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A young woman is pushing a pram across Featherstall Road.
Date Published 28/01/2025
Dr Kershaw’s Hospice is Royton is launching free art sessions via The Nightbird Project.
Date Published 29/01/2025
It was a wet and wild weekly weather diary from Oldham weather expert Jon Baylis last week, but even after two more named-storms in the Atlantic since then, we haven’t seen any...
A former pub in Mossley will be transformed into brand-new homes.
A man is facing a court appearance after allegedly attacking a Metrolink tram staff member.
Yesterday (Tuesday) a car collided with a lamp post on Gainsborough Avenue in Oldham, after colliding with two parked cars.
Yesterday (Tuesday), Oldham police's Neighbourhood Crime Team (NCT) conducted a warrant at a garage unit in an industrial park in the town, to recover stolen vehicle parts being...
Homelessness charity Emmaus Mossley is gearing up for a busy start to 2025 with several exciting charity events, including a new monthly social and a cabaret fundraiser.
Bee Network bus and Metrolink tram tickets are in for a shake-up from March as Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) bosses confirmed the launch of new ‘multi-modal’ passes.
Date Published 27/01/2025
Florence Tan from Shaw is the lucky winner of housebuilder Bellway’s Design a Flag competition.
A man from Royton is selling his 'ultra rare' collection of 50p's, £2 coins and 10p coins on eBay for £20,000.
Greater Manchester Police have made a ninth arrest in connection with a firearms discharge on Shaw Road in Oldham on Thursday, January 16, 2025, where an 18-year-old man suffered...
Oldham council will need to find a total of £22m to balance its books for the upcoming budget.
Local business/venue, Smokies Park, has been named a Finalist in the Guides for Brides Customer Service Awards 2025.
An Oldham school has achieved the School Mental Health Award which is delivered by the Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health in Schools.
The Radclyffe School in Chadderton hosted a poignant and enlightening assembly to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.
Hugely popular local businessman and Latics saviour Frank Rothwell is just one of the 16 amateur dancers competing in the Dr Kershaw’s Strictly competition on Friday, February 28.
Oldham police officers are appealing for information following an assault outside the Spindles Shopping Centre on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, at around 12:15pm.
Ethan Shaw, a dedicated Year 7 student at Hathershaw College, has undertaken a remarkable fundraising challenge for Motor Neurone Disease (MND).
A campaign has been launched to raise £7,000 towards the much-needed repair of St Thomas’ Window at Heights Chapel in Friarmere, near Delph.
A cervical cancer survivor from Oldham is urging more women to come forward for their cervical screening appointments, as she thanks the test for saving her life.
Through hail, rain, snow and gales, youngster Oscar Asquith has spent every day this month notching up another mile run in memory of his great uncle Ron, a former woodwork master...
Date Published 26/01/2025
Ten Primary schools from across Oldham and Tameside arrived at Tameside Magistrates Court to compete in the Greater Manchester Magistrates Association Year 6 Mock Trial...
Date Published 25/01/2025
Greater Manchester Police officers would like to speak to the man (pictured) as they believe he can assist with an investigation into an alleged sexual assault that took place in...
It was back on the morning of Tuesday, October 29, 2024, when response officer Anthony Spence was the first on the scene in the Hollins area of Oldham to reports of an armed...
Uppermill Football Club are at it again with their Uppermill in the Community (UITC) initiative - the club’s way of putting something back into the local and wider community of...
The RSPCA has shared heart-breaking images of a bald and bleeding female puppy who is believed to have been deliberately abandoned on the Rochdale Canal in Chadderton.
Date Published 23/01/2025
Following an intricate investigation into a cohort of car thieves, codenamed Operation Napoleon, a ninth man has today been sentenced.
Oldham councillors deferred a decision on a development in Failsworth after urgent pleas from the public.
Oldham Coliseum is putting on its biggest performance since the closure of the ‘jewel in the crown of Oldham’ venue on Fairbottom Street.
Andy Burnham says the government’s decision to not impose a charging clean air zone in Greater Manchester is a ‘truly a great outcome’.
