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Councillor Arooj Shah has unanimously re-elected as leader of the Oldham Labour Group.
Date Published 09/05/2024
Today (Thursday), voters all around England will be heading to polling stations to cast their ballot for a local councillor.
Date Published 02/05/2024
Arooj Shah has a mountain to climb.
Date Published 20/01/2024
The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has confirmed the new portfolios which each Greater Manchester Combined Authority member will lead on for the city-region.
Date Published 30/05/2023
Thousands of voters across Greater Manchester were turned away from polling stations because of the new ID requirements at the local elections earlier this month.
Date Published 19/05/2023
The big question on many people’s lips is – why would you want the job a second time around?
Date Published 16/05/2023
The election curse afflicting the borough’s leaders struck again last week, with Amanda Chadderton becoming the third Labour boss in three years to be unseated.
Date Published 10/05/2023
Former ousted leader Arooj Shah has staged a political comeback to return to head up Oldham council after winning an internal Labour contest.
Labour have narrowly kept overall control of Oldham council following a nail-biting election battle, but saw their third leader in three years ousted by an independent.
Date Published 06/05/2023
Oldham’s biggest election for nearly two decades in now upon us, and the mood on the streets appears to be one of political apathy and and mistrust.
Date Published 02/05/2023
More than 200 candidates are competing for residents’ votes in this years’ local elections in Oldham.
Date Published 05/04/2023
Music will be at the centre of Oldham's celebrations for the Coronation of King Charles III in May.
Date Published 28/03/2023
Councillors have called for full transparency over how hundreds of mothballed number plate recognition cameras installed under the Clean Air Zone plans will be used in future.
Date Published 27/03/2023
Tributes to the best of British music will feature at the forefront of Oldham's forthcoming Coronation celebrations.
Date Published 25/03/2023
The bitterness of winter has been felt more than ever by households this year due to rising energy prices.
Date Published 23/03/2023
Oldham Coliseum Theatre Ltd has appointed a new Board of Trustees to oversee the closure of its building, preserve its legacy, determine the future of the company and safeguard...
A total of £20m secured through the Levelling Up fund will aim to boost eco-friendly projects in Oldham; including a learning centre at Northern Roots; a new Green Shoots business...
An ongoing project to make Oldham town centre more accessible and connected for residents is 'taking steps towards being finished'.
Date Published 21/03/2023
Highway works being crammed in before the end of the financial year has turned March into the ‘month of madness’ for motorists and buses, a councillor says.
Local rugby legend and charity fundraiser Kevin Sinfield OBE was last night (Monday) formally presented with one of Oldham’s greatest-ever honours.
Three young people were recognised with Civic Appreciation Awards at Wednesday night's Full Council meeting, to celebrate their tremendous contributions to their local communities...
Date Published 17/03/2023
A new high specification pitch at Latics' Boundary Park Stadium is to receive a £1m investment from Oldham Council - and will see Oldham Athletic Football Club and Oldham Rugby...
Date Published 16/03/2023
Andy Burnham will have full control over local funding, the government has announced.
Date Published 15/03/2023
Oldham’s half marathon, one of the toughest 13.1 mile races in the UK, is set to return this Halloween, after more than three years away.
UPDATED (Friday): Crunch talks aimed at saving Oldham’s Coliseum theatre and protecting dozens of jobs have ended in stalemate but campaigners say the fight ‘isn’t over’.
Date Published 10/03/2023
Plans for the second phase of a major restoration project of Oldham’s former library and gallery which will open it back up to residents have been lodged.
Date Published 06/03/2023
A 'Community Fridge' pilot project has been launched in Greenacres.
Date Published 02/03/2023
As the end of the school day arrives for one primary in Oldham, cars are already queueing nose to tail on the road outside.
The Council admit they don’t know whether the Coliseum will survive to run the new theatre when it is due to open in three years time.
Date Published 28/02/2023
A contractor has been appointed to finish restoration work on Royton’s historic Town Hall following frustration that the project had ‘stalled’.
Date Published 27/02/2023
