A FUND to provide life changing surgery for an Oldham schoolgirl is poised to top six figures. Now 12-year-old Tilly Ziemniak, a pupil at Royton…
View More Grateful Tilly says ‘thanks’ after success of fundraising appealCategory: Breaking News
Take a butcher’s! New housing planned for former abattoir site
A NEW ‘high quality’ social housing estate could be built on the site of a former Royton abattoir. Proposals have been submitted to the town…
View More Take a butcher’s! New housing planned for former abattoir siteHit and run victim back home as daughter re-lives crash trauma
THE daughter of hit and run victim Lee Navesey says her dad is lucky to be alive. The self-employed bricklayer, 53, was left with severe…
View More Hit and run victim back home as daughter re-lives crash traumaMan left fighting for life following hit and run in Shaw
POLICE are appealing for information following a hit and run road traffic collision in Shaw. Officers were called shortly before 6.50pm on Saturday 30 November…
View More Man left fighting for life following hit and run in ShawPolice warning about youths targeting cars after ASB near High Crompton Park
POLICE have issued a warning about passing cars being targeted in incidents of anti-social behaviour, in which a victim is alleged to have been filmed.Motorists…
View More Police warning about youths targeting cars after ASB near High Crompton ParkGrade II listed building on Shaw Road up for auction
TWO pieces of Oldham’s history are due to be put up for auction next month. The former headquarters of the Groundwork community organisation on Shaw…
View More Grade II listed building on Shaw Road up for auctionNew 28-home plan for ‘Grains Bar village’ green belt location
A green belt hilltop location in Shaw could be developed to provide nearly 30 new homes and more than 80 extra car parking spaces.But a…
View More New 28-home plan for ‘Grains Bar village’ green belt locationOur reporter Gary’s bowled over by award
THE CORRESPONDENT walked away winners from the recent O2 Media Awards North West.And it bowled over reporter Gary Carter, who received a standing ovation from…
View More Our reporter Gary’s bowled over by awardTeenager jailed for attempted rape in Oldham
A boy who attempted to rape two women in the space of two months has been jailed for 8 years. The 17-year-old, who cannot be…
View More Teenager jailed for attempted rape in OldhamCowlishaw consultation over plans to build 250 homes on OPOL land
By Charlotte Green, Local Democracy Reporter PLANS have been revealed for hundreds of new homes on countryside controversially allocated for housing under the region’s development…
View More Cowlishaw consultation over plans to build 250 homes on OPOL land