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DIY giants Wickes are the latest company to nail down a sponsorship deal with Oldham Rugby League Club. New pre-match warm-up tops to be worn by the promotion-seeking...
Date Published 21/07/2010
GOLF: CROMPTON and Royton captain Keith Banham is leading after the first round of his own competition! The Captain’s Prize first round was held at the club last weekend...
THREE people arrested after kitchen boss Vance Miller claimed more than £100,000 had been stolen from his business have been rebailed until August 6. A 23-year-old man...
THE future of Oldham’s three academies and two new schools is being considered by Education Minister Michael Gove. On Monday, Oldham Council submitted final...
OLDHAM will hold its first ever cap and gown graduation procession tomorrow morning. More than 160 University Campus Oldham (UCO) students will walk from the High Street to...
A 31-YEAR-OLD Werneth woman was killed after the car she was travelling in collided with a tree in Derbyshire. Afshan Tariq, of Fern Street, was a passenger in a black VW Golf...
A DEDICATED head teacher who touched the lives of hundreds of pupils collapsed and died following her school’s leavers’ assembly. Jackie Greenhalgh (57) suffered a...
GOLF: THREE was the magic number for Chris Rabbich in the Royton Sword. The 21-year-old, from High Crompton, recorded eight successive threes, six of them birdies, on his way...
YOUNG musicians have scooped a stunning hat-trick of awards at the National Festival of Music for Youth. Three local groups — the Contemporary Music Group, Bare Trees...
GOLF: STAMFORD missed out on the chance to pull clear at the top of the Oldham and District Golf League’s ‘A’ Division. They were held to a 4-4 home draw by...
A shopkeeper has been prosecuted after selling fake Bollywood DVDs from his store in Coppice. Sajid Mahmood, (35), of Werneth Hall Road, Coppice, was caught when Trading...
A SMALL band of Travellers has set up camp on land between Higginshaw Lane and Higginshaw Road. A total of six caravans plus vans and cars parked up on the patch of open land....
GOLF: DAN Riley has set his first golfing record at the tender age of eight. The talented youngster, who attends Royton Hall School, has set an amazing standard for juniors...
Young entrepreneur Kya Meylan has proved she has a real head for business at 13. Her innovative idea for bottle tops that add flavour to bottled water has won the fourth...
GOLF: OLDHAM’S women have reached the South-East finals of the Lancashire Handicap Shield after topping their group They will play their semi-final – and hopefully...
BOXING: FRIENDS Mark Wall and Phil Bunton will go toe-to-toe on Saturday in the culmination of a charity fund-raising event. Wall and Bunton, along with Joe Marland, organised...
A PIONEERING dental nurse cadet scheme has resulted in every graduate securing a job. The latest group of 16 Oldham College students have now started work, taking the total...
Oldham’s generosity in supporting Francis House Children’s Hospice, Didsbury, has led to the appointment of a full-time fundraiser for the borough. Jemma Fitton...
SPORTS BETTING: JOE Cole’s move to Liverpool may have come as a shock to some - not least Manchester United and Spurs supporters - but his signing and the decision to stay...
THE countdown is on to the opening of Oldham’s new street market. Stalls will open for business in Albion Street and Curzon Street on Friday. Deputy council leader...
FUTURE plans for Crompton Moor will be discussed at a meeting tomorrow. Oldham Council has been looking at how best to enhance the recreational, educational and social...
CLEANSING products conglomerate Reckitt Benckiser has agreed a £2.5 billion deal to snap up the consumer goods group behind Durex and Scholl footcare. Reckitt will pay...
A former chairman of Chadderton Urban District Council has died aged 92. Christopher Shepherd, formerly of Cinder Hill Lane, Chadderton, died last Thursday and his funeral...
TALENTED young Oldham actors are taking their latest show — a musical play about war — to the Edinburgh Festival next month. Oldham Theatre Workshop’s...
CRICKET: UPPERMILL under-17s were nearly overhauled by Moorside in the Saddleworth and District Cricket League. A score of 152 for three looked enough but Moorside ran them...
DR Kershaw’s Hospice came alive with the sound of music as visitors enjoyed a summer garden party. Actor John Henshaw, who can currently be seen in TV adverts for the...
CRICKET: OLDHAM under-13s have received a home draw against the winners of Lancaster and Bolton in the semi-finals of the Lancashire Schools Hacking Cup. They hit top form in...
SAILING: DOVESTONE Sailing Club returned to their roots for the All-comers ‘B’ One-Day Trophy, with a Mirror dinghy among the prizes for the first time in many years....
STYLISH New Bridge pupils pulled out all the stops for their end-of-school prom. They arrived in limos, posh frocks and cool suits for the glamorous bash at the Hollinwood...
HANDBALL: ROYTON and Crompton School’s Year 10 handball team clinched the English Handball Association under-15 Championship. They equalised against Tarpoley High School...
