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RUGBY: OLDHAM St Anne's will try for a third time on Saturday to play their Carnegie Challenge Cup preliminary round tie against Bentley Good Companions. Once again, the...
Date Published 13/02/2012
HARRY Redknapp admits he would love to see Paul Scholes pull on an England shirt at this summer's European Championship. Scholes has not played for England since retiring from...
ASTON VILLA 0, MAN CITY 1 MANCHESTER City boss Roberto Mancini has set his players a target of winning at least 11 of their remaining 13 matches if they want to be crowned...
MICHAEL Meacher has renewed calls for a clampdown on “excessive” City bonuses — when his constituents are facing their biggest squeeze in living standards....
Liverpool finally bowed to widespread criticism with a flurry of apologies which they hope will draw a line under the Luis Suarez racism affair. Reds manager Kenny Dalglish...
BLACKPOOL has arrived in Oldham bringing the white knuckle and seaside experience along for the ride. Bright lights now beam across Hollinwood as one of Europe’s biggest...
EXPLOITING the seam of youth-team products is essential to Athletic’s financial well-being. That is the view of club director Mike Newton, who has seen first-hand the...
THREE people have been arrested on suspicion of the theft of copper cables. Oldham police stopped a car in Frederick Street, Oldham on Thursday morning and officers recovered...
A MUM-OF-THREE has been given the all-clear to have her PIP breast implants removed — and says more should be done on the NHS to help women like her. Andrea Hornby (37)...
OLDHAM RL Club were left to rue yet another postponement yesterday when their Northern Rail Cup clash with Featherstone Rovers at Whitebank fell victim to the winter snap. A...
VITAL rail links to and from Greenfield could be cut under future plans. Members of the Greenfield Rail Action Group one franchisee might replacing the two that currently run...
ATHLETIC'S home match against Walsall tomorrow night (7.45pm) has a good chance of going ahead. Cold weather has hit Boundary Park hard recently, but volunteers have helped...
OLDHAM Council will continue saying prayers at the start of meetings - despite a legal ruling outlawing the traditional practice. A test-case bid to outlaw prayers before...
FIVE people have been charged with drug offences following raids in Oldham. Police targeted five addresses in Chadderton and Failsworth as part of Operation Rescind on...
Results must improve now, insists Newton ATHLETIC director Mike Newton has warned that positive results are essential in the short term, if the club is to avoid being dragged...
Firm loses elderly couple’s £1,000 order ELDERLY couple Fred (74) and Sheila (71) Maguir have been forced to sleep on their sofa — after dozy workers at a bed...
FORMER Warburtons Bakery workers marched through Shaw on Saturday to say thanks to the town. More than 170 staff lost their jobs or were transferred when the 73-year-old...
AN Oldham student is at the centre of a political row after he tweeted that he saw MP Aidan Burley behaving disrespectfully during a trip to Aushwitz. Matt Parkinson of Oldham...
A social enterprise that has helped over 500 unemployed people find work is enjoying a double celebration this month — the business turns 10 and has also received a lottery...
MORE than 400 households across Oldham were threatened with losing their home last year as cash-strapped families struggled to survive. New figures show 410 claims were issued...
Furious residents have called planning permission given after two previous refusals is an “accident waiting to happen”. Springhead householders and ward...
ANGER AT 'DANGER' NURSERY U-TURN DERELICT SITE'S 28-HOMES BOOST NEWTON URGES LATICS TO SAFETY ... there's more (click story)
ALL NEW PEOPLE, Opera House, Manchester ANGST-FUELLED edgy modern black comedy with a suicidal, existence-is-futile core? That’ll be Zach Braff... The...
Date Published 10/02/2012
with a turkey baster to conceive! NOW here’s a headline that captures the spirit of the times: “Son caught in middle as lesbians accuse gay father of breaking access...
GET in the mood for love with a Valentine’s sequence dance at the Springhead Community Centre tomorrow. Tickets to event, 7.30-10.30pm, can be bought for £3 from Barry...
CLIFFORD Cox, who captained the Canadian cricket team after emigrating from Oldham, has died aged 79. Tributes have described his as “the foundation of Canadian...
Amateur actors from Oldham’s Lyceum Theatre are preparing to get shipshape for an Australasian adventure. After taking centre stage on Saga’s world cruise liner...
SHAW’S Steph Roberts has revealed how her hot TV date left her cold. She hooked up with wedding singer Norman from Preston, on the hit TV gameshow “Take Me...
A HEROIC father suffered a permanent knee injury when he was hit by a speeding car after dramatically pushing his partner to safety. Colin Rainford (54) and his partner Beth...
AN 81-year-old Royton man who sexually abused a child repeatedly when she was aged between five and eight has been jailed for seven years. James Fairclough’s offences...
