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The Oldham Evening Chronicle's biggest stories this week.
Date Published 26/10/2019
A Yellow weather warning has been issued in Oldham throughout today and into tomorrow.
Date Published 25/10/2019
Shortly before 11.35am yesterday (Thursday 24 October 2019), police were called to reports that a blue lorry had collided with a cyclist on Deansgate.
There's anger at the planned closure of Trent Road doctors surgery in January 2020, in Crompton, from residents and a local councillor.
On Monday night, leading Oldham councillors signed off on additional expenditure and the land transaction arrangements for a re-built Saddleworth School that will be located in...
A wayward lorry brought chaos to a Saddleworth village, which is reeling from recent random incidents.
New figures show that for the second consecutive year the number of people sleeping rough in Greater Manchester has fallen, bucking the previous trend of substantial year-on-year...
Date Published 24/10/2019
A group of pensioners from Oldham relived their youth at Blackpool Illuminations and some of them had a rare day out, that 'most of us take for granted'.
Between 2015 and 2020, 92 out of 97 Oldham schools will have lost £58m in Government funding - equivalent to losing £298 per pupil - according to the National Education Union.
Thousands of Manchester people are expected to turn out for one of the biggest festive shows in the UK marking the season with a huge party on Deansgate for the first time.
People in Oldham, Rochdale and Tameside are tuning into local radio station Revolution 96.2, more than ever.
Former National Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy visited OSFC on Thursday 17th October for a poetry reading and question and answer session.
Date Published 23/10/2019
Ashcroft Medical, based in the centre of Oldham have been chosen as finalists in not just one but two categories in the Dental Awards 2019.
Cabinet chiefs have agreed to spend millions more on the long-delayed new site for Saddleworth School, in a decision made behind closed doors.
Metrolink services across Manchester are experiencing severe delays due to a local communications fault.
Greater Manchester’s waterways are transformed into spectacular corridors of red and gold, during Autumn, as the turning leaves are reflected in the water.
Oldham has been ranked as the sixth most expensive place to insure your car, in the country, according to a new survey.
Rumours that flu jabs cause illness are giving medics the needle and risking the lives of the young and the old – warns Oldham medic, Dr Zahid Chauhan.
Date Published 22/10/2019
Police have discovered a large cannabis farm where three children were being criminally exploited.
A couple living completely ‘off-grid’ in a remote farmhouse on the moors above Saddleworth have been denied permission to construct a utility building because it would be...
Dr Kershaw’s much-anticipated event, Strictly Kershaw’s, returns on the 22nd November to Queen Elizabeth Hall.
Across England and Wales last year, the RSPCA rescued 4,081 rabbits and other small furries from cases of cruelty, neglect, and abandonment.
More than 130 young people aged 18 to 25 have been interviewed by TV Licensing Visiting Officers for watching live TV or BBC iPlayer without a valid licence in the last year in...
ONE of Britain’s youngest parish councillors plans to urge transport chiefs to immediately suspend proposed changes to vital local bus services.
A family from Oldham face a race against time their daughter was diagnosed with Scoliosis.
Date Published 21/10/2019
Officers are appealing for information after a 44-year-old woman was left in a critical condition after being hit by a vehicle on Yorkshire Street on Sunday 20 October 2019.
One thousand seven hundred and fifty fun-loving Santa’s are expected to add a spectacular splash of festive colour to a Saddleworth village this Christmas.
A new awards programme has launched in the North West and is on the lookout for the region’s most outstanding building projects – across all sectors - that are helping to...
THERE will be added poignancy when two Saddleworth communities mark Remembrance Day this year.
A one-year-old girl who died on Friday was “our little princess”, her family have said.
Date Published 20/10/2019
