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Sports betting: SNOOKER’S first major championship of the season, the UK, gets underway in York on Saturday. John Higgins will be defending his title and is clearly the...
Date Published 30/11/2011
YFM Fund Managers, an equity fund house in Manchester city centre, are the newest sponsors of the One Oldham Business Awards. The business, which also has offices in...
PATCHWORK Parade, Russell Street, is holding a craft fair from 10am to 4pm on Saturday. Admission is free and goods include jewellery, pottery, patchwork bags and much more....
MARTIAL ARTS: FEARLESS Sohail Mahmood clinched two wins in the Junior World Martial Arts Championships in Cardiff. The 10-year-old Yew Tree Community School pupil dazzled in...
FREE parking will continue in Royton with more long-stay spaces created at Royton Precinct. But traders who wanted completely unrestricted parking have lost their battle to...
PATIENTS in Oldham are being given a chance to get a look at the new Werneth Primary Care Centre before its official opening. Visitors can take a guided tour around the centre...
HELP is being offered to carers missing out on vital benefits and support. A special Carers Rights Day event organised by Oldham Carers Centre and Oldham Carers Voice takes...
Netball: NORTHERN Thunder pair Sara Bayman and Emma Dovey helped hosts England become World Netball Series champions following a thrilling 33-26 triumph over New Zealand in...
Oldham‘s family doctors want the public’s views on plans to give GPs control of the borough’s future health provision. Oldham NHS Clinical Commissioning...
SANTA swapped his sleigh for a white and red Cadillac when he arrived in style at Firwood Park. Some 500 people turned out to join him for the fourth annual Christmas lights...
Oldham Licensing Committee TAXI drivers pulled in for vehicle inspection will get an escort to the council’s testing centre — to prevent them stopping for new tyres...
Local boxing stars in Queen Elizabeth Hall showcase AMATEUR boxing packed a punch at the Queen Elizabeth Hall when ‘Oldham vs The Rest II’ showcased an array of...
OLDHAM-born Roy Bottomley, who wrote and created some of Britain’s most successful television shows, has died aged 78. “This Is Your Life”, “Nearest...
TRAFFIC chaos struck the town centre as commuters struggled to make short trips to work yesterday morning. Motorists complained that their usual five or 10-minute journeys...
Michael Carrick insists it would be a mistake to write-off Manchester United – despite their current lack of goals. United head into tonight's Carling Cup...
MANCHESTER City manager Roberto Mancini hailed his side’s smash-and-grab 1-0 victory at Arsenal in the Carling Cup quarter-finals. The hosts created several chances...
PAUL Ashton, new coach of Oldham RL reserves, will have Phil Costin as his No.2 in a partnership of ex-Saddleworth Rangers men. Costin (48), whose appointment was announced...
George Osborne has urged unions to resume negotiations as he warned today's strike over pensions will not achieve or change anything. He said: “The strike is not going...
Thousands of Oldham workers join strike THOUSANDS of public-sector workers staged a mass walkout today to vent their anger at proposed pension changes. Protesters flooded to...
ATHLETIC aim to stay in contention for a possible bumper double pay-day over the next week. Defeating Southend in the FA Cup tie at Roots Hall on Saturday will add a...
START thinking of summer and join in the latest meeting of Failsworth Carnival Committee at Failsworth School, Brierley Avenue, tonight at 7.30pm. Next year’s event will...
Date Published 29/11/2011
MARTYN MEETS... Janet Dunkerly RESTLESS, impulsive, ambitious. At these descriptions Janet Dunkerley laughed uproariously yet denied only the middle adjective, which was plainly...
HEAR ye! Hear ye! This be the day to wear the red rose with pride. Chadderton Town Crier Reg Lord donned his magnificent robes to celebrate Lancashire Day on Sunday and...
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BOWLS: SPRINGBANK gave themselves hope of catching Inbev Winter Bowling League ‘A’ Division leaders Waterloo and Taunton when they defeated their fellow title hopefuls...
OLDHAM Council has agreed a new partnership with Oldham Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) to provide free legal and advice services across the borough. The arrangement is designed...
TABLE TENNIS: ST MATTHEWS, leaders of Division Four in the Oldham Table Tennis League, extended their lead following a 10-0 drubbing of second-placed Honeywell ‘E’....
Oldham Council Cabinet IT’S green for go as Oldham revs up to welcome electric cars to its new charging hub and showroom in Hollinwood. Cabinet yesterday approved plans to...
GARSTANG 21, OLDHAM RU 12 RUGBY: OLDHAM are still looking for a first away win of the season in North Lancashire Division One. Once again, there were a number of late...
MARIE Curie Cancer Care have said a fond farewell to a volunteer who helped raised more than £33,000. Great-grandad, Frank Dobson (68), started volunteering for the...
