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CRICKET: PLANS to spice up next season’s Wood Cup have been rejected by the Lake Garage CLL. Royton and Norden submitted proposals which would have differentiated the...
Date Published 29/11/2011
Saddleworth Parish Council A REVIEW of controversial parking restrictions in Uppermill could be delayed until next summer. Councillor Royce Franklin told Saddleworth Parish...
Technology would end all goal-line spats BACK IN the days when school fields hadn’t all been turned into housing estates, many a pleasant summer’s evening was spent...
PUPILS have quashed fears that bringing together two segregated schools in a new academy would result in racial tensions. They have told Ofsted inspectors that former Breeze...
Saddleworth Parish Council AN INVITATION has been made to Oldham police’s Chief Supt Tim Forber about concerns over the future of popular Saddleworth events. Parish...
Agency staff working at the Yodel mail-order distribution centre in Shaw fear they may lose their jobs before Christmas. The company, in Linney Lane, is ending its contract...
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini (pictured) plans to change his entire team tonight, having been angered by the scheduling of their Carling Cup trip to Arsenal. City take...
Knitters give poultry a natty winter warmer SMARTLY-DRESSED chickens are clucking happily after being knitted jackets to keep them warm this winter. Knitters picked up their...
MIDFIELDER Paul Pogba is set to make his full debut for Manchester United in tomorrow night's Carling Cup quarter–final clash with Crystal Palace at Old Trafford. The...
LUCA Scapuzzi’s sizzler against Crewe has been nominated for an ‘Ultimate Finish award’. The on-loan Italian winger’s excellent strike in the 3-1...
PROTESTERS across Oldham will be taking to the picket lines tomorrow as they join forces for the national public sector strike. Thousands of workers across all sectors are...
THE first round of LV= County Championship fixtures next year will be the earliest ever, with seven matches beginning on April 5. The official season curtain–raiser...
THE death of a former Oldham College student whose body discovered at a popular beauty spot is not believed to be suspicious. Chamman Nisa Shah (21) was found on the shore of...
OLDHAM RL Club says season tickets are selling “steadily” ahead of a 2012 Championship One campaign which will have more riding on it than any of the Roughyeds’...
A SOLICITOR has denied laundering money for a client who attempted to con Oldham Sixth Form College out of £730,000. The college, which was then undergoing building...
REUBEN Reid could make a comeback right when Athletic need him most. The 23-year-old striker has been out with a damaged quad muscle since injuring himself in the televised...
A TRIBUNAL between a trading standards chief and Oldham Council which sacked him after the botched-up Vance Miller case was dramatically called off at the 11th hour. Tony...
A DETERMINED community, touched by the death of Nellie Geraghty, are staging a public search of Shaw in a bid to find the snatched bag containing her husband’s ashes. A...
PUBLIC TO JOIN SEARCH FOR NELLIE'S HANDBAG TONY ALLEN TRIBUNAL U-TURN OFSTED'S 'ACADEMY RACE HARMONY' BOOST .... there's more (click story)
DICK WHITTINGTON, Oldham Coliseum (to January 14) DICK comes from Oldham, his vessel is the good ship Metrolink, (which sinks, not necessarily ominously, like a stone), and...
Date Published 28/11/2011
LINGFIELD 12.10 Herrera 12.40 Henry Holmes 1.10 Forty Proof 1.45 Tones 2.15 Alshazah 2.50 Elna Bright 3.20 My Learned Friend Ayr 12.30 Merchant...
CRICKET: MICKLEHURST, back in the Saddleworth and District Cricket League next season after an eight-year absence, face a trip to holders Bamford Fieldhouse in the first round of...
TONY Benson, the Oldham RL coach, is due back from holiday in his native New Zealand in time to take charge of pre-season training tomorrow night. His assistant, Martin Roden,...
THREE members of Oldham Royelles dance troupe have been selected to represent Great Britain in carnival royalty. Five-year-old Lexy Scoggins has been crowned new carnival...
DEVASTATED dancers are hunting for a new home — despite scooping six awards at their national championships. The Blue Crew, who regularly perform at Oldham Athletic...
CRICKET: A MOVE to fast-track a two-division structure in the Lake Garage CLL has been defeated. Norden proposed the change, to be introduced in the 2013 season, at the...
MORE Metrolink building work on a Derker bridge has been slammed by two St James’ councillors. Roger Hindle and Jackie Stanton believe the short-notice closure of the...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: MOSSLEY cruised to a 6-0 home victory over Wakefield in the Evo-Stik League Division One North. Two goals in the first eight minutes put the Lilywhites...
MANCHESTER City boss Roberto Mancini remained happy with his team’s position despite seeing them drop points for only the second time this season. The Barclays Premier...
HISTORY will be made in Oldham as the first electric car showroom in the country is set to open in Hollinwood. Oldham Council’s cabinet will tonight consider plans to...
