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The EnterprisingYou (EY) programme has proved crucial to the self-employed following the Covid-19 outbreak by providing support to self-employed businesses, particularly those hit...
Date Published 07/09/2020
Cases of coronavirus are continuing to plateau in Oldham, with the two largest hotspots recording steep falls.
Date Published 04/09/2020
Leader of Oldham Council, Sean Fielding, has responded to a letter from Councillor John Hudson and his Conservative Group regarding the investigation into increasing allegations...
Date Published 03/09/2020
Tougher restrictions which ban people from socialising with anyone they don’t live with are to remain in place for a further week in Oldham, the government has confirmed.
Date Published 28/08/2020
The Government’s plan to offer £13 per day for those low-paid workers who are forced to self-isolate due to Coronavirus has been slammed by one of Oldham’s MPs.
Low-income workers who have to self-isolate in Oldham have been told they can claim up to £182 for their two week stay in isolation according to a Government announcement.
Date Published 27/08/2020
Oldham’s MPs have been lining up to welcome the news that the town won’t be plunged into a Leicester-style local lockdown despite a rise in the number of new Coronavirus cases.
Date Published 21/08/2020
Oldham can breathe a sigh of relief from behind their protective mask today after the Government announced it wasn’t going to impose a local lockdown on the town.
Oldham Council have said they’re going to ask staff to consider taking voluntary redundancy as part of a raft of cost cutting measures brought on by a hole in their finances.
Date Published 20/08/2020
A return to full lockdown restrictions across Oldham would be economically damaging and ‘inflame community tensions’ in the borough, its council leader has warned.
Today is a big day for thousands of students across Oldham as they finally get their hands on their GCSE results, but for the town this could also be a big day.
The leader of Oldham Council says the town being placed in local lockdown by the Government would be “really catastrophic for businesses and the for the working-age population in...
Date Published 19/08/2020
While Oldham awaits the announcement by the Government on whether the town will be put into local lockdown, the council have announced they are going to change the local plan for...
In the past three weeks, Oldham has been teetering on the edge of being cast into a full local lockdown as its numbers of coronavirus cases began to surge.
Date Published 18/08/2020
Former industrial land off Mossdown Road in Royton has been identified as a suitable location for a £150m state-of-the-art energy recovery facility to safely transform...
Date Published 05/08/2020
The tightening of lockdown restrictions across the whole of Greater Manchester has been branded ‘confusing’ and ‘devastating’ for communities preparing to celebrate Eid-al-Adha.
Date Published 31/07/2020
There has been a huge reaction on social media to the sudden news of new local lockdown restrictions overnight.
Oldham Council's SOS campaign has seen huge support from the borough since its launch.
Date Published 30/07/2020
Moving people who test positive for coronavirus from large households to self-isolate elsewhere is ‘not on the table’, Oldham’s council leader has confirmed.
A council leader has blasted the ‘sickening’ behaviour of people repeating allegations of historic child sex abuse ‘which have no evidence behind them’ in Oldham.
Date Published 17/07/2020
Council chiefs in Oldham are calling on residents to sign a letter to the government urging ministers to ‘save our services’ and provide more funding to the borough.
Date Published 13/07/2020
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has approved new plans for more than £2 million in funding to improve vulnerable adults’ access to adult learning.
Oldham Council has submitted plans to transform a historic town hall space into an independent-style food market.
Date Published 09/07/2020
A Saddleworth parish councillor is asking for his country community to be considered in sweeping review to improve wellbeing and promote alternative travel initiatives in Greater...
Date Published 07/07/2020
The community-driven Mayor of Oldham, Cllr Ginny Alexander, has launched a unique, open-handed scheme touching the hearts of townsfolk.
Date Published 06/07/2020
Council chiefs are to carry out a review of statues and monuments in Oldham in light of Black Lives Matter protests to ‘understand their history and context’.
Date Published 26/06/2020
Oldham Council has paid out more than £600,000 to Oldham businesses in the first phase of discretionary grants.
Date Published 19/06/2020
Shoppers will be able to show even more love to their local markets as the borough welcomes the return of its outdoor markets across Oldham, Shaw and Royton.
In the next couple of weeks, an inspirational package of support for young people in Oldham will be launched by the Rio Ferdinand Foundation in partnership with the Oldham...
Plans to secure £25 million to improve Oldham town centre have moved a step closer thanks to the Oldham Town Deal Board.
Date Published 17/06/2020