Louise Casey’s 2025 National Audit on Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse found that authorities “shied away from” the ethnicity of those involved in grooming gangs. Oldham has been the ...

STANDING on a road lined with Palestinian flags, shopkeeper Rafit Hussein shakes his head in disbelief as he recalls the ...

An independent group will today bid to take over Oldham Council two weeks after the elections left the council in turmoil. Coun Kamran Ghafoor, who leads the third biggest group on council, is ...

'A shambles' ...

Arooj Shah says she will step down after Labour lost control of Oldham Council.

Council leader Arooj Shah said the local authority was under "increased pressure" A council has asked staff to consider voluntary redundancies to help plug a predicted £36m hole in the budget. The ...

Oldham council is still locked in a chaotic battle over its next leader after nearly five hours of talks failed ...

The local authority, known for its divisive politics in recent years, has been locked in a stalemate after the 2026 local ...

Labour's Arooj Shah denies that a peerage offer came from from for party grandee Harriet Harman.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oldham council has issued an update after members of the public raised concerns about disabled bays being relocated to a 'steep ...