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A campaign has been launched by The Children’s Society calling for candidates standing for election in Greater Manchester on Thursday, May 6, to prioritise the well-being of...
Date Published 18/04/2021
With many shops and businesses open again and schools set to return after the Easter break, Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), bus, tram and rail operators are preparing to...
Dogs Trust Manchester is making a special appeal for their longest-term canine resident, Charlie, who has been waiting for a home for over 500 days.
Date Published 17/04/2021
Oldham Coliseum Theatre has released the first of its Micro Commissions 2021, Angel of History, a moving short film by digital artist Grant Archer.
The North West Air Ambulance Charity (NWAA) has reached a significant milestone in its ‘Blood on Board’ project, bringing blood transfusion to critically ill and injured patients...
A planning application for a huge new high school in the middle of Oldham town centre has been submitted to the council.
Date Published 16/04/2021
This week's Dr Kershaw's winners have been announced (April 16).
It’s up to you to figure out whodunnit in Oldham Coliseum Theatre and Front Room Production’s digital murder mystery, Whodunnit at the Coliseum?, which is now running online until...
An Oldham GP and an Oldham Mosques' Council Development Officer have urged Muslims to have the Covid-19 vaccine during Ramadan.
More than half of people over 70 in Greater Manchester have had their second dose of a Covid-19 vaccine amid ‘unheard of’ levels of uptake.
Muslims around the world are now observing Ramadan. This year, Ramadan began on Tuesday 13 April, and continues for 30 days until Wednesday 12 May or Thursday 13 May.
Date Published 15/04/2021
Am intrepid team of determined children have collected over 30 bags of litter during an Easter holiday litter pick in Oldham.
Sounds at the Edges, a new project by pioneering Oldham-based visual arts charity Portraits of Recovery (PORe), is bringing people in recovery from substance use together with a...
An in-built ventilation system on Metrolink’s trams constantly circulates fresh air, helping to limit the risk of aerosol transmission of viruses, such as COVID-19, a leading...
The annual MS Awareness Week, which takes place between April 19–25 this year, is a great opportunity for Oldham’s MS Society Group to raise awareness surrounding Multiple...
Date Published 14/04/2021
Oldham West and Royton MP Jim McMahon has written to Her Majesty the Queen to offer the condolences of himself and everybody in Chadderton, Oldham West and Royton upon the passing...
A director from Oldham furniture components manufacturer and distributor Hill’s Panel Products (HPP) is entering a 50km run to raise funds for a mental health charity in memory of...
Parent Power Oldham continues to grow its knowledge and influence in their mission for equal opportunities and positive change within the community.
Oldhamers are being urged to help Cancer Research UK shops get back to the business of beating cancer as restrictions on non-essential retail lift this week.
A dynamic brass band lover is determined the hills of Saddleworth WILL be alive with the sound of music this year.
A new apartment block which will be ‘100 per cent affordable’ will be built on the site of a former mill in Royton.
An academy trust has revealed the designs for a proposed new 1,200-pupil high school in the heart of Oldham town centre.
A new local community initiative to clean up the trails around Saddleworth and 'bash the trash' has started after Easter.
Date Published 12/04/2021
Homelessness charity Emmaus Mossley is preparing to reopen its second-hand superstore after a 14-week closure due to the latest Covid-19 shutdown.
Date Published 11/04/2021
People and businesses across Greater Manchester are being urged to keep doing their bit, as the government eases coronavirus restrictions.
As Oldhamers looks forward to lockdown restrictions easing further on Monday, research conducted by breakdown provider Green Flag has revealed that many drivers now feel less...
Date Published 10/04/2021
An RSPCA inspector was called to a house in Manchester to confine what was thought to be a loose three-feet long snake spotted in a garden - but all was not what it seemed!
By the time the late, great Clive Sullivan MBE joined Oldham in 1980 he was well past his peak, yet Watersheddings fans were still privileged to watch the Welsh wing wizard in...
Greater Manchester residents wanting to vote in the upcoming local and mayoral elections have less than two weeks left to register.
There is plenty of eagerness and anticipation in the air as Oldham gears up for the next vital stage 2 of coronavirus restrictions being lifted from this coming Monday (April 12).
Date Published 09/04/2021
