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SOME victims of an asbestos-linked condition will receive payouts of £5,000, under a compensation scheme which has finally got under way. But the move came as the new...
Date Published 03/08/2010
NINE men have been jailed for their role in the sexual exploitation of a 14-year-old girl. The child went missing from her home in Rochdale on two occasions in February, 2008....
Music4Sport was held at the Dog and Partridge in Constantine Street to raise money for Greenacres Sports Community Association, AFC Oldham and The Cystic Fibrosis Fund. Crowds...
GLOBE-TROTTING Alex the meerkat is making sure he is fit for travel by training at Angels Gym in Royton. Size is not an issue for the cuddly character as he takes to the...
TOM Eaves can leave Athletic . . . once bids for the tall striker reach the right price. Athletic have confirmed they have a figure in mind which would allow the 18-year-old...
Date Published 02/08/2010
ATHLETIC are in the hunt for Newcastle United winger Kazenga LuaLua. Manager Paul Dickov seems certain to enter the loan market this week to boost a squad that looms...
Athletic 1 - Preston 0 GERRY Taggart was distinctly unimpressed with the role played by Preston goalkeeper Andy Lonergan in Ryan Brooke’s serious ankle injury....
OLDHAM 24 - SOUTH WALES 42 SECOND place is now guaranteed, but Roughyeds coach Tony Benson won’t want any more performances like this with the Co-operative Championship...
‘FLAT’ was the word used by Roughyeds coach Tony Benson to describe his side’s performance in defeat to South Wales Scorpions. Going into the game needing a...
OLDHAM have the pleasant habit of hitting top form against the top teams in the Lake Garage CLL. Winners at leaders Norden already this season, Chris McDonnell’s men...
OLDHAM are out of the Lake Garage CLL’s Twenty20 Competition after suffering an eight-wicket defeat at the hands of Norden in their rearranged quarter-final at the Pollards...
ONE of Oldham’s best known and popular public figures, Ellen Brierley, has died. She was 96. Flags will fly at half mast at Oldham Civic Centre on the day of her funeral...
RAIN played havoc with Saturday’s programme in the Saddleworth and District Cricket League — but not before Glodwick crushed Uppermill by 144 runs in a top-five clash....
A COMMITTEE that will hold a huge bearing on whether Latics’ £20 million stadium plans go ahead held its first meeting — which lasted two minutes. The...
A WEEK after freeing himself of the Saddleworth captaincy, Peter Skuse posted his first century of the season to all but extinguish Heyside's faint hopes of clinching the...
OLDHAM Council will no longer use blow torches after attempts to rid the town centre of weeds ready for the North-West in Bloom campaign went up in smoke. Council staff were...
More than 5,000 middle-class families across Oldham are set lose almost all of their child tax credits worth hundreds of pounds each year. The benefit is paid on a sliding...
AN overheard conversation has led to the working holiday of a lifetime for Royton teenager James Cockayne. The 18-year-old flies out to Ghana on Wednesday to help build a...
CLEANERS at the Royal Oldham Hospital say strike action will be considered if they don’t receive a back-dated pay rise they claim is owed. Workers for ISS Mediclean say...
FAILSWORTH Dynamos Football Club picked up a special award at their own end-of-year presentation. The club, which runs 27 teams and has 400 players, spent the day handing out...
WOODHOUSES waltzed to victory over Denton West in the Walkden Cup final after Luke Swards produced a memorable performance. He recorded the first century of his career and...
VANDALS and thieves have left their mark on the Binn Green car park at Dovestone reservoir after state-of-the-art solar panels were ripped from the roof and a new barrier was...
The search is on to find the Woman of Oldham 2010. The 18th Woman of Oldham lunch takes place at the White Hart Hotel, Lydgate, on September 22. The winner, who must live,...
DELPH were forced to settle for a draw at home to Slaithwaite in the Drakes Huddersfield League premiership after rain stopped play. The visitors posted 210 for eight and...
WOODHOUSES star Manzoor Ellahi has won the Sky Sports’ Cricket AM ‘Speed Gun Challenge’. Local bowlers took part in the event at Shaw Cricket Club in June,...
A river of colour flowed through town centre streets as the sixth annual Oldham Pride festival involved young people, dancers, police, councillors, entertainers and unions....
A Coppice shopkeeper has been prosecuted for selling counterfeit DVDs. Basharat Ali, of St Thomas Street North, was sentenced to 100 hours’ unpaid work and told to pay...
Prayers have been said at Oldham mosques over the weekend for victims of the floods in Pakistan which have claimed more than 1,300 lives. Rescue workers are struggling to save...
The family of an Oldham teenager who died following a car crash in Ashton have paid tribute to him. Waqar Alyas, 17, died after the car he was driving was followed by police...
PRIDE IN OLDHAM A POPULAR GP who has cared for four generations of the same family has been nominated for a Pride in Oldham award. Dr Kate Buckley was reluctant to let her...
