Oldham Reporter

Officers are appealing for information following an alleged assault in which a man was hit in the face with an object and knocked unconscious at a bar in Oldham on New Year’s Eve.

An Oldham man has been charged with three counts of offering to supply Class A drugs, being concerned in the production of class A drugs and engaging in sexual activity with a child.

Two men have been charged following an investigation into drugs supply in Oldham.

An Oldham housing association has pledged to build at least 600 more affordable homes and refurbish thousands of existing properties after a £110 million mega deal with Santander UK.

An oversubscribed primary school in Oldham may introduce a new ‘faith-based’ entry criteria for kids.

Russell Hobbs has launched a nationwide school campaign and competition across the UK as part of its charity partnership with Action Against Hunger, to raise awareness of global hunger and inspire children to “cook for good”.

Britain’s first Women’s Health Strategy has proved to be one of 2025’s biggest turkeys and has led to rises in the very conditions it was meant to prevent – says an Oldham doctor.

Fatou Tall’s teenage daughters are growing up on the 409 and 81 buses.

A children’s home in Oldham has come under scrutiny from a government watchdog after a child’s room went up in flames.

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.

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 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.

Oldham made the trip to the Wirral on Saturday to play Hoylake, finding themselves on the losing side.

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.

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

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 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.