You are Here: Home » News » News Search
Welcome to the News Search.
You can browse all our recent articles using the list below or use the following search form.
Looking for older articles? Try the Archive Search.
717 Article(s) Found
Negotiations over giving Greater Manchester more powers are going well, but there is ‘some doubt’ about the future of devolution, Andy Burnham has said.
Date Published 02/08/2022
Disabled people say the cost of living crisis is costing them more than most.
Date Published 01/08/2022
Plans to bring buses in Greater Manchester back under public control are progressing as leaders agree to buy new electric buses and bus depots.
Town hall chiefs have banned four residents from attending public meetings for 12 months after two chaotic gatherings of Oldham’s full council.
A city centre hub at the forefront of the mission to end youth homelessness by 2037 has reopened following a £1.8m revamp.
Date Published 30/07/2022
Cheaper fares for buses in Greater Manchester which were set to start from September have still not been signed off, Andy Burnham has admitted.
Date Published 28/07/2022
Plans to make north east Greater Manchester the ‘engine room’ of the region’s ‘next industrial revolution’ are set to be signed off by local leaders.
Date Published 27/07/2022
Andy Burnham has written an open letter to all residents in Oldham in response to the CSE Report which was published last month.
Date Published 24/07/2022
Oldham East and Saddleworth MP Debbie Abrahams has welcomed participants to her ninth annual 'Working for my Community' Summer School.
Date Published 23/07/2022
Oldham Liberal Democrats say they are concerned that no disciplinary action has so far been taken against any staff member who took part in the failures described in the CSE...
Date Published 21/07/2022
Pet dogs will be allowed onto Metrolink for the first time in the network’s 30-year history as part of a three-month pilot set to launch next month.
A group of Oldham Conservative councillors have written to Home Secretary Priti Patel to ask for an independent public inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in Oldham.
At the most recent meeting of Oldham’s Full Council, Liberal Democrat councillors called on Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham to come to the town to field questions from...
Date Published 19/07/2022
The Court of Appeal has heard the latest legal challenge to Andy Burnham’s plans to bring buses in Greater Manchester under public control by next year.
Date Published 13/07/2022
Information obtained by Oldham’s Liberal Democrats has revealed that Transport for Greater Manchester have spent more than £3 million on signage for Greater Manchester Mayor Andy...
Date Published 12/07/2022
A National Youth Summit has been called to offer young people the chance to explore radical solutions to the big topics of the day – from job security and mental health, to...
Date Published 08/07/2022
A once in a lifetime opportunity to transform the economy and create jobs in the north east of Greater Manchester is about to take a major step forward.
Date Published 06/07/2022
An Oldham conference held in the presence of Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham heard how three quarters of women with endometriosis report feeling depressed, with almost HALF...
Date Published 05/07/2022
Local Black, Asian and mixed background tech entrepreneurs are being invited to register their interest for a four-day transatlantic trade mission to Chicago.
Greater Manchester has now put forward its case for scrapping charges in a revised Clean Air Zone plan submitted to the government on Friday (July 1).
Date Published 04/07/2022
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has vowed to 'secure justice for the survivors of child sexual exploitation and abuse' in Oldham.
Date Published 02/07/2022
A new taskforce is being launched in Greater Manchester to promote women’s and girls’ football across the city-region, ahead of the UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 kicking off.
Oldham’s Liberal Democrats are calling for the government to support a no charging Clean Air Zone as new plans emerge for the next phases of CAZ.
Andy Burnham admitted he was not forced by the government to introduce Clean Air Zone charges during a heated exchange with a caller on the radio.
Date Published 01/07/2022
Following Monday's explosive Extraordinary Full Council Meeting to discuss the publication of the long-awaited report into Child Sexual Exploitation in Oldham, the Borough's...
Date Published 29/06/2022
Greater Manchester Police chiefs have come under fierce fire from Oldham's Liberal Democrats in the wake of Monday's fiery Council chamber debate.
An abuse survivor spoke out about her own grooming horror during a stormy debate over the findings of a damning review into authorities’ handling of child sexual exploitation.
Date Published 28/06/2022
The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has announced the new portfolios which each Greater Manchester Combined Authority member will lead on for the city-region.
Date Published 24/06/2022
The horrific case of a 12-year-old girl who was raped by strangers and let down by authorities in Oldham is ‘not unique’, says the ex-detective who has repeatedly blown the...
Date Published 23/06/2022
Greater Manchester Police have instigated a new police probe named Operation Sherwood
Date Published 20/06/2022