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 fosterLuke who has become a wrestler! Grapple stars putting on a Christmas show
OLDHAM Roughyeds fans may remember Luke Menzies as a raw but promising prop forward. But eight years after his only season at Oldham, the much…
View More Luke who has become a wrestler! Grapple stars putting on a Christmas showTransport 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 plansPeace activist battles snow to finish 25-mile walk for landmines charity
OLDHAM peace activist Richard Outram battled against driving snow and winds to complete a 25-mile walk to raise funds to help clear landmines in Angola.…
View More Peace activist battles snow to finish 25-mile walk for landmines charityFancy a game of football? Heyside FC could provide the opportunity
Heyside Football Club is on a recruitment drive for boys or girls to join their thriving football club. Heyside runs an Academy for four to…
View More Fancy a game of football? Heyside FC could provide the opportunityExtra 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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