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SPORT AND SHOWBIZ BETTING: AFTER four wins from his last seven starts, Fernando Alonso has leapt to the top of the F1 World Championship standings. Fortune has favoured the...
Date Published 27/10/2010
A GROUP which raised £200 in its first year has now handed over a total of £500,000 to charity. The Chadderton and Oldham Committee of Cancer Research UK chalked...
GOLF: A PLAY-OFF will be required to decide the winner of Oldham Golf Club’s Dunkerley Cup after Steve Daubney and John Bramall finished tied after the two-round event....
AN amateur footballer who broke a rival Oldham player’s arm with a vicious kick in revenge for what he thought was a bad tackle, has escaped prison. Alan Robertson had...
ONE of the region’s biggest employers of disabled people, whose future hangs in the balance following a Government review, has defied the economic downturn. Remploy...
Disgrace of failed fraudsters CCTV caught out two motorists trying to make bogus claims against firefighters. Fire chiefs in Greater Manchester have revealed details of...
A FURIOUS row blew up yesterday over government plans to make Greater Manchester councils pay for a new body to win investment and jobs — as they are hit by 28 per cent...
A six-figure grant to Oldham’s Coliseum Theatre is under threat as Greater Manchester’s authorities tighten their belts following the spending review. And...
Crash victim wins test case after £2.95m award A multi-million pound compensation pay-out to a catastrophically injured Oldham road crash victim does not rule out her right to...
Problem tarmac to be ripped up again MOTORISTS face yet more misery when a 300-yard stretch of Lees Road is resurfaced for the third time in seven weeks. Embarrassed...
NETBALL: OLDHAM Netball, with Shannon Westwood impressing on debut, moved to the top of the Northern League with a hard-fought 48-40 win over YWCA Bury. The local outfit...
NETBALL: OLDHAM, fielding their youngest set of players for a Premier League fixture, went down to a 39-36 defeat against Hucclecote, of Gloucester. Mike Greenwood’s...
HOCKEY: KAREN Rowley scored a screamer to set Oldham on the way to a 5-2 win away at Moss Park in Division One of the Greater Manchester League. Rowley’s effort flew...
GOLF: FEW sports have been hit harder than golf by the fall-out caused by the current financial climate. In week two of their look at the way in which local clubs are coping...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: MOSSLEY crashed out of the Evo-Stik League President’s Cup second round last night with a 2-0 defeat at the hands of neighbours Curzon Ashton. The...
CRICKET: BAMFORD Fieldhouse have had their fine reduced to £250 in the incident which saw one of their players banned for three years. The Hollin Lane outfit won a...
NEW PROPOSAL SAID TO BE ‘POSITIVE’ STEP FORWARD CRICKET: CLUBS will vote on the ‘Weathertime System’ at the Armstrong Office Furniture Saddleworth and District Cricket League’s...
Sir Alex Ferguson believes Javier Hernandez is on the right path to becoming a Manchester United great after he fired his side into the Carling Cup quarter–finals. The...
FANS' favourite Valu Bentley was the happiest man in town today after sealing a deal to extend his stay with Oldham for another year. Signing a new 12-months contract, the...
Smalley fired up to regain Latics starting spot DEANE Smalley was thrust straight back into action for Athletic today. The winger spent the last month on loan with npower...
TRIPLE TROUBLE FOR LEES ROAD DRIVERS COLISEUM ANXIOUS OVER GRANTS SOPHIE'S CINEMA CLUB IS BACK ...there's more if you click!
WHAT KATI DID NEXT: Hallowe’en just round the corner, Bonfire Night looming . . . it’s all pointing to one thing. Christmas. And don’t we know it. I am going to start a...
Date Published 26/10/2010
TONIGHT: Black Cards — Roadhouse; 80s Rocked — Moho Live; The Psychedelic Furs — Ritz; The Answering Machine — Deaf Institute; I Like Trains — Ruby...
Manic Street Preachers, Manchester Apollo THE Welsh wonders are one of Britain’s most enduring rock bands and its not hard to see why. From the moment they burst...
BEATS: FORMER burlesque dancer Paloma Faith will bring the feelgood factor to Manchester. The sassy songstress, who will belt out her hits at the Apollo on Sunday, is...
BEATS: IF you like your music live and loud, head to the Manchester Academy on Monday for the Eastpak Antidote Tour. The line up for the annual tour - now in its sixth...
Frankie Boyle, Manchester Apollo IF easily offended, stay away. The former star of “Mock The Week” makes no apologies for his crass sense of humour and the 4,000...
Morecambe, Lowry Quays Theatre, Salford HALF the nation watched their Christmas shows, and the entire nation mourned when first Eric Morecambe, then Ernie Wise, sadly made us...
A SLICE of public open space in Hathershaw has been transformed, thanks to an unusual piece of art based on one of Park Cake Bakeries most popular cakes. The legendary Colin...
YOUNG people have bowled over older residents with their hard work and enthusiasm to make a difference. A group marked The Prince’s Trust Make a Change Week by...