Date Published 22/01/2025
Since the deluge of New Year’s Eve/New Year’s Day and the fifth of the month, rainfall amounts over the past couple of weeks have been suppressed, but it’s not been exclusively...
Police officers in Oldham are appealing for witnesses after a woman was harassed by an unknown man.
Today (Wednesday), Greater Manchester Police have officially closed the criminal investigation into the disappearance of Alex Batty from Oldham, between September 30, 2017 and...
A vacant Oldham office block council bosses fear is ‘likely to attract vandalism and anti-social behaviour’ could be demolished to make way for 140 new homes.
Date Published 20/01/2025
Officers from Greater Manchester Police's Major incident Team (MIT) investigating a firearms incident which occurred on Shaw Road in Oldham last Thursday (January 16) have charged...
The outdoor market stalls in neighbouring Ashton has been dismantled, leaving a pile of rubble.
An Oldham woman who lived with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) for over 20 years has praised a local NHS therapy service for helping her take back control of her life.
A way for First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO) to tackle anti-social behaviour (ASB) has been adopted across the town after a summer pilot in Higginshaw saw a 50% reduction in...
Greater Manchester Police officers are looking to speak to the man pictured as they believe he can assist with investigation following a theft of £250 worth of products from Tesco...
Kind-hearted shoppers in Oldham have been thanked for contributing to the 125,000 toys donated to children in need during the run-up to Christmas.
Five of Oldham’s historic buildings could be saved from ‘rotting away’ after a £400k plan was approved by the council.
Greater Manchester Police officers are appealing for the public’s help to find Aron McGinn.
Oldham Liberal Democrat Opposition Leader councillor Howard Sykes MBE has welcomed the announcement that Tom Crowther KC - who led Telford’s inquiry into child sexual exploitation...
Greater Manchester Police Neighbourhood Officers from Limeside stopped a van on Chamber Road after witnessing suspicious activity by the driver.
Oldham has started its search for a new permanent chief executive.
Dare to Know Theatre, a dynamic local company founded in 2020 by Oldhamers Miranda Parker and Jake Talbot, has announced its next exciting community project.
Oldham Mountain Rescue Team were contacted by Greater Manchester Police about a male who had sustained a knee injury in the Dovestones area.
Date Published 18/01/2025
This is the shattered remains of a popular bus stop and congregating place for the young in a Saddleworth village (above).
Date Published 17/01/2025
Students from Brian Clarke Church of England Academy have had the opportunity to put their mark on Yorkshire Street through the Oldham Mural Project, organised by James Cox, Head...
Following a shooting on Shaw Road in Oldham on Thursday (January 16), Greater Manchester Police officers have arrested eight males in connection with the incident.
After almost 240 years, shoppers will soon bid farewell to the beloved Tommyfield market hall, after plans to bulldoze the current building were approved by Oldham Council last...
A famous and pioneering artist who captured the moods and magic of Saddleworth, and its people, has died.
Alan Kirkham has announced that Kirkham Property will shortly be opening up in The Queen Anne Gallery, 64 High Street in Uppermill.
Greater Manchester Police have arrested a 19-year-old man after reports a man was shot on Shaw Road in Oldham at approximately 12.15pm yesterday (Thursday).
Date Published 16/01/2025
Greater Manchester Police officers are appealing for the public’s help to find Mark Ades.
After almost 15 years of staring at rubble, residents in Derker are about to see their neighbourhood transformed.
Greater Manchester Police officers are looking to speak to this individual (above) following an assault of a Metrolink staff member.
Recently-purchased electric bins in Oldham town centre have broken down, leading to piles of rubbish on pavements.
Just weeks after being hospitalised, an intensive care nurse told guests at a Chadderton café event how crippling endometriosis had reached her lungs and bladder.
Date Published 15/01/2025
Oldham Council has partnered with the charitable trust Oldham Active (Oldham Community Leisure) on a pilot scheme offering free three-month memberships to its leisure centres for...
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