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Local children from St Joseph’s RC Junior, Infant and Nursery School pictured during their musical performance at the Light Up a Life service

Poignant Light Up a Life service raises an incredible £33.5k for Dr Kershaw's patients

Dr Kershaw’s Hospice in Royton was illuminated by hundreds of lights as the Oldham community united for its touching Light Up a Life service.

Date Published 12/12/2024


Overcast and uneventful, but change is coming

There was more anticyclonic gloom this week, but at least this time it won’t last that long.

Date Published 11/12/2024

Another epic Santa Dash - the success and the legacy continues

The community champions behind the ultra successful Saddleworth Santa Dash have revealed the weekend spectacle raised even more money than first thought.

Date Published 10/12/2024


Walk into Christmas Day with John

John Matthews is inviting folk facing Christmas Day alone to share a walk with like-minded others.

Date Published 08/12/2024

Toy appeal launched for sick children in Oldham

Business gurus are transforming their hub into a tinsel-decked toy emporium - in a bid to bring festive cheer to sick and injured babies at the Royal Oldham Hospital.

Date Published 08/12/2024


A delightful lunch with the Elderberries

The community-spirited Dobcross Elderberries kept up their proud traditions towards everyone in the bounds of the village over the age of 65, and accompanying spouse, being...

Date Published 06/12/2024

Awful weather fails to spoil Saddleworth’s incredible day for heroes

It was truly Saddleworth’s day for heroes.

Date Published 06/12/2024


Steve's Team Hill Charitable Trust hosts joyful Christmas afternoon tea

The festive spirit was in full swing on Sunday as Steve Hill's Team Hill Charitable Trust hosted its annual Christmas afternoon tea, bringing the local community together for an...

Date Published 04/12/2024

Lydgate’s double Christmas joy

More than 150 excited villagers gathered for a magical double headed lights switch-on to launch Lydgate’s Christmas.

Date Published 04/12/2024


Turning colder and potentially very windy

Winter is here but the temperatures have been a bit up-and-down over the last few days.

Date Published 04/12/2024

Failsworth community fridge receives cash boost to help feed local families

With more people expected to rely on food banks this winter due to the cost-of-living crisis, the McCarthy Stone Foundation has donated £500 to a community fridge in Failsworth to...

Date Published 04/12/2024


The Santa Dash countdown is well and truly on

The countdown to the great Christmas fundraiser is under way.

Date Published 03/12/2024

New Age UK Oldham day centre opens

After months of meticulous planning, hard work, and thoughtful design, Age UK Oldham proudly launched its fantastic new day care centre, Ashby House on Highlands in Royton.

Date Published 03/12/2024


The Adventures of Prince Achmed - with live soundtrack - returns to The Vale

An animated classic is coming to The Vale in Mossley for a Christmas matinee, complete with a magical live soundtrack experience.

Date Published 03/12/2024

Oldham Choral Society set Family Christmas Concert date

Oldham Choral Society Musical Director Dr David Cane, and guests Ashton Band, have invited all Oldhamers to their Family Christmas Concert.

Date Published 03/12/2024


Lighting up Greenfield

The Greenfield village Christmas tree lighting-up event on Saturday was a great success.

Date Published 03/12/2024

Oldham charity seeking tea party hosts

A social activity group in Oldham which supports lonely older people is appealing for volunteers to help run free tea parties.

Date Published 28/11/2024


Long-standing Oldham verger retires after over three decades' service

The congregation at Oldham Parish Church welcomed the Bishop of Middleton, Mark Davies, to conduct a Confirmation Service and to mark the retirement of the church's oldest...

Date Published 27/11/2024

After the snow and floods - what next?

We enter meteorological winter in this forecast, but after some snow last week; is there anymore on the way?

Date Published 27/11/2024


Christmas and New Year 2024 bin collection dates and changes revealed

Councils across Greater Manchester have announced their plans for bin collections over the festive season.

Date Published 27/11/2024

Residents take up frustrating road junction issue

Concerned community group members have met Oldham Council’s principal highways engineer to discuss a proposed traffic management order at one of the town’s most frustrating...

