cross – 33 Guide Bridge – 32 Ashton North – 31 Newtonmoor – 30 Hattersley – 28 Ashton East – 27 Audenshaw – 26 Denton West – 26 Stalybridge South – 26 Stalybridge East & Swineshaw – 25 Denton North – 25 Droylsden West – 24 Denton East – 24 Carrbrook and Micklehurst – 22 Dukinfield East & Hough Hill – 20 Stalybridge North – 19 Smallshaw – 18 Godley – 15 Mottram,

government pinpoint Ashton Central and Ashton Waterloo as hotspots in the week from August 1 to August 7.In Ashton Waterloo, 12 positive cases were recorded within that time frame with 10 in Ashton Central. And on the streets of the market town, people are confused and angry about the guidelines and restrictions.

hereHowever Hyde South is an outlier, with the rest of the borough seeing far fewer people pass away.The next highest is Mossley, with 14 deaths in the three month period, then Guide Bridge with 13 and Droylsden Central with 12.The postcodes around Ashton Waterloo and Dukinfield West have both recorded 11 deaths.Smallshaw and Ashton Central have also seen ten deaths each connected with coronavirus.The remaining 21 postcode areas have seen deaths in the single figures since the pandemic took hold in March.Denton North saw the lowest death toll across the borough, with just two people passing away in April and May.Tameside council’s director of public health Dr Jeanelle de Gruchy said: “We are very saddened by the deaths of any of our