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Rugby League Cares is teaming up with Betfred Super League, Championship and League 1 clubs to help combat the issues faced by retired players during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Date Published 28/03/2020
The Oldham-based Carnaby School of Dance is defying what could have seen the Coronavirus crisis shutting them down by taking 150 students (adults and children) on to virtual dance...
Date Published 27/03/2020
The hills of Saddleworth were alive with the sound of clapping last night as villagers joined the nationwide 8pm call to support the NHS.
First Manchester is moving all services to a special timetable from Monday (March 30) to ensure key workers, including health service and emergency workers, can get to and from...
Now more than ever before, Oldham's Action Together support network is in need of new volunteers.
Oldham Council is temporarily introducing weekly general waste collections from Monday, March 30, due to the coronavirus crisis.
Oldham Community Leisure’s (OCL) centres might currently be closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, but John Carhart, aged 51, is still celebrating a very special milestone with...
As Northern Rail continues to respond to the coronavirus outbreaks, a number of new measures have been introduced today (Thursday) to help protect passengers and staff.
Date Published 26/03/2020
United Utilities and Yorkshire Water have asked their tenants and land managers to halt controlled burning on their land until further notice.
A children’s heart charity who were forced to search shops and hunt online to find surgical gloves so that they could care for sick youngsters claim proper protection against...
The UK’s largest opticians and audiologists, Specsavers, has suspended all routine testing for the foreseeable future to focus on essential and urgent care only.
The UK’s best-loved national pet charities and experts have joined forces to offer advice to help owners care for their animals and each other.
In the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, national charity Epilepsy Action continues to support the 600,000 people living with epilepsy in the UK.
Rahat Hannan and his kind-hearted colleagues at the Shalimar restaurant in Uppermill did their bit in helping to boost morale among the extremely busy NHS staff at the Royal...
Date Published 25/03/2020
Oldham West and Royton MP Jim McMahon has urged constituents to sign up to become NHS volunteers.
Interserve Group Limited, the international support services, construction and equipment group, has been named preferred bidder by the Department for Education to design and build...
The coronavirus has curtailed the fund-raising activities of Saddleworth Parish Council Chairman’s Charity Committee.
The NHS is “rallying the troops” for the war on coronavirus, with volunteers being called up to help vulnerable people stay safe and well at home.
The RSPCA is providing an emergency-only service to animals through the coronavirus crisis in the wake of Government advice.
Kind-hearted staff at two popular Saddleworth venues closed by the coronavirus have donated their tips to charities.
A rallying call has gone out across a community compelled to cancel its annual “greatest free show on earth” because of the coronavirus crackdown .
Following Monday’s fire on Marsden Moor, National Trust rangers are now warning that more fires are possible because of a prolonged period of dry weather and concerns that the...
The Citizens Advice Service has announced that face-to-face advice services in Oldham have been suspended for the foreseeable future.
Date Published 24/03/2020
John Butterworth really has lived up to the old adage there is nothing like a dame.
North West charities and community groups can apply for individual grants of between £100 and £100,000 as a new foundation, funded by the region’s gas network Cadent, opens its...
Father Tom Davis, the Chair of the Trustees of the Three Crowns-based Oldham Foodbank, has praised the community spirit paraded by local people in the face of the Coronavirus...
The 2020 Oldham Business Awards category nominees have been announced.
A dynamic Oldham pub landlady has opened a virtual pub to keep customers happy during the Coronavirus lockdown.
Patients need to stop rocking up at GP surgeries with possible coronavirus symptoms and rolling out excuses as to why they won’t self-isolate.
Pupils at Alexandra Park School helped staff at the Royal Oldham hospital with a small act of kindness.
