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Coronavirus infection rates more than tripled in the town — even after the introduction of tougher restrictions
CORONAVIRUS infection rates in Oldham has more than tripled — despite the introduction of tougher restrictions designed to slow the spread of the virus, according to new analysis. The town introduced fresh restrictions on households mixing and
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Lottery turns two people into Oldham millionaires
TWO £1 million prizes won on lottery tickets bought in the same town for the same draw have been claimed. National Lottery bosses had urged people in Oldham, Greater Manchester, to check their Lotto numbers after two tickets bought in the borough
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Oldham to include more brownfield sites instead of green belt in spatial plan
MORE than 1,400 fewer homes will be built in the green belt after Oldham Council prioritises new brownfield sites within the emerging final draft of the Greater Manchester’s Plan for Homes, Jobs and the Environment, it has been revealed today. Council
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Government warned that EFL and National League clubs could go out of business
CLUBS in the EFL and National League are preparing to cease playing and wind up their operations after the return of spectators was delayed, the Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has been warned. A letter co-signed by 17 individuals including former
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Oldham CEO believes club are no closer to financial trouble than others in EFL
OLDHAM Athletic’s new chief executive believes the club are not any closer to the edge of the financial cliff than other clubs in the EFL. Karl Evans has been brought in by owner Abdallah Lemsagam to replace former managing director Natalie Atkinson
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Coliseum launching crowdfunding appeal
OLDHAM'S historic repertory theatre, the Coliseum is launching its first ever crowdfunding campaign. Bosses are asking audiences to participate in "Get Behind Us" to support the theatre in its bid to survive the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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Oldham Coliseum welcomes audiences back with innovative Covid-safe virtual reality theatre
OLDHAM Colisuem is inviting audiences back into its historic building for a 360 degrees live action and animated virtual reality show, Petrichor. For the production by innovative Manchester threatre company Thick Skin, Petrichor will be presented
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R3 chair Allan Cadman welcomes extension of insolvency measures
AN Oldham insolvency expert has hailed the government’s decision to extend measures put in place in April to protect businesses from going bust. The measures include a ban on the use of winding-up petitions and changes to help more struggling companies
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Coronavirus operations costing GMP up to £100k every weekend
Special operations are costing Greater Manchester Police up to £100,000 every weekend as a ‘significant minority’ continues to ignore Covid-19 restrictions. With the rate of new cases climbing across the region there had been hopes that the number
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Local lockdown measures ‘not enough’ – Oldham Council leader
LOCAL lockdown measures are suppressing an explosion of new cases of coronavirus but are not enough on their own to bring down climbing infection rates, Oldham’s council leader has said. Cllr Sean Fielding believes that the return to schools and
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Police investigate series of car fires in Oldham
POLICE are investigating a series of car fires in the Oldham area overnight (Sunday to Monday, September 27 to 28). Firefighters from the town's main station were called to Ripponden Road in Moorside at about 9.30pm where a Peugeot 207 was ignited
