None of the official sources or traditional press are very eager to publicise population density statistics which is not surprising when you consider England is almost twice as densely populated as Germany and three and…
The BBC has used freedom of information requests to create a localised breakdown of votes from nearly half of the local authorities which counted EU referendum ballots last June. To quote the small section on…
The photos below show Oldham’s thriving town centre on a Friday afternoon, as you can see all those many tens of millions spent by the council are yielding dividends as demonstrated by the upbeat retail…
Chronic-Oldham is primarily about local issues so we are not going to elaborate on why we think Donald Trump’s decision on travel restrictions is born out of ignorance and is ultimately self-defeating. We will however…
Something truly arrogant about leaving the voting public completely out of the biggest public service decision in generation to then laud your bid to become mayor as a “genuine exercise in democracy”. Only Salford City…
ONS brexit related statistics released today finally show the disparity between the wildly exaggerated and reported numbers of UK nationals said to be living in the EU and the actual figure. Today’s release reports under…
Just weeks after the Greater Manchester spatial framework rejected Foxdenton as a first phase development site Oldham Council resurrects the long-dormant project, and its vested interest, and finances infrastructure work to commence just before the…
Yesterday we accused Oldham Council of being the most dishonest and misleading in Britain. True to form the council proved it yet again with a new press release article about the independent quarter. Quote “Oldham’s…
Jim McMahon’s response to the Greater Manchester spatial framework plans makes me think of his facial framework or to be more accurate his ability to deliver two contrasting political faces. What he considered appropriate policy…
Crime figures for England and Wales published today for the year to September 2016 show that public order crime in Oldham has increased by 26.9%, theft from person by 25.5%, shoplifting by 16%, Miscellaneous crimes…
How do we dissipate community tensions caused by the relentless importation of unskilled high fertility EU migrants? By putting on a street play. We really despair at Oldham Council’s utopian, politically correct approach to dealing…
Remember bin collection’s being cut in 2016? Remember plans announced to close The Link Centre on Union Street? Remember the opening of Oldham Council’s Old Town Hall Cinema? We can only guess what the entire…
Flagship independent quarter business Scoots, Suits and Boots has announced it will close by the end of January. This comes fast on the heels of news that Frilly’s will close after thirty years in business….
Oldham Council has just published its latest budget realignment proposals (rob Peter to pay Paul to keep the account’s looking on track). Nice to see the budget challenged, austerity suffering council juggling £8.6 million of…
When the Oldham foodbank crowdfunder for a community kitchen reaches its target the local press will no doubt publish a piece about the success of this community project and the generosity of Oldham folk. What…