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CRICKET: AMBITIOUS Royton Cricket Club have swooped to end their captaincy woes. In a move which will send shock waves through local cricket circles, Alan Durose has been...
Date Published 22/11/2010
A new group for parents of children with additional educational needs has been set up in Oldham. Parents of Oldham In Touch (POINT) provides help and information and is...
BOOK lovers united in Delph to look at a new collection of charity poems released by chair of the Saddleworth Parish Council, Keith Begley. Penned by the local councillor,...
SPRIGHTLY Hilda Smith enjoyed a party with family and friends to mark her 100th birthday. The great-great-grandma lives in Shaw with her son Peter and daughter Sybil. She also...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: CHADDERTON produced a fine attacking display at Leek CSOB, clinching a 4-1 victory in the Vodkat North-West Counties League Division One clash. After...
A saddle-sore Chadderton cyclist is celebrating after he and a friend biked through the desert to raise £5,500 for Marie Curie Cancer Care. Lorry driver Graham Kelly...
PATRICE Evra claims Manchester United can make their rivals pay for their slip–ups and are on course to take over at the top of the Barclays Premier League. Evra scored...
JANICE BARKER September date for new RC primary Formal proceedings have begun to set up a new Roman Catholic primary school in Derker. The Salford RC Diocese and Oldham...
MORE than 14,000 prescriptions for methadone were handed out in Oldham last year — more than three times that of Tameside and Glossop. Official figures from the...
SATISFACTION was the overriding emotion for Paul Dickov following Athletic’s third successive npower League One victory. Aidan White’s debut goal was enough to...
Cuts unjust— Meacher Oldham could be one of the worst-hit areas across Greater Manchester as the predicted 500,000 public-sector job losses bite. One in four local...
A PARTIALLY sighted pensioner hit two burglars with her walking stick when they tried to rob her at her home in Alt. The 83-year-old victim was leaving her house in Abbeyhills...
TOUCHING tributes have been left at the scene where a 20-year-old woman died after she was hit by a car in Chadderton on Saturday. It is believed a blue Volkswagen Golf struck...
Dagenham 0, Athletic 1 ATHLETIC’S effort in claiming a third victory in succession, in a campaign that keeps rolling on agreeably, was embodied by one player. Step...
65 new posts on the way Oldham’s white collar job outlook was given a boost today when the council announced 65 new posts are coming the the borough. The...
VIP (Very Important Pig) Peppa switches on illuminations RECORD-BREAKING crowds braved icy winds to see a VIP switch on Oldham’s Christmas lights. TV star Peppa Pig...
AIDAN White believes he can offer more for Athletic than he showed at the weekend. The 19-year-old, on loan from Leeds United and playing wide on the right, scored the winning...
SPORTING their spots, fundraisers came out in force on Friday to prove that Oldhamers really do it best when it comes to Children in Need. Pudsey the Bear made it to dozens of...
Latics boss eyes four in a row ATHLETIC manager Paul Dickov fully expects his players to put in a fourth match-winning performance in a row against Exeter City tomorrow night....
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LIFE, AND OTHER BITS: DOESN’T it feel as though the Joker has taken over Gotham City? We are to get rid of a third of our police force; criminals are being released...
Date Published 19/11/2010
One of the most exasperating and helpless feelings as a parent is when your child is ill but blatantly refuses to take the medicine that you know will help make them better....
REMEMBER a loved one this Christmas by helping to light a special tree and singing your heart out at a carol service. Dr Kershaw’s Hospice hosts a festive service around...
Oldham MP Michael Meacher is to raise in Parliament the importance of a borough-wide reading scheme facing the axe. The Oldham West and Royton MP says cutting the Every Child...
Residents of Block Lane, Chadderton, are furious after being told that their road could be closed for Metrolink work for another 14 months. But the delay, posted in an Oldham...
A CORONER has ruled the way police treated a man who died just over a month after being arrested did not contribute to his death. Christopher Gerard Anthony Tolan (54), from...
WEEKEND patrols to catch dog fouling are continuing across the borough. Oldham Council’s campaign of education and enforcement to tackle the blight aims to get across to...
Family-of-eight face split fear THE parents of a girl who has battled leukaemia fear that they may have to separate their six children because the council house they all share...
Commando’s father died after suffering brain haemorrhage THE Oldham marine commando who tackled Somali pirates last weekend faced a personal battle just months before...
HUNDREDS of Oldhamers across the borough are coming together in a bid to raise thousands of pounds for Children In Need today. The marathon TV spectacular kicks off tonight,...
