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ONE Oldham primary was classed as inadequate in the first four months of a tough new regime to weed out failing schools. St Margaret’s, Hollinwood, received the lowest...
Date Published 17/03/2010
£17m cancer unit now up and running A GRANDFATHER of four became the first patient to be treated at Oldham’s state-of-the-art £17million Christie...
GREATER Manchester fire-fighters who helped victims of the Haiti earthquake last night told the Government of their experiences. The team — which included Royton...
Oldham East and Saddleworth MP Phil Woolas has given ministerial backing to an all-party campaign to win a better deal for the north’s railways. MPs from Greater...
POLICE are continuing to investigate the murder of Andy Molloy who died after a fight outside a Yorkshire Street pub. The 25-year-old, of Falmouth Street, Hathershaw, was...
A HOMEOWNER bravely gave chase when he caught a burglar red-handed, coming out of his front door with goods he had just stolen. Mohammed Iqbal and a friend he was with,...
OLDHAM Macmillan nurse Amanda Storey is urging women to learn to spot the symptoms of ovarian cancer. Taking the time to find out what they are could save your life —...
TWO of Oldham’s colleges are key to the UK’s economic recovery, according to Gordon Brown. The Prime Minister heaped praise on Oldham 6th Form College and the...
RECORD numbers of motorists are being prosecuted for driving while using a hand-held mobile phone, new figures reveal. Richard Hooton asked shoppers in Oldham town centre if...
MUSIC-LOVERS can tune in to the sounds of seven bands on Sunday, all in a good cause. The Moss Inn, Heyside, hosts a fundraising gig with music to suit all tastes....
A VICAR from Chadderton and the manager of an optician’s from Royton are part of Mucho Gusto, five wandering minstrels singing arias, operatic recitals and songs from the...
FURIOUS motorists have lashed out after barriers on a major route to a motorway collapsed. Sections of plastic fencing, which is protecting work on an electric cable on the...
A hundred years of swimming at Royton pool were celebrated with drinks and a cake this week. The Mayor, Councillor Jim McArdle, and Oldham’s Youth Mayor, Mohammed Adil...
CHANNEL HOPPING: WITH a string of smash hits, 50 number ones and an OBE to his name, song-writing supremo Pete Waterman now feels the time is right to throw in the towel....
JUDGING is complete and now everyone is awaiting for the big night at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on Monday when the second One Oldham Business Awards will be presented. Ninety...
Top business people finalists Business Man Gavin Wheeldon Applied Language Solutions Ltd., Delph EMPLOYING more than 100 people in eight countries in a...
Top business finalists Business of the Year (under £1 million turnover) AMPwire Ltd., Chadderton AMPwire began producing bespoke products for air handling...
Business finalists Retail Alexander Jewellers, Oldham Alexander Jewellers is a high-quality modern jewellery retail outlet serving both quality and branded products...
Business people finalists Young Entrepreneur Anjub Ali/Sulaiman Mirza, Mirzali Architecture BUSINESS partners Anjub Ali and Sulaiman Mirza have a social conscience as...
THE family of young Sahil Saeed, kidnapped by gunmen in Pakistan, were today “overjoyed” after he was found safe and well. The five-year-old, from Shaw, was...
Date Published 16/03/2010
TRIBUTES have poured in following the death of a man attacked in a street brawl Andy Molloy died in hospital after being involved in a fight outside an Oldham pub in the early...
THE chairman of the former Oldham Town football club is facing jail after admitting at Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester, yesterday, to a string of sexual offences against...
A 25-year-old Oldham mum was told yesterday that her efforts to change her life had come too late to ever have a chance of getting her two-year-old son back. The woman, who...
THE head of one of Oldham’s controversial academies has stepped down before it even opens. Mystery surrounds the surprise departure of Jackie Nellis who was appointed...
A POLICEMAN who ran away from a fellow officer evaded arrest for five hours in an attempt to reduce alcohol levels in his body, a court heard yesterday. Magistrates at...
PLANNED refurbishment of Royton swimming pool has been postponed. The pool, in Park Street, was set to be redeveloped in the autumn as part of the new Royton Wellbeing Centre,...
MARTYN TORR on the way cash aid is playing its part in combating the local effects of the recession positive action to prevent Oldham centre becoming a ghost town are being...
YOUNGSTERS have been let loose on revamped play areas across the borough thanks to a £1.2million programme. The Playbuilder scheme will fund improvements to 22 of...
THE expertise of one of Chadderton’s best-known volunteers, heralded for her work turning round the fortunes of Coalshaw Green Park, has been called on to help save other...
SPORTS development in Oldham has been ranked as the best in the UK. Oldham Council’s Integrated Youth Services (IYS) was rated excellent and scored 97 per cent in the...
