Three more residents have been prosecuted by Oldham Council after their waste was found dumped in the borough.

Thousands of Oldham families will get financial help for food over the October half-term.

Greater Manchester plans to 'radically' reduce its carbon emissions by one million tonnes over the next three years.

St Joseph's RC Primary School in Shaw has become only the second Oldham school to receive a tree of peace from the Mayor of Hiroshima.

Five Greater Manchester areas - including Tameside and Oldham - are expected to receive extra government support to tackle coronavirus this winter.

Less than a month after the first Covid-19 booster vaccine doses were given, more than 115,000 people across Greater Manchester have now received theirs.

A murder investigation is under way after a man died following a 'disturbance' on a street in Derker.

Mayor Andy Burnham is urging public transport passengers across Greater Manchester to wear face coverings on trams, trains, buses and at busy transport interchanges as coronavirus infection rates continue to rise ahead of winter.

Oldham Council has said it removed almost 25 tons of rubbish off the streets of Alexandra during the first month of its 'Don't Trash Oldham' campaign.

The gallery is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Nigeria-Biafra civil war with a multi-media show.

Tributes have been paid from across Derbyshire and Greater Manchester to Conservative MP Sir David Amess, who died after being stabbed multiple times during a constituency surgery.

Two people have been charged with a number of offences in Greater Manchester and Derbyshire.

Setting fires, throwing fireworks and making hoax calls are 'bang out of order' and will not be tolerated this Halloween and Bonfire season - that's the message from Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service.

A charity football match kicks off on Sunday (17 October) to help make a dream come true for a brave young girl from Denton. 

Twelve community pubs are joining forces across Greater Manchester, as part of a charity event to raise £18,000 for emergency community defibrillators.

A Royton-based hospice is inviting the community of Oldham to remember those who are in their thoughts during the festive period.

Five members of a serious and organised crime group that trafficked class A drugs between Greater Manchester and North Yorkshire have been jailed for a total of 25 years.

MP Debbie Abrahams met Year 6 pupils at Alexandra Park Junior School, with the rest of the students tuning in online.

A landlord in Oldham has been prosecuted after fly-tipped waste was traced back to a property he owned.

The Dobcross Youth Band are offering brass instrument lessons to beginner players aged 7 and over this autumn.  

Controversial plans for a huge £150 million waste-to-energy plant in Oldham could be off the table in their current form.

Oldham Mountain Rescue Team had to pause their training at their Greenfield base on Tuesday to help a man who had sustained a knee injury after falling down a steep banking in Bardsley Vale. 

Plans for two 'earth houses' have been lodged which could be constructed in the green belt land in Saddleworth and Oldham.

Three men have been charged with a range of drug offences following morning raids, which included in Failsworth. 

Plans to build more than 350 homes in Oldham across two former school sites have been revealed.

Andy Burnham is under mounting pressure over the 'untold scandal' of Greater Manchester's 'failure' to scrutinise decisions and hold those in power to account.

Oldham Fostering Service is part of a unique film project with councils across the country to help find more foster carers.

Approximately 13 kilograms of drugs were seized and three people were arrested during an early-morning drug bust.

Pharmacy2U is offering Covid-19 booster vaccines at their clinic on 3-5 Lord Street.

Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a 59-year-old man died following a collision with a car in Chadderton.

Detectives have released a new CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to in relation to a serious sexual assault in Chadderton.

A five-month-old trainee mountain rescue search dog has had his first taste of life on the front line.

A dawn raid in Oldham has seen two people arrested and drugs seized by police.

Industrial action which was expected to severely impact Metrolink services on Sunday (10 October) has now been cancelled. 

Oldham's brand-new Economic Review Board have met for the first time. 

National Hate Crime Awareness Weeks runs from Saturday October 9 to Saturday 16 October.

Work on a huge new £14 million housing estate on the site of a former mill where all the homes will be affordable is to begin this month.

Two free writers’ workshops are being hosted at Oldham Library tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday 9 October.  

Over 150 children, from as young as 8, are identified as young carers in Oldham.  

A new grant fund has been launched by Oldham Council to support businesses in the borough to accelerate their growth projects. 

People are being encouraged to plan their travel this weekend, with industrial action expected to severely impact Metrolink services on Sunday (10 October).

A financial support scheme to upgrade or retrofit Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) to comply with the Greater Manchester-wide Clean Air Zone will open to applications this autumn.

Two Oldham College learners are celebrating after being shortlisted for the Association of Colleges (AoC) Student of the Year 2021/22 awards.

A Chadderton estate has been given an eco boost with the help of a scheme to improve the energy efficiency of homes.

Oldham Council is celebrating Black History Month with a range of live events and activities.

These are the 20 areas of Greater Manchester that are continuing to be worst and least hit by Covid-19.

Town halls across Greater Manchester are facing a black hole in their finances running to tens of millions of pounds.

A 28-year-old man from Oldham has been charged with raping a woman in Ashton. 

Greater Manchester Police seized more than £1.5 million in assets gained from criminal activity during September across the city-region, the force has revealed. 

An MP has called for action to stop Oldham's streets becoming 'saturated' with shared houses.

Fewer than 90 per cent of care home staff have been vaccinated in some boroughs of Greater Manchester, meaning they could lose their jobs by next month.

Two of the largest Trusts in Greater Manchester, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust (SRFT) and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust (PAT), will formally become one single NHS Trust – known as the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust.

Bus services in Greater Manchester are being hit by a lack of drivers as companies 'battle' with the fallout caused by the national HGV driver shortage.

Local Atlantic Ocean rower Frank Rothwell will be talking openly about his life and adventures at a special fundraising event for an Oldham hospice.

Oldham Council has said it is simplifying the application process for social housing in the borough.

Minimum standards for taxi drivers – including behaviour and dress codes – will be rolled out across Greater Manchester.

Major works to create a new access road to the new Saddleworth School have begun.

Businesses forced to close during the national lockdown can now apply for a Restart Grant to help them reopen safely as COVID-19 restrictions are lifted. 

Oldham Council leader Cllr Sean Fielding reflects on 2019, discusses the current state of play in the borough and looks ahead to what's to come in 2020 in his New Year message to residents.