MP backing for ACE project
YOUNGSTERS at a pioneering communication charity in Oldham are helping shape future Government funding.
Rashid intended to commit sex offence
A man who took a 14-year-old girl to Dovestone Reservoir for sex has been jailed after admitting abduction.
Ditch new academies, Lib-Dems urged
OLDHAM’S possible new administration is being urged to ditch controversial plans to replace five community secondary schools with three city academies run by sponsors.
Knowles in line to take top job
AN Oldham councillor could take charge of Greater Manchester’s public transport after his party’s strong showing in the local elections.
Help for cancer patients
cancer patients are being offered a place on a free six-week support course in a bid to help them through the ordeal.
Driving tests to get of a lot tougher
OLDHAM’S learner drivers could now face tougher tests in a bid to reduce the number of accidents involving novices.
Emma, 18, scoops top student title
Emma Howarth’s commitment to the community and her studies has won her the accolade Oldham’s Student of the Year.
GP’s fear over new ruling
A LOCAL doctors’ leader has criticised government attempts to restrict career opportunities for overseas doctors, saying it could threaten patient services in Oldham.
Search is on for new top cop
THE search has begun for a successor to the late Chief Constable of Greater Manchester, Michael Todd.
Tory error leaves Harold seeing red
A LABOUR-VOTING pensioner was left fuming when he was forced to pay the postage on a Conservative candidate election leaflet.
Champions League ticket plea
OLDHAM’S Labour Euro-MP has demanded tighter safety measures ahead of Manchester United’s Champions League final with Chelsea in Moscow.
Cannabis to go back to Class B
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith yesterday overruled the Government’s experts and said there was a “compelling case” to reclassify cannabis as a Class B drug.
Unsung pair in spotlight
A COMMUNITY stalwart and a groundbreaking play have made it to the finals of a major North-West gong.
Keeping up with Indiana Jones
THIS year’s Saddleworth Beer Walk will have an Indiana Jones theme.
Family out in force for Tommy
A LARGE contingent of family members turned out to support new Austerlands mayor Tommy O’Brien at his installation.
Paradise tour... on the isle of death
“The island was considered heaven — white sand and blue sky,” said Neil Dunkerley (37) of Rochdale Road, High Crompton, speaking of his father’s memories of Christmas Island.
Pow-erful reason to stop going to the Pole
EVERY so often something strikes me as having changed.


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