Oldham Reporter from Tuesday, August 18th, 2026

Nearly 200 new homes could be built in a ‘beautiful’ valley as part of a major new development that includes a new Metrolink stop.

Some in Oldham are ready to welcome ‘the devil they don’t know’ after a months-long ‘Mexican stand off’ keeps going around in ‘vicious circles’.

Hundreds of fish have been found dead in the River Tame after water and firefighting foam from a blaze at an industrial unit in Greenfield entered the river.