Stockport schools take open-source route
News The Stockport system gives 30,000 pupils across the town a wide range of services including calendar and content-management functions. The systems in Stockport are run by Liverpool Direct, which is a joint venture, 80.1 percent owned by BT and 19.9...
[March 23, 2007, 16:00]
NHS loses patients' data on USB drive
News Stockport Primary Care Trust (PCT) admitted it had not informed the thousands affected after it lost their names, dates of birth and details of medical conditions in December. Stockport PCT said it had searched for the missing drive but it had not...
[January 18, 2008, 14:59]
Sainsbury's sexy SMS job ad causes complaints
News A text message advertising jobs at a local store was sent by Sainsbury's to hundreds of people in Stockport, telling them that the sender needed them and couldn't get enough of them. The text message continued, "Sainsbury's is recruiting at a new...
[March 14, 2002, 16:16]
News Burst: Orange facing court action over mobile masts
News Mobile phone network operator Orange is being taken to court by Stockport Council in an attempt to make it remove two mobile masts from schools in Manchester. The council has to act in the interests of its residents, particularly in relation to...
[February 1, 2001, 9:30]
Orange heads to court over mobile masts
News Mobile network operator Orange announced Friday it would fight a court case that could force it to remove mobile phone masts from two Stockport schools. The legal action is being brought by Stockport Council, which insists that parents, school...
[February 2, 2001, 14:06]
Orange backs down over mobile phone mast
News Orange has backed down in its fight against Stockport Council and agreed to remove a mobile phone mast from the roof of a school by this summer. The victory -- effectively an out-of-court settlement -- means that Stockport is the first council in...
[May 10, 2001, 16:48]
IT implicated in voting-forms delay
News Areas hit hardest by the delays are Stockport, Bradford, Gateshead and other parts of Tyneside. In Stockport all 220,000 ballot packs were reprinted as machines were unable to handle the volume of work.
[June 1, 2004, 12:25]
Council to take mobile phone firms to court
News Similar legal action is currently being brought by Stockport Council. Orange did agree to take down a mast from another school in Stockport, after finding a suitable alternative in the borough. West Lothian council is calling on other Scottish...
[May 16, 2001, 14:02]
Manchester police boss sacked for downloading porn
News Williamson, who lives in Stockport, has denied all allegations, and is not thought to be facing criminal charges over the incidents. One of Britain's largest police forces has sacked a manager for downloading pornography on his computer and...
[March 8, 2001, 14:02]
Immediate ban stops laptops leaving Whitehall
News The government has suffered a catalogue of embarrassing security breaches, which includes the NHS losing hundreds of thousands of patients' records, the DVLA losing three million learner drivers' details and the loss of more than 4,000 patient...
[January 23, 2008, 7:52]
NTL signs up millionth broadband customer
News NTL's one-millionth broadband connection was bought by a family in Stockport. NTL announced on Wednesday that it has signed up its one-millionth broadband customer, demonstrating that UK Web users are flocking to get high-speed Internet connections...
[March 3, 2004, 15:40]
More tests for school mobile masts
News Last year Kent County Council decided not to allow any new masts to be built on its land, and Stockport Council recently managed to force Orange to remove a mast from a local school. Mobile phone masts sited on or near schools will continue to be...
[March 4, 2002, 12:55]
Full marks for school mobile phone masts
News Masts located on schools are particularly unpopular -- Stockport Council recently threatened Orange with legal action if it didn't remove a mast from one local college. A year-long investigation into the emission levels around mobile phone base...
[January 4, 2002, 13:19]
More patient data lost
Blog It is understood that the information on the memory stick relates to patients of Specsavers at 17 The Birtles in Wythenshawe, although they came from areas including Salford, Marple, Stretford, Northenden, Stockport, Timperley and Sale.
[January 23, 2008, 14:51]
HP-developed degree aims to close UK's IT skills gap
News These are: Bury College; Canterbury College; Chichester College; Tresham Institute, Kettering; Sandwell College; Somerset College of Arts and Technology; New College, Swindon; Stockport College; Stratford-upon-Avon College; City of Sunderland...
[August 7, 2008, 12:06]
Government attacked over mobile mast rules
News Stockport County Council was forced to threaten Orange with legal action in order to get it to remove a mast from a local school. The UK government has been accused of giving in to the mobile phone companies after warning local councils against...
[August 24, 2001, 13:35]
BlackBerrys grounded by Whitehall data ban
News The government has suffered a catalogue of embarrassing security breaches, which includes the NHS losing hundreds of thousands of patients' records, the DVLA losing three million learner drivers' details and the loss of more than 4,000 patient...
[February 5, 2008, 8:13]
