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Campaigners are celebrating after Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) reinstated the bus connection between Failsworth and Ashton-under-Lyne.
Date Published 12/11/2020
Transforming Greater Manchester into a Living Wage City-Region is the renewed focus of Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham this Living Wage Week.
Date Published 10/11/2020
The Oldham and Saddleworth conservative federation are demanding a public apology from the leader of Oldham Council after he claimed three of their ward Councillors were...
Oldham council announced the purchase of the Spindles Town Square Shopping Centre and the proposed relocation of Tommyfield Market into the complex last month.
Date Published 05/11/2020
Councillors were presented with an update on the progress of an investigation into allegations of child sexual exploitation in Oldham during a heated town hall meeting.
As Oldham prepares to commemorate Remembrance Sunday a little differently this year, Oldham Council has marked its roads with poppies as a small gesture to those who have given...
Date Published 04/11/2020
Leaders and MPs in Greater Manchester have written a letter to the Chancellor ahead of the lockdown debate and vote in the Commons later today (4th November).
People across Oldham are being reminded they can watch a Remembrance Service online from the Parish Church from 10.50am this Sunday, as together the borough pays its respects to...
As this year’s Youth Work Week (2nd - 8th November) kick’s off, Mahdlo, Oldham’s young people’s charity celebrates its most successful community campaign yet, culminating in...
As this year’s Youth Work Week (November 2-8) kicks off, Mahdlo, Oldham’s young people’s charity, celebrates its most successful community campaign yet, culminating in endorsement...
Date Published 02/11/2020
Remembrance Sunday is one of the most poignant dates in the calendar, a chance for the nation to honour the fallen of two World Wars and those who have sacrificed their lives in...
Date Published 01/11/2020
Pub lovers and real-ale enthusiasts welcomed Oldham’s newest bar with a cold one yesterday (Thursday) after the transformation of a former unused office building in the town...
Date Published 30/10/2020
A special Remembrance Service will be streamed online in Oldham this year to ensure residents can safely commemorate those who gave their lives for our freedom.
Date Published 27/10/2020
Work is set to start on a project to deliver more than 78km of new fibre optic broadband infrastructure across Oldham.
Date Published 21/10/2020
Oldham’s Spindles shopping centre has been bought by the council for ‘millions’ in a move which will see Tommyfield Market relocated and a new town centre park created.
Date Published 19/10/2020
Greater Manchester businesses impacted by COVID will be offered free support to build their online presence and reach a wider market as part of a new scheme.
Date Published 16/10/2020
Local Councillors and Failsworth MP, Angela Rayner, have joined forces to save an important local bus service.
Date Published 13/10/2020
Halloween isn’t going to be as ‘spooktacular’ as previous years – but that doesn’t mean you can’t have some frightfully good fun.
Date Published 08/10/2020
New eateries specialising in Portuguese, Indian and vegan cuisine are proving a hit with Oldham’s shoppers, following the recent arrival of six new traders at Tommyfield Market.
Date Published 02/10/2020
Oldham Council and Langtree have signed up Costa Coffee to the £35million Hollinwood Junction regeneration project.
The Victorian society has announced the most endangered buildings across the country and a building in Oldham is among them.
Date Published 01/10/2020
Seventy Oldham people facing additional barriers to gaining a job have started an exciting journey which aims to prepare for and find them an apprenticeship in the local area.
As more people have started returning to offices and pupils are back at school, it appears social distancing has become almost non-existent on the Metrolink, particularly on the...
Date Published 30/09/2020
Around 1,400 fewer homes will be built in Oldham’s green belt after the council focused development on brownfield land in the final draft of the region’s housebuilding masterplan.
Date Published 28/09/2020
Thousands of homes were knocked on and more than 800 residents tested by Oldham’s engagement and door to door testing teams following a second Covid-19 spike.
Local lockdown measures are suppressing an explosion of new cases of coronavirus, but are not enough on their own to bring down climbing infection rates, Oldham’s leader has said.
Date Published 25/09/2020
An innovative programme designed to help newly-unemployed people in Greater Manchester find work has received a £13m funding boost from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
Date Published 15/09/2020
Let’s not mess up all the hard work we’ve done over the last few weeks.
Date Published 10/09/2020
Manchester Digital has teamed up with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) for an initiative set to advise and inform anyone looking to switch to a digital career –...
Date Published 09/09/2020
Coronavirus infections are on the rise again in Oldham’s biggest hotspot, making it the third highest neighbourhood for cases in Greater Manchester.