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Permanent exclusions more than halved WORK to tackle bad behaviour and cut absence in Oldham’s secondary schools has been praised by a Government adviser. The...
Date Published 07/02/2012
A BUDGET incorporating £24million in savings was rubber stamped by Oldham Council’s Cabinet last night. After months of deliberation and calculation, it was...
A 26-year-old man charged with raping a 75-year-old woman in Oldham appeared at Manchester Crown Court yesterday. Wesley Wilson, of Naze Court, Coldhurst, was remanded in...
A couple and a baby boy were taken to the Royal Oldham Hospital on Monday after a possible carbon-monoxide incident. Fire-fighters, police, paramedics and National Grid gas...
AN 81-year-old man has gone on trial accused of a campaign of sexual abuse of a young girl who was aged between four and eight. James Fairclough, of Harewood Drive, Royton, is...
College construction lessons could soon be the real deal OLDHAM College is laying the foundations for construction students’ future success — by helping them build a...
COLLEGE PLAN HOUSE PROJECT PRAISE FOR UNRULY PUPIL SCHEME LATICS MATCH OFF .. there's more (click story)
ATHLETIC'S game at Stevenage tonight is OFF as a result of the recent big freeze — but Paul Dickov is hoping his side's form can heat up for the upcoming run of fixtures....
SOUTHWELL 1.15 Harrys Yer Man (nb) 1.45 Phoenix Flame 2.15 Claretintheblood (nap) 2.45 Argentine 3.15 Derivatives 3.45 Upper Lambourn 4.15 Burnwynd...
Date Published 06/02/2012
HOCKEY: GREAT Britain's bid for a first gold medal at the women's Champions Trophy ended in disappointment as they lost 1–0 to hosts and favourites Argentina in Rosario....
SNOOKERED, (UCO Studio) ISHY Din will not be a name known to theatregoers, but just wait! The Tamasha Theatre/Coliseum joint discovery is a former taxi-driver who still...
OLDHAM College students found out what it is like to be in Lord Sugar’s firing line. “Apprentice” contestant Alex Epstein visited the college’s Peter...
OLDHAM RL Club hooker John Clough expects a tough time in the Northern Rail Cup — but knows Roughyeds will gain from the experience regardless of results. Featherstone...
THE number of people starting apprenticeships in Oldham has almost doubled in a year — and is expected to continue to rise. Figures form the Department for Business show...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: MOSSLEY went down to a 4-2 defeat at Durham City in the Evo-Stik League Division One North. The Lilywhites, who went into the clash without injured...
AN unlicensed scrap-metal carrier has been prosecuted after his van was stopped while laden with metal. Oldham Council successfully prosecuted Terence Robson in a crackdown on...
JAMES Wesolowski admits he has tempered his usual action-packed style of playing to accommodate an injured shoulder. While awaiting surgery to correct the problem, the highly...
Adam Johnson insists he didn’t take a dive to set up Manchester City's latest Barclays Premier League triumph. Radio pundit Stan Collymore was among those who felt...
MANCHESTER United manager Sir Alex Ferguson could find himself in trouble with the Football Association after appearing to question the integrity of linesman Darren Cann in...
Saddleworth and Lees District Partnership WORRIED residents living near a planned allotment scheme voiced their concerns about aspects of the project. Parish councillor...
BOXING: OLDHAM’S Ronnie Heffron is in line for his first shot at a professional title after producing a fifth-round stoppage of Romanian tough nut Ionut Trandafir Ilie...
THE big freeze was snow-joke for local sport, with a large dose of the white stuff putting paid to the weekend schedule. D & J Builders (North-West) Ltd Oldham Sunday...
COACH Tony Benson was left ruing the adverse weather conditions after Oldham RL Club’s friendly at Featherstone Rovers was postponed yesterday. Benson was desperate to...
FREEZING weather may have caused frustration around Boundary Park, but at least one player was glad of the break. Athletic’s home match against Leyton Orient was called off at...
Organisers of the first borough-wide foodbank have received an overwhelming response from volunteers wanting to help, and are to hold a meeting inviting more willing donators to...
OLDHAM’S work to protect vulnerable children has been praised in a national report. It is one of 14 local authorities — the only one in the North-West —...
SNOW turned Oldham into a Winter Wonderland over the weekend, with gleeful youngsters with sledges taking to the hills in their hordes. But while they had a whale of a time,...
A puppy injured in a hit and run accident will not have to have her legs amputated. Lola, a Staffordshire bull terrier, was left with both her legs in cast after being was...
TRIBUTES have been paid to Saddleworth parish councillor Ken Hulme who has died, aged 62. The spirited councillor, well-known locally for his campaigns and crusades, passed...
ARMED raiders stole £100,000 of jewellery from a shop while the owners slept upstairs. The four masked men — captured on CCTV with a crow bar and a hammer —...
