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Tameside
/ ˈteɪmˌsɑɪd /
noun
a unitary authority of NW England, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 213 400 (2003 est). Area: 103 sq km (40 sq miles)
Example Sentences
Eleanor Wills, who has led Tameside Council in Greater Manchester since October 2024, said: "There are mixed views about it but she has offered her apologies."
"When I've spoken to potential Reform UK candidates," she said, "they haven't had local insight and when they've been asked about issues in Tameside, they've talked about boats."
Tameside Council has been run by Labour ever since the borough was created in 1974.
While there were no local elections in Tameside in May, Reform UK won a by-election in the Longdendale ward in April, picking up 47% of the vote.
Wills also told BBC Radio Manchester it had been "upsetting" when Tameside's children's services department was placed in special measures for the second time in 10 years.
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