Robert Barnes: Last News

More than 200 candidates are competing for residents’ votes in this years’ local elections in Oldham – which sees every seat up for grabs.

Calls by opposition councillors for a government-led public inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Oldham were defeated at another fiery town hall meeting.

Two Labour councillors have reportedly thrown their hat in the ring to replace Arooj Shah as Oldham's town hall leader. That's according to one Labour party source.

The first female Muslim council leader in the North has said she was 'dehumanised' by a deliberate 'smear campaign' after she became the second Labour leader of Oldham Council to lose her seat in as many years.

Almost three years after CNN anchor Don Lemon was accused of sexually assaulting a man in a Sag Harbor, NY, bar in 2018, the incendiary lawsuit ended in a whimper.

A four-bedroom house has been given the go ahead to be built in an Atherton woodland after a planning row over septic tanks, flooding and loss of trees.The detached dwelling in Martlew Drive already had planning permission in place, but it expired as after four years, no work had taken place on site.Building the new house will mean chopping down some trees on the land.Some neighbours objected to the plans saying the new house would increase the risk of flooding in the area where the Hindsford Brook runs.Robert Barnes who lives in Shakerley Lane, spoke on behalf of residents opposed to the application at the planning committee meeting on Tuesday.He said: "The land in question has never been developed for residential purposes and in living