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PENSIONERS are being urged to give bogus callers the cold shoulder following a spate of burglaries in Failsworth and Shaw. In four of the six incidents, the offender knocked...
Date Published 08/03/2010
THIS is the man police are hunting after he stalked a teenager and threatened him into handing over his mobile telephone. He followed his 14-year-old victim on to the 184 bus...
THE trams are coming to Oldham this summer — or at least they will be able to set off in the right direction after a vital junction is built in Manchester. Although work...
AROUND 70 Oldham court workers today started a two-day strike in protest at plans to slash redundancy payments by up to a third. The industrial action will cripple Oldham...
COUNCIL staff will have to take three days of their annual holiday allowance over New Year in a bid to save £85,000. Employees were told to book days off on December...
A PAIR of noisy neighbours were slapped with fines and court costs of more than £1,200 after their rowdy ways breached a court order. Sharon Hunt and Wayne Trayers, of...
GIVE us a call — that’s the police message which went out to Oldham and across the North-West today in the latest fight against terrorism. Detective Chief...
Oldham’S Queen Elizabeth Hall will be filled with the sound of music as hundreds of talented youngsters mark the 40th anniversary of a national charity. Music For Youth...
PROUD Jennifer Barker pulled off a masterstroke for her church when she talked Gallery Oldham into loaning a striking sculpture. Arthur Dooley’s “Dachau” is...
HARD-WORKING pupils across Oldham will be wearing trendy badges with pride after being rewarded for perfect school attendances. The badges created by Crayola and designer Ben...
SHARE the Care Week is a national campaign aiming to recruit 7,000 new short break carers for disabled children and their families across the country. Oldham Family Link...
VISITORS to Oldham Library can now pick up a cake and a cuppa alongside their books, CDs and DVDs. Cafe Culture has opened its doors in Gallery Oldham allowing customers to...
THOUSANDS of blue bins are set to be delivered to Oldham households as residents back the borough’s recycling push. Since the end of January, 25,000 residents have...
LOCAL author Trevor Hoyle is asking readers to take a trip back in time to the black-and-white 1950s in his new novel. “Down the Figure 7” tells of a gang of lads...
Future stars put through their paces MEDAL winners of the future faced new sporting challenges when they took part in the borough’s second Gold Factor Day. Teenagers...
A soldier musician from Oldham will proudly perform near his home town this month in a premier Army band. The ‘Redfriday’ concert at Hyde Town Hall, on March 26,...
FAILSWORTH School has been honoured for using sport as one of the ways to drive up achievement. It was handed a National Innovations Award by the Youth Sport Trust at the...
The Art of Being AWARD WINNING: I don’t have to tell you that my mantlepiece is jam-packed. “Not another one,” I’m regularly heard to say,...
ATHLETIC boss Dave Penney is likely to throw new loan signing Daniel Nardiello into tomorrow’s crucial League One basement battle at Exeter. Signed until the end of the...
Date Published 05/03/2010
FIVE players - two from Oldham and three from Swinton - will go before the Rugby League disciplinary committee on Tuesday following the last-minute flare-up that marred the...
TONY BENSON refuses to take Blackwood Bulldogs lightly when they visit Sedgley Park RUFC on Sunday (3pm kick-off). The Roughyeds coach is set to field a no-nonsense line-up as...
Ji–sung Park has set his sights on completing a hat–trick of trophies with Manchester United this season. After helping the Red Devils retain the Carling Cup by...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: CHADDERTON are setting their sights on the semi-finals of the Vodkat North-West Counties League Division One Trophy tomorrow. Paul Buckley’s side...
AMATEUR FOOTBALL: ALL eyes are on tomorrow’s Bridgewater Office Supplies Manchester League Gilgryst Cup semi-finals. Title contenders Avro and Hollinwood, who were...
Warwick United 1, Golden Buck 4 AMATEUR FOOTBALL: GOLDEN Buck reached their fifth Ashton Sunday League Vic Marsden Trophy final after getting the better of Warwick United at...
AMATEUR FOOTBALL: JOHNNY PAULEY put Limeside Athletic ‘B’ to the sword in division two of the D&J Builders (North-West) Ltd Oldham Sunday League. The Famous...
ICE HOCKEY: Manchester Phoenix will look to regain some form when they take on two lower-placed English Premier League teams. They travel to bottom-of-the-table Romford...
AMATEUR RUGBY: SADDLEWORTH Rangers are back in league action tomorrow when they entertain bottom-of-the-table Heworth at Shaw Hall Bank Road (2.30pm kick-off). Keith...
BOXING: UP-AND-COMING boxer John Newell gained a new admirer after claiming a notable scalp in his latest contest. The North Chadderton pupil, who stands at 6ft 3in, clinched...
ANGLING: WELL-KNOWN Oldham angler Pete Humphries (Gilders) showed that he can mix it with the best in Brookside Fisheries Sunday open match fished on Snake and Willow lakes....
