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Network Rail say they’re taking immediate action to improve fencing in Uppermill, after news trespassers are still risking their lives near the railway.
Date Published 18/12/2018
Oldham Council becoming single use plastic free has moved a step closer to reality with the news that the cabinet’s agreed proposals aimed at cutting the amount used across the...
Royal Mail is urging customers to get their Christmas mail in the post before this week’s last posting dates, to ensure that parcels, letters and cards arrive with loved ones in...
Date Published 17/12/2018
As in previous years, many public services and facilities run by Oldham Council and its partners will be reduced over the holiday period.
Two men from Oldham are awaiting sentence for the part they played in a massive heist in Newcastle back in May which saw the gang flee with around £300,000 worth of jewellery.
First Manchester is set to increase fares from Wednesday, January 2, but is continuing to offer customers what it insists is the best value for money when they purchase tickets in...
Greater Manchester Police have launched an investigation to try and find four men they believe are responsible for attacking a police car with bricks while officers were dealing...
A man has been charged in connection with supplying drugs and modern slavery offences.
Date Published 14/12/2018
The Children’s Society charity shop on Market Street in Shaw is asking for additional donations after it suffered from a fifth break-in in just over three years.
An emotional morning and afternoon has seen the eagerly-awaited unveiling of the statue of Oldham suffragette Annie Kenney take place in front of huge crowds in the town centre.
A new support service has been launched in Greater Manchester to help the families of people who have served in the armed forces.
An Oldham primary school has been named and shamed on a list of the worst performing schools in the whole of England.
A 17-year-old boy arrested in connection with a carjacking in Chadderton has been bailed pending further enquiries.
Police from Ashton have arrested a man on the streets of Oldham suspected of stealing hundreds of pounds worth of chocolate bars and being armed with a knife.
Oldham East and Saddleworth MP Debbie Abrahams has popped on a pullover and posed for a photograph to mark her support for Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day campaign, which...
Three brothers have been jailed after an assault rifle was found at a Manchester safe house.
A number of irresponsible residents who thought they could dump their waste where they want, or leave others to clean up for them, have been successfully prosecuted.
Date Published 13/12/2018
Officers have released photos of an elderly woman’s injuries following an incident in Chadderton.
Police investigating a serious assault at a pub in Failsworth have released images of two men they want to speak to in connection with the incident.
New figures reveal one in three calls to Samaritans on Christmas Day are from people who feel lonely and isolated.
Ahead of tomorrow’s eagerly-anticipated Annie Kenney statue unveiling outside Oldham Town Hall, today the Chronicle takes a look at just who she was, what she stood for, and her...
Officers are appealing for information after part of a man’s ear was bitten off outside a city centre nightclub.
Police in Rochdale have charged a 33-year-old man with common assault in connection with an incident on Sunday evening which saw an emergency worker assaulted.
Theresa May has secured her immediate future as prime minister after winning a vote of confidence among Tory MPs.
The Met Office has today issued a Level 2 cold weather alert across the North West.
Date Published 12/12/2018
The brilliant Rob Leigh comes to town on Saturday night to perform his breath-taking Neil Diamond tribute show, and you could be there for FREE if you win our latest exciting...
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Over one million pounds of public money is wasted every month when crews from North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust are called out but find nobody to treat.
Police have launched an investigation after an elderly woman had her car stolen in Chadderton.
Greater Manchester Police is looking for the latest four-legged crime-fighting recruits to help patrol the region’s streets.
