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Oldham council plans to spend £1m to buy and demolish a vacant building in the town centre to ‘improve sightlines’ to the Coliseum theatre.
Date Published 31/10/2025
An Oldham manufacturer has taken a major step into the digital age with a £300,000 investment that doubles capacity, creates skilled jobs, and strengthens the town’s position as a...
Date Published 22/10/2025
A project to build an Eton-linked school in Oldham town centre has come under fire as it continues to wait for a green light from government.
Oldham Council, one of Oldham’s biggest employers, has announced a ‘recruitment freeze’ as it grapples with a predicted £23m black hole in its finances.
Date Published 20/10/2025
A group of independent councillors in Oldham have joined forces with George Galloway’s The Workers Party ahead of the next local election.
Date Published 24/09/2025
Town hall bosses in Oldham are facing a possible £20m budget hole, a report has confirmed.
Date Published 23/09/2025
A council meeting in Oldham was aborted after a councillor was accused of using an ‘extremely offensive and sexually degrading’ word towards the town hall leader.
Date Published 18/09/2025
Reform UK has welcomed three councillors on Oldham Council, creating the party’s first official group on the authority.
Date Published 11/09/2025
Oldham Council’s leadership team has taken a tongue-lashing from several of its councillors over the decision to rename the newly-refurbished Old Library after a ‘local hero’.
Date Published 18/08/2025
A ‘desperately needed’ new police station in Oldham could be built.
Date Published 17/07/2025
Poundland in Oldham has reopened after an ‘unexpected’ closure last week sparked confusion among local shoppers.
Date Published 10/07/2025
A leadership challenge mounted against the leader of Oldham Council has failed after an explosive council meeting.
Date Published 21/05/2025
Oldham Council’s leader Arooj Shah will face a no confidence vote at its annual meeting tomorrow (Wednesday).
Date Published 20/05/2025
At the forthcoming Annual Meeting of Oldham Council (Wednesday), Liberal Democrat members will support a no confidence vote aimed at ousting Labour Leader of the Council Arooj...
Date Published 16/05/2025
Mayoral nominations are usually straight-forward and largely ceremonial.
Date Published 14/05/2025
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
