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Between 1 April and 30 September 2017, 3,506 three-day emergency food supplies were provided to local people in crisis by Oldham Foodbank, compared to 2,702 in 2015-16.
Date Published 07/11/2017
In National Living Wage week (Monday 6 to Friday 10 November), the Leader of the Opposition and Liberal Democrat Group Leader, Councillor Howard Sykes, MBE, has written to Deputy...
If you have any queries or problems that need to be discussed with councillors, contact them or visit their ward surgeries.
Liam Thompson, who has made 105 senior appearances in his five seasons at Oldham, has confirmed that he is heading off to Australia to start a new chapter of his life in the...
Remembrance Sunday services will be taking place at venues across the borough, held in conjunction with branches of the Royal British Legion, on Sunday (12 November).
Last week, on Wednesday 1 November, I proudly attended the Duke of York’s Pitch at the Palace event, hosted at St Jame’s Palace in London. I was there to support our three local...
The Bill to lower the voting age to 16 was frustrated by Tory MPs manipulating Parliamentary procedure and blocking it going to a vote on Friday (3 November). However, the...
A person had to be treated for smoke inhalation after a firework caused a small fire at a property on Long Lane, Chadderton on Tuesday (6 November).
A fire at a house on New Earth Street, Oldham on Tuesday (6 November) involved a wheelie bin and shed in the rear garden of the property.
A new draft bill to ban letting fees was introduced to Parliament on Wednesday 1 November.
Date Published 06/11/2017
There are an extra two weeks for people caught up in the terrorist attack at Manchester Arena to share their experiences as part of an independent review looking at the response...
Debbie Abrahams, MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth, has helped Oldham Rugby League Football Club to mark its 20th anniversary by writing an introductory article in a new book...
Energi Mine has been appointed to launch the world’s first cryptocurrency payment system for Electric Vehicle (EV) charging points.
A spate of distraction thefts have been recorded across the borough by police since September 2017. A number of reports have been made to police that a man who spoke in broken...
A spate of serious assaults and armed robberies in Oldham are being treated as connected. The five separate incidents occurred between 12am and 7.20am on Saturday 21 October.
It was East meets West at Uppermill Methodist Church Hall on Sunday 5 November, when over £400 was raised to help women in Gaza access university education.
Oldham won the Best City prize at the Royal Horticultural Society’s North West in Bloom competition. Oldham also won the Best Feature in a Public Place Award for the WOW bed...
Oldham RLFC (1997) Ltd celebrated its 20th anniversary in style at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on Friday night.
Hundreds of 999 emergency calls were made as Greater Manchester experienced a busy bonfire night, which included a number of attacks on firefighters across the area.
A crackdown on crime and antisocial behaviour on the region’s transport network has been launched.
A new study investigating awareness of mouth cancer in the United Kingdom reveals a startling lack of awareness when it comes to the disease and one of its leading causes, the...
Old foes Lancashire and Yorkshire fought out a tight game in the opener of the 2017 Tri Counties Series and it was the white rose of Yorkshire that won through in a tight game.
Nearly a quarter (23%) of employees in the North West are still earning below the real Living Wage, meaning that an estimated 634,000 people are struggling to get out of in-work...
Amidst warnings of more disappointing productivity growth to come, downgrades to the public finances and Brexit related uncertainty, North West manufacturers are urging the...
Eight hundred years ago today (6 November 1217) the Charter of the Forest granted ordinary people the right to access royal forests. This was the first step in a campaign spanning...
People are being urged to tap into the healthcare expertise available at their local pharmacies, after a new survey revealed that 52% of those in the region incorrectly think the...
A team of seven women at an Oldham housing association has transformed local people’s lives, by giving them the skills and self-belief they need to get fulfilling long-term jobs.
Date Published 04/11/2017
Four people were arrested after officers carried out dawn raids in Oldham and Tameside on Thursday 2 November. A total of nine properties were searched in Oldham (St Mary’s),...
The 10 November 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Passchendaele, one of the bloodiest battles of the First World War.
Date Published 03/11/2017
Dr Kershaw’s Hospice Lottery Winners for Friday 3 November 2017. First prize Of £1,000, 103973, Royton, Oldham
