POLICE are appealing for information after a lorry full of cannabis was found on fire on the Newhey/Denshaw border. At 10.36pm on Sunday 17 December…
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‘Perfect storm’ brings traffic chaos to Shaw Town Centre
MEASURES are being put in place to avoid a repeat of the “perfect storm” that brought Shaw to a stand still last month. There was…
View More ‘Perfect storm’ brings traffic chaos to Shaw Town CentreViolent thug jailed for 17 years after Shaw house siege nightmare
Special report by Don Frame A MOTHER of two young children was subjected to a terrifying 26-hour nightmare ordeal when the boyfriend she had just…
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Questions asked about Council Tax exemption for dementia sufferers
MONEY-SAVING expert Martin Lewis believes up to 100,000 dementia sufferers and their carers could be paying too much Council Tax. Now Shaw councillor, Howard Sykes,…
View More Questions asked about Council Tax exemption for dementia sufferersRoom for one more?: Oldham Council urges more people to foster
OLDHAM Council is using the festive period to highlight the desperate need for more foster carers in the borough. They are keen to hear from…
View More Room for one more?: Oldham Council urges more people to fosterTransport system is safer after police purge on troublemakers
MORE than 50 arrests were made and nearly 500 fines issued after a crackdown on crime and anti-social behaviour across the region’s transport network. As…
View More Transport system is safer after police purge on troublemakersMPs object to constituency boundary change plans
THE Government’s proposed boundary changes to Parliamentary constituencies have been dealt a setback. The plans, revealed by the Boundary Commission for England (BCE) in October…
View More MPs object to constituency boundary change plansExtra meeting to be held in Shaw and Crompton Parish versus Town Council debate
SHAW and Crompton councillors will meet before Christmas in a bid to move closer to a public consultation on possible plans to change from Parish…
View More Extra meeting to be held in Shaw and Crompton Parish versus Town Council debateLong-serving Shaw councillor quits and is suspended by party
Rod Blyth, a Liberal Democrat councillor representing Shaw Ward for 25 years, has resigned. Cllr Blyth, whose photographs have already been removed from Oldham Council’s…
View More Long-serving Shaw councillor quits and is suspended by partyTributes paid after the passing of Friends of Dunwood Park founder
Tributes have been paid to Ronald ‘Ronnie’ Syddall, a founder member of the Friends of Dunwood Park and the group’s long serving treasurer. The funeral…
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