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New event space The Loom launched in Oldham
The VIP launch of The Loom marks an exciting new chapter in the £450million town centre transformation.
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Take a look inside Oldham’s new market
Oldham’s brand new £40m market will open this morning (Saturday).
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Striking mural marks 50 years since Lowry’s death
A striking new mural created by renowned street artist Deggy has been unveiled at the Glossop office of law firm Davis Blank Furniss.
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Life through the kitchen window!
Glossop-based artist couple Ghislaine & Michael Howard have brought everyday life in the town centre onto the walls of the Indoor Market Hall.
Tameside Reporter
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Stamford Park to host free Spring Family Fun Day
Families across Tameside and Greater Manchester are being invited to enjoy a free day of entertainment as Stamford Park’s popular Spring Family Fun Day returns next month.
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Emmaus Mossley Spring Fayre draws crowds and unveils new shopping space
A homelessness charity in Tameside welcomed crowds of supporters for a lively Spring Fayre, using the occasion to unveil a brand-new shopping area.
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Tameside Rotary curry night raises funds to help end polio
Members of the community came together for a colourful evening of food and fundraising as Tameside Rotary hosted a special “Wear Purple Curry Evening” in support of the global End Polio Now campaign.
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Deniz prepares for Co-op Live return
Droylsden boxer Billy Deniz makes the long-awaited return to the ring this weekend, as he looks to extend his unblemished pro record to 15 wins.
Glossop Chronicle
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Striking mural marks 50 years since Lowry’s death
A striking new mural created by renowned street artist Deggy has been unveiled at the Glossop office of law firm Davis Blank Furniss.
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Life through the kitchen window!
Glossop-based artist couple Ghislaine & Michael Howard have brought everyday life in the town centre onto the walls of the Indoor Market Hall.
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Council accused of ‘gutter politics’ after opposition leader’s allowance is slashed
Derbyshire County Council’s controlling Reform UK administration has been accused of ‘gutter politics’ and being ‘spiteful’ after it forced through a vote to significantly cut the Conservative Leader’s allowance.
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MP backs local charity's maternity leave campaign
Jon Pearce MP has hosted a drop-in event in Parliament for Mummy’s Star, the UK’s only charity supporting mums diagnosed with cancer in and around pregnancy.
Oldham Reporter
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New event space The Loom launched in Oldham
The VIP launch of The Loom marks an exciting new chapter in the £450million town centre transformation.
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Take a look inside Oldham’s new market
Oldham’s brand new £40m market will open this morning (Saturday).
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Julie Hesmondhalgh to help reshape Oldham Coliseum Theatre's reopening programme as guest curator
Award-winning actor and writer Julie Hesmondhalgh will join Oldham Coliseum Theatre as Guest Curator, working with CEO Martina Murphy to help shape the theatre's reopening programme.
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Match preview: Crewe Alexandra v Latics
Latics fans have been rummaging through the history books and stats sites to find the last time their side won five games in a row. There are disputes because of cup competitions (do they count?) and winning streaks that run across seasons (they absolutely do not count and there aren’t that many anyway). These complications defy so-called artificial intelligence, which is a new and 100% inaccurate name for data scraping with a decent user interface.
National News
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Royal Regiment of Scotland to celebrate 20th anniversary
Events are being held to mark the 20th anniversary of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, with one senior officer saying it is an opportunity to recognise “everyone who has served with us”.
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Death toll from deadly meningitis highlighted in new report
The death toll from meningitis in the UK has been highlighted in a new report which sets out the impact of the deadly infection around the world.
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Met Police reviewing CCTV in review of Morgan McSweeney phone theft
The Metropolitan Police are reviewing CCTV from the day Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff had his phone stolen, according to reports.
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Pregnant women and cancer patients at risk because of sonographer shortage
Pregnant women and cancer patients could face “life-threatening” delays because of a growing shortage of sonographers, experts have warned.
Sport
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Deniz prepares for Co-op Live return
Droylsden boxer Billy Deniz makes the long-awaited return to the ring this weekend, as he looks to extend his unblemished pro record to 15 wins.
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Bloods victorious in all-Tameside clash
Tuesday night saw Ashton United pass up on the chance to set up an all-Ashton Manchester Premier Cup Final, with Tameside neighbours Droylsden picking up a shock semi-final victory at Hurst Cross.
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United View: Reds held on South Coast
Manchester United go into the final international break of the season sitting in third, with a favourable distance between them and fifth place.
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City Watch: O'Reilly shines at Blues win at Wembley
Following their loss at home to Real Madrid last week, knocking them out of the Champions League, Manchester City faced arguably a tougher test against Arsenal in the Carabao Cup Final on Sunday.
Entertainment
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Alex B Cann film column - 26/03/26
The Good Boy is a Polish/Yorkshire collaboration, known as Heel in America. The overriding word in my head is 'weird', and it's also bleakly dark. Wild 19 year old miscreant Tommy (Anson Boon) is abducted after becoming separated from his friends on a drug and booze fuelled night out, and wakes up in chains in a basement.
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Alex B Cann column - Eat well, live well, watch your chips 26/03/26
A study published in the European Journal of Preventative Cardiology has found that sleeping for 11 minutes more each night, doing 4.5 extra minutes of brisk walking, and eating an additional quarter of a cup of vegetables every day can significantly lower your risk of a heart attack. Boffins have concluded that these small changes could help you to avoid major cardiovascular events, including heart attacks and strokes, by around 10 per cent.
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Alex B Cann Film Column - 19/03/20260
My two picks for Best Picture at the Cann Film Festival would have been I Swear and The Ballad Of Wallis Island, but since my festival is somewhat overshadowed by the Oscars, the Academy's votes went to One Thing After Another. I like Leonardo DiCaprio's passion for the cinema experience, and share his hope that it won't become a niche pastime, like collecting vinyl, or using the correct version of 'your'.
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Alex B Cann Column - 19/03/2026
We live in sobering times. Just switch on the news, and it's a bleak picture. I'd have thought world events might make more people reach for the hard stuff, but it seems sobriety is extending to the 'basket of goods' used to work out inflation. For the first time, alcohol-free beer has been added to a list used by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), joining around 760 items that are closely monitored for price fluctuations.
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Review: ‘The Battle’ - an insightful look into the greatest music civil war
Manchesters opera house is currently playing host to ‘The Battle’, a play based around the era defying rivalry of Blur v Oasis.
