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UP CLOSE: Echo Designs - the Romiley-based homeware business where style beats rules

Since a flood in June put Liz's Romiley shop out of action, she has moved to a new store which operates from her home (Image - Alasdair Perry)

Between a 'business of the year' award, a flood, and a shop move, it has been an eventful few months for Liz Nagle of Echo Designs.

Nonetheless, the homeware styling and retail business, now operating out of a cosy new home-based store, is proof of the old adage that every cloud has a silver lining.

We spoke to Liz on styling your own home, the retail world, and ‘throwing away the rulebook’.

Read more HERE.

Two men jailed for armed robbery in Bredbury

The pair entered a Morrisons petrol station armed with a golf club. They threatened staff, and made off with cash and cigarettes (Image - GMP)

An investigation by Greater Manchester Police (GMP) Stockport Division has secured a jail sentence for Jordan Farran and Glen O'Donnell for robbing a Morrisons petrol station in Bredbury.

Yesterday (10 August 2023), Farran and O'Donnell were each sentenced to 4 years in jail after they pleaded guilty to the robbery at an earlier hearing.

The incident took place on 16 September 2021. CCTV footage showed two men entering the Morrisons petrol station armed with a golf club. Once inside the pair carried out the robbery, threatening store staff with violence and making off with cash and around 200 boxes of cigarettes.

Read more HERE.

Gold and silver for talented Stockport athlete at Commonwealth Youth Games

Talented Stockport swimmer Reece Grady has picked up three medals - one gold and two silver - at this year's Commonwealth Youth Games (Image - Jamie Squire / Getty Images for Commonwealth Sport)

Reece Grady, a swimmer from Stockport, has picked up one gold and two silver medals at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago. 

The talented athlete, of Stockport Metro Swimming Club, finished first in the men's 400 metre individual medley swimming race with a time of 4:25.16 minutes.

Reece also picked up two silvers in two separate freestyle races - a 1500m and 400m, finishing with times of 15:31.22 and 3:54.74 respectively. 

Read more HERE.

Demolition of former High Lane pub approved, with Co-op store tipped to replace

The Dog and Partridge pub in High Lane is currently vacant and in poor condition (Image - Google Maps)

Plans to demolish a High Lane pub and replace it with a convenience store have been approved by Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. 

The Dog and Partridge pub, at 84 Buxton Road, High Lane, has stood derelict and in poor condition for some time. Following demolition, it is 'expected' that the new occupier of the site will be the Co-op, which will occupy a single-storey detached building at the rear of the site.

Some argue that this will be a 'much needed asset' for High Lane, whilst others argued against the destruction of what they argued was a historic building. 

Read more HERE.

‘Magnificent’ steam tour heads for Stockport as part of northern trip

The Cumbrian Mountain Express forms part of a 'magnificent' northern tour incorporating Stockport (Image - ARG Flickr / Wikimedia Commons)

Stockport steam enthusiasts are in for a treat this August, as the Cumbrian Mountain Express calls at the town as part of a grand northern railway tour. 

The train will take Stopfordians far from the familiar climes of the Pennine foothills, all the way to Carlisle, Settle, and more, straddling the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales along the way. 

Passengers can expect historic towns, remarkable scenery - including the three peaks of Whernside, Pen-y-Ghent and Ingleborough - as well as a gallop over the famous Ribblehead viaduct. 

Read more HERE.

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