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Hero Lee Allport has received his 30 Years’ Service Award from the Oldham Mountain Rescue Team.
Date Published 07/01/2026
Happy New Year! Oldham weather expert Jon Baylis's weekly forecast is back after a well-earned rest over the festive period.
Headed up by Sergeant Graham Craven, Oldham town centre’s new policing team team launched last month and an extra six officers will be available to police the streets of the...
Oldham have confirmed the appointment of Alan Kilshaw to the role of assistant coach ahead of the 2026 season.
Date Published 05/01/2026
Construction can officially start on a major £32m project to transform an ‘underused car park’ into more than 300 new homes in Oldham.
People in an Oldham neighbourhood have had to take matters into their own hands after they were left with snow-lined streets and ‘zero grit’.
Oldham RUFC made the trip to the Wirral on Saturday to play Hoylake, but were beaten 13 points to 10.
A major roundabout in Oldham will see road and lane closures for two weeks, with ‘delays expected’ for motorists heading in and out of Shaw.
A man has been jailed for 33 years after being found guilty of 17 counts of rape, and 14 counts of indecent assault against six children during a two decade-long campaign of abuse...
An ‘abandoned’ medical centre that shut down ‘without warning’ in 2021 is being put up for auction.
Date Published 02/01/2026
Two local councillors, with the help of volunteers, are closing in on restoring all the traditional metal milestones across Saddleworth.
The Chatty Café Scheme, UK’s leading non-profit social enterprise designed to tackle loneliness, set up by Oldham mum Alex Hoskyn (42), has reached a major milestone having helped...
Oldham Mountain Rescue Team were called out on Saturday evening to assist a walker who had sustained a lower leg injury near Yeoman Hey Reservoir in Saddleworth.
A First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO) customer who helps organise affordable food for those in need was voted the housing association’s December Hidden Hero.
A private mental health unit where patients were given out of date medication and a distressed woman was told by staff to ‘stop crying’ has been ordered to improve.
There was late drama at Boundary Park and Chesterfield 'keeper Zach Hemming saved Joe Garner's stoppage-time spot-kick to help the visitors claim a draw against Latics.
Photographer Karen Jakeman set out on what should have been a beautiful 7.5 km circular walk up to a treasured local beauty spot, Hartshead Pike, near Mossley.
A junction with a public bin in Oldham has become a ‘magnet for fly-tipping’ creating a ‘disgusting’ eyesore, according to locals.
Date Published 30/12/2025
Hopwood Hall College Principal and CEO, Julia Heap, has been awarded an OBE in the King’s New Year’s Honours List.
Oldham Council has been slammed over ‘bleak and shameful’ deprivation statistics that show conditions in the borough are worsening.
A homeowner has been ordered to remove a whole set of UPVC windows and a front door after the council deemed it ‘harmful’ to an historic building in Saddleworth.
Oldham is changing, as major developments across the Greater Manchester borough are making progress.
A late, late strike from supersub Kian Harratt handed gutsy Latics an eye-catching 2-1 victory at League Two high-fliers Walsall.
Date Published 24/12/2025
Hulme Grammar School and its specialist innovation hub, the Brenda Mills Institute of Innovation and Technology (BMIIT), successfully hosted a high-energy 12-hour hackathon.
A kids’ home in Oldham has been praised for allowing youngsters in care to ‘flourish and thrive’ after an inspection by a government watchdog.
People who might have been alone on Christmas Day were able to enjoy turkey and all the trimmings at First Choice Homes Oldham’s (FCHO) Tensing Street Community Centre.
Oldham Parish Church was alive with the sound of music as the Dr Kershaw’s annual Christmas concert got people in the festive spirit.
Oldham is due to get its first set of padel courts after plans to convert a former warehouse into a sportshall were approved.
Date Published 22/12/2025
Community champion Christopher Bannatyne was determined not to be defeated by the callous vandals who initially wrecked his hand-built Christmas tree for children in Delph.
Oldham council has officially confirmed its bin collection schedule for the 2025 Christmas and New Year period.
