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Stockport's Hat Works Museum has reopened after a £100,000 refurbishment.

A new rooftop park in Stockport - said by the council to be the first of its kind in the country - has been officially named.

Residents in Stockport are set to be hit with a council tax increase. The council is planning to lift the rate by 4.99 per cent, adding £111 to yearly bills for band D equivalent homes - £9.33 per month, according to its budget report.

Andy Burnham says he wants to bring Metrolink to Stockport 'as soon as we possibly can' as senior politicians and leaders from the borough met to discuss its future. The event, held in Stockport Exchange and led by Councillor Mark Hunter, leader of Stockport Council, was centered around the ‘Next Stop Stockport’ plans to help shape the future of transport in the borough.

Greater Manchester’s Town of Culture is preparing to mark the start of the festive season this November with a one-day Christmas celebration set to take place across the town centre.

Stockport residents have complained that they are "missing urgent medical appointments" because of postal delays, according to the leader of the council.

The multi-million pound transformation of Stockport’s bus station has reached a new milestone with the planting of the first trees in the rooftop park.

There are fears the closure of two pharmacies could impact residents' access to prescriptions on evenings and at the weekend in Stockport. Lloyds Pharmacy has closed its concession outlets at Sainsbury branches in Cheadle and Hazel Groves, leading to concerns that residents could struggle to access services in the evenings, as well as on Sundays and bank holidays.

The Liberal Democrats are set to take power in Stockport for a further year after Labour dropped its bid to run the town hall. The new Lib Dem administration will be confirmed at tomorrow’s annual council meeting, following an agreement between leader Mark Hunter and new Labour chief Coun David Meller, the Local Democracy Reporting Service, understands.It comes after this year’s local elections again left the council under ‘no overall control’, with the Lib Dems just two seats shy of the majority needed to take the reins by right. There has been a minor complication since then, with Coun Aron Thornley - elected as a Lib Dem - making the surprise announcement he would now be sitting as an independent.

A councillor has quit his party and gone independent - less than a fortnight after being elected as a Liberal Democrat candidate. Coun Aron Thornley was one of three Lib Dems returned in the Marple South and High Lane at Stockport council’s ‘all out’ local elections on May 4.

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‘Unsightly and derelict’ buildings in Stockport town centre are to be demolished to make room for the next stage of a £145m office scheme - creating a new ‘vista’ near the railway station. The properties, along Wellington Road South (A6) and Railway Road, will be knocked down so Stockport Exchange - which already boasts two modern office blocks, a Holiday Inn, multi-storey car park - can expand even further.

A town hall chief has hit out after coming under fire following a decision to put a long-term housing plan on hold for a second time. Stockport council leader Mark Hunter says the decision to ‘pause’ a public consultation on the borough’s emerging Local Plan was taken after ‘considerable thought’ and cross-party discussions.

Stockport’s long-term housing strategy has been delayed for a second time, with council bosses awaiting 'clarity' on planning policy once a new PM is in place. The only borough in Greater Manchester not involved in the joint ‘Places for Everyone’ masterplan, a public consultation on a draft ‘Local Plan’ was due to be launched later this month.

Stockport council’s new leader has appointed his top team as the Lib Dems take take charge at the town hall for the first time in six years. Councillor Mark Hunter defeated Labour’s Elise Wilson in a crunch vote over who would form the next administration after the local elections left the authority under no overall control.

Plans for a new 'waffle and shakes bar' in Stockport have hit a stumbling block after councillors demanded more detail on the venue’s toilet facilities.

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hereBut the move was met with fury by Lib Dem leader Mark Hunter, who said it was a ‘panic measure’ that treated residents and the council with ‘contempt’.He was also enraged by the fact it appeared Labour and the Tories had apparently been involved in last minute talks, which the Lib Dems were excluded from.Coun Wilson told a virtual extraordinary meeting it was right to try to find a way forward, with those who wanted to ‘work constructively’.She added: “I’m not going to take lessons from

Mark Hunter, 62, was the ninth person to undergo innovative treatment known as CAR-T cell therapy at The Christie. It works by helping the body’s own cells to fight cancer by removing immune cells and modifying them in a lab.

Audrey Cleo Yap If there is one film Christian Slater wants to revisit from his early career, it’s 1990’s “Pump Up the Volume.” The drama — which celebrates its 30th anniversary in August — centered on teenager Mark Hunter (Slater), a high school student by day and a pirate radio DJ who goes by “Hard Harry” by night.“That is my favorite movie, I think, that I’ve ever done [and], to a large degree, favorite job,” Slater reveals on the Variety After-Show. “I felt like it was ahead of its time.