Oldham Reporter

A spectacular family  event which captured a community’s hearts, is to steam into town again this year.

An Oldham secondary school headteacher has said he has “absolute confidence his school is headed in the right direction” despite a ‘Requires Improvement’ rating from Ofsted inspectors.

Plans for hundreds of new ‘future-proof’ homes have been approved in Oldham. the 132 houses in Derker will include 43 affordable homes and are will ‘set a standard’ for good housing in the district, according to developers Hive Homes. 

A taxi rank in Oldham will be shut down as ‘major works’ take place in the town centre, the council announced this week. The Dan Fold taxi rank opposite the Oldham Central bus station will no longer be in use because the site is being redeveloped.

Despite tough mixed weather, Diggle’s popular Scarecrow Trail raised a staggering £4,300 for children at Diggle School.

Dog owners and walkers are being asked to keep pets on short leads until July 31 to protect ground nesting birds.

Greater Manchester residents will head to the polls in a fortnight — to not only decide who should run their councils, but also to select a mayor.

Oldham Council fined parents thousands of pounds for their kids’ "unauthorised absences" from school in the last academic year, despite some headteachers calling it a "blunt instrument" to deal with absent pupils.  

A Lib Dem councillor in Oldham has lodged a complaint about a parish council’s majority party amid a row over a newsletter ahead of the local elections.

No trams will run from Oldham to Rochdale Town Centre all day on Sunday, April 21, the Bee Network has announced.

The newly-created Saddleworth Women’s Morris and Clog side are to make a their debut appearance on Saturday, April 27.

Saddleworth Round Table and 41 Club have presented a commemorative plaque at Saddleworth Museum to Roger Tanner MBE, a highly respected community benefactor.

Beverley Wood and her two teens have spent the last week in a caravan. But it’s no Easter getaway – just a temporary escape from the “absolute terror” of their rodent-infested home in Oldham.

A developer is turning a home in Oldham into a ‘controversial’ House of Multiple Occupancy (HMO), despite opposition from local residents.

A fly-tipping hotspot in Saddleworth was hit with one of its biggest piles of rubbish yet in what locals suspect was an ‘abandoned cannabis farm’.

A butcher has moved from a one-star to five-star hygiene rating after making transformational changes to his shop.

An unassuming community champion who defied vandals has been praised for rebuilding an emblematic wooden tree in the heart of a Saddleworth village.

Police investigating the death of Kulsuma Akter from Oldham have arrested a 25-year-old man on suspicion of her murder.  

No fines have been issued to Oldham dog owners who do not pick up after their pets in the last two years, according to a Freedom of Information Request (FOI).

A woman stabbed to death in Bradford was from Oldham, police have revealed.

Villagers reopened and took  over ownership  of Dobcross  local store and Post Office as a community co-operative at the weekend.

Oldham Council has responded to criticism over  failing to renew several enforcement orders for environmental crime and  failing to issue Fixed Penalty Notices for dog fouling since 2021.

Two sitting councillors in Oldham made the last minute decision to change allegiances ahead of the local elections. Councillor Nyla Ibrahim, who last year became elected as the Labour candidate in Werneth, will run as an Independent.

Detectives investigating the murder of a woman in Bradford have named a man from the Oldham area who is wanted on suspicion of the offence.  

The list of candidates for this year’s Greater Manchester mayoral election has been confirmed.

A school in Oldham has been awarded a ‘good’ rating by Ofsted after battling with a new curriculum and “boisterous behaviour” in the classroom. 

Oldham Mountain Rescue Team were contacted by Greater Manchester Police who had received an emergency call from a group of four walkers who had lost their way due to low clouds.

A council has moved in to clear “horrendous” heaps of rubbish dumped at an attractive moorland beauty spot.

For a politician who’s had to convince Greater Manchester he’s not a Liverpudlian lad, it was an odd choice to play ‘Penny Lane’ by The Beatles at Andy Burnham’s campaign launch.

Commuters were left stranded across Oldham this week after delays and cancellations blighted the borough’s brand-new bus system. 

New findings reveal that human health and social work is the most common industry for North West residents to work in. 

Greenfield GP Surgery has been saved from the threat of closure. 

Hopper fares will be introduced on Greater Manchester’s buses if Andy Burnham is re-elected, the mayor has promised.

Oldham Council is taking on unemployment in the borough with two new schemes to boost local businesses.

A "distinctive" building in Oldham Mumps is due to be transformed into a cafe and 21 new homes after receiving a final round of planning permission.

A "disturbing" vandalism spree between Uppermill and Delph has left neighbours with "thousands of pounds worth of damage".

Multiple bus services in Oldham were unexpectedly cancelled today, only a week after the launch of the Bee Network.

Dr Kershaw’s Hospice recently hosted its own version of Strictly Come Dancing at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in Oldham.

A Saddleworth village has turned itself  into memory-prodding theme for its latest Scarecrow Trail venture.