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The Latest Breaking News from Oldham

'The bang did really echo down the street': Residents thought suspected shooting was 'car crash or fireworks'

Police closed off Horsedge Street in Oldham on Thursday

Manchester Evening News

Mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse by councillors proposed in motion

It wants a compulsory duty to report safeguarding concerns enshrined in the Code of Conduct

Manchester Evening News

Police update on investigation into devastating house fire that killed mum

Sadia Shafiq died in the blaze in Oldham

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'Wonderful' mum dies after being hit by stolen car driven by thug during police chase

Marcel Doyle, 47, has been jailed for stealing an Audi and leading police on a chase through Royton, Oldham, that led to a collision where "beloved" mum Heather Smedley tragically died

Daily Mirror

Plans for industrial park next to M60 as part of £40m masterplan that would create 700 jobs

The plan aims to make the area a ‘credible business alternative’ to the centre of Manchester

Manchester Evening News

Three police officers assaulted after attending crash in Oldham as man arrested

“This is a shocking incident where our officers have been attacked whilst conducting their duties"

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Urgent appeal for information following string of knifepoint robberies in Oldham

One man was sat in his parked car when an unknown group of masked males approached

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'It was absolutely heaving': Greater Manchester town was the 'place to be' in the 90s

The clubs and bars were rammed

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Greater Manchester's major child sexual exploitation review to conclude by end of this year

The six-year review has already published some findings

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First bosses 'dismayed' as Manchester bus drivers set to go on strike

Drivers have rejected an 'inadequate' pay offer

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'Beloved' mum who was 'light of family's lives' dies in fire as daughter fights for life

Sadia Shafiq, 42, died following a devastating house fire in in Oldham, Greater Manchester, on Saturday which also left her 15-year-old daughter in a critical condition

Daily Mirror

'I packed my bags and moved my family to Oldham for a better life'

Mum-of-two Kana Josée, who was born in Rwanda, moved to Oldham after fleeing domestic violence and said the UK has finally given her a 'sense of belonging'

Manchester Evening News

Mountain Rescue crews called to Oldham park after boy falls from rope swing

Emergency crews were at the scene for two hours and 30 minutes

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Woman, 42, dies in horror house fire as residents evacuated from homes overnight

A woman aged 42 was killed in a house fire in Oldham, Greater Manchester, as a number of nearby residents were evacuated from the area as officers began investigations

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'Back then it was anything goes': Remembering lost mad nightclub Henry Afrikas

Jamie Harrison was 16 when he was plunged into Oldham's notorious 90s clubland

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Police introduce stop and search powers in area of Oldham after two boys attacked

The powers will be in place for 24 hours

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Go North West is out as Stagecoach handed new Bee Network contract

Operators for buses have been chosen for the second wave of franchising

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Appeal issued as police search for missing man from Oldham

Richard was last seen on Monday evening

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Development partnership for thousands of new homes to bring 'millions' of investment to Oldham

“This partnership will bring millions of pounds of investment to Oldham with social value and wide opportunities for our communities"

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A busy Oldham road could get a £6million makeover - with new cycle lanes and planting

The authority says that currently the road is an ‘imposing’ dual carriageway that cuts through the edge of the town centre

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Bizarre moment Uber driver stops on ziz-zag lines outside school to wash his car

The driver dodged a fine due to a legal loophole

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Takeaway boss given life ban after filthy eatery overrun with rats, mice and cockroaches

Nzar Hassan was hauled into court after cockroaches were seen scurrying across the kitchen, mouse droppings near a fridge and rats jumping out of a bin at Montana Fried Chicken shop in Oldham, Greater Manchester

Manchester Evening News

Parents of girl, 11, shot dead in France, are from Oldham

The couple moved to France five years ago

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People 'clapped and cheered' as explosion ripped through precinct shoppers 'couldn't wait to see the death of'

'Dull and uninspiring' the unpopular St Peter's shopping precinct was plagued by cold winds

Manchester Evening News

Cause of Oldham mill fire which killed four Vietnamese nationals yet to be determined

'I think this is one of the most complex and challenging investigations in terms of identification conducted in the UK for a long time'

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