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Oldham Liberal Democrat Leader, councillor Howard Sykes MBE, has paid tribute following the death on Tuesday (August 1)...

Oldham East and Saddleworth MP Debbie Abrahams convened and chaired a public meeting in Greenfield to address local...

Saddleworth and Lees councillors have received the positive news that Aldi’s plans for the Co-operative site in Lees...

In Oldham, there are ten political parties and five independent candidates contesting seats in the borough’s 20 wards in the local elections Voters are preparing to head to the polls today (Thursday) to decide who they want to represent them as councillors. In Oldham, there are ten political parties and five independent candidates contesting seats in the borough’s 20 wards in the local elections. The parties and independents have set out their stall of what they would offer the electorate and what they hope to achieve for residents if they win enough support. Here’s what they want to ...

Saddleworth Parish Council is taking forward plans to give Uppermill-born physicist Albert Wood OBE a blue plaque. The plaque will mark Mr Wood's incredible achievements in helping to develop sonar – and thus saving thousands - if not millions - of lives during the second world war. Local resident Roy Crozier brought the proposal to the Council, having read about the physicist in the newsletter of the Saddleworth Historical Society. The Council is now investigating the exact location of his place of birth on Pickhill in Uppermill, and looking at options for where to locate a blue plaque ...