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This is Oldham Owl, a brand new local news outlet for Oldham. We spotted a gap in the market: no one is producing the high-quality, impartial and rational journalism that Oldham desperately needs.

Edited by Will Holdaway and owned by Jason Flynn and Will Holdaway. We'll be up and running in early September.

Oldham deserves serious journalism

That is the simple idea behind The Oldham Owl. We are building an independent news organisation for the borough: one that reports carefully, explains clearly, investigates properly, and treats local public life as something that matters. Oldham is not short of stories. It is short of sustained scrutiny that focuses

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Oldham deserves serious journalism