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The Latest Breaking News from Oldham

‘An Oldhamer through and through’ – Council leader pays tribute to authority’s first female leader after death

Hollinwood Councillor Jean Stretton died suddenly at the weekend

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Tributes to 'kind and compassionate' former Oldham council leader Jean Stretton following her death

'Jean will be missed by many. Prayers and thoughts with her family'

Manchester Evening News

Oldham pub to let kids eat for free amid cost of living crisis

The pub made the decision to 'reverse the tide of inflation' affecting families

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Drivers stuck in 'hour-long queues' after being evacuated from IKEA as fire crews cordon off roads

A suspected gas leak caused Oldham Road to be closed off by fire crews on Sunday, with local businesses all evacuated

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Thick black smoke fills the skies above Oldham after huge fire breaks out at scrapyard

A scene was in place for hours

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Plans for huge new health centre for more than 13,000 residents finally lodged after 15-year battle

It follows years of campaigning by local councillors who had argued that Crompton Health Centre is ‘falling apart at the seams’

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Maths teacher's mission to help Pakistan flood victims who have 'lost everything'

'Villages have been wiped away and some places look like war zones'

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Famous chippy's price rise drew complaints from customers - it's still not enough in a trade facing 'extinction'

Levers is an Oldham institution

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Further calls for government-led public inquiry into child abuse and grooming in Oldham voted down

The latest motion represents the fourth call that has been formally made for a further wide-reaching investigation

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The cheapest and most expensive places to buy a home in every Greater Manchester borough

House prices vary hugely across each of the region's 10 boroughs

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Major IT failure that hit four hospitals and affected thousands of patients expected to cost £675k

It impacted Fairfield General, Rochdale Infirmary, the Royal Oldham Hospital and North Manchester General Hospital

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Police 'increasingly concerned' for welfare of missing woman

Isha was last seen in Oldham

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Greater Manchester town rated among country's best pub crawl places, according to party 'experts'

One spot in our region has a vast number of boozers within 10 square miles

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Council U-turns on removal of meetings video archive from public view after backlash

Oldham's chief executive said previous footage of town hall meetings has now been reinstated

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Masked men 'torch' car at 4am - police are investigating the 'shocking' attack

The vehicle was said to have been attacked on Ripponden Road in Oldham during the early hours of Saturday

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Man detained under Mental Health Act after hospital A&E 'kidnap' arrest

Specialist armed officers were scrambled to the Royal Oldham Hospital

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Arachnophobe eats upstairs after finding spider 'as big as his palm' in dining room

Scott Elwood, 24, from Oldham, found a creepy crawly - which he thinks is as big as his palm - hiding in the skirting board next to his dining table after returning home from holiday

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Council slammed as 'tinpot dictatorship' after decision to remove archive

The council says it removed past meetings because footage of them had been edited and ‘taken out of context’

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Man 'with bladed weapons' arrested on suspicion of kidnap and Royal Oldham Hospital 'put on lockdown' as armed police swoop outside A&E

Police said he had 'gained access to a car' outside the Royal Oldham Hospital - no one was hurt

Daily Mirror

Man terrified after discovering 'Britain's biggest spider' lurking in his house

Scott Elwood had just returned to his home in Oldham, Greater Manchester, from Greece when he noticed the spider, which was about the size of his palm, fully stretched out in his front room

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Police discover cannabis farm after rushing to major house fire in Oldham

Emergency services were called to the blaze on Cyril Street in Shaw on Tuesday morning

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Police appeal for help in finding woman missing for 24 hours

She was last seen in Oldham yesterday afternoon

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Three arrested by armed police after spate of BB gun shootings in Oldham

A number of BB guns were recovered from a vehicle

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Royal Mail workers form picket line outside Oldham depot as ‘summer’s biggest strike’ gets underway

More than 100,000 postal workers are expected to have walked out today in a dispute over pay

Daily Mirror

Man who downed 28 pints and bottle of vodka was told he had just '2 hours to live'

Ashley Varley, from Oldham, would go for a few drinks after work to unwind - but his alcohol addiction soon turned into a habit leading to him skipping work to lay unconscious on the sofa

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