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A man had a gun pointed at him during attempted robbery at a shop on the Market Place in Oldham Town Centre at around 9.30pm on Saturday 14 October.
Date Published 24/10/2017
Halloween is generally a ‘spooktacular’ time for all but a few bad apples can spoil the fun. So what can you do if someone chooses to play a trick and damages your property? And...
It’s the season of sniffles when shorter days are frequently accompanied by sore heads and throats, runny noses and, if you are very unlucky, a hacking cough and aching limbs.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) is closing its specialist sex crime unit, the force has confirmed. GMP said officers from its Serious Sexual Offences Unit (SSOU) are being...
Nearly half of people in the North of England are feeling the effects of the government spending cuts, according to a survey commissioned by Deloitte.
Diners who are fed up with the excessive noise levels in restaurants are being invited to join national charity Action on Hearing Loss’ ‘Decibel Squad’ to let the industry know...
Greater Manchester Police has been named as a leading force for its response to modern slavery and human tracking in a recent report inspecting all 43 UK forces, by Her Majesty’s...
Companies across the North West are being encouraged to help beat heart disease in the local area by joining forces with the British Heart Foundation (BHF) - Europe’s largest...
Debbie Abrahams, Oldham East and Saddleworth MP says the revised parliamentary constituency boundaries proposed by the Boundary Commission are unfair, undemocratic and...
Date Published 23/10/2017
Jim McMahon, Oldham West and Royton MP, met with members of the British Youth Council at the Youthforia Convention event in Preston and discussed his Private Members Bill on votes...
Oldham Council is set to remember Private Walter Mills VC, the third recipient from the borough to be awarded the Victoria Cross, exactly 100 years since his exceptional act of...
The Boundary Commission's revised constituency boundary proposals has seen "community ties disregarded" and "nonsensical constituencies" created cutting through towns and...
A 27-year-old man who died in a collision in Oldham has been named as Joshua Hollingworth. Just before 5.45am on Saturday 21 October 2017, police were called to reports of a...
European counterparts in investment in machinery and robots, with a number of barriers at play including cost, uncertainty about returns and skills.
A campaign to stop criminal gangs from grooming children and vulnerable adults to commit crime has been launched.
As the Chief Medical Officer and experts around the world warn of a “post-antibiotic apocalypse” and “the end of modern medicine”, Public Health England has launched a major new...
The Leader of the Opposition and Liberal Democrat Group Leader on Oldham Council, Councillor Howard Sykes MBE, has welcomed a recent speech by Transport Minister Chris Grayling...
Date Published 21/10/2017
The Leader of the Opposition and Liberal Democrat Group Leader on Oldham Council, Councillor Howard Sykes MBE, has written to the Leader of the Council, Councillor Jean Stretton,...
Motorcyclists, scooter riders and trikers are being encouraged to help create a red poppy around the M60 with the proceeds benefiting Veterans In Communities (VIC).
Local authorities must step up and allow traditional farm buildings to be sympathetically adapted for other uses or important rural heritage will be lost, according to the CLA.
Staff from Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) met with European colleagues last month to share best practice and understand the latest approaches to combatting carbon...
A 27-year-old man has died after a white Ford Transit van collided with houses on Lees Road, Oldham on Saturday (21 October). A 19 year-old man was also taken to hospital for...
The third quarter of 2017 has seen the North West’s listed companies add almost £1.9bn to their total values, according to business advisory firm Deloitte. The latest North...
The CLA, whose members – landowners, farmers and rural businesses – frequently face having to clear up rubbish fly-tipped on private land, says fly-tipping is a national disgrace...
Dr Kershaw’s Hospice Lottery Winners for 20 October 2017. 1st prize of £1,000 – 047173, Royton, Oldham
Date Published 20/10/2017
HeartStart Oldham has trained 70 children at Werneth Primary School how to save a life. Over the past fourteen years the Rotary Club of Oldham has trained Oldhamers of all ages...
Action Oldham Seed Corn Fund: Seed Corn Grants (up to £1,000) are available to locally based groups who are working with Oldham residents helping them to make to most of their...
David Pearson, from Royton, who made a remarkable recovery from a cardiac arrest, met up with the North West Ambulance Service staff who helped save his life.
The Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has called for a new Greater Manchester School Readiness Pledge to be designed and implemented by the city-region’s schools, public,...
Firefighters have spoken out about the impact of having stones and bricks thrown at them when responding to incidents.
