OLDHAM Foodbank has benefitted from a donation from a local influencer, who dashed around a convenience store in a supermarket sweep-style challenge. Leanne Murphy, from…
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Golfers swing into action in drive to support hospice
GOLFERS swung into action to help raise a tee-mendous amount for a local hospice. There was healthy competition at Crompton and Royton Golf Club as…
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Reprieve for elderly lunch club threatened by closure
A CHARITY lunch club bringing local elderly people together that was due to close could now be set to continue. Pensioners were left ‘devastated’ when…
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Make a Will and make a difference to a local hospice
A NUMBER of local solicitors will be waiving their fees for people to make a Will in return for a donation to an Oldham hospice. …
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Awards success for two Oldham academies
STAFF at two Oldham academies took centre stage at an inaugural awards ceremony in London. Over 500 nominations were received for E-ACT’s Staff Impact Awards…
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Thatcher heroin epidemic play comes to Oldham
AN award-winning play which chronicles the Thatcher-era heroin epidemic is coming to Oldham for the first time. A rehearsed reading of The Political History of…
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Oldham students overcome adversity to triumph in GCSEs
HARD work has paid off for Year 11 students across Oldham for whom the nervous wait to collect their GCSE results is over. Thursday (August…
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New funding to help modernise two Oldham venues
WORK is expected to begin later this year to modernise and improve the building that houses Gallery Oldham and central library. Oldham Council has confirmed…
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Hospice’s Summer Fayre hailed ‘a huge success’
THE holidays got off to a successful start in Oldham as a local hospice held its popular Summer Fayre. Over 600 people from across the…
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School aims to turn the page on Oldham’s literacy challenges
AN OLDHAM school has launched a new competition to promote literacy and creative writing among young people in the local community. Hulme Grammar School has…
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