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SNOOKER: YORKSHIRE Ward 1 beat their No. 2 team 5-1 to close the gap at the top of the Saddleworth Snooker League to five points. Mossley 2, with convincing wins from J...
Date Published 18/01/2012
Manufacturing companies in the North-West are being offered access to state-of-the-art research and development facilities following the launch of an £8million advanced...
BASKETBAL: FAILSWORTH Sports College produced a string of impressive displays to clinch the Oldham Schools’ senior basketball tournament at the Oasis Academy Ball Hall....
A website by Howarth Timber and Building Supplies has been named the best in the business by the timber industry’s leading trade magazine. In a prestigious event at...
BASKETBALL: OLDHAM Titans under-16s followed up an emphatic 101-44 defeat of York Vikings in the North Division of the England Basketball League — David Walsh was the...
ENTRIES for the 2012 One Oldham Business Awards are picking up speed as the race hots up for the borough’s business Oscars. Since Oldham’s business people returned...
FOOTBALL: FAILSWORTH Sports College Year Sevens edged through to the last-16 of the ESFA Under-12 Danone Nations Schools’ Cup for the first time after a 2-1 win at...
DISCOVER more about landscape photography with Robin Whalley at the Thursday, January 26, meeting of Oldham Photographic Society. New members are welcome at The Blue Club,...
A BUS company has apologised after a Waterhead man complained about being left stranded in Manchester city centre. An investigation was launched by First Buses following a...
SPORTS BETTING 2: JUST two games away from the final of the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy, Athletic will tonight bid to take a giant step towards their dream of a Wembley...
COUNCIL chiefs remain positive on the future of electric cars — despite meagre UK sales figures. The Department for Transport has revealed there are fewer electric cars...
NEW tenants that meet police approval are being sought for The Sportsman in Chadderton. The future of the Denton Lane pub was left hanging after its licence was suspended...
SPORTS BETTING: THERE comes a time when a price should dictate the course of your betting. That time has come. Manchester United are available at 5-2 to win the Barclays...
A TEENAGER pressured into having sex at 14 has praised an Oldham service which protects child victims of sexual exploitation. The local girl has bravely spoken to the...
NETBALL: OLDHAM went down to a 48-39 loss at the hands of Chester in the Northern League. Defeat did not seem to be on the cards early on when Oldham took a 12-9 lead...
BOXING: TARA boxer Shinny Bayaar has opted against hanging up his gloves despite suffering a comprehensive defeat at the hands of Chris Edwards in December. The...
LABOUR will never gain credibility while it continues to parrot the Tory line, Michael Meacher has warned. The Oldham West and Royton MP said it was “wholly...
BOXING: TRAINER Ben Lancaster has tipped Jamie Brown to be one of Oldham’s leading lights in 2012. The 25-year-old got his professional career off to a winning start...
A FORMER MP and Oldham Groundwork stalwart has died after a short battle with cancer. Charles Morris, Labour’s parliamentary representative for Failsworth for 20 years...
NETBALL: NORTHERN Thunder were crowned Cathedral City Fast Net champions after a stylish 35-21 victory over rivals Yorkshire Jets at Surrey Sport Park. The...
A SADDLEWORTH village known as “the most isolated in Greater Manchester” will soon be well connected after residents celebrated a campaign victory. Members of the...
Swimming: OLDHAM swimmers Jessica Lloyd and Jessica Fullalove are likely to find out in March whether they have secured a dream passage to the 2012 Olympics. The dynamic...
A MAN escaped injury after a gun-wielding robber opened fire in Delph, it has been revealed. The gunman produced an air rifle at staff at the village’s Co-operative Pharmacy...
HOPES of rescheduling the Law Cup clash between Oldham and Rochdale Hornets are diminishing. The fixture has been postponed three times, most recently on Sunday when the...
TRIBUTES have been paid to a grandmother who died after she and her husband were struck by a car on a zebra crossing in Shaw on Monday. Lynn Steele (60) was walking hand in...
Manager backs his hit men to put Wembley in reach ATHLETIC refocus their sights on the visit to Chesterfield tonight, with manager Paul Dickov backing his attacking players to...
POLICE have stepped up their search for a motorist who caused a bus to brake sharply, resulting in the death of a 79-year-old passenger. A new CCTV image has been released...
A £5,000 reward has been offered to anyone who provides information leading to the recovery of Nellie Geraghty’s handbag and her husband’s ashes. Detectives...
COMMUNITY spirit could prove vital in Saddleworth this summer to ensure two long-running events go ahead. It’s hoped an army of volunteers could see the Round...