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An independent councillor plans to challenge the leadership of Oldham Council’s Labour boss.
Date Published 10/04/2025
Oldham has been ‘left in uncertainty’ since voting to withdraw from a controversial housing scheme.
Date Published 27/03/2025
Oldham is due to get a new outdoor market space on George Square, the council has confirmed.
Date Published 25/03/2025
Following the recent successes of the Operation Vulcan team, Greater Manchester Police’s Chief Constable commissioned the new Vulcan Futures initiative.
Date Published 21/03/2025
An Oldham councillor alleged to have been caught ‘spying’ on a private meeting during a ferocious leadership race at the town hall last year has been given a ‘warning’.
Date Published 17/03/2025
A huge new project to transform Oldham’s sports grounds will attract up to 25,000 weekly visitors to the borough, it is hoped.
A special fast-completing ceremony for non-Muslims was held at the European Islamic Centre in Oldham.
Date Published 11/03/2025
Plans for a ‘monstrous scheme’ have been scrapped in after local residents called it ‘totally pointless’.
Date Published 10/03/2025
Council tax in Oldham is going up 4.99 per cent.
Date Published 07/03/2025
More funding has been secured for a ‘fantastic new entrance’ to Oldham aimed at enticing residents and visitors into the town centre.
Date Published 03/03/2025
People of Oldham and Rochdale are set to benefit from a transformative programme of regeneration and growth in their communities with £40 million of government funding confirmed...
Oldham council bosses approved £8m in cuts to balance the its books at a budget cabinet meeting on Monday night.
Date Published 18/02/2025
Andy Burnham will ‘reach out’ to ‘compromise’ with anti-Places for Everyone (PfE) councillors in Oldham after they decided to leave the housing plan.
Date Published 14/02/2025
Following months of fierce debates, Oldham council has voted to withdraw from a ‘controversial’ housing scheme at an extraordinary meeting held last night (Wednesday).
Date Published 13/02/2025
The Oldham Liberal Democrats have called for an emergency meeting to withdraw the local authority from a ‘controversial’ Greater Manchester housing scheme.
Date Published 31/01/2025
A vacant Oldham office block council bosses fear is ‘likely to attract vandalism and anti-social behaviour’ could be demolished to make way for 140 new homes.
Date Published 20/01/2025
Five of Oldham’s historic buildings could be saved from ‘rotting away’ after a £400k plan was approved by the council.
After almost 15 years of staring at rubble, residents in Derker are about to see their neighbourhood transformed.
Date Published 16/01/2025
It’s been an eventful 2024 for Oldham borough.
Date Published 28/12/2024
Police officers turned up to an Oldham Council meeting after an ‘explosive’ argument between councillors of different political groups and the public.
Date Published 18/12/2024
The decision on the long-awaited development at Prince’s Gate in Oldham has been questioned after councillors raised concerns about ‘insufficient information’ and decisions they...
Families devastated by the discovery of an unmarked mass grave with almost 300 stillborn children and babies earlier this year may finally find some peace.
Date Published 21/11/2024
Oldham councillors voted to reject a controversial housing plan designed by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority just months after agreeing to the scheme.
Date Published 11/11/2024
A Chadderton head teacher is calling for a more ‘joined up approach’ across public services to help tackle a truancy epidemic, after a ‘trailblazing pilot scheme’ in Oldham saw...
Date Published 22/10/2024
Over the past year, the dedicated team of Greater Manchester Police officers stationed in Oldham at all levels have seen a notable improvement in results.
Date Published 03/10/2024
A new community hub in Oldham promises to give local start-ups and entrepreneurs a ‘helping hand’ to establish their businesses.
Date Published 27/09/2024
The discovery of a grave with almost 300 bodies of infants and stillborn children in a cemetery in Oldham shocked Greater Manchester.
Date Published 25/09/2024
A decade-long dream of creating a buzzing base for Oldham business has finally been achieved – as Secretary of State Jonathan Reynolds cut the ribbon and opened The Hive.
Date Published 23/09/2024
The multi-million pound project to create a new home for Oldham’s Tommyfield Market is nearing completion.
Work is progressing on a ‘pivotal’ project aiming to bring more businesses and employment opportunities to Oldham.
Date Published 17/09/2024
