OLDHAM College is celebrating after winning the prestigious Beacon Award 2023 for its ‘Support for Students’. The Association of Colleges’ (AoC) Beacon Awards recognises the…
View More Oldham College wins Beacon Award for innovative work supporting students
CROMPTON and Royton golfer Gary Melling has completed a hat-trick of wins in Crompton and Royton’s club championship. The 47-year-old, who has taught PE at…
View More Gary crowned club champion for third time
IN local amateur football, John Gilder scored with his Match of the Day reports which were an eagerly awaited read in the Oldham Evening Chronicle.…
View More Nostalgic look back at local football’s most memorable matches
THE AREA is back in a full lockdown after Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed new national measures. Schools, many of which reopened today, will close…
View More Whole of England placed back in lockdown by Prime Minister
DO you have a favourite view of Royton, an image that encapsulates all that’s best about the town? If so then it might win a…
View More Don’t be camera shy-photos wanted for MP’s Christmas competition
OLDHAM Council has stepped in to ensure hundreds of children do not go hungry this half term. Supporting the campaign of Manchester United footballer Marcus…
View More Oldham children to get free meals this half term from Council
By Charlotte Green, Local Democracy Reporter PEOPLE who are forced to self-isolate after getting ill with Covid-19 or coming into contact with a positive case…
View More £500 ‘Covid support payment’ available for people in Oldham who are forced to self-isolate
POLICE are appealing for the public’s help to trace the next of kin of a man from Oldham. Brian Edward Druett, 79, passed away at…
View More Next of kin appeal for Oldham man
OLDHAM Community Leisure (OCL) can confirm that, despite an increase in lockdown measures in the Oldham area, its leisure centres are permitted to remain open.…
View More Oldham Community Leisure remains OPEN!
THE Great British Spring Clean was one of the many events across the country which had to be postponed due to the Coronavirus. Now it…
View More Get involved with Great British September Clean to tidy up your area