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A car fire-bombed, death threats and claims of cover ups: The murky world of 'toxic' politics in Oldham

“I think a lot of what goes on in Oldham sends shivers down the spine of those outside of the borough"

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Thousands turned away at polling stations in Greater Manchester due to voter ID rules

Most people returned with ID and voted, but hundreds did not

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The Mancunian Way: Death threats and police escorts

Plus the once 'utterly uninhabitable' slum facing its biggest transformation yet

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Death threats, 'conspiracy theories' and police escorts - what it's really like being leader of Oldham council

'The police have had to follow me home so no one else follows me home'

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Oldham Labour leadership to be decided tonight

Labour lost yet another leader at the local elections

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Oldham council searching for fourth leader in three years

Town hall chief Amanda Chadderton dramatically lost her seat by just 21 votes

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Local elections 2023: What happened in every Greater Manchester borough as Labour dominates and Tories hit hard

Labour looks set to control nine of the 10 councils in Greater Manchester

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Oldham local council elections 2023 results in full

Seats were available in Alexandra, Chadderton Central, Chadderton North, Chadderton South, Coldhurst, Crompton, Failsworth East, Failsworth West, Hollinwood, Medlock Vale, Royton North, Royton South, Saddleworth North, Saddleworth South, Saddleworth West and Lees, Shaw, St James', St Mary's, Waterhead and Werneth

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Apathy and mistrust on the streets of Oldham as borough's biggest local election battle in two decades looms

From 7am on Thursday, May 4, residents will go to the polls for their first all-out election since 2004

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All the candidates standing at the 2023 local elections in Oldham

Currently the town hall is made up of 35 Labour members, nine Conservatives, nine Liberal Democrats, five Failsworth Independent Party members and two independents

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New £1m pitch at Boundary Park stadium will 'level up' Oldham sport - including rugby league

Once upgraded, the new better quality pitch could be used more than a hundred times a year for a range of sports

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Drivers in Greater Manchester borough furious over 'March madness' on 'crumbling' roads

A councillor said motorists are getting 'sick and tired' of disruption due to roadworks in March

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Oldham Athletic to get new £1m pitch under plans to boost future of sport in town

Oldham Council is investing in the new 'high specification' playing surface at the Latics' Boundary Park home.

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Andy Burnham and Oldham council leader back community fridge that's helping families

Anyone will be able to use the community fridge, which is based at Greenacres Community Centre

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The neighbourhood where school traffic is 'horrendous'... but plans to combat it were scrapped

"There is absolutely no consideration, and it is used as a rat-run. I do think, is today the day I’m going to get hit?”

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Plans for new £24.5m theatre in Oldham approved despite campaign to save Coliseum

It comes just a couple of weeks after the Coliseum Theatre said it would close permanently at the end of March after losing Arts Council funding

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Contractor appointed to finish restoration of Royton Town Hall after frustration that the project had 'stalled'

The completion of the refurbishment is now expected by mid-March next year

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The colossal battle over Oldham Coliseum and what happens next

Oldham Coliseum will close at the end of March but there's still many questions about the future of theatre in the town

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'Hands off Oldham Coliseum' - Maxine Peake leads rallying cry to save iconic theatre at 400-strong public meeting

"Art should not be for the elite – it should be for everybody," the Greater Manchester star told the packed auditorium

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"Not everyone can afford to take their kids to Manchester shows": Sadness as closure looms for Oldham's Coliseum Theatre

In the centre of Oldham, residents are still reeling from what the loss of its theatre will mean for their town

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Safety schemes to launch around schools that will see some roads closed to pupil drop-offs

The ‘School Streets’ initiative aims to reduce air pollution, congestion, idling and problem parking

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Michael Gove thinks Levelling Up cash is 'transformational'... but for this town it's simply not enough

Oldham was awarded £20m in the second round of what was once Whitehall’s flagship investment programme

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Work begins to transform historic Egyptian Room into new food hall to rival Mackie Mayor and Altrincham Market

Internal fit-out works have now started and are due to be completed during the summer, bosses say

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'It was lauded as a game-changer for Oldham... but eight years later it's gone out with a whimper'

Oldham council has been trying to rejuvenate the Mumps site for the best part of ten years - opposition councillors have now slammed the town hall

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Housing development could be built at Oldham Mumps after retail park plans axed

A contract with Lidl to deliver a food store and a 68-bed hotel on the Prince’s Gate site has now been formally terminated

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