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Police are appealing for information following a firearms discharge in Oldham
Police are appealing for information following a firearms discharge in Oldham. At approximately 11:30pm Sunday, May 31, officers were called to reports of a firearms…
Ring & Ride service back on the road
Ring & Ride minibus services have relaunched across Greater Manchester – with safe social distancing in place – to help vulnerable residents make necessary trips.…
Affordable homes to transform ‘pigsty’ site
MORE than 60 new homes are to be built on a ‘pigsty’ site in Shaw – and more than half of them will be affordable.The…
Conserve water in dry spell, urges United Utilities
WATER bosses have urged consumers to help conserve supplies by implementing measures to reduce demand.Reservoirs water levels are visibly dropping because of the ongoing dry…
Royton’s Manchester Arena victims Lisa and Alison are remembered
A SPONSORED bike ride that raised more than £400 was among events that took place on May 22 to mark the third anniversary of the…
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Oldham celebrates 125 years
OLDHAM Athletic recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of their appearance at Wembley in the final of the Littlewoods Cup. It was also 30 years since…
Australia tour delayed but St Annes grow support for NHS
OLDHAM St Annes have been forced to delay their tour to Australia but are literally growing support for the NHS. The club’s Under-16s side hoped…
Rugby player who trains at local college recovering from Covid-19
A RUGBY league player who trains at a local school has revealed he developed coronavirus after initially turning up for a session. James Cunningham, who…
Goal-den era for former keeper John Royton man remembers day he played at Wembley
THEY say memories fade with the passage of time but that is not the case for John Fitton, Mossley’s last line of defence in their…
Will we ever go up? – Royton Town suffer promotion blow for second straight season
ROYTON Town could be forgiven for thinking if their reserve side will ever be promoted after it was denied for a second straight season.Sitting second…
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‘Blooming’ great thank you to key workers in Oldham town centre
Oldham Council is saying a blooming great thank you to the borough’s NHS heroes and key workers. Our multi award-winning horticultural staff have transformed the…
Letter to the editor: Rising child poverty in Oldham – who is responsible?
A letter to the editor from the Oldham & Saddleworth Green Party Shocking figures from End Child Poverty coalition* show that 38% of Oldham children…
Get involved to help shape safer streets in Oldham
Oldham Council is supporting the #SafeStreetsSaveLives campaign and is inviting residents to get involved. Over the coming weeks and months, it is going to be…
Footpath find by Nordic Walking duo
TWO members of Dunwood Park Nordic Walkers have discovered a footpath they did not know existed. Jean and John Norman were out exploring and found…
Lockdown lookout with garden watch
BY the time the country emerges from coronavirus lockdown, Spring will almost certainly have Sprung. But thanks to the Greater Manchester Local Records Centre, there…
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Be a part of Gallery Oldham’s Lockdown Museum
Gallery Oldham is inviting residents to be a part of its new digital project to collect a snapshot of what life is like in the…
Virtual music lessons and gigs in gardens have ensured music continues to be played in Oldham
THE band has continued to play for Oldham’s young musicians as they have been digitally supported through the covid-19 crisis by the Oldham Music Service.…
Rock Choir ready for 24-hour fundraising extravaganza in aid of Mental Health Awareness Week
ROCK Choir is showing its support for Mental Health Awareness Week by hosting a 24-hour fundraising event. The #RockChoir24 event will take place on the…
Oldham Coliseum links with HOME with Homemakers commission
Oldham Coliseum Theatre is proud to be a commissioning partner with HOME, Manchester as part of the Homemakers project. Homemakers is a series of new…
Rock Choir launches campaign to ‘Keep Britain Singing’
Rock Choir is inviting the public to join in and ‘Keep Britain Singing’ during the coronavirus lockdown. Every day at 3pm, one of the choir…
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Re-open safely with social distancing posters from Oldham Council
Oldham Council has launched a toolkit of posters and signs to support businesses and organisations to re-open safely. It includes a wide range of signage…
Discretionary business grant fund now open for applications
OLDHAM Council has launched a new discretionary grants fund to support certain small businesses which have been impacted by coronavirus and do not meet the…
Oldham Council celebrates local businesses rising to the challenge
Oldham Council has shone a spotlight on the many local businesses which have gone above and beyond during the coronavirus pandemic. The council has been celebrating companies…
Oldham MPs hold successful business support webinar
OLDHAM MPs Jim McMahon and Debbie Abrahams held an online support session for more than fifty local businesses to offer help and advice during the…
Kaleemah driven to succeed with her spice business
IT is more than two decades since Geri, Baby, Scary, Sporty and Posh urged people to Spice Up Your Life. Kaleemah Miah has been doing…
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Oldham Sixth Form College’s Aspiring Medics Programme celebrates record number of university offers
Oldham Sixth Form College is proud to be celebrating a record number of Medicine and Dentistry university offers for its Year 13 Aspiring Medic students.…
Mahdlo announces death of CEO Mike Doran from coronavirus ‘with saddest of hearts’
MIKE Doran, CEO of Mahdlo Youth Zone, has died after a three-week battle against Covid-19. Chris Wareing, Chairman of the Board at Mahdlo, announced the…
Mayor of Oldham invites children to brighten up Facebook page with rainbow pictures
THE Mayor of Oldham is calling on the borough’s children to share their rainbow photos on her Facebook page and brighten her day during the…
Mahdlo adapts services to keep open for young people
MAHDLO Youth Zone is adapting its offerings so it can keep its doors open to young people during the coronavirus outbreak. The centre on Egerton…
Coronavirus causes Oldham College to switch to online learning and remote working
OLDHAM College is switching to online learning and remote working to keep all its 6,000+ staff and students safe during the coronavirus outbreak. Oldham College…