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The Latest Breaking News from Oldham

Greater Manchester's housing masterplan branded 'waste of time and money' as government plans U-turn

“It irritates me what an absolute waste of time, what an absolute waste of public money over the past three years."

Manchester Evening News

Moment bungling thief falls off ladder while trying to steal CCTV cameras from garage

Footage captures the clumsy bandit falling off a ladder before making off with £3,000 worth of CCTV cameras installed at an MOT garage in Oldham.

Daily Mirror

Oldham teen snaps shy mountain hare to claim top wildlife photography prize

It's the second time his work's been recognised

Manchester Evening News

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Andre Moura: Dad died after taking cocaine and having 'high-stressing, physical struggle with police', inquest jury concludes

Andre Moura, 30, was detained by officers outside his home on Seventh Avenue in the Limeside area of Oldham in July 2018

Manchester Evening News

Four cases of potentially life-threatening Strep A recorded in Oldham

Strep A can cause scarlet fever and the serious Invasive Group A Streptococcal disease

Manchester Evening News

Nearly £15m to be invested in services for vulnerable children including new dozens of new social workers

The investment boost will also see the establishment of a new council-run children’s home for local children in Oldham

Manchester Evening News

Shy mountain hare image wins RSPCA Young Photographer Award

Ben Harrott, 17, from Oldham, was praised by judge and awards host Chris Packham.

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‘It’s coming for everyone, like coronavirus’: The town sinking into poverty – and the people fighting back

Special Report: The teacher spotting the signs that pupils haven’t eaten. The GP who put a food bank in his surgery. The teams knocking on thousands of doors to offer any help they can. Oldham is already one of the country’s most destitute areas, and things are getting worse. Colin…

The Independent UK

Mum who conned ill man and teacher out of £50,000 spared jail as her child has Strep A

Myriam Midi, from Oldham, told a severely ill man with motor neurone disease (MND) multiple lies while defrauding him out of thousands of pounds has avoided going to jail

Daily Mirror

Former pub to become 11-bed shared house

The Farmers Boy will now be converted into a house in multiple occupation (HMO)

Manchester Evening News

Mapped: Invasive Group A strep and scarlet fever cases across Greater Manchester

What the latest data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) means for our region

Manchester Evening News

Royal Oldham Hospital to get £28m extension to tackle bed shortage and stop patients being treated in corridors

Hospital chiefs said that it currently has some of the ‘poorest quality accommodation across Greater Manchester’

Manchester Evening News

Review: Robin Hood at the Oldham Coliseum

With the theatre's future hanging in the balance, could a story about robbing from the rich be relevant today?

Manchester Evening News

Right hand man to 'Godfather of Oldham' fled 4,000 miles to escape justice after terrifying eBay attacks

Imran Ali, 43, was sentenced to 10 years in prison

Manchester Evening News

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The Guardian - UK

Oldham fire victim’s family ‘devastated’, inquest into four men’s deaths told

Family pays tribute to one of four Vietnamese men whose bodies were found at mill

Manchester Evening News

Family pay tribute to man killed in Oldham mill fire after inquests opened

"We are now wanting to have Cuong returned home to our family in Vietnam to finally lay him to rest peacefully."

Manchester Evening News

Two people rushed to hospital after Audi overturns in Oldham town centre crash

Both suffered back and neck injuries

Daily Mirror

Brit dad dies on Tenerife holiday after heartbroken wife hears 4am screams

Gareth Moores, from Oldham, Greater Manchester, had flown out to the Canary Islands last month with his wife Colette and 19-year-old son Jake when he tragically collapsed and died in the middle of the night

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Manchester Evening News

Inquests opened as remains of four Vietnamese men found after Oldham mill fire identified

Police are still investigating

Manchester Evening News

Boy stripped of his clothes and attacked by gang of teens in alleyway

The gang planned the attack and took weapons to the scene, police said

Manchester Evening News

Couple who are officially the strongest in the UK get married

Shannon, from Oldham, has married Paul Smith

Manchester Evening News

'It's not Benidorm, but you can get a bucket-load of £8 beers from what you save on Ubers': Oldhamer's World Cup experience in Qatar

Tom O'Dea 39, from Oldham, has been pleasantly surprised by his experience in the Gulf state

Manchester Evening News

Christmas pantomimes and shows in and around Manchester in 2022

Robin Hood, Peter Pan and Cinderella are among the family favourites on the big stage this year

Daily Mirror

Villagers left fuming over 'massively rip off' 6ft Christmas tree that cost £1,450

The tree was planted in Diggle, Oldham and is to be the village's first 'permanent 'Christmas tree - local fumed that whoever approved the cost of the tree had been 'massively ripped off'

Manchester Evening News

Malnourished dog left to live in 'hazardous' home seized by police... her last meal was a pot of noodles

Officers discovered the dog who was living in a "hazardous" flat in Oldham

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