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A leading homeless health campaigner from Oldham has called on Matt Hancock to make vaccinating the homeless against COVID-19 a top priority – before their low immune systems and...
Date Published 02/12/2020
Oldham Community Leisure (OCL) has re-opened all of its venues today (Wednesday).
A huge housing estate could be built on a former pallet works next door to the contentious new site for Saddleworth School.
Roughyeds regular Howard Mayers, who supports his home-town rugby league team with his wife Hazel and small boys Leo (9) and Sam (6), won't forget Covid-19 in a hurry.
Former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan will host a free virtual Q&A with 70-year-old Oldham hero Frank Rothwell before he sets off on a 3,000-mile row across the Atlantic...
Health secretary Matt Hancock has been accused by a Manchester MP of ‘punishing’ the city and the wider region by imposing tougher lockdown restrictions than in London.
Tis the season to ‘still’ be jolly – that’s the message from Oldham Council this Christmas as it prepares to host an alternative festive programme for residents to enjoy.
Ten restaurants located in one of Oldham’s Tier 3 designated areas have had no cases of coronavirus attributable to visiting or working in their establishments, says a hotelier.
Despite Covid restrictions and bad weather, Saddleworth’s famous charity Santa Dash became a joyful scramble.
Local Government Minister Robert Jenrick MP has announced his intention to allow shops to remain open around the clock in the run-up to Christmas, and Liberal Democrat Leader,...
Date Published 01/12/2020
Oldham publicans will be able to summon up little festive cheer as they face a bleak mid-winter with the latest Christmas lockdown. In a speech in Parliament last week, Health...
Date Published 30/11/2020
Mahdlo, Oldham’s young people’s charity is appealing to Oldham Council to reconsider proposed budget cuts to the vital youth work services it provides.
Up to 1,000 people a day are expected to be given their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine at the Etihad campus by this time next month.
A young woman has described what it’s like to take part in a COVID vaccine trial as the NHS prepares to start distributing it.
The generous-spirited Mayor of Oldham, Cllr Ginny Alexander, has donated £500 to Delph’s Millgate Arts Centre to underpin her backing for small theatre groups.
A Saddleworth village launched Christmas with a glorious flash, bang and judicial touch of wollop at the weekend.
A new action plan for managing the numbers of visitors to problem-hit Dovestones reservoir will bring “much needed relief” for local residents, it is hoped.
Police stopped a huge rave after scores of young people were seen heading to Crompton Moor near Shaw last night. Officers imposed a dispersal order and turned a number of others...
Staff at a tiny village school are being hailed as “unsung pandemic heroes” after achieving a top slot in a prestigious national primary school “league table.”
From Tuesday, December 1 through to Thursday, December 24, Oldham Coliseum Theatre will air a short play responding to a festive theme each day on its social media channels.
Date Published 29/11/2020
Participants in Greater Manchester’s first COVID-19 vaccine study have spoken about their personal experience and why they wanted to get involved.
The impact of fraud can be both financially and emotionally devastating.
Date Published 28/11/2020
The Oldham Liberal Democrat Group has welcomed the Oldham Council meeting outcome to postpone the decision on whether to approve the controversial plan to build housing on the...
The Greater Manchester Mayor’s A Bed Every Night homelessness reduction scheme is being extended after a charity warned numbers seeking help have rocketed during the pandemic.
Fred and Anita Halliwell received an extra special surprise on their 60th wedding anniversary from the Mayor of Oldham, Cllr Ginny Alexander.
Date Published 27/11/2020
Firefighters from Chadderton and Oldham Community Fire Stations raced to a house fire yesterday (Thursday) on Lily Street in Royton.
A Chadderton man is the sixth person to be charged following the murder of a teenage boy in Moston.
Greater Manchester’s plans to bring the local bus network into public ownership have been approved for further public consultation to consider the effects of Covid-19.
The £9.1m transformation of a major Manchester city centre junction – described as one of the ‘most dangerous’ in the region – is moving closer to completion.
Cultural leaders across Manchester are calling for a re-think by government to allow venues to safely re-open when the city is put into Tier 3 next week.
