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In 2016 budgets were cut in all local authority areas where smoking cessation was a low priority. In local authorities where the priority was high 40% made cuts to these...
Date Published 20/10/2017
Crime rose by a staggering 31% in Greater Manchester over the last year - the largest increase in England and Wales, the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics...
The cost of childcare for young children has risen 4.3 times faster than wages in the North West since 2008, according to new analysis published by the TUC today, Friday 20...
With just three weeks left until Bonfire Night, firefighters are asking people to go to organised fireworks displays to enjoy a safe night.
Over nine out of ten burglary investigations in Greater Manchester are closed without a suspect being identified, according to Home office figures.
Live music, plays, park runs, museum exhibitions, cosplay and prop making sessions, fundraising day, charity entertainment nights and street and indoor markets - lots to for all...
Date Published 19/10/2017
Oldham Council leaders have met with Department of Work and Pensions officials to urge a rethink on Universal Credit (UC). Councillor Abdul Jabbar, Deputy Leader of Oldham...
Universal Credit is making headlines again – and that will continue throughout the winter unless the Government comes to its senses.
Parents are being urged to protect children from the dangers caused by naked flames and fancy dress costumes this Halloween.
North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) has been presented with an Armed Forces Covenant Gold Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) award from HRH Prince Harry.
Oldham Choral Society: Greater Love - A Musical Reflection for Remembrance Sunday marks events that took place a hundred years ago as the mindless slaughter of the First World...
Children from Coppice Primary Academy helped to plant 10,000 purple crocus bulbs around the school grounds to help promote Purple4Polio, to raise awareness of how important it is...
Kenny Hughes will be back at Oldham in 2018 for a sixth season of first-team rugby in Roughyeds' colours. The 27-year-old hooker, who has totalled 123 games for the club since...
Oldham extended their unbeaten run to five games under Richie Wellens with a draw at Bradford City.
Having impressed during his interim period with four wins and one draw against tough opposition, Richie Wellens has been appointed Latics new manager.
There has been a sharp rise in self-harm reported in general practices for girls aged between 13-16 years from 2011 to 2014, compared with boys of the same age.
New rules for charging overseas visitors using the NHS are a threat to everyone, argue experts in The BMJ.
Prop Ben Davies is the eighth member of last season's relegated Oldham RL squad to stick with the Oldham in League One. Davies, 27, had the opportunity to move on but, like...
Date Published 18/10/2017
Debbie Abrahams MP, Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, has welcomed the House of Commons unanimously approving Labour’s Opposition Day motion calling for a pause to Universal...
A concerted effort to encourage older people to keep active can help them live more independently and reduce the need for social care, argue experts in The BMJ.
Duncan Selbie,the Chief Executive of Public Health England, visited Oldham on Monday (16 October) to discuss the work going on in the borough and priorities moving forward.
Date Published 17/10/2017
A casualty had to be treated for smoke inhalation following a chip pan fire at a mid-terraced bungalow on Walkers Road, Oldham on Saturday (14 October).
A fire involving a quantity of rubbish, spread to the kitchen window of a domestic property on Nixon Street, Failsworth on Monday (16 October).
Oldham will be pulling out all the stops for Halloween this year as shoppers are set to spend more than 442,000 hours preparing for their spooky celebrations.
A man fired a gun on Waltham Street in Alexandra a number of times - but it was not aimed at anyone – before walking away in the direction of Roundthorn Road on Monday (16...
PMD business finance, based in Oldham, has partnered with HR and employment law specialist Howarths People and Safety Management, based in West Yorkshire, to implement a new...
Students from Oasis Academy Oldham grilled Jim McMahon, MP for Oldham and West Royton, during his recent visit to the academy.
The bank card of elderly couple from Colne, who were targeted in a distraction burglary, was used later at Asda on Hollins Road in Oldham.
Jujitsu is part of Lee Usher and his family’s life and his eight-year-old daughter, Elle, has recently gained her black belt.
Oldham Mountain Rescue Team assisted with the recovery of a teenage male who had fallen down a steep embankment in some dense and inaccessible parkland in Manchester on Sunday.
