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A huge retro games bar is set to open its doors later this year in Stockport town centre. Spread over two floors, Glitch will offer both retro arcade games and entertainment for modern gamers.

An historic railway building could be transformed into new homes as part of a ‘landmark’ residential development including an eight-storey roundhouse. The plans would see the Grade II-listed engine house - on the fringes of Stockport town centre - converted into two apartments, while the ‘eye-catching’ roundhouse would provide a further 52 flats. Manchester-based Promised Way Ltd is proposing a mix of one, two and three-bed homes for the land near Stitch Lane, in Heaton Norris - which was previously used by a vehicle sales firm. Planning papers say the proposal is for a ‘high quality, innovative and eye-catching residential development, respectful of the site’s heritage’ which would ‘energise and uplift the local area’.

Dozens of new ‘rent to buy’ flats could be built on a former car wash site in Stockport town centre. Housing association Great Places has submitted plans for 73 one and two-bedroom apartments across two adjoining blocks on disused land at King Street West.

A man was found with a knife and a screwdriver after being stopped and search by police in Stockport.

A much-loved burger and wing restaurant and takeaway is setting up shop in Stockport town centre. Bun and Bones Club are moving from their site in Hazel Grove to the kitchen of Doctor Feelgood - a bar and live music venue on the Market Place.

A new retirement development boasting 72 affordable apartments could be built on the site of a former independent school. Specialist accommodation for the over-55s is proposed for the vacant Focus School site in Heaton Mersey, Stockport, with every flat available for Older Persons Shared Ownership (OPSO).

Carers in Stockport put on an exhibition of art – all made from recycled materials following a series of classes. The recycled art workshops began last September.

Plans to bring buses in Greater Manchester back under public control are progressing as leaders agree to buy new electric buses and bus depots. The Bee Network - the name given to the new London-style integrated public transport system - is set to be rolled out across the region by the end of 2024.

A bar customer whose mate was sick at a bar sent a £20 tip to the member of staff who was forced to clean up the mess. The person vomited inside the The Good Rebel in Stockport after drinking too much on a recent night out.

Buses were forced to divert at Droylsden after objects were thrown at them on Monday evening (6 June).

Thousands of people again took the streets for the third day of celebrations for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. There was a party atmosphere across the region as people took advantage of the blazing sunshine and temperatures approaching 20 degrees Celsius at events to mark the monarch's 70 years on the throne.

A little courtyard is set to open behind one of the stores along Stockport's ever-developing Underbanks. The suntrap, hidden at the back of Ginkgo Herbs & Health, is set to serve herbal teas and botanical mocktails, alongside healthy snacks.

Images from our archives look back at the Dutch style cannabis café that came to Greater Manchester before police raids shut the venue for good. The Dutch Experience, in Stockport, opened to a blaze of publicity in September, 2001. Modelled on Amsterdam's coffee shops, it inspired other copycat venues to open in other parts of the UK.

Work on a "buzzing" new £60 million neighbourhood centred around a historic mill in Stockport is set to start next month, it has been announced. Plans for the transformation of Weir Mill on King Street West on the banks of the River Mersey - hailed as a "cornerstone" of the £1billion town centre transformation -were given the go-ahead last Autumn.

A 15-year-old girl has been arrested in connection with a spate of criminal damage to buses in Stockport. The incidents are alleged to have happened on buses travelling between Stockport town centre and the Brinnington estate between May 10 and May 17 this year.

Three teenagers have been arrested in connection with a spate of criminal damage to buses in Stockport. All of the youngsters, aged 14, were detained by officers from GMP on Wednesday (18 May).

It's a landmark known across Greater Manchester. Soon, a new community will emerge in the shadow of Stockport's famous viaduct.

Save the date! On Saturday, May 21, 2022, a host of superheroes are heading to town.

A former cinema could be converted into dozens of new flats under plans for a ‘comprehensive redevelopment’ of the building. Based in Stockport town centre, it has more recently been home to fashion brand Peacocks and is currently in use as a large charity shop.

Stockport is undergoing an enormous transformation with £1billion being injected into the town - but it may not look like much has changed yet. During a quick walk around the town centre on Thursday lunchtime, I counted a total of 13 boarded up shops.

Police have issued parents with a stark warning after children as young as NINE have been caught 'running riot' in Stockport town centre. The message was shared to Greater Manchester Police's local Stockport page warning of an surge in anti-social behaviour in recent weeks.

Officers have released a picture of a man they want to speak to after a 21-year-old woman was sexually assaulted on a bus.

A 1900s church in Stockport is up for sale with an attractive price tag of less than £200,000.

Emergency services responded to reports of a person suffering a medical emergency on a bus in Stockport this afternoon.

Police are appealing for help to find a man who has been missing from Stockport for more than two weeks.

The M60 has come under fire from Stockport motorists again — with drivers saying the Bredbury junction and a section near the town centre do not feel safe.

Plans to install a 189-metre ‘spiral ramp’ at a new Stockport park have been met with a mixed reaction online - with some heavily criticising the proposals.

January is usually considered a slower period for the property market, but this month has witnessed a surge in house sales.

Robinsons Brewery is to move from its historic home in Stockport town centre after nearly 200 years.

Stockport council has announced its new chief executive.