Date Published 26/11/2024


Dr Kershaw’s Christmas Fayre raises an incredible £7,000

A dog, pony and lion helped Dr Kershaw’s Hospice to raise a whopping £7,699 at their Christmas Fayre.

Date Published 26/11/2024

Volunteers help RSPB plant oak and alder saplings at Dove Stone nature reserve

Volunteers from the Vernon Building Society are out in force planting oak and alder tree saplings at the RSPB site at Dove Stone nature reserve this National Tree Week (November...

Date Published 25/11/2024


Public Moorgate Halt crossing event set for Thursday

A public consultation event on the future proposal for Moorgate Halt Level Crossing will take place this Thursday (November 28, 1-7pm) at Saddleworth Museum.

Date Published 24/11/2024

Hundreds watch in awe as digital theatre show 'glows up' Oldham

Hundreds of Oldham people had their artwork beamed onto an iconic theatre in the culmination of an innovative digital exhibition ‘glowing up’ the town.

Date Published 19/11/2024


Very cold with further chances of snow, before wind, rain and milder temperatures arrive

After a very dry first half of November, things have turned much colder this week and our first taste of winter arrived before the season has even started.

Date Published 19/11/2024

'Shop and Drop’ appeal as Mahdlo aims to give away 300 pairs of pyjamas and more than 200 hampers this Christmas

Shoppers are being asked to buy a bit extra in the lead up to Christmas to help make it special for young people in deprived areas across our borough.

Date Published 19/11/2024


It's a golden evening for Oldham Community Radio

The highs and lows of the Oldham Coliseum story featured in Oldham Community Radio 99.7fm's award-winning entry in the 2024 Community Radio Awards.

Date Published 17/11/2024

Help for Oldham families thanks to the Salvation Army Christmas Present Appeal

The Salvation Army is calling on the community across Oldham to donate new toys to its Christmas Present Appeal to support families who will struggle to make ends meet over the...

Date Published 15/11/2024


Rotary gear up for their big Christmas giveaway

Warm-hearted Rotary Oldham Metro are readying themselves for their great Christmas giveaway. 

Date Published 15/11/2024

Colder weather is coming, especially so into next week

Winter isn’t coming just yet, but the feel of it is, confirms Oldham weather expert Jon Baylis.

Date Published 14/11/2024


Jane’s zooming success!

A brave-heart teacher conquered her fears by completing a novel fundraiser for a tiny, cash-strapped village school.

Date Published 12/11/2024

Oldham Active invests £250k into upgrades at Saddleworth Pool and Leisure Centre

Oldham Active (Oldham Community Leisure), the charitable trust that operates leisure facilities in the borough, is investing £250,000 into a refurbishment of Saddleworth Pool and...

Date Published 11/11/2024


Austerlands remembers

More than 150 people in Austerlands gathered at Saddleworth’s oldest Great War Memorial, where residents answered the appeal to join and remember those who made the ultimate...

Date Published 11/11/2024

"Every minute counts" - community safety boost as Shaw school installs potentially vital defib cabinet

A local primary school has taken a significant step towards improving community safety by installing a publicly accessible defibrillator outside its premises.

Date Published 08/11/2024


A musical afternoon to cherish

Concert review
The addition of the Mercury Strings Quartet playing Haydn’s D Major Quartet Op 64 no 5 (The Lark) to begin the concert provided a delightful introduction to the...

Date Published 06/11/2024

Homelessness charity appeals for new trustees

Homelessness charity Emmaus Mossley is using Trustees’ Week 2024 (November 4 - 8) to launch an appeal for new trustees to join the charity.

Date Published 06/11/2024


Christmas is coming early to Marsden Moor

Christmas is coming early to Marsden Moor with the National Trust’s ever-popular annual tree sales returning on weekends from November 23.

Date Published 06/11/2024

The Life for a Life memorial forest celebrates its 25th anniversary

The Life for a Life Memorial Forest proudly celebrated its 25th anniversary with a commemorative tree planting ceremony at the charity’s new office in Chadderton.

Date Published 06/11/2024


Oldham's weather - quiet is an understatement with little sign of change until next week

Anticyclonic gloom. If you don’t know what that is, you do by now.

Date Published 06/11/2024

Dressing to remember

Greenfield village planters - one on Chew Valley Road and the other on Manchester Road - have now been dressed with Silent Soldiers, poppy swags and poppy wreaths.

