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direct to your inboxA motorcycle passenger opened fire on a young man in a 'targeted' shooting on a Stockport street, police say.'Several shots' were fired at the 27-year-old on Heathland Terrace in Cale Green just before 8pm on Saturday.He wasn't injured and called police.Police say two men rode to Heathland Terrace on a motorbike before the pillion rider walked towards the victim and fired several shots in his direction. They then fled on the motorbike towards Stockport town centre.

direct to your inboxA £1m pot has been put aside to clean up Stockport’s famous viaduct, rail bosses have confirmed.Weeds, graffiti and crumbling brickwork have left the iconic Victorian structure looking the worse for wear for some time.It was last properly spruced up some 30 years ago - at the cost of around £3m.And with Stockport town centre undergoing a £1bn regeneration, campaigners have been pushing for something to be done about its dilapidated state.Among them has Denton and Reddish MP

direct to your inboxPlans for a giant 18-storey tower block in Stockport have been given the green light despite fears over the ‘Hong Kongisation’ of the town centre.The high rise ‘resi-tower' - boasting 98 apartments - is to be built on the pay and display car park between Piccadilly and Fletcher Street and opposite Regal House.It will feature a six storey ‘plinth’ at its base, with a ‘relatively slim’ tower rising from the Piccadilly side.The base is mainly earmarked for commercial units -

direct to your inboxFriends of a centenarian are asking people to send her 100 birthday cards so she can celebrate in style.Dorothy Wright will turn 100 on Tuesday (January 5), but won’t be able to have the big party she had hoped for due to the current coronavirus restrictions.The great grandmother, from Stockport, hasn’t left the house since the pandemic began back in March and hasn’t been able to see her friends and family.Her pals Neil and Vicki - who run the Stockport town centre cocktail

direct to your inboxA man has appeared in court accused of having a knife in Stockport town centre.Police were called to Warren Street shortly before 2pm on Monday to reports of a man with a knife.Officers attended and Lee Fardy, 43, of Stonemill Terrace, Lancashire Hill, was arrested.Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the free MEN newsletterYou can sign up very simply by following the instructions hereHe appeared at Stockport Magistrates' Court on

An 'urban village' boasting hundreds of high rise apartments has been approved for Stockport town centre.Stockport College’s Greek Street campus is to be completely redeveloped to create the ‘Royal George Village’, after planners gave the scheme the green light.The project will also see the town’s Grade II* listed War Memorial Art Gallery become a focal point for what is intended to be a new ‘intergenerational community’,The three-acre site near the town hall will form part of the regeneration

Sainsbury’s has been urged to reconsider plans to close its store in Stockport town centre.MP Nav Mishra has written to the retail giant’s chief executive Simon Roberts, asking him to think again about shutting the supermarket on Warren Street.In the letter he raises concerns that the decision will have an impact on thousands of people - not least the 87 employees who are facing potential redundancy just weeks before Christmas.It states: “In the middle of a pandemic and in precarious economic

Charlie Beaumont, then 18, and 19-year old Jamie Leigh Perkins attacked officers as they were arrested. Beaumont assaulted a policewoman and screamed: ''you fat c**t, you’re a sl*g, I’m going to head-butt you” whilst Perkins tried to bite them.

New images offer the first glimpse of how a proposed 18-storey tower block in Stockport town centre could look.Proposals for a 12-floor building on a car park opposite Regent House - between Piccadilly and Fletcher Street - were tabled last year.But Saudi developer Eamar - which owns Stockport Pyramid - has fresh plans for a new mixed-use scheme boasting 98 apartments and two ground floor retail units.The revised proposals feature a five-storey block at the base of the building as well as a

Stockport town centre have tested postive for Covid-19, McDonald's have confirmed.

Stockport town centre. Police were called to reports of a fight on St Petersgate at around 1.05am on Saturday (1 August).

An historic cotton mill is to undergo a £60m transformation that will bring hundreds of homes to Stockport town centre.

Striking new images - including one of a towering 16-storey apartment block - reveal how part of Stockport town centre could be completely transformed.

Loyal customers have launched an appeal to support a popular bar after it suffered the latest in a series of burglaries.

Impressive new images offer the first glimpse of how Stockport town centre’s old M&S store could look as smart modern offices.

Two new 'big screens' are being installed in Stockport town centre.

There's a palpable sense of excitement about what is happening to the food and drink scene in Stockport town centre.

There's a palpable sense of excitement about what is happening to the food and drink scene in Stockport town centre.

Plans have been submitted to divide up H&M's store in Stockport town centre to create up to three smaller shops.

These graphic photos show what has happened to a woman's leg since she fell in a shopping centre last year.

A tragic teenager who ended up sleeping rough, self-harming and had fits in Stockport town centre within weeks of each other was failed by the council, an investigation into her death has found.