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Two eight-storey apartment blocks are set to be built in Stockport creating nearly 150 affordable homes. It's part of a new residential development at the corner of Chestergate and King Street West in Stockport.

A dispersal order has been put in place across Stockport town centre after a large gang of youths caused havoc at the bus station. Police made four arrests during the disturbance on Saturday night.

Walk around Stockport town centre and it's easy to get a sense of how quickly the area is changing.

It's a series of quaint towns and villages nestled between Stockport town centre and the Peak District.

People in Stockport say parts of the town centre and bordering areas are become a "free car park". Motorists have been spotted leaving their vehicles blocking public pavements and squares, forcing people to walk on the road or avoid routes altogether.

A man is set to appear in court over 24 alleged shoplifting offences.

Michelle Keegan continues to go from strength to strength in her career as her latest Netflix drama Fool Me Once became a smash hit almost immediately, but the actress's start was worlds away from the TV icon she is now. The 36 year old star, who has opened up on fearing she'll never work again amid chronic imposter syndrome, got her big break on ITV's longest-running serial soap Coronation Street. She then carved out a niche in drama shows, and starred in the critically-acclaimed military hit Our Girl.

An award-winning independent coffee group founded in the Northwest has announced the reopening of its Stockport store.

Three potential names for Stockport's new town centre park have been announced - with residents able to vote for their favourite. Work on the town's new £135 million new transport interchange, a key pillar £1 billion transformation of the town centre, is now well underway.

A woman hit with a controversial 'bus gate' fine - having been led along the stretch by her sat nav amid roadworks - has claimed a 'victory over the big man' after it was overturned. Gaynor Richards says she feels 'vindicated' after an independent arbitrator sided with her over Stockport council.

"What's going on? Is it your works' Christmas Dinner?" That was the wry comment from one elderly lady as streams of uniformed cops made their way out of Stockport Plaza and onto the streets of the town centre.

The transformation of a building once dubbed Stockport's ugliest has been completed with the opening of a new college for disabled adults.

More than 170 homes could be built at a Stockport quarry. An application from Stewart Milne Homes sets out a plan to build 172 houses in the Offerton area of Stockport.

There were mammoth queues outside the Thirsty Korean restaurant in Chorlton on Sunday (August 20) after Sacha Lord offered to pay for everyone's meal.

The weather right now might not be inspiring you to pack a picnic and head to the seaside but Stockport's Merseyway is getting the summer off to a good start - with its own beach.

The incredible transformation of Stockport town centre looks set to continue with two well-known high street chains preparing to open new stores.

The importance of the railway station in the history of the Stockport suburb of Cheadle Hulme should not be underestimated. Its arrival in the mid-19th Century set into motion the village’s transformation from a collection of small hamlets into a suburb of nearly 30,000.

The former Ritz Cinema car park in Stockport town centre is to be sold off for housing. The authority's economy and regeneration scrutiny committee is recommended to back disposal of the land when it meets on Thursday night.The Fletcher Street site is currently used as a surface-level car park but council bosses say their vision for the site is as a’ high- quality residential development in this important town centre location’. A report set to go before the scrutiny committee says it would bolster regeneration of Town Centre West, the 4,000-home ‘urban village’ driven by the borough’s Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC).

A former mechanic who 'lost everything' during the pandemic went on a booze-fuelled crime spree that saw him argue with a LAMPPOST, smash up a casino and brandish a knife in front of passengers on a bus.

Another 144 new homes are planned for Stockport town centre - and they are all ‘affordable’. Housing association Great Places has submitted plans for 144 apartments split across two new buildings at the corner of King Street West and Chestergate. Properties include a mix of one and two-bedroom flats and duplexes.

A new 'walkable neighbourhood' in Stockport has moved a step closer with the announcement of a funding partner for the 250 million scheme.

More information has been revealed about when people will be able to see a Lancaster bomber flying over Greater Manchester in May.

Back in November it was revealed that an award-winning Manchester brewery was upping sticks and moving to Stockport town centre. Now, just five months after the news dropped, Runaway Brewery is almost ready to open the doors to its brand new brewery, taproom and beer garden overlooking the River Mersey.

Fears have been raised that dozens of affordable flats planned for a major housing development could ‘disappear’ within five years. Housing association Great Places wants to build 73 ‘rent-to-buy’ apartments on a former car wash site in Stockport town centre.The one and two-bedroom homes would be spread across two adjoining blocks on disused land at King Street West - part of the regeneration zone overseen by the town’s mayoral development corporation (MDC). These would be let to working households at a discounted rent, giving tenants the opportunity to save for a deposit to buy their first home.

An enormous 90-tonne bridge was successfully lifted into place in Stockport over the weekend — connecting the town’s train station to its soon-to-be-built transport interchange.

Lidl has submitted plans for a ‘high quality’ new store on the site of a Stockport industrial works. The budget supermarket giant confirmed it was drawing up proposals for Cheadle Heath Works last year, and has now lodged an application with the council.

Officers are appealing for information to locate the whereabouts of a missing girl from Stockport.

A family has slammed a Stockport pub claiming its kid's burger was "like an ice hockey" puck in a review posted online.

‘Unsightly and derelict’ buildings in Stockport town centre are to be demolished to make room for the next stage of a £145m office scheme - creating a new ‘vista’ near the railway station. The properties, along Wellington Road South (A6) and Railway Road, will be knocked down so Stockport Exchange - which already boasts two modern office blocks, a Holiday Inn, multi-storey car park - can expand even further.

Stockport is to get a new £17m special school after 'much-needed' plans were signed off by town hall bosses. Named Pear Tree Academy, the secondary school will provide places for up to 133 pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), including children who have autism.