Denton South: Last News

There are 53 candidates standing in Tameside’s local elections next month when one seat will be up for grabs in each of the borough’s 19 wards. The council is currently dominated by Labour, who hold 51 of its 57 seats, with the remainder taken by the five-strong Conservative group and a lone Green.

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,

A rise in new coronavirus cases in Tameside has caused the borough’s infection rate to spike.Its figure is now the second-worst in Greater Manchester.In just a few weeks, Tameside’s rate has soared from 29.6 in the week ending August 22, to 72 in the seven days to September 9.Only Bolton has a higher rate in the region - 131.Bolton has been put under harsher lockdown measures by Health Secretary Matt Hancock, with restaurants and pubs ordered to operate as takeaway only.Leaders have warned that residents in Tameside need to take action to avoid following in Bolton’s footsteps.According to the government dashboard, there were 163 positive cases in the week to September 6.The two biggest hotspots for cases were Hyde North and Denton South,