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A DOG-OWNER whose bull mastiff cross killed her neighbour’s Jack Russell terrier has been ordered to pay £575 in fines, costs and compensation. Sindy Warburton...
Date Published 21/06/2011
HEAD teachers are being balloted on plans to join the national public sector strike over pensions cuts. Members of the National Association of Head Teachers could take part in...
A HOLLINWOOD charity that helps people with complex physical and communication disabilities has been given a £75,000 boost. ACE Centre North, based at Hollinwood Business...
More than 2,000 women across Oldham will have their retirement plans wrecked by the pension-age hike following the Government’s refusal to back down. MPs of all parties...
STAFF at the Royal Oldham Hospital have recalled 79 hip-replacement patients for tests following fears that metal from the prosthetic joints could be poisoning them. The...
RESIDENTS had every reason to feel aggrieved when they were turned away from a First Choice Homes meeting . . . they had been invited to attend. A number of Higginshaw Village...
HOSPICE LOTTERY HITS FUND-RAISING MILESTONE DR Kershaw’s Hospice has hit the jackpot, after raking in a magic million from its own lottery. Launched seven-and-a-half...
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FORMER Athletic wing-half Bill Spurdle, who made more than 200 appearances for the club either side of a successful spell at Manchester City in the 1950s, has died aged 85. Born...
Bowls: MONTHS of hard work and planning will come to fruition for local bowler and organiser Steve Squire on Saturday. Following years of poor turn-outs and lack of...
TWO members of Shaw Karate Club scooped gold in the Shukoka Karate Federation National Championships at Edgehill Leisure Centre, Birmingham.
PETER Maxson, chairman of Oldham Referees’ Association, has spoken of his pride after his late father John was honoured with a posthumous award. John, who was president...
ICE HOCKEY: MANCHESTER Phoenix have continued their close season recruitment with the re-signing of James Archer and Stephen Wallace. Both were an integral part of the...
GOAL-KICKING half-back Carl Forber will stay on loan at Oldham RL Club for at least another month. Roughyeds have negotiated a second extension of the player’s loan...
Skipper Hazell rejects new deal REUBEN Hazell will not be an Athletic player next season. The 32-year-old team captain has turned down the chance to stay on at Boundary Park...
HOSPICE LOTTERY HITS £1M JACKPOT BUDDING ARTIST'S FLOWER POWER HAZELL REJECTS LATICS DEAL ...there's more (click story)
A FINE BRIGHT DAY TODAY, Oldham Coliseum IT seems virtually every new play these days is an “event”. If it’s not an essential, life-changing experience, theatres hardly want...
Date Published 20/06/2011
A NEW league for talented footballers has been created at Oldham Athletic’s community trust. Players aged 16-18 will take part in an organised local six-a-side...
OLDHAM Council leader Jim McMahon has called on Oldhamers to be more neighbourly after warning that services would be affected by budget cuts. The Labour chief says the...
DEBBIE Abrahams attended a Parliamentary event in conjunction with National Diabetes week. The MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth went along to support charity Diabetes UK at...
MARTYN TORR meets BING FINDLATER, steering youngsters along the straight and narrow A BUNCH of guys were holiday in Magaluf and bumped into a group from Oldham on a stag...
Tom Robinson takes on tough charity challenge A HUNDRED 10k runs in one hundred days... that’s the epic test of endurance a doting dad from Saddleworth is taking on for charity....
IT will be Independence Day for Oldham on July 4 if plans to distribute powers to the six districts are approved. Town Halls and community centres will be the focal point for...
THE arrival of Metrolink in Shaw takes a step closer today with highway works beginning in preparation for track laying. The work also includes a new signal-controlled...
A WOMAN was rescued from a Shaw quarry after getting into a perilous position 70ft up. Walkers alerted fire-fighters after spotting the 55-year-old local woman walking across...
THE traditional Whit Friday Walks still prove a crowd-pleasing success. Thousands gathered in Uppermill from afar and near to savour this splendid annual occasion. The...
BRAINS as well as beauty has seen Oldham Hulme Grammar student crowned Miss Manchester 2011. Nicola McConnell (18) donned the winning tiara and sash after being judged top...
DESPITE a petition with over 5,100 signatures, Beal Hey Recycling Centre in Shaw will be axed. Councillor Mark Alcock had hoped to keep the Chandos Street facility open after...
A POLICE officer had to leap out of the way as a motorcyclist drove straight at him. The officer escaped with a minor hand injury after the incident in Oldham. It happened...
Baffled residents demand answers WORRIED residents have pleaded for answers after mysterious nose bleeds and migraines swept Mossley, making locals’ lives a misery....
