Oldham domestic abuse victims will soon have more places to escape to for refuge, help and support thanks to a £70,000 government grant to tackle the lack of safe houses in the area.

Oldham Council is planning a number of Remembrance Sunday ceremonies to honour those who have fallen during warfare.

Initially intended to be ready for the start of last season, Oldham Athletic’s plans to rebuild the North Stand have now dragged over two and a half years and mains power problems mean it is not yet available despite season tickets within the stand having been purchased.

Oldham schoolchildren are below the national GCSE average and the community must work together to boost their grades, says councillor Shoab Akhtar.

Oldham Council has helped to take down a Russian crime gang who are believed to have been selling fake CDs, documentation and computers.

The club had looked set to sign the former Manchester City striker earlier this week, but various pressures have steered the club’s hand.

Two canine crime fighters have sniffed out Oldham’s biggest ever seizure of illegal or counterfeit tobacco.

Salford and Oldham councils join forces with GMP and Illegal Money Lending Team to warm people of dangers of dealing with loan sharks

Oldham tenants using house as drugs den evicted thanks to application of council’s new anti-social behaviour powers

Oldham Council have admitted that it may be forced to close all but one of their youth centres if plans to make handover services to charity provision go ahead

An Oldham MP called for Government intervention to stop the ‘slaughter of innocent children’ in Gaza as she joined community leaders in Downing Street yesterday to hand in an 8,000-strong petition.