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Andy Burnham “100 per cent” stands by his handling of the grooming gang scandal since becoming mayor – and has accused critics of “trying to pull everyone apart”.

There was added intimacy at a cheque presentation following a concert for Oldham Mountain  Rescue Team organised  by Greenfield  Methodist Church.

Locally, Mohammed Imran Ali is a homelessness volunteer, a community-minded businessman, and a boxing gym director. 

As if last year didn’t put him off — or nearly kill him — Isla’s Ryan Townrow is off again!

Police are appealing for witnesses after a pensioner was struck by a car and left fighting for her life.

A indoor padel club could be built in Ashton. Fusion Padel Club has applied for planning permission to build four courts on the grounds of Ashton Cricket Club. 

Oldham’s own Sarah Byrne Acting Academy is celebrating 10 incredible years of nurturing young talent in film and television acting.

There has been a fair amount of discussion among the Oldham Athletic fanbase about the club’s financial situation in light of the fact that Micky Mellon’s transfer activity is strictly controlled this January – he needs to get players out through sales and loans before he can get anyone in.

First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO) will build at least 600 more affordable properties and refurbish thousands of its existing homes following a £110 million funding deal with Santander UK.

Oldham’s new policing team, headed by Sergeant Graham Craven, has played a key role in the arrest of a suspect who was identified in connection with a burglary in the town centre.

The North West Regional Language Network – comprising the Kinder, Etherow, and Lakes Language Networks – is pleased to announce the launch of Language Fest North West.

A Denton woman has been fined after repeatedly ignoring a council order to stop playing loud music at her home.

A major scheme designed to tackle loneliness and set up by an Oldham mum has reached a major milestone having helped 30,000 people in less than 10 years.

Glossop Mountain Rescue Team were called out at 7.00pm on Wednesday 7th January, to assist two walkers and their dog who had become disoriented on Torside Moor. 

A series of consultation events have been arranged to give residents the chance to comment on proposals to change the way adult education is delivered across Derbyshire. 

First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO) has been honoured with a prestigious national award in recognition of its work to make its properties, communities and businesses even greener.

Oldham Mountain Rescue Team are incredibly proud to recognise Lee Allport, who has recently received his 30 Years’ Service Award with the team.

Teachers at a Dukinfield primary school have began strike action earlier this week, amid claims that pupil violence has reached “untenable levels,” with staff warning that safety concerns are being ignored.

One of Hyde’s most cherished pubs, The Sportsman, has been saved from closure and redevelopment after an extraordinary last-minute intervention sparked by community action.

Oldham Council has launched a pioneering Stepping Forward fostering campaign aimed at supporting children living in residential care to move into loving foster homes.

A teenager fined by Metrolink despite paying in full for his journey has been refunded after the Local Democracy Reporting Service’s intervention.

Willow Wood Hospice has welcomed the government’s renewed commitment to palliative and end-of-life care, while warning that current funding arrangements remain unsustainable for hospices like its own.

From electrifying Congolese dance music to contemporary English and Irish folk, with soulful blues closer to home, The Vale has revealed its early 2026 live music programme, promising another vibrant season at the Mossley arts centre.

Officers are appealing for help to find two missing girls.

People in an Oldham neighbourhood have had to take matters into their own hands after they were left with snow-lined streets and ‘zero grit’.

Construction can officially start on a major £32m project to transform an ‘underused car park’ into more than 300 new homes in Oldham.

While Oldham has seen its fair share of major changes in 2025, the borough’s last year was in many ways marked just as much by what didn’t happen.

Oldham Parish Church was alive with the sound of music as Dr Kershaw’s’ annual Christmas concert got people in the festive spirit.

An updated photo of Lily has been issued by Greater Manchester Police with what she is believed to have been last seen wearing.

GMP’s dedicated and specialist Child Sexual Exploitation Major Investigation Team (CSE MIT) closed out 2025 with more progress on complex and long-standing investigations.

Oldham Mountain Rescue Team were called out on Saturday evening to assist a walker who had sustained a lower leg injury near Yeoman Hey Reservoir, Saddleworth, leaving them unable to walk.

Not for the first time, Micky Mellon is absolutely coherent with the Latics fans. In praising his side’s Christmas campaign-within-a-campaign, he said he wants his side to turn draws into wins, and to be “that wee bit more clinical” in front of goal. That is all it would take for Latics to be serious contenders for a play-off place.

A major roundabout in Oldham will see road and lane closures for two weeks, with ‘delays expected’ for motorists heading in and out of Shaw.

Half a million tickets for train journeys across the North of England are up for grabs with 50 per cent off the cost, TransPennine Express (TPE) has announced.

One of Oldham’s top-rated restaurants will be closing down after two decades of serving up ‘delicious food and happy memories’.

