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Shop managers from Cancer Research UK’s Oldham store have launched an urgent appeal for volunteers after seeing a massive drop in the number of supporters able to help out.
Date Published 14/12/2020
Metrolink services were disrupted earlier, after a number of trams were withdrawn from service.
Oldham Town Deal Board has submitted plans to secure £41m funding as part of the Government’s Towns Fund as council leader Sean Fielding aims to 'level up' the Borough.
Officers are appealing for witnesses following a collision that left a man in a critical condition.
Two men have been jailed for a total of more than five years for carrying Class A drugs on the railway, following a British Transport Police investigation.
Jim McMahon has revealed that not for the first time during the pandemic, the Government have been unwilling to answer a question put to it by the Oldham MP, this time on the...
A Saddleworth church that plants wildflowers, has reduced its use of plastic and paper, and has a bat hotel in its roof, won a Silver Eco Church award during the November lockdown...
Despite the pandemic, the campaigning Greenfield Rail Action Group (GRAG) have set an agenda to continue their battle for better services at Oldham’s only mainline rail station.
Three men have been arrested and six imitation firearms recovered in Ashton.
Oldham’s Mayor Cllr Ginny Alexander has donated £500 to the town’s St John’s Ambulance Oldham branch.
Oldham’s Liberal Democrats believe that proposed legislation currently going through Parliament would be much more effective if it included a commitment to establish an offenders’...
Date Published 13/12/2020
A Christmas concert is set to be beamed directly to older residents in Greater Manchester thanks to a new app, Greater Moments.
Global Grooves has announced that it has received further support from Arts Council England for its cultural capital project: transforming its current home The Vale, at Vale Mill...
A dog that was found abandoned, scared and alone in a cemetery is getting ready to spend Christmas in his new home at the heart of his loving family.
Date Published 12/12/2020
A poppy shirt bearing the squad number of Latics star Bobby Grant (11) is being auctioned to help raise funds for Broughton House Veteran Care Village, the north west home for...
Bed shortages at Oldham’s hospital have forced some patients to wait on trolleys for up to 12 hours as Covid-19 pressures continue to mount.
Date Published 11/12/2020
Oldham’s Coronavirus vaccination programme starts next week.
Greater Manchester leaders have confirmed that the latest version of the regional spatial framework is dead after Stockport rejected the long-delayed plans.
Bride to be Kate Wilson’s wedding had to be postponed due to the second lockdown.
Metrolink bosses have been urged to hand out more fines to people not wearing face coverings instead of ‘babysitting’ passengers by handing masks out.
A man has been arrested after ten pupils were assaulted outside a school in Rochdale.
An innovative scheme which supports young people aged 16-30 with learning difficulties, disabilities and autism to make a difference in their community, is returning to Oldham.
Ashton and Failsworth MP Angela Rayner met (virtually) with children with sight loss and their families to hear about their experiences of education and specialist support at a...
Ancient woodlands now only cover less of 3% of England’s landmass, yet the charity The Woodland Trust has estimated that 1,200 woodlands may be under threat.
An Oldham dementia team has been shortlisted for a major award as they continue to go above and beyond during the pandemic.
Christmas is typically the busiest time of the year for mail deliveries.
A new secondary school, previously located in temporary accommodation on Middleton Road, has opened its doors to its permanent home on Roxbury Avenue in Lees just in time for...
Co-op Funeralcare Oldham is currently hiring new temporary colleagues; appealing to those in the region with a desire to give something back to their community.
Greater Manchester leaders have stepped up calls for the region to move out Tier 3 restrictions as local hospital admissions continue to fall.
Three people have been charged with offences of illegal money lending, money laundering and fraud by false representation in Oldham.
