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BAG a bargain at a garage sale at 56 Haigh Lane, Chadderton, from 10am to 3pm on Saturday, July 30. Bric-a-brac, books, a cake stall and tombola and refreshments. Admission...
Date Published 20/07/2011
Crompton House school won all four titles in the Oldham Schools Championships at Radclyffe School. They dominated the track and field events, winning the overall boys and...
Pupils dressed in their best for a lavish evening of food and celebration at the final St Augustine’s RC School prom. In September, the Werneth school becomes part of...
GOLF: CHRIS Pierson, with a round of 83-18-67, emerged victorious in the Edwards Trophy at Oldham Janet Kershaw (81-13-68) claimed the first sweep, with Ann Smith (...
RUGBY legend Paul Sculthorpe visited his old school to present Waterhead Academy’s team with its new kit. “Scully”, the former Great Britain and St...
GOLF: THE same two local clubs will clash in the final of the Oldham and District Golf League’s KO Cup for the second successive season. Holders Crompton and Royton...
FOOTBALL: CHADDERTON Park have won the Manchester FA Fair Play award for the second successive year. The club were chosen from a shortlist of clubs by an FA panel....
Two centenary celebrations combined at the OMC Ford car showrooms when a historic Model T Ford paid a visit. The company in Manchester Road, Werneth, is celebrating 100 years...
SNOOKER: OLDHAM Academy had a double cause for celebration in the Manchester Snooker League. Cuemasters from the club, based at Osborne Mill, won top honours in Division...
GALLONS of custard and some willing volunteers helped raise over £650 for charity. The funday which featured a bath filled with the sweet sticky stuff was held at the...
YOU can’t build a tram line through a town centre without major disruption, say the people behind Metrolink. But the work to bring the tram line to Oldham is being done...
OLDHAM will get new sporting facilities as a lasting Olympic legacy. The ‘One Future’ project is set to improve the lives of residents and bring about investment...
A CHADDERTON landlord had his hopes of soaring to great heights in a homemade plane grounded — because of bad weather. But Andrew Atherton, who runs the Whitegate pub,...
GOLF: KRIS Sutcliffe is enjoying an unrivalled summer of success on the local golf circuit. Two weeks after delivering the goods in the District Championship at Saddleworth,...
GOLF: ALAN SQUIRES shot a course record-equalling 62 at Oldham and then declared: “I was disappointed.” The 62-year-old matched his age with shots, which is a...
“Very bad day for Oldham”, claims Sykes OLDHAM Council’s Labour leaders will face searching questions after pulling out of plans to share a management team...
FORMER Oldham RL Club player John Power, paralysed when he suffered a broken neck in a reserve team game at Dewsbury in 1995, continues his fundraising tomorrow. Rowing...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: STRIKER Fabio Abreu will hope to be a roaring success after leaving Mossley for Portuguese top-flight side Maritimo. The 17-year-old, who was born in...
“Children can do silly things”, a top judge said as she guaranteed full compensation for an Oldham teenager who was hit by a car while playing football in the street....
Dimitar Berbatov has been ruled out of the second match of Manchester United's US Tour. The Red Devils’ record signing suffered an ankle injury during a training session...
Carlos Tevez's proposed £40million move from Manchester City to Brazilian outfit Corinthians has collapsed. City thought a deal had been agreed for their skipper to get...
A MAN accused of murder has walked free after a judge directed a jury to find him not guilty halfway through his crown court trial. Kashif Khan was accused of being one of a...
MARCUS St Hilaire, Oldham RL Club’s most experienced player, is pushing for a recall to the Roughyeds’ side in Sunday’s clash with second-in-the-table Keighley...
AN MP has called for an overhaul of election law following the ousting of the former Oldham MP Phil Woolas. Bassetlaw MP John Mann said there appeared to be a...
A NURSE has been arrested by detectives investigating the deaths of three patients after saline was sabotaged at a hospital. The woman, aged 26, was arrested at her home and...
PROWESS further up the field is the target for Athletic manager Paul Dickov, now that his defence boasts some serious size. The imposing figure of Zander Diamond is the latest...
STEPPING HILL DEATHS: WOMAN ARRESTED JUNAID MURDER: ONE DEFENDANT FOUND NOT GUILTY LATICS PRAISED FOR SHUT-OUT ...there's more (click story)
JOIN the Failsworth and Beyond Women’s Institute tomorrow for a humorous talk by Kate Dibble, Blue Badge Tour Guide, entitled “The Trials and Tribulations of a Tour...
Date Published 19/07/2011
WERNETH could get 52 new homes, including 10 classed as affordable, after Cabinet approved an agreement for Suthers Court. Regenda, is bidding for funding from the Homes and...
THE Limos rolled up in style to the Village Hotel in Ashton with dressed-up youngsters from Failsworth School. It was party-time for the school leavers at their special prom....
