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WELL over half the vehicles stopped in a police operation to improve road safety during winter were found to be defective. Officers from Greater Manchester Police’s...
Date Published 27/11/2009
A postman driven to steal money from letters he should have delivered in Oldham failed to win time off his jail term on appeal yesterday. Judge, Mrs Justice Rafferty, said the...
PUPILS at Royton Hall Primary School celebrated the start of the final phase of the demolition of their old school — Highbarn Junior — with a salvo from air horns....
CONTRACTORS are hard at work at Shaw station on the multi-million-pound project to convert the Oldham loopline to a Metrolink service. The switch from trains to trams will...
GROUNDWORK Oldham and Rochdale is recruiting a team of graduates to benefit local communities. The charity is looking for volunteer workers to take part in their v challenge...
In the latest Friday feature from the University of Huddersfield, chemistry lecturer Dr PAUL ELLIOTT takes a look at the heated issue of global warming Leaders from around the...
THE FRIDAY THING: Life, and other bits of the week NEVER mind the council’s cash crisis or that lots of teachers seem to think their job is crowd control rather than actually...
OLDHAM Council have confirmed publicly that they are actively negotiating with a specific site within the borough as they “desperately” try to assist the Roughyeds bid...
Date Published 26/11/2009
ATHLETIC officials are working hard to tie up deals on at least two fronts before the loan window closes at the end of today. Manager Dave Penney is almost certain to be...
PARK LIFE: WHAT was that smell? As the media hacks tunnelled their way through Boundary Park's main stand to the gym area which doubles as a post-match briefing room at the...
Manchester United goalkeeper Ben Foster was left rueing his luck as the club’s 23–match unbeaten home run in the Champions League came to an unexpected end. A goal...
PARK LIFE: DAVE Penney hopes that some tricky fixtures can bring out the best in his men. With one win in the last nine games, Athletic face a daunting couple of fixtures at...
PARK LIFE: TONY Philliskirk revealed that a catalogue of problems hampered the chances of his Athletic side in the 5-3 FA Youth Cup home defeat to Rochdale at Boundary Park last...
ICE HOCKEY: FOUR Manchester Phoenix stars have been selected for the Great Britain under-20s team. Defencemen Joe Graham and James Neil, along with team-mates Iain Bowie and...
AMATEUR RUGBY LEAGUE: JON KELLY was the hero for Oldham St Anne’s, who reached round two of the North-West Counties Challenge Cup with an 18-12 win at home to Haydock....
AMATEUR RUGBY LEAGUE: HIGGINSHAW coach John Mellor expects this weekend’s game at Rochdale Mayfield to go ahead in the North-West Counties League division four. A long...
A HOST of local talent helped Lancashire Under-19s beat their Yorkshire counterparts 26-12 at Elmpark Way, Heworth. Yorkshire needed to win by 15 points to take the county...
A funding wrangle has thrown plans for Oldham’s legendary beer festival into turmoil. The festival, which celebrates its 24th year next March, has raised more than...
AMATEUR RUGBY LEAGUE: OLDHAM St Anne’s have taken over top spot in the Rugby Oldham Amateur Club Challenge for season 2009/10. Saints reached the summit thanks to a...
TWO thugs armed with a handgun and a knife threatened a terrified shopworker in Oldham. The robbery happened at the Jays Wines and Spirits store on Stamford Road, Lees. A...
Oldham Council Cabinet COUNCIL tax hikes of 1 per cent across the borough would be needed to claw back the £811,000 shortfall from Oldham Council’s budget blunder...
DISTRAUGHT mum Debbie Dwyer is desperate to find a lost mobile telephone containing pictures of her baby girl who died when she was just one day old. The 29-year-old left the...
A BUSY main road out of Oldham was closed for an hour yesterday when a woman was cut free from her car after colliding with a bus. The Fiat driver also had a young passenger,...
The world’s biggest developing economy is asking a Chadderton school for advice on how to change its teaching methods via links with Chinese students and teachers....
Plans to teach children as young as five about domestic violence have been criticised by North-West Euro MP Paul Nuttall. The United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP)...
OLDHAMER Mark Flanagan, the former Wigan Warriors player now plying his trade with Australia’s Wests Tigers, brings you the latest from his trip Down Under. G’DAY...
A local housing association and building contractor transformed the Age Concern charity shop in Lees in a TV-style makeover. The revamp came about through Guinness Northern...
Temperatures are dropping and council chiefs are preparing to keep traffic moving during the worst of the winter weather. Oldham Council has drawn up detailed plans of...
ELDERLY and vulnerable bus passengers in Oldham are being given a helping hand to stay safe when they are out and about on the bus this winter. First in Manchester has...
BADMINTON: TARA had no trouble overcoming newly-promoted Lancashire Racquets B in the first division of the Oldham & Rochdale Badminton League. They were in control from...
