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Jenna-Lea Alston, a 26-year-old former swimming teacher with Oldham Community Leisure (OCL), has swapped her swimming goggles for PPE, working as a frontline nurse at Tameside...
Date Published 10/06/2020
While lockdown has seen a boom in people tending their gardens, this type of work has continued as normal for Oldham College’s Horticulture apprentices.
The owner of a popular restaurant which had all its windows damaged by an overnight raider says he has been 'overwhelmed' by the community’s kindness.
Oldham East and Saddleworth MP Debbie Abrahams has opened applications for her seventh annual 'Working for your community' summer school - for 18-24-year-olds - which will take...
This week First Manchester is rolling out a new, long-lasting sanitising treatment across its entire operational fleet, which kills Coronavirus on surfaces.
A former soldier said he would rather serve a tour of duty in Afghanistan than continue to live in the shadow of a popular Saddleworth beauty spot.
Greater Manchester’s 'huge' problems with drink and drugs has been laid bare in startling new data.
Dogs Trust is issuing advice to dog lovers on how to avoid being scammed into buying puppies which may not be what they seem, following a rise in demand for dogs during lockdown.
Date Published 09/06/2020
Oldham East and Saddleworth MP Debbie Abrahams is backing calls for the Government to increase financial support for people on social security, and extend the wage schemes for...
A £2.55m hardship fund that launched on Friday to help musicians that are struggling financially during the Covid-19 pandemic is already in danger of reaching capacity.
Despite a down turn in the weather, warm-hearted villagers let the sunshine in for a special Saddleworth Round Table collection for Oldham Foodbank.
Date Published 08/06/2020
A Saddleworth business has donated more than £40,000 worth of cutting-edge water quality monitoring systems to UK Nightingale Hospitals, to ensure clean, reliable and safe water...
Manchester council has been accused of ‘endangering lives’ by not working alongside neighbouring boroughs to install pop-up cycling lanes into the city centre.
The Manchester Arena Inquiry team has issued an appeal as they wish to hear from any members of the public, emergency responders and others who were present at the Arena on May...
The owner of an upmarket village eatery has offered a £500 reward after all the windows at his ground floor premises on Uppermill High Street were smashed overnight.
A not for profit community pre-school and playgroup has scored a triple Ofsted success.
Dovestone, the hugely popular Oldham beauty spot plagued by an onslaught of uncaring visitors and renegade motorists, should be closed to the public.
A pair of intrepid fundraisers turned into a band on the run to beat the coronavirus and help keep a community’s spirit alive.
In a world that is turning differently thanks to Covid-19, supporters of the Saddleworth Palestine Women Scholarship Fund (SPWSF) that sponsors women into higher education in Gaza...
Date Published 07/06/2020
The Oldham Borough Liberal Democrat Group has announced the re-appointment, unanimously and unopposed, of Councillor Howard Sykes MBE as their Leader and Councillor Chris Gloster...
Date Published 06/06/2020
On the back of their successful webinar with Oldham-based businesses recently, local MPs Jim McMahon and Debbie Abrahams are hosting an online support session for community and...
Taking a day trip is not essential.
Date Published 05/06/2020
Inspectors praised North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust (NWAS) as it was rated ‘good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for the second time in a row.
Ashton MP Angela Rayner - a former home help - hosted a virtual chat with frontline care workers about their fears and hopes as the nation continues to battle coronavirus.
When Derker-based sweethearts of three years Stacey Arnold and Anthony Grady were informed that their eagerly-anticipated May 30 wedding day plans had to be cancelled, they were...
A leading charity is calling on people to make a difference to the lives of people who need it the most in Greater Manchester, by buying a ticket in its summer raffle.
Dr Kershaw’s is appealing to members of the local community to help gather items for when their portfolio of shops re-open and donate these items during their ‘Donations Days’,...
A food charity has delivered more than 930,000 meals to frontline charities and vulnerable people since lockdown began.
Oldham Council is urging residents to ‘love their local market and shop local’ as Tommyfield Market prepares to reopen on Monday, June 15 after nearly three months.
Three Oldham Sixth Form College A Level Photography students have been selected to have their work feature in ‘At Home’, the Sixth Form Colleges Association (SFCA) National...
