OL8 postcode is in crash for cash scam top 15 Date published: 17 May 2021
Crash for cash is a kind of insurance fraud in which fraudsters fake or deliberately cause traffic accidents in order to make claims against other drivers
The Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) has released a list of postcode areas that it believes to be the worst affected by ‘crash for cash’ insurance scams, and OL8 is ranked at number 14.
The OL8 postcode roughly covers the top of Manchester Road in Oldham, Werneth and Hollins areas.
The top three rankings went to postcodes in Birmingham - B25, B34 and B8.
A woman was hospitalised after a domestic stabbing attack at a house on Clyde Street in Oldham.
Police were called yesterday morning (Sunday) after a 40-year-old woman was found with stab wounds.
She went into hospital and was in a serious but non life-threatening condition, police said.
A GMP spokesperson said: Police were called shortly after 8.40am by NWAS on Sunday 16 May to a report of an earlier domestic stabbing at an address on Clyde Street, Oldham. A 40-year-old woman has been taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening stab wounds. No arrests have been made and an investigation is underway, with two scenes in place in the vicinity of the incident.
Oldham MP backs charity’s demand to ‘cure the care system’ Date published: 14 May 2021
Oldham East and Saddleworth MP Debbie Abrahams
In the days ahead of Dementia Action Week (May 17-23) Oldham East and Saddleworth MP, and leading dementia awareness campaigner, Debbie Abrahams, is backing the Alzheimer’s Society’s call for the Government to take action to ‘cure the care system’.
Ms Abrahams, who is the co-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Dementia, and the first MP to train as a Dementia Friends Champion, said: “Dementia Action Week is a national event that sees the public coming together to help improve the lives of people affected by dementia as well as their carers.
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From tomorrow (Monday) people in England can expect lockdown measures to be eased further, allowing us to have a limited number of guests inside our home.
While this will be a welcome milestone in the Government’s roadmap out of lockdown, Dogs Trust is urging dog owners to prepare their pets ahead of indoor mixing, as welcoming more people at home will likely be a big transition for them.
Since lockdown first began in March 2020, dog owners across the UK have spent an increased and concentrated amount of time with their dogs at home on their own.
David follows family tradition to reach 30-year Northern milestone Date published: 16 May 2021
David started work at Northern’s Newton Heath depot alongside his father in 1991
Trainer and assessor David Mayo has reached his 30-year milestone with Northern after following in father’s footsteps to work in rail.
David started work at the rail operator’s Newton Heath depot alongside his father in 1991 as an engineering apprentice.
David is now a technical trainer and assessor, supporting and mentoring apprentices.
He said: “To still be working at the same location as when I first started 30 years ago is surreal - to think that I have spent over half of my life travelling to the same place, with all my career being at Newton Heath depot.”