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Military-style Phoenix to rise from Breeze Hill?
A CONTROVERSIAL school where pupils will be taught by former military personnel has...
Date Online: 22/05/2013
THE Mayoral chains were being passed to Councillor John Hudson during the Mayor-making ceremony at Oldham Civic Centre today.
The...
Date Online: 22/05/2013
POLICE have linked six incidents since April 30 in Daisy Nook and Chadderton of a man exposing himself to teenage...
Date Online: 22/05/2013
A TALENTED Oasis Academy Oldham pupil with a flair for business and fashion has been given a major boost by...
Date Online: 21/05/2013
OLDHAM Council is to pay most attention to the borough’s main roads when repairing potholes.
A new approach will improve...
Date Online: 21/05/2013
REFURBISHMENT of the historic George Street Chapel is almost complete: now all the building needs is a new name.
Age...
Date Online: 21/05/2013
OLDHAM councillor Hugh McDonald is stepping down from the Council cabinet role he loves.
The Alexandra ward councillor, who has...
Date Online: 21/05/2013
THE rain held off to the delight of hundreds of Oldhamers who took part in Whit Walks across the borough...
Date Online: 21/05/2013
RISING numbers of older people are facing homelessness as they struggle to make mortgage and rent payments.
National debt charity...
Date Online: 21/05/2013
LANDMARK pubs with historic pedigrees have been omitted from a new guide... all about heritage pubs.
Although Saddleworth boasts some...
Date Online: 21/05/2013
THE funeral of David Foden, who founded the Oldham Owls wheelchair basketball club, will take place tomorrow.
The 64 year...
Date Online: 21/05/2013
FORMER pianist and soprano singer Ida Buckley celebrates her 101st birthday today.
Ida, who now lives at Oakdene Nursing Home...
Date Online: 21/05/2013
A CONCERNED mum was left furious after her 11-month-old baby burned her foot on exposed heating pipes at her home....
Date Online: 21/05/2013
A postman who turned to crime to pay off spiralling debts has been jailed for 14 months.
Father of two...
Date Online: 21/05/2013
SELF-CONFESSED police killer Dale Cregan had bizarrely pleaded not guilty to two murders - despite admitting them numerous times, a...
Date Online: 21/05/2013
A ROYTON man has been jailed for his involvement in a major fraud.
Jonathan Stowell (40), of Oldham Road, was...
Date Online: 21/05/2013
A PUB’S latest attempt to create a beer garden close to neighbouring homes has been blasted by residents and councillors....
Date Online: 20/05/2013
A ROYTON construction worker was murdered by his kidnappers just minutes after a joint UK and Nigerian rescue operation stormed...
Date Online: 20/05/2013
OLDHAM Integrated Youth Service is in line for a bumper lottery boost.
The group will use its £110,700 share of...
Date Online: 20/05/2013
HUNDREDS of people packed into Oldham Civic Centre to hear words of wisdom from Nobel Prize-winning economist Muhammad Yunus.
Professor...
Date Online: 20/05/2013
OLDHAMER Paul Sculthorpe received the MBE in the New Years Honours List for his services to rugby and his charity...
Date Online: 20/05/2013
Oldham RU Club is ready to rock!
The Bardsley-based club stages its inaugural live music “Ruck Fest” at the Manor...
Date Online: 17/05/2013
OLDHAMERS will be able to travel as far as Didsbury when a new Metrolink line opens months ahead of schedule...
Date Online: 17/05/2013
MANCHESTER City might not have won a trophy this season — but it’s a season to remember for a quartet...
Date Online: 17/05/2013
THE value of Oldham’s 1,110 voluntary and community groups has been recorded in a new report on their social and...
Date Online: 17/05/2013
A NOBEL Peace Prize-winning economist is visiting Oldham this weekend.
Oldham Council is hosting the visit by social activist Prof...
Date Online: 17/05/2013
CLINT Boon’s latest work of art is hoping to drum up support to provide a wish for a sick child...
Date Online: 17/05/2013
POLICE killers will spend the rest of their life in jail under proposals to be unveiled by Home Secretary Theresa...
Date Online: 17/05/2013
A WOMAN sobbed and begged magistrates not to jail her for attacking a pregnant former love rival.
But Clare Vandermark...
Date Online: 17/05/2013
COMMUNITIES Secretary Eric Pickles is proposing a new law which he says will “enshrine a free press” and help local...
Date Online: 17/05/2013
