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This week's Dr Kershaw's winners have been announced (December 18).
Date Published 21/12/2020
The Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police has announced he’s standing down from the role after the force was placed into special measures.
Date Published 18/12/2020
An Oldham nurse who was the first person in the local NHS to get the Covid-19 vaccine says she hopes it will allow her to return to the frontline after months of shielding.
Businesses which directly supply the hospitality and leisure sectors and have been impacted by coronavirus restrictions could benefit from a new cash grant scheme.
Bosses are bidding for £41m of government cash to fund five huge infrastructure projects including the relocation of Tommyfield Market and a new space for Oldham Coliseum.
Talented Rob Knotts was shoehorned into his unusual Yuletide hobby ... literally.
A striking series of images of red foxes have won runner up prize in the Portfolio category of the prestigious RSPCA Young Photographer Awards 2020.
Greater Manchester’s political leaders have criticised the government’s decision to place the area under the strictest coronavirus rules – but Rochdale’s leader has welcomed the...
A new housing estate of more than 50 homes is proposed to be built in the Oldham countryside.
Date Published 17/12/2020
Oldham College have teamed up with Willmott Dixon to make Christmas extra-special for 200 local young people who have been adversely affected by COVID-19.
Parents in Oldham are being urged to register the birth of their newborns, so HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) can verify their Child Benefit claims.
The Leader of the Opposition and of the Liberal Democrat Group, Councillor Howard Sykes MBE, has welcomed news that Oldham Council’s Towns Fund application for £41million includes...
Essential teaching time is being lost across Oldham, with attendance rates at just 71% for high schools.
Oldham's vaccination programme has been described as "chaotic" by patients who have waited up to an hour to receive their Covid jab.
Date Published 16/12/2020
An extra 24 miles of permanent cycling and walking routes will be built across Greater Manchester using almost £16m in government funding.
A rapist who twice attacked a woman after a New Year's Eve party in Ashton has been jailed for 11 years.
Kabir Ahmed from Oldham, who teaches at the Derby High School in Bury, won the Subject Leadership Award for his outstanding contribution at the 20th Design and Technology...
More cancer patients from the Oldham area can now have their treatment at Doctor Kershaw’s Hospice in Royton.
Theatre group Made by Mortals, which works with communities in Oldham, has been awarded £15,000 from Arts Council England to carry on creating its interactive lockdown podcast,...
Schoolchildren in need of additional educational support following lockdown will benefit from a donation by housebuilder Redrow towards new IT equipment.
Oldham Council is encouraging local residents to submit their festive window displays into its ‘Window Wonderland’ competition this Christmas as it looks to help brighten up the...
A fugitive from Ashton who taunted police after absconding from hospital while under arrest for high-value car thefts has been jailed.
Data released by the House of Commons Library shows, compared to March, before the Covid-19 pandemic spread across the UK, there were 2,770 more people claiming unemployment...
A small donation to provide soap, toothpaste and sanitary products for rough sleepers could prevent them from contracting deadly infections which seep into their bodies through...
Five-year-old Freya McKechnie’s touching hand-written poster underpins her determination to raise funds for the dedicated medical teams who treated a new-born baby.
The rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine began in Oldham yesterday (Tuesday).
People in Oldham will be able to visit family members in care homes this Christmas if they twice test negative for Covid-19.
Date Published 15/12/2020
Oldham council has given details of Friday bin collections over the Christmas period.
A festive tribute has been made in memory of the late Oldham-born comedian Bobby Ball as part of the town’s Reindeer Parade Trail this Christmas.
