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‘Ted looked very strong and inspired respect’ THE Dutch author of a book featuring an Oldham war veteran has revealed how he came to tell the story of a group of...
Date Published 25/01/2010
DON’T stop the music — that’s the message from local Conservatives as charities, village halls and local groups face a new tax on playing radios or CDs....
OLDHAM teachers are benefiting from an £800,000 programme to help them master their profession. The borough’s schools are among the first in the country to take...
OLDHAM adults are being offered the chance to learn a new skill for 2010 with free training courses. Local employment charity Highway to Opportunities (H2O) will help people...
SHAW’S Kershaw Street car park is to get a revamp to make it more accessible and with increased spaces. Oldham Council is to spend £70,000 on improvements, using...
FORGET Susan Boyle, Paul Potts and Diversity . . . the borough’s youngsters have got the O-Factor. Bollywood glamour, salsa, drama, singing, choral speaking and music...
Some of the most historic locations in the North-West can now be explored with the click of a mouse on Google’s Street View mapping. English Heritage’s most famous...
THE ART OF WAITING: I waited. And I waited. Any time now, I thought. Any time now. But still inspiration didn’t come. Every week I pen these in-depth educational articles...
Two expelled, several suspended TWO pupils have been expelled and several suspended after children as young as 13 were found dealing drugs at Saddleworth School. Two boys,...
Date Published 22/01/2010
NEARLY 400 malnourished patients are being discharged from hospitals across Greater Manchester every month — more than anywhere else in the country. Figures from the...
AN Oldham kitchen firm has been hit with a £4,000 fine for displaying illegal advertising trailers. Kitchens With Style, based in Fields New Road in Chadderton, was also...
A HUNDRED police raids across Greater Manchester have resulted in 600 arrests in a crackdown on crime. The operation has also seen the arrest of a dozen drug dealers and the...
Sigh of relief for GMP chiefs NEW statistics suggest Greater Manchester Police has achieved its most significant drop in crime for two years — plummeting by 13.4 per...
Medical reports halt murder probe THE trial of a former paratrooper accused of killing two colleagues in Iraq last year has been postponed for psychiatric reports. Danny...
AN Oldham man jailed over a plot to smuggle massive amounts of heroin into the North-West has failed to convince top judges his 15-year jail term was over the top. Imran...
A CHADDERTON man has been charged in connection with an investigation into the sexual abuse of children dating back more than 20 years. David Ferron, of Mills Hill Road, is...
THE daughter of an heroic Royton firefighter battling to save lives in quake-hit Haiti says her dad is fast becoming a local celebrity. Peter Stevenson (48) has been leading...
OLDHAM’S most senior health chief has backed Government proposals to crackdown on cheap booze promotions by introducing a compulsory code. Alan Higgins, the...
THE public are being urged to shop a burglar when they visit their local supermarket this weekend. Police and community support officers will be at eight stores across Oldham...
THE bad weather has provided a bumper boost to trade for some vehicle repairers. Business could more than double for some companies in the country — with family-run...
THE FOUR key themes for the Chadderton District Plan have been chosen by Chadderton District Partnership. Chadderton Working Group has selected Safe and Strong Communities,...
Dr Bob Cyminski, Dean of applied sciences at the University of Huddersfield looks at the man’s fascination with the sun and the latest attempts to harness its awesome power...
THE Chadderton District Partnership has agreed to provide £2,900 to install a vehicle-activated sign in Foxdenton Lane. Funding was also approved in principle for a...
I mean, well, wow! For its 25th anniversary Cameron Mackintosh has had this always-stunning Boublil and Schonberg masterpiece washed, brushed up and botoxed and the result is...
THE FRIDAY THING: Life, and other bits... IF some villainous yob, or gang of villainous yobs, breaks into your house intent on nicking your telly, car keys (and car), PC,...
ATHLETIC boss Dave Penney is urging that the focus be placed on vital games to come. Following on from the disappointing home draw with Tranmere in midweek, Penney is promising...
OLDHAM will set out to claim the Law Cup against Hornets RL on Sunday for the first time in six years. And two of the Roughyeds’ many new youngsters, Ben Mellor and Joe...
MOSSLEY are on the look-out for a temporary base to play their home fixtures after the remaining six floodlight pylons at Seel Park were condemned. The Lilywhites were due to...
AMATEUR FOOTBALL: A CRACKING match is in prospect tomorrow when Royton Town entertain Avro at Glebe Street, in the quarter-final of the Bridgewater Office Supplies Manchester...
CARLOS Tevez has added more spice to next week’s Carling Cup semi–final derby showdown. The City convert described his former Manchester United team–mate...
