Oldham Reporter

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 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Kian Harratt’s stoppage time winner wasn’t as dramatic or consequential as his winner in the play-off final in June, but he’s shown he’s ready to step up to fill the void left by Michael Mellon’s injury.

Latics are making a habit of doing the hard and dirty work in the first half and profiting from it in the second, but this time came up short in an entertaining no score draw at Blundell Park.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Shoppers were treated to an afternoon of Gospel Music in the Oldham town centre recently.

Newly appointed headteacher Jason Chadwick beamed with joy as he watched his first Christmas nativity show, performed by the school’s little stars.

A perfect Michael Mellon hat-trick – header, right foot, left foot – was a wonderful way for Latics to end a momentous year at Boundary Park.

An awards ceremony designed to celebrate the borough’s diverse community has had an added bonus – by raising £335 for kids in hospital.

Gallery Oldham is proud to present a major new exhibition by leading contemporary artist Charlotte Hodes, opening on Saturday, January 17 and running until Saturday, May 9.

The 78-year-old woman who died after being struck by a van in Asda car park has been identified by police as Margaret Crichton from Oldham.

Oldham Council has backed a motion for a community-led regeneration of the historic Werneth Park Music Rooms but supporters of the plan feel uncertain about what happens next.

First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO) chief executive Mark Gifford received his OBE from The King last week at an investiture in Windsor Castle.

First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO) has condemned vandals who broke into Holts Community Centre and set fire to an outbuilding in a crime spree that has caused £10,000 of damage.

First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO) joined forces with Greater Manchester Police (GMP) recently to deliver notices seeking the eviction of four customers following their alleged involvement in crime.

Homeless Friendly recently visited The Brian Clarke Church of England Academy to collect Christmas hampers generously donated by students and their families.

The Serious Collision Investigation Unit (SCIU) is appealing for information following a fatal accident outside Asda Shaw last night (Thurs).

Police have arrested a man wanted in relation to a public order offence at the Royal Oldham Hospital.

Hulme Grammar School is delighted to announce a £10,000 donation from Nominet GiveHub to support its expanding programme of digital inclusion, STEM outreach, and community engagement across Oldham.

Two men have been arrested following early morning drug raids in Royton today (Thursday).

Oldham Council’s flagship employment support service - Get Oldham Working - has been crowned national winner of the Tailored Employment Support Award at the ERSA Employability Awards 2025 . . . the most prestigious awards in the UK’s employment support sector.

The beloved local running event ‘the Tour’ is back for 2026.