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A huge £306 million investment into Oldham will be chiefly funded by borrowing and selling assets, the town hall has confirmed.
Date Published 04/02/2020
Oldham Council is urging residents to make the most of National Apprenticeship Week which takes place 3-9 February.
An event to help businesses benefit from construction opportunities across Oldham has been organised.
Date Published 30/01/2020
Plans to refurbish Royton’s historic Town Hall have moved a step closer after bosses agreed to go out to tender for a contractor.
Date Published 29/01/2020
Oldham College's transformation is entering a new phase after its plans for a £9million Construction Centre were approved.
Town hall chiefs have given the green light to a huge £306million spending pledge into Oldham which they vow will be a ‘game changer’ for the borough.
Youth charity The Prince’s Trust is partnering with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) to help close the skills gap by empowering local young people to realise their...
Date Published 23/01/2020
THIS picture taken at one of Oldham’s favourite beauty spots has raised concerns among campaigners fighting to protect valuable moorland.
Date Published 20/01/2020
A review into allegations of historical sexual exploitation in Oldham will investigate whether social services let down vulnerable children and failings were ‘covered up’.
Date Published 18/01/2020
An ambitious plan to transform Oldham, including creating more than 2,000 new homes in the town centre, 1,000 new jobs and 100 apprenticeship opportunities, is set to be approved...
Date Published 17/01/2020
Your Oldham Evening Chronicle is back in print from today for a special one-off edition looking back at 2019 across the borough.
Date Published 15/01/2020
Keir Starmer MP, the frontrunner in the Labour Leadership Election made his 5th visit to Oldham, on Saturday.
Date Published 13/01/2020
Plans for a new eco-centre in Alexandra Park have been unveiled.
Date Published 10/01/2020
Oldham council would be ‘naive’ to think cases of child sexual exploitation do not take place, says its leader as he calls for people with ‘evidence’ to contact safeguarding...
Date Published 09/01/2020
The great and the good from Oldham and Saddleworth came to pay respectful homage and praise a community champion described as a man of few words.
Date Published 06/01/2020
At the end of a hectic and often controversial year for local and national politics, Oldham Council Leader Sean Fielding has promised much for local people in his New Year message...
Date Published 01/01/2020
14 local projects throughout Oldham have been granted an early Christmas present in the form of £391,521 in funding to help improve quality of life in the area.
Date Published 24/12/2019
Oldham Councillors, staff and their partners are hard at work on the run up to Christmas making sure the borough’s residents are ready to enjoy their festive period.
Date Published 20/12/2019
A crackdown on rogue landlords has shut down severely overcrowded and pest-infested homes, and even uncovered a house being used as a cannabis farm.
Date Published 19/12/2019
Council bosses have agreed to spend thousands more to expand a primary school which taught Strictly winner Kelvin Fletcher.
Date Published 18/12/2019
Furniture components manufacturer and distributor Hill’s Panel Products (HPP) is supporting an awards night to celebrate the best public sector workers across the borough of...
Date Published 06/12/2019
The Leader of Oldham Council’s review into historical safeguard processes will form part of major work that is being carried across Greater Manchester to strengthen safeguarding...
Date Published 22/11/2019
The smooth running of Failsworth’s Remembrance Sunday Service was supported this year by volunteers from Virgin Media who are carrying out works in the area.
Date Published 20/11/2019
Electronic signs that warn motorists when they are driving too fast around Oldham are broken or ‘faulty’ because there is currently no cash to repair them, a councillor has...
Date Published 12/11/2019
Oldham Council Leader, Councillor Sean Fielding, called for First Bus to cut bus fares in Oldham at last week’s meeting of the Transport for Greater Manchester Committee.
Date Published 11/11/2019
As National Living Wage week kicks off around the country, Oldham’s Labour-led Council is delivering on its promise to residents by becoming an accredited Living Wage employer.
Date Published 08/11/2019
Oldham council leader Sean Fielding has defended tweeting a picture of his ripped underpants and telling his constituents he wished his girlfriend was responsible as ‘a joke’.
Police were called into Oldham’s council chamber as its full council meeting descended into chaos on Wednesday night.
Date Published 07/11/2019
TWO respected senior council opposition group leaders say they were not consulted over a decision to appoint an expert to examine historic safeguarding processes for children in...
Date Published 06/11/2019
A Christmas single released today (6th November) will see The Leader of Oldham Council Sean Fielding reveal his cornet playing talent.