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Construction companies found out about the opportunities to get work from Oldham’s £130 million housing project at a special seminar in Chadderton. The focus was...
Date Published 28/04/2010
PEARSON Hinchliffe has become a limited liability partnership and will be known as Pearson Hinchliffe LLP. An LLP is a relatively new form of business structure, similar in...
A BESPOKE ventilation system for a new smoke house that plays a key role in fire-fighter training has been designed for West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Services by Oldham...
Burglars, robbers and car thieves were given nowhere to hide as police cracked down on local crime. The West Oldham Neighbourhood Policing Team stepped up patrols in Alexandra...
Date Published 27/04/2010
Lads hitch a ride back with the Navy THE Royal Navy came to the rescue of two Oldham lads stranded in Spain by the flights ban — but they still endured a marathon...
POLICE have released a CCTV image of a man they are looking for following a robbery at a betting shop in Royton last month. Two men knocked on the door of Coral Bookmakers on...
COPPICE Primary School head teacher Diana Taylor is back at school after a three-and-a-half day trip by land and sea. And she vowed “I never want to see a coach...
POLICE have insisted they are doing all they can to monitor sex offenders — as it was revealed 15 were missing across Greater Manchester and more than 300 are missing in the...
But do their election pledges add up? MOVE over Paxman, a Saddleworth School teacher has shown how to grill the country’s top politicians. First-time voter Kate Milnes put...
SADDLEWORTH took a step back in time with traditional dress and transport. The Horseboating Society held its fourth “legging” of Stanedge Tunnel along with a...
A Rochdale man involved in a massive £20 million cocaine-dealing plot had his sentence backed by top judges yesterday. Mark Sindrey (38) was sentenced to 15 years and...
A SADDLEWORTH man is taking part in a gruelling 147-mile bike ride to raise funds for a hospice which made his father’s final wish come true. Warren Flaherty (38), from...
ENGINEERS are racing to refurbish ageing Metrolink trams in time for the start of the Oldham service next year. They are expected to begin services between Victoria and...
ELECTION 2010 A Conservative Parliamentary candidate for the May 6 election has missed two key local election hustings meetings. Kamran Ghafoor, who is fighting for the...
ELECTION 2010 TORY plans to put private investment before the public sector will devastate the North-West, Labour has warned. Health Minister Andy Burnham said with 673,000...
ELECTION 2010 WHILE political party leaders have been on the campaign trail canvassing for votes, a Failsworth baker has found a much tastier way to gauge local...
ELECTION 2010 CAMPAIGN STATEMENT by Paul Larkin, Liberal Democrat candidate, Ashton (inc Failsworth & part of Hollinwood) WELL, the election is finally here. At last...
ELECTION 2010 CAMPAIGN STATEMENT by Shahid Miah, Respect Party candidate for Oldham West and Royton THE Respect Party was set up in 2004, formed because of the need for a...
ELECTION 2010 CAMPAIGN STATEMENT by David Lomas, BNP candidate, Ashton MY name is David Lomas. I am your British National Party (BNP) Parliamentary candidate for the...
THE family of a woman killed in the July 7 London bomb attacks have questioned whether the emergency services could have saved her after learning she survived for 45 minutes after...
The world’s first road-legal golf buggy has arrived in the UK — and is being supplied from a business in Oldham. Offering a low-cost alternative to electric and...
Lewis Jones SADDLEWORTH PARISH COUNCIL: Members of Saddleworth Parish Council clashed over the future handling of the effects of treacherous winter weather. “It all...
SADDLEWORTH PARISH COUNCIL: Parish councillors agreed that it may be time to scale back plans for the refurbishment of facilities at Uppermill’s Civic Hall if costs...
A 71-YEAR-OLD woman suffered a broken elbow after a thug slammed a car door on her arm in Newhey. The victim had been visiting a friend when she returned to her car in Haugh...
TRADITIONAL transport ruled the streets of Saddleworth once more during a nostalgic event. Up to 20 horse and carts, some coming from as far as Sheffield and Rotherham,...
IT is 50 happy returns for a group which has raised around £169,000 for Oldham patients and their families. The Royal Oldham Hospital League of Friends celebrated its...
OLDHAM’S 12,000 council tenants face a brighter future now they have voted for a new landlord, bringing in money to improve their homes, say supporters of the transfer. But...
Daffodil display a hit in Shaw A HOST of golden daffodils is brightening up Shaw and Crompton after the hardy flowers beat the winter weather. The blooms start on Oldham...
Low crowds blamed ATHLETIC chief executive Alan Hardy expects next season’s playing budget to be slashed as a result of poor crowds. Pay cuts for current players are...
THE RUGBY League will take no further action against Oldham centre Mick Fogerty, who was sent off near the end of his side’s Carnegie Challenge Cup fourth-round defeat at...
