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September 18, 2017

Manchester Evening News launches localised Oldham edition following closure of the Evening Chronicle

By Dominic Ponsford

The Manchester Evening News has launched an Oldham edition following the closure on 31 August of the town’s independent daily – the Oldham Evening Chronicle.

The MEN hsa promised a localised front page for Oldham as well as “several pages of Oldham news towards the front of the paper”.

MEN editor Rob Irvine said: “It was a sad day for the town when the Chronicle ceased publication after 163 years.

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