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AN Oldham teenager has benefited from a college’s apprenticeship scheme that is giving young people a route into work. Tim Whittaker (19), a leisure and fitness...
Date Published 07/11/2011
A RED card for goalkeeper Alex Cisak only a few minutes after many in Boundary Park had taken their seats wrecked the carefully-arranged plans of Athletic manager Paul Dickov...
PAUL Gerrard will shake off stiffness and get back between the posts for Athletic tomorrow. The veteran goalkeeper — who last took to the field in the professional ranks 25...
OLDHAM has among the highest number of young people not in education, employment or training (NEETS) in the country. A study has suggested that young people face wildly...
A Teenager was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving today after a passenger died in Saddleworth following an accident. The A640 Huddersfield Road...
OLDHAM fire crews were swamped with calls and pelted with bricks and fireworks on Greater Manchester Fire Service’s busiest night of the year. Fire-fighters from Hollins...
GREATER Manchester will today be handed £24million for key infrastructure projects as part of a government drive to stop Britain being dragged back into recession....
OLDHAM Council’s flagship training and conference centre is set to be demolished. The Centre for Professional Development (CPD), in Fitton Hill, will close over the...
A PENSIONER awaiting a double lung transplant was left stranded after thieves stole her mobility scooter. Kathleen Lofthouse’s neighbours in Alder Lane, Hollins, were...
SHAME OF ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR THEFT COUNCIL TRAINING BASE AXED VETERAN GERRARD ANSWERS CALL ... there's more (click story)
REVELLERS are being urged to stay safe this Bonfire Night by the North-West Ambulance Service (NWAS). Paramedics have disclosed some of the harrowing call-outs attended last...
Date Published 04/11/2011
THE latest missive from the barmy world of the boffins says that, contrary to popular opinion, women could be just as good as men (some men because it certainly doesn’t...
OLDHAM Athletic will have their finger on the pulse tomorrow as the football club supports a health campaign. The Stroke Association will be taking over Boundary Park during...
Oldham Sunday League LEADERS Coppice United ‘A’ edged an entertaining encounter with Red Star 3-2 in the D & J Builders (North-West) Ltd Oldham Sunday League....
A PULSATING derby saw Royton Town and Springhead battle to a 4-4 draw in the Bridgewater Office Supplies Manchester League Premier Division. Full-back Dave Ashworth gave...
OLDHAMERS who gave their lives for their country are being remembered in a new online roll of honour. The memorial on Oldham Council’s website contains the names of...
A COMMUNITY action group is uniting in a bid to bring more pride to their area. Werneth Together is a resident-led group which aims to spruce-up their surroundings, provide...
MATCH OF THE DAY Puckersley 3, Highfield United 1 STAND-IN goalkeeper Mark Milner proved to be a match winner — or should that be match saver — as Puckersley...
THE man who died in Wednesday’s accident on the notorious stretch of moorland road over Saddleworth, has been named as Derek Yates, from Oldham. Mr Yates — known...
HUDDERSFIELD LEAGUE UPPERMILL hit back to claim a 2-2 draw against Britannia Sports at Greenfield Paper Mill in the Huddersfield and District League Division One. The...
WITH no chance of reaching the play-offs, only pride is at stake when local rivals Waterhead and Oldham St Anne’s go head to head at Peach Road tomorrow (2pm). Widnes...
THE owner of the former Delph Chapel has defended her right to restrict access to the adjoining graveyard. Paula Rothermel, who has planning permission to transform the chapel...
ROCHDALE will have two new faces in the squad travelling to MK Dons tomorrow. Former Athletic and Bolton defender Dean Holden penned a loan deal yesterday as Neal Trotman...
POLICE are appealing for the public’s help in a bid to trace a violent robber who stole a 38-year-old woman’s business takings while she sat in her car. The drama...
GERRY TAGGART TALKING... WE were the architects of our own downfall at Carlisle and, despite ending the game with a 3-3 draw, it felt like a defeat. It was a classic example...
POLICE have made 14 arrests in dawn raids as part of a crackdown on drug-dealing in Oldham. More than 100 officers from Greater Manchester Police stormed 10 addresses just...
ATHLETIC boss Paul Dickov (below) goes into tomorrow’s derby-day clash with Bury a wiser manager. The Scot believes everyone — including himself — has...
AN all-action Oldham bobby is swapping his beat for a taste of the high life by trekking up the highest mountain in the world. PC Damieon Pickles jets off to Nepal today for a...
ANDREAS Mancini insists he will not be playing in his famous father’s shadow when he pulls on an Athletic shirt to embark on the first loan spell of his career in England. The...
THE driving force of one of the country’s most successful disabled sports clubs has died after a short illness. Zbigniew “Zem” Micek — described as a...
