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Warm-hearted local man Afruz Miah has committed to run an incredible 100km in total during Ramadhan to raise funds for Westwood High School.
Date Published 07/05/2020
Ashton MP Angela Rayner joined volunteers from a dedicated community group to help care home residents embrace the wartime spirit ahead of VE Day.
The Department for Education has released new statistics on the number of parents and children living in the North West referred to and assessed by social services between 2018...
Royton-born Wendy Muldowney, who has lived on Tenerife for nearly 30 years, continues her exclusive insight for Oldham Chronicle readers on the reality of lockdown on one of...
The Mayor of Greater Manchester and City Mayor of Salford have warned of a “second wave of homelessness” as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, making an urgent call on...
Popular local entertainer Dominic Collins will be getting firmly into the VE Day spirit this Friday, May 8, as the nation comes together to celebrate the 75th anniversary of...
Date Published 06/05/2020
Teachers from a school in Oldham came together to create a fun heart-warming video providing a message of hope to students during this lockdown period.
Wellbeing Leisure, part of Oldham Community Leisure (OCL), has taken its weekly Friday Club online to help combat loneliness whilst its leisure centre doors remain closed due to...
Think Inks, a UK printer consumables recycling organisation based in Oldham, is donating up to £5 to the NHS Charities Together COVID-19 Urgent Appeal for every single used ink...
Prisons will mass manufacture vital medical garments for the NHS following a Manchester Metropolitan University-led campaign to support healthcare workers treating Coronavirus...
North West immunisation leads are urging people in the region to continue to attend routine vaccination appointments during the coronavirus pandemic.
Local non-league football club, Avro FC, is to pay tribute and honour Oldham’s key workers by offering free season tickets to key workers for next season's North West Counties...
An unlikely friendship between First Choice Homes Oldham’s (FCHO) Becky and 94-year-old Shaw resident Jack has blossomed during the coronavirus outbreak.
An alternative transport service has been put in place to support the health and social care system across Oldham.
We are currently in Ramadan – the holy month during which the Qur’an is believed to have first been revealed to the Prophet Muhammad.
A foster carer who was just 21 when he began providing a safe home for children and young people in need is calling for people across Oldham to consider a career in fostering.
The Operations Director at First Manchester in Oldham swapped timetables for cooking instructions last weekend as he served up breakfast to hungry paramedics from the North West...
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) is urging residents to be safe with barbecues after one was left unattended setting fire to a bench on a balcony.
Dr Kershaw’s Hospice has announced the new measures it has undertaken in light of the COVID-19 pandemic to continue to offer specialist, individualised, palliative and end-of-life...
A highly respected Saddleworth community champion and a luminary in the Rotary movement has died after a short illness.
Date Published 05/05/2020
Dr Kershaw’s Hospice has announced that they will be hosting a fun-for-all the family online quiz on Saturday 9th May via Facebook live at 7.30pm.
Last Friday Oldham MPs Jim McMahon and Debbie Abrahams held an online support session for over 50 Oldham-based businesses.
A volunteer army of devoted helpers have reached out to a hospital in desperate need of medical aid to combat the coronavirus.
Teenager Kieran Henthorn-Lee has figured out a very energetic way for his loving family to raise much-needed funds for myeloma.
Date Published 04/05/2020
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is preparing to start contacting around three and a half million customers who may be eligible for the government’s Self-Employment Income Support...
One of the brightest and most talented young singer/songwriters out there on the local scene at present is Oldham's own Olivia Deane.
Oldham Parish Church has donated £500 to help Mahdlo continue to support its members and their families with activity packs during lockdown.
Dogs Trust is asking the public to weigh up if they are truly ready for the realities of dog ownership before taking the leap, as searches to get a dog have shot up in the past...
Praise has flooded in for the dedicated team at Saddleworth School led by Miss Sarah Danby and Miss Dee Mistry, who have made and donated visors to more than 1,000 key workers.
Councillor Howard Sykes MBE, Leader of the Liberal Democrat group on Oldham Council, has paid tribute to VE Day, frontline staff in the NHS and other key workers.
