THE family of patient who died nine years ago following a car crash in Royton have raised more than £40,000 to buy life-saving equipment for…
View More Billy’s Bay launched at Royal Oldham HospitalCategory: News
Man left with serious injuries following Royton hit and run
A man has been seriously injured following a collision in Oldham. Around 8pm on Sunday 27 October, police were called to Rochdale Road in Oldham…
View More Man left with serious injuries following Royton hit and runRestricted parking introduced along part of Beal Lane
By Charlotte Green TIME-restricted parking along part of Beal Lane in Shaw will be trialled for a year in a bid to help people visit…
View More Restricted parking introduced along part of Beal LanePlans for new takeaway in High Crompton OFF the menu
PLANS for a new takeaway in High Crompton are OFF the menu. The application for change of use from a newsagent’s shop to hot food takeaway at…
View More Plans for new takeaway in High Crompton OFF the menuSpatial Framework next consultation gets ‘pushed back’
CAMPAIGNERS across Shaw, Crompton and Royton have sent a clear message to Greater Manchester mayor, Andy Burnham, and Oldham politicians – ‘hands off our greenbelt’.…
View More Spatial Framework next consultation gets ‘pushed back’Royton teenager caught up in Arndale stabbing horror
A ROYTON teenager has told of her horror after finding herself caught up in the Manchester Arndale stabbing incident. Mia Power was in Manchester for…
View More Royton teenager caught up in Arndale stabbing horrorFirefighters attend blaze on Market Street
FIREFIGHTERS attended a blaze at a room in a first floor flat on Market Street, Shaw on Monday, October 7.The town centre street was closed…
View More Firefighters attend blaze on Market StreetCouncillors and residents rally against takeaway proposals
PLANS for a new takeaway in High Crompton are certainly not to the taste of local councillors as they recommended refusal for the plans. The…
View More Councillors and residents rally against takeaway proposalsHappy birthday to us!
THIS edition is special as it marks the second anniversary of the launch of the Shaw and Crompton Correspondent.Since we hit the streets in October…
View More Happy birthday to us!Residential care home “requires improvement” and criticised by assistant coroner after woman’s death
A ROYTON rest home, the subject of an assistant coroner’s criticism after an elderly woman’s death, “requires improvement” according to the health watchdog.Miriam Tighe spent…
View More Residential care home “requires improvement” and criticised by assistant coroner after woman’s death