A crumbling primary school that has been plagued with structural issues is set to be demolished and rebuilt.

Thousands of new homes and the regeneration of five town centres are all in line for 2026 in Tameside.

As cold weather warnings are issued by the Met Office across the UK, Dogs Trust Manchester is urging local dog owners to take extra care and keep their pets well away from frozen lakes, ponds and waterways.

A pensioner has been jailed for 33 years after being found guilty of 17 counts of rape, and 14 counts of indecent assault against six children during a two decade-long campaign of abuse in Oldham.

The Reform-run Derbyshire County Council is set to roll out multiple years of maximum council tax increases after pledging cuts.

A huge range of sports and wellbeing activities for people of all ages, abilities and disabilities will be on offer at Active Copley later this month, as Active Tameside hosts its Festival of Sport and Wellbeing.

Officers from the Serious Crime Division have continued to take a proactive approach to reducing the number of firearms in circulation in Greater Manchester.

As the new year begins . . . many people will be setting resolutions to lose weight and improve their overall health.

More than 700 people rallied round to show their support to Dr Kershaw’s Hospice as they raised an impressive £7,500 at its annual Christmas Fayre.

Children from across Royton celebrated the festive season together by boosting their literacy skills, as part of Oldham Council’s 'Making It REAL' (Raising Early Achievement in Literacy) programme.

A First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO) customer who helps organise affordable food for those in need has been named as the housing association’s December Hidden Hero.

A First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO) apprentice joiner has received a top gold award in a local skills contest.

A council-run children’s home has been told it still requires improvement five months after it was deemed ‘inadequate’ by a government watchdog.

An 11-year-old pupil has won a prestigious national award – an achievement that has brought pride to her family, teachers, and her local community.

Oldham residents can avoid the New Year queues by booking their Christmas tree collection online.

A private mental health unit where patients were given out of date medication and a distressed woman was told by staff to ‘stop crying’ has been ordered to improve.

National Highways have released information about the next planned works on the A57 Link Road Scheme taking place in January 2026.

Can you help police find Jackson (13) from Oldham.

Crime is down and success rates up in past year - as GMP strives for even safer 2026.

People who may have been alone on Christmas Day were welcomed to enjoy turkey and all the trimmings at First Choice Homes Oldham’s (FCHO) Tensing Street Community Centre.

Tesco Hattersley is celebrating an outstanding year of community support, marking major milestones in its ongoing commitment to local causes across Tameside.

Tameside neighbourhood officers are reflecting on positive results over the recent months they have spent keeping communities safe.

A man has been charged with multiple counts of rape and sexual assault following allegations made by another man in Audenshaw.

A junction with a public bin in Oldham has become a ‘magnet for fly-tipping’ creating a ‘disgusting’ eyesore, according to locals.

Tameside residents are being encouraged to attend a Household Support Fund information session in the new year, offering practical help for people struggling with the rising cost of living.

Residents across Tameside are being encouraged to have their say on the council’s priorities as part of a public consultation on the 2026/27 budget.

Oldham Council has been slammed over ‘bleak and shameful’ deprivation statistics that show conditions in the borough are worsening.

A homeowner has been ordered to remove a whole set of UPVC windows and a front door after the council deemed it ‘harmful’ to an historic building in Saddleworth.

Oldham is changing. Major developments across the Greater Manchester borough are making rapid progress. 

Oldham is due to get its first set of padel courts after plans to convert a former warehouse into a sportshall were approved.

Despite the freezing cold weather on a weekday morning, Uppermill’s high street is buzzing.

It’s only new year’s day and Manny Monthé’s header from about a yard out with the last touch of the game has won it for Latics. Not the match, but the miss of the year contest, besting Joe Quigley’s first-half howler from two yards. Joe Garner’s soft stoppage-time penalty straight at the legs of Zach Hemming in the Chesterfield goal was nowhere near as bad.

Cllr Jason Isherwood, the only Reform UK county councillor in Glossopdale, has voiced strong concerns about the potential closure of the Glossop Household Waste Recycling Centre.

A group of Derbyshire police officers and staff has received specialist training, including a powerful talk from a victim, as part of the county’s focus on tackling honour-based abuse. 

After years without reliable in-person banking services following the closure of local branches, Glossop will get a Temporary Banking Hub at Bradbury Community House on Market Street.

In December, members of the High Peak Biodiversity Network met with Jon Pearce MP at Sunart Fields in Whaley Bridge.

Derbyshire County Council is investing a further £1.3 million to enhance support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their families.

Students from St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy in Glossop have described their ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ trip to Africa.

Derbyshire County Council has signed a formal agreement with the Khmelnytskyi Region in Ukraine to strengthen existing ties and collaborate on projects to benefit communities in both areas.

