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PEOPLE power has led to road repairs being suspended until after Christmas — and earned frustrated drivers an apology. Oldham Council has suspended footway and...
Date Published 09/12/2010
OLDHAM coach Tony Benson always expected influential stand-off Neil Roden to sign a new deal. The 30-year-old was pursued by Keighley Cougars boss and good friend Barry Eaton,...
OLDHAM have finalised pre-season arrangements by announcing a friendly at Championship high-fliers Featherstone Rovers on Saturday, January 15 (5.30pm kick-off). It leaves the...
ATHLETIC are hard at work clearing snow from the Boundary Park pitch in a bid to save Saturday's home fixture with Swindon. A snow covering had been left alone in order to...
Winger could be on Dickov’s Christmas shopping list ATHLETIC have been linked with a move for free-agent winger Andy Robinson. The 31-year-old had his contract at...
U-TURN OVER ROAD CHAOS FAMILY'S £6m HOSPITAL PAY-OUT VICTORY OVER NEIGHBOUR FROM HELL ...there's more (click story)
TEN sales were achieved when Auction House Ryder and Dutton held its first regional auction. The estate agency, of Salmon Fields, Royton, in its first foray into property...
Date Published 08/12/2010
OLDHAM firm Toy Options, which will distribute two of the country’s top-selling toys this Christmas has announced a 24 per cent rise in group sales in the 2009 financial...
AN Oldham company which began exporting only last year is cleaning up in the Middle East with its huge range of waste and recycling products. Sellers Engineering Ltd, based in...
CHANNEL HOPPING: TRAMS and “Coronation Street” have never made for happy bedfellows — just ask Alan Bradley. The producers clearly had a one-way ticket...
SNOW WHITE, Opera House, Manchester CLEARLY, leaving Corrie and taking singing and dancing lessons — the latter for her recent “Strictly Come Dancing” run — has done lovely...
(That’s a Turkish holiday, not a turkey) CHRISTMAS is full of turkeys — and that’s just the presents. From novelty socks and bath smellies to domestic...
TALENTED artists have celebrated 60 years of a special group by unveiling their latest exhibition at the Brownhill Countryside Centre in Dobcross. Since the Saddleworth Group...
A NEW high dependency unit has opened at The Royal Oldham Hospital to treat seriously ill patients. It has new equipment and two additional critical care beds, increasing the...
Nimble-fingered knitter Lucy Mills could bring a national title back to Oldham after she was short listed for a Clothes Show Live competition in Birmingham this week. Lucy...
OLDHAM churches are celebrating a Bishop of Manchester hat-trick after he accepted three invitations to the borough in the same week. Yesterday, he visited Holy Trinity...
KEMPTON 4.00 Johnny Hancocks 4.30 Abriachan 5.00 Seeking Magic 5.30 Flying Power 6.00 High On A Hill 6.30 Stratton Banker 7.00 Dower Glen Best...
Cuts will set school sport back by ten years — MP Opposition to plans to cut the £162 million schools sports grant which finds and nurtures the Olympic stars of...
A HOLLINWOOD man has been left with a £1,400 bill after being prosecuted over flytipping. Omar Farooq, of Manchester Road, was taken to task by Oldham Council for failing to...
FOOTBALL: SPRINGHEAD AFC are celebrating their third major award of the year. They had already been named Club of the Year by Oldham Athletic Trust, and earned the West Riding...
CLARKSFIELD’S Raja Yousaf is fast becoming the king of snow sculptures — and he’s built this ice palace to suit his status. While many have struggled to get...
SNOW decimated the junior football and rugby league schedules. Action wasn’t possible as the icy snap took a firm grip on the local fixture list. Oldham under-15s,...
OLDHAM Council granted the new Greenfield Tesco a licence to sell alcohol — despite strong fears from locals that it will lead to a rise in antisocial behaviour in the...
A HOME-shopping retailer looks set to finally get planning permission for a controversial £23 million warehouse development in Shaw. Planning officers have recommended...
Phil Woolas is set to pay back tens of thousands of pounds donated to him to help him fight his legal battle. A fighting fund was set up by a group of MPs to help Mr Woolas...
More than 4,000 people have signed Labour’s petition to stop planned cuts to Greater Manchester Police. The “Wrong Cuts, Wrong Time” campaign was launched in Manchester last...
A top councillor has slated officers for traffic chaos in Shaw, when resurfacing work clashed with road works, after complaints from an important constituent — himself....
Karting: WHIZZKID Alex Walker was crowned Association of British Karting Clubs National KF2 Vice-Champion following a dazzling display at Trent Valley Circuit in Lincolnshire....
Academy will cause havoc, say councillors SADDLEWORTH councillors have hit out at plans to start work on the state-of-the-art Waterhead Academy ahead of this week’s planning...
Grant for state-of-the-art youth centre goes ahead FUNDING for Oldham’s new £5million state of the art youth centre has been awarded after months of uncertainty....
