I saw this post this evening in archives. The whole thing was a crazy idea from some kid and he really had me convinced for a few hours that it was real. (Two other articles have since been deleted relating to this nonsense).
The Tameside Reporters article is still online, but doesn't seem to be indexed by google
The Tameside Observer (Guardian Media Grp) is the pay for newspaper in the area, the reporter being an old family concern.
I doubt you'd find a copy the newspaper lads dump them on the wasteland thats gonna be a bypass. or something like that.
mike