Date Published 06/11/2024


Hulme Grammar School launches new outreach programme in partnership with local schools, charities and community organisations

Hulme Grammar School will today (Wednesday) launch of its new outreach programme, an initiative aimed at strengthening collaborations with local schools, charities, organisations,...

Date Published 05/11/2024

Oldham’s Hindu community lights up the night sky for Diwali at iconic temple

Oldham’s Shree Swaminarayan Mandir radiated light and community devotion last week, as thousands amassed at the temple for Diwali.

Date Published 03/11/2024


SPARK Oldham to host International Men's Day event at Boundary Park

SPARK Oldham are set to stage their first International Men's Day event.

Date Published 01/11/2024

Emmaus Mossley gears up for its big Christmas Bazaar

Homelessness charity Emmaus Mossley is gearing up to host a Magical Christmas Bazaar on Saturday, November 9 at the charity’s second-hand superstore.

Date Published 31/10/2024


Oldham Active makes finals at inaugural Seriously Social Awards

Oldham Active (Oldham Community Leisure) has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Employment and Skills category at Community Leisure UK’s first-ever Seriously Social Awards.

Date Published 31/10/2024

Dare you head to Creepy Castleshaw!

The Carvello Coffee Box has turned its popular roadside stop into Creepy Castleshaw for Halloween.

Date Published 31/10/2024


Plenty of dry weather, but sunshine limited until next week

Oldham weather expert Jon Baylis visited Spain in September and the area was desperate for rain, and this week the rain came; but too much, in such a short space of time in parts...

Date Published 29/10/2024

The town in need of a ‘crisis package’ as families go hungry and cold

Residents in Oldham will receive a total of £2.5m in government support to help people struggling to afford heating and food as the cost of living crisis rolls into its third...

Date Published 29/10/2024


Wear it Pink - a fun day with a very serious message

Workers at Hill’s Panel Products (HPP) have raised £400 after taking part in the annual Wear it Pink day for Breast Cancer Now, the UK’s largest breast cancer charity.

Date Published 27/10/2024

Remembering the fallen at Saddleworth’s oldest Great War memorial

Event organisers in Austerlands are appealing for residents to make an extra special effort to turn out on November 10 and pay tribute at Saddleworth’s oldest Great War memorial;...

Date Published 27/10/2024


Coppice Primary Academy raises almost £700 for local charity

Coppice Primary School in Oldham has recently hosted its latest Charity Day, raising a remarkable £675.29 in support of the local charity, UKeff.

Date Published 27/10/2024

It's spook time in Díggle!

If you go to a Saddleworth village this weekend, be prepared to be spooked.

Date Published 25/10/2024


WAG’s tale of compassion helps secure a trip to The Lords

They make the news constantly - and are sometimes associated with the court room.

Date Published 23/10/2024

Latest forecast is proving a difficult task

There hasn't been than much input into Oldham expert Jon Baylis's weekly weather forecast this week, apart from a quick outlook.

Date Published 23/10/2024


Failsworth woman Claire calls for more understanding of hidden disabilities

A woman from Failsworth who lives with a challenging rare disease is calling for more understanding of hidden disabilities.

Date Published 23/10/2024

Royton Town Hall restoration uncovers hidden treasures as community welcomes transformation

In September, Royton Town Hall re-opened its doors following a complete restoration.

Date Published 22/10/2024


Vicar Paul set to leave Oldham for Ashton after 15 years

A popular vicar who has worked in Oldham for 15 years is leaving the borough to take up a similar role in Ashton.

Date Published 22/10/2024

Take part in one of the toughest half marathons in the UK

Oldham’s Halloween Half Marathon, one of the toughest 13.1 mile races in the UK, is returning this weekend.

Date Published 22/10/2024


Oldham veterans salute Mayor's support

The Royton Military Veterans Group has commemorated the Mayor of Oldham for his dedication and commitment to local veterans and the armed forces community.

Date Published 22/10/2024

Three amigos celebrate 50 year milestone

They have entertained for half a century - the Saddleworth Morris are celebrating 50 year of dance in 2024.

Date Published 21/10/2024


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