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05/09/2024

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Martin Lewis has issued a warning over a "practical issue" with Winter Fuel Payments.

05/09/2024

Awful😡

Residents in Delph were left puzzled after their Evri deliveries seemed disappeared and seemed to have arrived at one mystery address

05/09/2024

Horrific 😭

Heartbreaking footage reveals a dog has reportedly been left 'living in its own faeces' in a backyard in Oldham.

05/09/2024

An update👇

Delph Post Office has issued an update to customers after it says parcels from Evri were expected on Monday but were instead dropped at the wrong…

05/09/2024

Shocking 😔

A mass grave containing more than 300 bodies has been uncovered in Oldham

05/09/2024

Have you seen them? 🙏

A search has been launched to trace the whereabouts of two young women who were reported missing on Sunday from Oldham

05/09/2024

Awful

A “depraved” serving police officer from Bacup who downloaded more than 500 indecent images of children has been jailed.

05/09/2024

Change 👇

Lidl's original customer app which was launched in 2013 has now been shut down, the supermarket has confirmed.

05/09/2024

Have you seen him?👇

Greater Manchester Police has appealed for the public's help finding a wanted man with connections to Oldham and Shaw.

05/09/2024

Congratulations! 🥰

Billingtons in Oldham says it is 'beyond honoured' to be recognised as a top 100 small business in the UK

05/09/2024

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Reforms are being considered to allow Royal Mail not to deliver second class letters on Saturdays in the UK

05/09/2024

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Greene King customers can buy £2 pints at participating pubs across the UK - here's how.

05/09/2024

The latest applications 👇

These planning applications submitted to Oldham Council have been validated in the week commencing Monday, August 26.

05/09/2024

What do you think?

A plan to make streets in Saddleworth safer has been branded “pointless” by residents, who say it will “make a total mess of the historic…

05/09/2024

Such a sad story 😔💔

A coroner has called for improved road markings and signage on an M62 slip road where a man in his early 20s died in December.

05/09/2024

Great work👏

An eight-year-old boy from Oldham is waging war on litter, weeds and nettles to make the town a tidier place and says he is doing it 'for his…

05/09/2024

So tragic 💔

A full inquest is set to be held after an 11-year-old boy died in Oldham last year.

04/09/2024

Disgraceful 😡

An Oldham police officer who was sacked after sexually assaulting a young girl whilst on duty has admitted making thousands of indecent images of…

04/09/2024

Warning 👇 👀 Read more here https://trib.al/da1dt5v

04/09/2024

"It's persecution with suspected skullduggery." 😳 Read more here https://trib.al/LYP53Xk

04/09/2024

Warning👇

The major motorway near Oldham will be closed over two weekends this month to allow for the replacement of a railway bridge which runs above

04/09/2024

Have you spotted the goose? 🪿

Oldham residents have spotted a goose 'on the loose' in Shaw and Royton this week.

04/09/2024

Finally off our streets😡

Greater Manchester Police have seized more than 100 bikes in hotspot areas including Oldham and Rochdale as taskforce target antisocial behaviour.

04/09/2024

Have you been fined? 😡

A man said he has been 'put off' from eating at Oldham's Toby Carvery after the restaurant 'unfairly' fined him £170

04/09/2024

Shocking😲

A car caught fire in the car park of a popular Oldham pub yesterday evening, causing a junction between a major road to close during rush hour

04/09/2024

The investigation is at an end...

The car cruise was in the car park of the artificial ski slope close to the Trafford Centre at the end of last year according to Trafford Council.

04/09/2024

Awful 😧

Live updates on the M60 and M62 after reports of a 'multi-car crash' and delays.

04/09/2024

What do you think about this? 🏫

Oldham parents have been warned they could face hefty fines for poor school attendance this term.

04/09/2024

A fantastic idea! 🛍️

A new gift card has been launched for as many as 45 businesses in Oldham in a bid to promote shopping local.

03/09/2024

Rest in peace

He was best known for his work with animation company Cosgrove Hall Films.

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A world record attempt is coming to Oldham! 🎉💃🕺Around 2,500 young dancers from across the borough and beyond will perform with a singer in Boundary Park next year all to raise money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association in memory of Rob Burrow, who died earlier this month. The event, set to take place before a Roughyeds match next year, was announced at the stadium today with representatives from those organising the attempt, as well as Oldham RLFC and Latics chairman Frank Rothwell.

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Fire services were in attendance after a driver crashed into multiple parked cars in Chadderton before flipping their vehicle. Video posted by local residents on Facebook shows a black car ploughing into multiple parked vehicles on a quiet Chadderton street before flipping over in the middle of the road. Residents who recorded the incident say the crash occurred just after 5.30am this morning (Thursday, May 9) on Middleton Road, near the Inglewood Road side street. For more, see The Oldham Times website.

Residents have have expressed their shock after a shooting on an Oldham street. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officers were called to an address on Prince Edward Avenue in Clarksfield at around 1am, and have confirmed shots were fired in what is thought to have been a "targeted attack". No injuries have been reported and no arrests have been made.

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This is the moment a man reportedly 'stole' a cherry picker in Chadderton this morning in a scene witnesses described as 'something out of Grand Theft Auto'. At approximately 1.50am on Wednesday, police were called to reports of a man driving a cherry picker near Chadderton Town Hall. Police were initially called to Russell Street, though video footage captures a man using the cherry picker on Middleton Road. Read the full story here https://trib.al/ZEQDAKt

BREAKING: The Princess of Wales has revealed she is undergoing preventative chemotherapy following a cancer diagnosis. She released a video statement. Full story here: https://www.theoldhamtimes.co.uk/news/24205588.kate-middleton-confirms-cancer-diagnosis-royal-statement/

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