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"Tiger King" star Jeff Lowe is on the mend after suffering a stroke earlier this month. A source close to Lowe confirmed his health scare to Fox News on Friday.  "He's back at home now recovering but taking things easy," the source said, noting that the former zookeeper of Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park had to be airlifted to an emergency room in Denton, Texas.

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direct to your inboxA hunt to find the people behind sickening racist graffiti in Tameside is being stepped up - with up to £1,000 being offered for information. Police have had reports of nine incidents across Denton since January 21 and believe two people are responsible.

direct to your inboxOne person has been injured in a road traffic collision in Denton.Police were called to reports of a collision on Stockport Road, near the junction with St Lawrence's Road just before 5.55pm on Saturday.North West Ambulance Service also attended the incident.Police say one person is understood to have suffered minor injuries.

direct to your inboxThe pain of losing everything you own in a matter of seconds is unimaginable for most people.Yet this week, dozens of families in Tameside are coming to terms with that very scenario.Their most precious belongings, irreplaceable memorabilia and treasured photographs have all been destroyed.They kept belongings at a storage facility on Holland Street in Denton, Tameside.On Sunday afternoon (February 21), a huge fire tore through the warehouse.More than 100 firefighters were

direct to your inboxA mum-of-one has lost everything she owns after a huge warehouse blaze destroyed a storage facility in Denton.Lisa Seaborn, 39, had transferred all of her personal belongings including her clothes, furniture and son's toys into the unit ahead of moving house, when the fire started at the weekend. Hundreds of firefighters were deployed to tackle the blaze at the three-storey building on Holland Street on Sunday (February 21).

direct to your inboxFamilies have told of the terrifying moment they were told to evacuate as a huge warehouse blaze raged just yards from their back doors. At its height 125 firefighters tackled the enormous fire at the three-storey building in Denton through Sunday afternoon into Monday.

direct to your inbox Firefighters are still at the scene of a huge warehouse blaze in Denton this morning. Crews are damping down at the three-storey building on Holland Street after an enormous blaze ripped through a storage unit last night.

direct to your inbox A huge blaze which tore through a warehouse in Denton is now under control, the fire service has confirmed. Hundreds of firefighters tackled the enormous fire at the three-storey building on Holland Street on Sunday evening and through the night.

direct to your inboxHeartbroken customers fear their possessions have been destroyed after a huge fire tore through a self-storage warehouse in Tameside this afternoon.Hundreds of firefighters are battling the blaze at the three-storey building on Holland Street in Denton tonight and are expected to be there until the morning.Greater Manchester Police has declared the blaze a 'major incident' as a number of homes have had to be evacuated and people in the area have been told to keep windows and

direct to your inboxResidents were evacuated and the M67 motorway had to be closed following a huge warehouse fire in Tameside on Sunday afternoon. At the peak of the blaze more than 125 firefighters were scrambled to tackle an enormous fire at a three-storey self-storage warehouse in Denton, causing a huge plume of smoke which could be seen all across Greater Manchester.

direct to your inboxPolice are appealing to the public for information after yet more vile racist graffiti has appeared in Denton.It's thought the same person is responsible for several hate-filled messages which have been found across the town over the last few weeks. Graffiti has been spotted on a defibrillator in Denton town centre, written in the snow on a car on Victoria Street and now scrawled on benches and signposts in Hulme's Wood nature reserve.

Denton. The unrepeatable racial slur was spotted by the elderly victim's neighbour on Tuesday morning.The woman said she wiped the disgusting writing off the car's front windscreen, before posting a picture of the graffiti on Facebook."Woke up this morning to check how much it had snowed, this had been put on my neighbours car," the resident said."She's an older lady.

direct to your inboxAldi has announced it will open a new store in Denton as it continues its expansion throughout Greater Manchester.It will also upgrade its existing store in Middleton.The two projects, costing a combined £2.5m, will create more than 150 jobs.Today (Monday) Aldi announced it would be splashing out on one new store in Denton and on upgrading its current store in Middleton.The projects are expected to be completed by the end of the year.Last summer Aldi announced it was looking

direct to your inbox Police found more racist graffiti in a park in Denton on the same day 'for whites only' was daubed on a live-saving defibrillator in the town. Denton and Reddish MP Andrew Gwynne called for an investigation after discovering the horrific racist graffiti on the life-saving device in Civic Square on Friday (January 22).

