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End of an era

End of an era

Historic bridge to make way for trams

OLDHAM’S iconic Mumps Bridge will be knocked down to encourage more visitors to Oldham town centre when Metrolink arrives.

Trams will run every six minutes across Mumps Roundabout and along Union Street from 2014 as part of an £84million package which will change the town centre landscape forever.

A Metrolink and bus station and a Park and Ride facility will be built — possibly at the old B&Q site — in a bid to...

Sahil: the agonising wait goes on

THE agonising wait is continuing for the family of kidnapped Shaw boy Sahil Saeed.

A week after the five-year-old was snatched at gunpoint from his grandmother’s house...

Developers finally forced into action

Developers finally forced into action

Hoardings have gone up around Royton Assembly Hall as Oldham Council gets tough with developers Whispers.

The council threatened enforcement action in August last year to...

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