Stockport Council: Last News

A Stockport woman has hit out at the council, saying she feels 'persecuted' after they painted double yellow lines on 'historic' cobblestones outside her house.

Two flood alerts are in force in parts of Greater Manchester this afternoon - with more heavy rain forecast to fall.

Stockport is being recognised for its nightlife after receiving a prestigious award.

Andy Burnham says he wants to bring Metrolink to Stockport 'as soon as we possibly can' as senior politicians and leaders from the borough met to discuss its future. The event, held in Stockport Exchange and led by Councillor Mark Hunter, leader of Stockport Council, was centered around the ‘Next Stop Stockport’ plans to help shape the future of transport in the borough.

Greater Manchester’s Town of Culture is preparing to mark the start of the festive season this November with a one-day Christmas celebration set to take place across the town centre.

The multi-million pound transformation of Stockport’s bus station has reached a new milestone with the planting of the first trees in the rooftop park.

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Scarves, thermometers and heated blankets are being given out to vulnerable people struggling with the soaring costs of energy bills as the cold snap continues in the UK.

A car showroom boss says he believes part of the plans for a new railway station i n Cheadle will force him out of business. It was announced in July that Cheadle Towns Fund Board (CTFB) had been granted government funding for the new £9m station and £1m for a related package of walking and cycling routes.

Town hall officials have confirmed they are looking into a boarding kennels business which has been at the centre of a social media storm. Stockport Council says it is aware of video footage circulating online this week, which was filmed at Daisy Bank Boarding Kennels.

A cyclist was taken to hospital with a head injury after a crash in Stockport.

It was the night when Brinnington's problems exploded into view.

The A555 Airport Relief Road is flooded again after Storm Barra brought torrential rain to the region.

Grieving relatives confronted council and police officers over the scrapping of memorials at gravestones of their loved ones.

direct to your inboxThe A555 Airport Relief Road remains closed due to flooding.The dual carriageway remains shut in both directions between the Bramhall Oil Terminal to Styal Road.Stockport Council say the A555 will stay closed for at least the remainder of today (Thursday).Photographs taken this afternoon show an abandoned car partly submerged under water on one of the carriageways.The road closure follows more than 24 hours of torrential rain and flooding across the region in the wake of Storm Christoph.Around 2,000 homes and businesses in south Manchester were asked to evacuate last night with severe 'danger to life' flood warnings in place for East Didsbury, West Didsbury and Northenden, as heavy snow fell across the region

here The latest figures from Public Health England show Stockport's coronavirus infection rate more than trebled from 8.2 infections per 100,000 people on July 22 to 26 per 100,000 people a week later.

A third case of coronavirus has been confirmed in Stockport.