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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
Oldham Council has teamed up with charitable trust Oldham Active (Oldham Community Leisure) to provide local veterans with special discounted membership to its five wellbeing...
Date Published 16/09/2024
Royton Town Hall and Library have officially reopened following a landmark restoration project, bringing the historic building back to its original Victorian splendour.
Date Published 14/09/2024
Sadness swept across Oldham at the news a historic mass grave in Royton Cemetery contained the bodies of almost 300 babies and young children.
Date Published 12/09/2024
Oldham Council will create memorials to stillborn babies buried in mass graves in cemeteries across the borough, the council boss has announced.
Pensioners in Greater Manchester could be left “struggling to survive” this winter following cuts to winter fuel payments, councils have warned.
Date Published 11/09/2024
Dame Rachel de Souza visited the new Brian Clarke Academy where, she said, their education is so good children are 'running' to get to school.
Date Published 10/09/2024
When baby Joyce was born, she was so small they wrapped her in her dad’s handkerchief on the way to the hospital.
Date Published 09/09/2024
Decades of hardship have left parts of Oldham town centre in a derelict state.
Date Published 06/09/2024
A mass grave containing more than 300 bodies has been uncovered in Oldham.
A street in Oldham could soon see an almost £1m makeover to make it safer and ‘more enjoyable’ for cyclists and pedestrians.
Date Published 04/09/2024
Oldham Council is launching a new School Street at Hey with Zion Primary School and St Edwards RC Primary School in Lees this September.
Date Published 30/08/2024
The elderly in Oldham are losing out on a staggering £8,5m because of unclaimed pension credit, research has found.
Date Published 22/08/2024
Leaders of Oldham council have called for the new government to introduce ‘fairer funding’ for local authorities.
Date Published 21/08/2024
A council project to beautify the entrance into Oldham has made progress after a month of delays.
The atmosphere was tense in Oldham as the borough braced itself for planned far-right and anti-immigration protests on Wednesday last week.
Date Published 15/08/2024
When Tia Henderson heard the fire alarm go off, she thought it was one of her neighbours’ burning their toast again.
Councillors in Oldham have taken aim at the local authority’s leadership over the borough’s ‘unsustainable’ financial situation.
Date Published 14/08/2024
Councillor Arooj Shah, Leader of Oldham Counci, has supported calls by Saddleworth Parish Council for the Co-op to remove disposable barbeques from sale.
Date Published 13/08/2024
Oldham Council has asked staff to consider voluntary redundancies to help plug a predicted £36m hole in the budget.
Date Published 09/08/2024
Long-awaited plans to transform Oldham town centre could soon become reality.
Date Published 24/07/2024
Families across Oldham can once again book on to a range of exciting activities for free this summer.
Date Published 23/07/2024
The exact location of a ‘transformative’ new college linked to Eton has been revealed for the first time.
Date Published 22/07/2024
Oldham’s children’s and social services have reached a ‘huge milestone’ after achieving a ‘good’ Ofsted rating, council bosses say.
Date Published 17/07/2024
