Oldham now has the highest coronavirus infection rate in the country

Oldham Athletic came out on top of a seven-goal thriller against Barrow at Holker Street with a dramatic 4-3 victory. After the frantic midweek action, the team of the week in League Two has been named using the player ratings from football statistics website WhoScored.com.

Council bosses are consulting on making millions of pounds of cuts – including axing funding for charities and the opening hours of Gallery Oldham – as they face a £30m funding shortfall.Oldham council has launched a public consultation on a series of proposals that are aiming to save £8m from the 2021/22 budget.However bosses warn they could have to find a further £22m to plug a funding gap if the finalised government grant notification for next year doesn’t deliver.This means they may have to

Oldham -born actor, comedian and singer, real name Robert Harper, is best known for hosting ITV's The Cannon and Ball show for nine years with with his best friend Tommy Cannon.

Public Health England (PHE) on Sunday.

Oldham B&Q store today (Sunday) as shoppers reported huge queues. Videos from a customer showed lines appearing to stretch the length of the shop on Westhulme Way.In the clips, people can be seen waiting as far as the eye can see, clutching items such as tools and wood.Others are waiting with purchases stacked in trollies in a line that stretched past a number of aisles.

hereSalford 378  -23 per centWigan 366  -28 per centTameside 344  -16 per centManchester 323  -19 per centStockport 279  -16 per centTrafford 256  -31 per centIn the seven days to November 17, the latest figures available, the region-wide infection rate was 359.6 cases per 100,000 people.That figure represents a fall of 22 per cent from the previous week.The current rate nationally is 251.1 cases per 100,000 people.That's a fall of five per cent in a week.The rate in Oldham has fallen by 30 per

One in 19 people in Oldham have had the virus, with areas including Alexandra Park and Werneth the worst hit. Alexandra Park and Glodwick have been a Covid hotspots for months with one in 11 people infected since the start of the pandemic.

A thief labelled the 'Grinch' was caught by a smart doorbell camera stealing a Christmas wreath from a home in Oldham.The footage, from the early hours of this morning, showed the hooded man snatching the decoration hanging from Grace Brogan's door in Failsworth.Grace, who lives on Garden Crescent, said the man initially came to the door around 12.20am to steal a 'Santa stop' sign from the front garden.But he struggled to pull it out of the ground as it was pinned down.  "He came back and he

Oldham. The 60-year-old was taken to hospital after two vehicles crashed at Woodstock Business Park on Meek Street in Royton at 5.30am on Thursday.He later died from his injuries.Several police vehicles were pictured at the scene of the incident this morning.The focus of the investigation appeared to be a forklift truck which had flipped onto its side at Chorlton Express Transport.

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The total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Wednesday, November 18, are: The number of deaths are published on the NHS England website each day. You can access them here. The figure does not account for deaths in other settings, for instance care homes.Nationally, a further 282 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths in hospitals in England to 37,124.Patients were aged between 38 and 101 years

Greater Manchester Police have issued an appeal following an incident at the News Food and Booze off-licence on Beal Lane in Shaw. Cops were called at around 5.45pm on Monday, September 21.

Council bosses have agreed to sell a former school site in Oldham to a developer, which could build up to 150 new homes on the land.The Kaskenmoor school in Hollinwood, which opened in the mid-1960s, was a mixed comprehensive which had capacity for up to 900 students.It was an amalgamation of Greenhill Grammar School and Hollinwood Secondary Modern School, and was called Kaskenmoor Comprehensive School.It closed in 2010, and part of the school site was identified as surplus following the

A pupil referral unit in Oldham is to be expanded to take in extra children who have been permanently excluded from mainstream schools.At a meeting on Monday night bosses agreed to increase the planned admission number for Kingsland School by 30 to 100.The intake will be made up of 70 children who have been permanently excluded from other schools, and 30 children who attend the specialist learning centre.The specialist learning centre (SLC) takes students referred by child and adolescent mental

Wigan Athletic and Rochdale in League One, with Bolton Wanderers, Salford City and Oldham Athletic in League Two.

The latest weekly cases for the borough, broken up into Middle layer Super Output Areas (MSOA) which are sorted by population: Werneth – 127 Busk – 86 Oldham Town South – 85 Clough & Shaw Side – 66 Derker – 65 Moorside and Sholver – 62 Alexandra Park – 60 Chadderton South West – 57 Waterhead – 56 Oldham Town North – 53 Chadderton Central – 49 Royton North – 49 Failsworth East – 48 Lees and Hey – 48 Lime Side and Garden Suburb – 45 Royton East and Cowlishaw – 43 Shaw and Crompton

hereOldham has the highest rate with 677.7 per 100,000 for the same period.There were 1,607 cases recorded in the town during the week ending November 9 - which is 272 fewer than the previous week.That's the first time cases have gone down in Oldham since August 29.Stockport currently has the lowest rate in the region with 336.7 cases per 100,000 in the week ending November 9.The latest figures come as the Scientific Advisory Committee for Emergencies (Sage) said the reproduction number for

presented later in the meeting, but overruled by a Labour amendment.Coun Hudson said: “I just want to say thank you to the Liberal Democrats on behalf of the people of Oldham for talking a load of crap which is unnecessary, when the sole purpose is to make sure the motion doesn’t get discussed tonight which is on people’s minds.“And I think people watching this will realise that governments and councils don’t care a toss about the people out there.”However Coun Sykes said changing road speeds