SOCIAL housing provider First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO) has signed deals worth £8.6m with two North-West housebuilders to bring 48 green, affordable homes to Royton…
View More Social landlord invests £8.6m to bring more new affordable homes to Royton
A CORONATION ceremony was the highlight of week-long celebrations at St Paul’s CE Primary School in Royton to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Headteacher Mrs…
View More Week-long Jubilee celebrations include Coronation for St Paul’s Primary
By Charlotte Green, Local Democracy Reporter A 19th century Victorian cotton mill in Royton is to be demolished and replaced with a ‘large scale’ apartment building…
View More Victorian mill in Royton to be demolished for ‘monstrosity’ flats
OLDHAM Rugby Union Club will be celebrating the life of former player Julian Bebbington on Saturday (May 21). The Manor Park is hosting a vets’…
View More Rugby club to celebrate the life of former player Julian Bebbington
JOE Royle, who managed Oldham Athletic during their glory days of the late 1980s and early 1990s, is hoping relegation to non-league football will prove…
View More Experts give their views on what went wrong for relegated club
DR KERSHAW’S has launched a new ‘Rose to Remember’ summer appeal to give the community the opportunity to dedicate a rose plaque to their loved…
View More Co-op gets behind Dr Kershaw’s new Rose to Remember appeal
OLDHAM Coliseum’s pantomime designer Celia Perkins has won Best Costume Design at the UK Pantomime Association Awards. She received the accolade for her work on…
View More UK award for Coliseum panto designer
OLDHAM lady vice-captain Charlie Wade produced the best golf round of her life to win the women’s Chronicle Cup by a massive 11-shot margin. Charlie…
View More Charlie hits remarkable sub-60 round to win women’s Chronicle Cup
STUDENTS at Marty Jones’ Squared Circle Professional Wrestling Academy were mentored by some of the biggest stars from the sport’s heyday. Eddie Riley, Colin Joynson,…
View More Legends stop off at Marty Jones’ wrestling academy
PEOPLE are being invited to step into spring by signing up to Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life in Oldham. The charity’s much-loved events are returning…
View More Registration open for Race for Life in Oldham