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Due to the COVID 19 pandemic, the Sholver and Moorside Community Team is unfortunately unable to stage its fourth annual Flower and Vegetable Show, which was scheduled to take...
Date Published 22/07/2020
The Rotary Club of Oldham has announced the winners of the 2020 Oldham Student of the Year Awards.
The Peak District National Park has been branded as one of the worse parts of the UK for illegal killings of rare birds of prey.
University Campus Oldham (UCO) is celebrating its best-ever set of results that rank it in the top ten per cent nationally – and the best locally – for student satisfaction.
Ace detective sniffer dogs have started leading engineers to the source of the tiniest of cracks in gas pipes across North West England.
Oldham’s Mayor Ginny Alexander has donated £500 to the town’s branch of Andy's Man Club... to help get men talking.
A Saddleworth village is at the centre of a debate surrounding social distancing and the imposition of a 20mph limit to crackdown on speedsters.
Two of Saddleworth School’s top executives are saying farewell after years of distinguished service.
Date Published 21/07/2020
Passengers travelling in taxis and private hire vehicles (PHVs), including app-based services, will be kept safer under tough new licensing standards introduced by the Government,...
The Leader of the Opposition and of the Liberal Democrat Group on Oldham Council, Councillor Howard Sykes MBE, has welcomed the reduction in VAT on food purchased in pubs, cafes...
Collaboration between police forces when done well can save money, reduce bureaucracy and improve efficiency and effectiveness.
Work has begun to clear the site for the new £27million Saddleworth School at Diggle.
Date Published 20/07/2020
Proud Oldhamer and former refugee Marzia Babakarkhail has inspired local young people with her story of making a daring escape to the UK after the Taliban tried to assassinate her...
A leading Muslim charity chief has called for a national task force to fight the risk of coronavirus outbreaks and a lockdown in Oldham.
Greater Manchester has appointed a new chief fire officer to transform the service as it continues its journey through a ‘challenging period’.
England’s coronavirus test and trace service is failing to reach more than half the contacts named by infected residents in Blackburn with Darwen – where health chiefs are...
Oldham Coliseum Theatre and TripleC/DANC have joined forces to commission, produce and present three short audio plays by disabled writers, based on the theme of ‘Distance’.
The industrious members of Dovestone WI have extended making and providing face masks for the wider community to several cafes and shops in and around Saddleworth.
The landlords of two of Saddleworth’s most historic pubs are facing misery because of a major road closure for the next four weeks.
The Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police (GMP), Ian Hopkins, has won the Public Sector category at the North West Institute of Directors (IoD) Director of the Year Awards...
Date Published 19/07/2020
First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO) customers have collectively saved over £100,000 since the social landlord launched its partnership with The Bread and Butter Thing (TBBT)...
Date Published 18/07/2020
Ashton and Failsworth MP Angela Rayner has urged Conservative MPs to ‘stop rewriting history’ as the fight against coronavirus continues.
Oldhamers are being invited to share their nostalgia and memories in a special commemoration of VJ Day, the end of World War 2.
The hugely popular and colourful summer festival 'The Yanks are Back in Saddleworth' is aiming for a dramatic return to the welcoming community in 2021.
Oldham's pub and hospitality sector is continuing to fight back as the third weekend since re-opening approaches.
Date Published 17/07/2020
This week's Dr Kershaw's winners have been announced (July 17).
The Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, has told participants at Debbie Abrahams MP’s virtual summer school that young people matter, and detailed how he’s spent...
Van drivers could have to apply for a permit to visit tips across Greater Manchester as part of a further shake-up of recycling rules.
Police and public transport operators are coming together to remind passengers of the importance of wearing face coverings while using the region’s buses, trains and trams after a...
Dr Kershaw’s Hospice is hosting two drive-in donation days today (Thursday) and tomorrow (July 16 and 17).
Date Published 16/07/2020