direct to your inboxMystery surrounds a loud bang which boomed out across Tameside on Sunday night. Residents in Audenshaw, Denton, Dukinfield reported hearing the noise just before 10pm, with some also saying they saw a flash of orange light.

direct to your inboxAn MP has called for an investigation after horrific racist graffiti was daubed on a defibrillator in Denton.The words 'For whites only' and 'No n******' were written on the life-saving device in the Civic Square.Denton and Reddish MP Andrew Gwynne, who after learning of the graffiti went to clean it off with his wife Allison, says he will be asking Tameside council to check CCTV in the area in a bid to catch the 'scumbag' who did it.

direct to your inboxEmergencies services were called after a sports car smashed through the front of a veterinary surgery.Images being shared on social media capture the extent of the damage caused.The car, understood to be a Nissan ZX, is shown facing out towards the road, with bricks strewn across the pavement.The smash happened on Ashton Road in Denton on Saturday afternoon.Further images show the extent of the damage caused to Abbeywood Vets.Vet Dr John Gunn lives above the surgery and was

direct to your inboxA toddler died after he was strangled by a blind cord in a bedroom, an inquest has concluded. Joey Walker, two, became trapped in a looped cable installed in a bedroom at his home in Denton by a previous tenant.

direct to your inboxA bar manager defied Covid-19 rules to hold ‘invite only’ gatherings in a pub where punters drank beer, played pool, smoked inside and ‘sang karaoke’ before being raided by police.Officers from Greater Manchester Police found four people hiding upstairs at The Cock Hotel in Denton after a tip-off from a member of the public that people were being let into the pub through the back door.National rules had ordered all pubs and restaurants to close for the second four-week

direct to your inbox A woman was rushed to hospital with serious injuries following a stabbing in Denton this afternoon. The incident happened in Ashworth Street just after 1.30pm today (January 8).Police and paramedics attended and found a 48-year-old woman with serious injuries.They are not believed to be life-threatening.Pictures taken earlier today showed a large emergency service presence at the scene.

direct to your inbox A homemade taser sparked a bomb scare which saw dozens of residents in Tameside evacuated. The bomb squad were called after emergency services were alerted to the suspicious item found in a rucksack on St Anne's Road in Denton on Monday evening.

direct to your inboxAn estimated 80 homes were evacuated following a bomb scare in Denton tonight.The emergency services were called to St Anne's Road in Denton shortly before 4.45pm following reports a 'pipe bomb' had been left in a ruckscack.Pictures from the scene showed a police cordon had been set up and residents reported the army bomb disposal squad was also at the scene.However, the 'device' uncovered was found not to be dangerous and a controlled explosion was not required.One resident,

Ty Jordan, the Pac-12 Offensive Freshman of the Year from the University of Utah, has died at age 19. He suffered a gunshot wound while visiting his home in Texas, the school said.

A star college football player has reportedly died after what is being termed as an “accidental shooting” overnight on Christmas night in Denton, Texas.

A former high school in Tameside is to be knocked down by the town hall at a cost of up to £800k as it poses a ‘health and safety risk’.Two Trees High School in Denton was closed in 2012 when it was replaced by the new build Denton Community College.The 1950s buildings on Two Trees Lane were originally planned to be demolished and the land sold off to fund further capital projects.The council has since been using the site for temporary accommodation, however it is now empty aside from an on-site

Flats are to be built in a 209-year-old former Methodist chapel which has fallen into a state of disrepair and was damaged in a fire during lockdown.Haughton Green Methodist Church, in Denton, is to be converted into homes under plans approved by Tameside council’s planning department.The building on Two Trees Lane has not been used for worship since 2011 after it was vacated by the congregation.Subsequently the former chapel, which was built in 1811, has become increasingly dilapidated, with

Donald Trump supporter has been charged with assault after allegedly punching a man in the face for refusing to stop playing YG’s track ‘FDT’.According to TMZ, the altercation took place at an anti-Trump rally on Saturday (October 3) held outside of Buc-ee’s convenience store in Denton, Texas.A video from the incident appears to show a man yell “turn it off” in the face of another man who is reported to have refused to stop playing YG and Nipsey Hussle‘s protest track ‘FDT’ – which is an acronym