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LEADERS have dismissed fears that a Royton school is descending into chaos after a number of staff suspensions and redundancies. Five staff members at Our Lady’s High...
Date Published 23/06/2010
The budget was tough but fair, good for small and medium-sized businesses, but worrying for those on the lowest incomes. That was the view across Oldham after Chancellor...
Slashing almost £7 million from the Greater Manchester Police budget will lead to cuts in the front line and the ability to tackle crime effectively, the Government has been...
POLICE are being plagued by a rapper who has made thousands of nuisance 999 calls over 18 months. Since January, 2009, the man has pestered Greater Manchester Police by...
VANDALS have been blamed for a blaze at a former railway building at Mumps station. Fire-fighters from Hollins and Chadderton were called to the two-storey control building at...
Oldham’s internationally renowned Music Service is reaching 92 per cent of local schools and teaches around 6,000 children each week. And the service is also expanding...
RESIDENTS have thanked police for ridding their neighbourhood of anti-social behaviour. Officers from the Royton and Shaw Neighbourhood Policing Team have been cracking down...
Oldham parents are being warned about the dangers of loose blind cords after two children were strangled in Staffordshire. Trading Standards officers say traders and customers...
Passengers travelling through Greenfield train station will already know bubbly ticket officer Richelle Walsh, but thanks to their help she has now received national recognition....
More places across Oldham are proving to be breastfeeding-friendly and providing a welcome to nursing mothers. There are 26 venues signed up to the Breastfeeding Friendly...
A CHADDERTON GP is hoping a guide she has written about breathing difficulties will help sufferers of the condition. Dr Anita Sharman, from South Chadderton Health Centre,...
SCIENCE moved up a gear for pupils in Oldham when a race car expert gave them the inside track to Formula One. Richard Hopkirk, of McLaren Racing, visited students at Royton...
OLD-fashioned pastimes made a comeback at a trailblazing school initiative. Pupils enjoyed playing Victorian games and learning about Victorian life on the official launch day...
POSH frocks and smart suits were the order of the day for Counthill School students who celebrated in style at their end-of-year prom. Youngsters donned their finest fashions...
AS England prepares to take on Slovenia in a make-or-break match this afternoon (23), the World Cup is proving to be an eye-opening tournament, not only for the shock match...
England have made it through to the knockout stages of the World Cup... just! They managed a 1-0 win over Slovenia thanks to a Jermaine Defoe goal but produced a poor second-half...
TWO Saddleworth sisters are on a high-level mission . . . to raise funds for a needy children’s charity. Amanda and Beverley Flynn, from Grasscroft, are members of the...
A STEAM locomotive which was once a workhorse at the old Agecroft power station is being restored with major help from a specialist Oldham engineering company. The 28-ton...
Jacobson backs new boss to transform Latics JOE JACOBSON believes new Athletic boss Paul Dickov can follow in the footsteps of another of League One's bright young bosses....
OLDHAM toy distributor Character Group has turned around its balance sheet in the first half of the new financial year and announced a pre-tax profit of £3.73million....
ENGLAND coach Fabio Capello was in belligerent mood as England went in today’s make-or-break World Cup clash with Slovenia. “We will be fit to fight -...
GOLF: RACHEL Connor’s father has been speaking of his pride after the talented teenager shattered the course record in the Tate and Lyle Players Championship at Hickory...
TWO business partners who came up with an idea for the home delivery of meals have been overwhelmed by the success of their new venture. David Ward (38), from Shaw, and Lee...
ATHLETIC are on the look-out for one more pre-season game with which to complete their programme. So far the list contains six matches in which manager Paul Dickov will cast...
Management at G&G Carpet Warehouse and Bed Centre in Lees are to sponsor Oldham rugby league coach Tony Benson. Staff at the family business have been so impressed with...
HALF-BACK Mick Diveney scored 19 points as Oldham’s reserves twice came from behind to win 31-28 in a tight game at Hunslet. The Roughyeds trailed 18-6 after half an...
TWO of the region’s most experienced family lawyers are doing an office-swap. For one day each week, former BBC Radio Manchester legal eagle Jon Comyn-Platt will desert...
Saddleworth communications consultancy Pelican PR has appointed two new consultants — Chloe Butterick and Fiona Shackleton. An experienced PR professional, Fiona (26),...
TABLE TENNIS: PING-PONG princess Abigail Griffith became the first person from the North-West since 1995 to win the English Nationals under-11s tournament. Fearless Abigail...
POLE Travel, an independent agent in Failsworth, has scooped a Travel Weekly Magazine Mystery Shopper award. The magazine’s spy wanted to follow the England football...
