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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
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Date Published 04/04/2023
Town halls across Greater Manchester have paid out £1.1 million on consultants to help try and obtain Levelling Up funding.
Mike Ford has, not surprisingly, grabbed all the headlines, but the new owners of Oldham RLFC numbered five at the Boundary Park media scrum on Friday.
Date Published 27/03/2023
Oldham RLFC has announced that a group led by former player and coach Mike Ford and local businessman Mick Harrington has successfully purchased the club.
Date Published 26/03/2023
Oldham Council recently hosted an event to launch a new Youth Hub – a co-ordinated approach to provide support to Oldham’s young people aged 16-25 who are thinking about getting a...
Date Published 24/03/2023
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...
Date Published 23/03/2023
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...
Local residents are being invited to take part in GO Bloom - a large-scale floral display at Gallery Oldham.
Date Published 21/03/2023
Local rugby legend and charity fundraiser Kevin Sinfield OBE was last night (Monday) formally presented with one of Oldham’s greatest-ever honours.
The iconic Coliseum Theatre has confirmed with ‘deep sadness’ that it will be closing in two weeks despite a passionate campaign backed by actors and residents to save it.
Date Published 17/03/2023
Performing arts and entertainment trade union Equity has responded to the announcement that the Oldham Coliseum Theatre will close this month with huge dismay.
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
Oldham RLFC's Community Trust has been successful in its application for a £25,000 grant from Oldham Council's Local Improvement Fund (LIF).
Date Published 15/03/2023
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
Equity General Secretary Paul Fleming has criticised the ‘painfully slow’ negotiations to save Oldham Coliseum, after he travelled to Manchester to hold crunch talks with Arts...
Date Published 09/03/2023
The number of fly-tipping incidents in Oldham has almost quadrupled in 12 months.
Councillors have agreed to raise tax at a fractious meeting in which ‘reckless’ Tory amendments were slammed amid ‘Ant and Dec’ and ‘Sheriff of Nottingham’ jibes.
Date Published 03/03/2023
Emotions are likely to be running high once again tonight (Monday) at an Oldham Council Cabinet meeting where the future of Oldham Coliseum will be discussed.
Date Published 27/02/2023
New figures discovered by Oldham Liberal Democrats show a drastic fall in the number of Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) that Oldham Council is issuing for littering and fly-tipping...
Date Published 23/02/2023
Arts Council England have told the Oldham Evening Chronicle that they were concerned about the “high-risk” application for funding from Oldham’s Coliseum Theatre.
Date Published 22/02/2023
Council bosses have revealed how a new £24.5m theatre to replace Oldham’s iconic Coliseum could look as the historic venue prepares to close next month.
Over 400 supporters of the Oldham Coliseum theatre have attended a rowdy meeting at the Fairbottom Street site to express their anger at the loss of £1.8m of Arts Council funding.
A man has been sentenced to a six-month community order and ordered to pay out more than £300, following an incident that took place during an Oldham Council meeting last summer.
Date Published 21/02/2023
Oldham Council has hosted the second free business networking event for local businesses, this time in Royton.
Date Published 16/02/2023
A new £5m bridge which would link Oldham and Tameside across the Medlock Valley has been given the green light.
Arts Council England have pledged an additional £350,000-plus of 'transition support' following the news this morning (Tuesday) that the Coliseum Theatre is to close its doors on...
Date Published 14/02/2023
Oldham Council is again subsidising fun family activities during the half-term school holidays, in a bid to help those struggling during the cost of living crisis.
Date Published 09/02/2023
As the fallout continues following the news earlier this week of Oldham's iconic Coliseum Theatre cancelling all events after March 26, 'devastated' Council leader Amanda...
Date Published 02/02/2023
Liberal Democrat Opposition Leader, Councillor Howard Sykes MBE, has called for ‘on-the-spot’ fines for littering to be doubled - taking the fine from £100 to £200 - in a bid to...