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Council To Cut Back On Sure Start

Oldham Council is going to spend £920,000 less on Sure Start children’s centres in the coming financial year. According to the latest budget proposals now published by the ruling Liberal Democrat/Conservative administration, a total of £41m in savings must be agreed before the authority’s 2011/12 budget can be signed off.

The £41m includes the £16m […]

Council Hits Back Over Pothole Claims

Oldham Council has rejected suggestions that the borough is one of the worst areas in the country for road problems such as potholes. An AA survey ranked Oldham at the bottom, along with Blackpool and Dartford, for issues including litter, bad signs and other blights on local roads.

But the council has defended its record […]

Culprit Apologises For Uppermill Vandalism

A criminal who vandalised several cars on Church Road in Uppermill last year is going to pay for repairs to the damaged vehicles. It’s part of the new Restorative Justice Scheme, which has recently been introduced by Greater Manchester Police.

The incident took place on a Friday night in September. Cars parked on Church Road […]

Grains Road Shut For Rest Of Week

Grains Road was also shut for a time in November.

Grains Road is going to be closed until at least the weekend, as engineers work to repair a collapsed sewer. United Utilities has said there’s a chance the disruption could continue into the start of next week.

The problem was noticed earlier this week, […]

By-Election Fallout Continues

Elwyn Watkins

The Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election may be a week ago now, but the repercussions of the contest and the outcome have continued over the last few days.

Our new MP, Labour’s Debbie Abrahams, went to Westminster on Monday. The following day she was formally sworn in and took her seat on […]

Dry, Settled Weather To Continue

We’re in for a few more days of the relatively fine weather we’ve experienced so far this week.

The forecasters reckon that today will be dry with sunny spells, and perhaps just the occasional cloudy spell. Top temperatures are likely to be 5C.

More dry, settled weather is predicted for Friday and the weekend, although […]