Students at Clarendon Sixth Form College have showcased their creativity in a unique design project run by Manchester-based eyewear company Specscart.

A loan shark and her enforcer have been jailed following a brutal assault in Oldham that led to the death of a vulnerable man.

A man who stabbed a doorman after being refused entry to a bar in Royton has been jailed for seven years.

On Christmas Eve, a lot of my friends go out drinking. Others frantically prepare uncountable sides and desserts ahead of the big day, or cajole their kids into bed so they can fill their Christmas stockings unobserved. 

A family is waiting in the sparsely furnished but festively decked reception hall of a hotel.

It’s well into the Panto season – but the doors of the Oldham Coliseum remain firmly shut.

Micky Mellon’s stock phrases are enigmatic. He says, “I know what good looks like,” but is reluctant to tell you or I what it means.

More than 130 adults and children were invited to Christmas events this month after First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO) funded parties at its six community centres.

Former Mayor of Oldham, Councillor Dr Zahid Chauhan OBE, has been formally appointed as an Honorary Freeman of the Borough of Oldham, the highest civic honour the Council can bestow.

Jon Pearce MP has welcomed today’s government announcement to increase the thresholds for Agricultural Property Relief (APR) and Business Property Relief (BPR).

A new Community Interest Company dedicated to supporting mental wellbeing has launched in Glossop, offering free, preventative support rooted in lived experience.

Seven cubs from Third Glossop Cub Pack have achieved the Silver Chief Scout Award - the award is the highest badge a cub scout can earn, taking around two and a half years to complete.

Whitfield St James’ CE (VC) Nursery and Primary School is supporting the work of the charity Silver Cord this December.

Children at Millbrook Infant and Primary School are set to benefit from an inspiring new outdoor learning space thanks to a £1,000 donation from Elizabeth Way & Company Funeral Directors.

The Glossop & High Peak Business Awards 2026 will now take place on Monday 9th February 2026, having originally been scheduled for Wednesday 11th February.

More than 600 people have helped to raise a record-breaking £19,741 for Blythe House Hospice after taking part in the Jingle Bell Jog. 

Volunteers from BAPS mandirs and centres across the UK came together this winter to support families facing food insecurity through their annual Community Food Drive, with local efforts making a meaningful impact in Tameside.

A former taxi driver is thriving in his new home at Birch Lea Park in Hattersley after moving into the over-55s Housing with Care scheme earlier this summer.

People in Oldham suffering from mental health issues this winter are urged to reach out for help and support from the NHS.

Festive cheer arrived on the children’s ward at Tameside Hospital this week as Santa Claus and his helpers travelled in style on a specially decorated open-top bus to deliver gifts to young patients spending Christmas away from home.

Derbyshire Constabulary is urging residents to think carefully before buying an e-scooter as a Christmas present, warning that privately owned e-scooters can only be used legally on private land.

People across Tameside are being invited to kick off the New Year by trying something a little different, as Denton Town Twinning hosts a free European food and drink open evening this January.

Guide Bridge Conservative Club in Ashton-under-Lyne was filled with festive cheer and fresh musical talent on Thursday 18th December 2025, as it hosted a lively Christmas Party in partnership with Gigg Link.

Residents, businesses and community stakeholders across Tameside are being encouraged to have their say on the latest stage of the borough’s Local Plan.

Christmas came early for 160 Tameside children last week when Father Christmas and his elf made a magical visit to local family hubs aboard the Santa Bus.

Three men from Tameside have been handed lengthy prison sentences after carrying out a series of violent robberies in Ashton-under-Lyne.

Christmas is a time of indulgence, family gatherings and festive treats, but while humans enjoy mince pies and turkey dinners, many of the foods we love could spell disaster for our dogs.

People in Tameside who are struggling with their mental health this winter are being urged to reach out for help and support from the NHS and local services.

Local mental health support services are being highlighted at Tameside food banks this Christmas to help residents who may be facing a particularly challenging time.

The creative talents of Tameside’s next generation of designers were in the spotlight as the winners of the Specscart Manchester Collection competition were revealed.

The spirit of Scouting shone brightly as Greater Manchester East (GME) Scouts gathered for their annual Awards Night, celebrating the dedication, resilience, and achievements of young people from across the county.

Hays Travel in Denton are celebrating after raising more than £1,600 for Willow Wood Hospice.

Winning poems in a children’s poetry contest will receive royal letters of approval from Her Majesty Queen Camilla.

A fundraising gala ball in Buxton is set to celebrate 35 years of a local hospice charity, and tables are now available to book.

Whether you enjoy a challenging hike or a casual stroll, the High Peak caters to a diverse range of preferences.

Stockport based NK Theatre Arts head to New Mills Art Theatre for the very first time with their production of Rock Of Ages.