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TWO teenagers inspired by the Columbine school massacre planned a copycat killing spree. Loners Matthew Swift (18) and Ross McKnight (16), spent more than a year making...
Date Published 03/09/2009
Organisers of the Saddleworth Village Olympics will be looking skywards at the launch of the event this weekend. Because when a thousand balloons are released from Churchill...
Emma gets to grips with Bisto wrestling title IF you thought gravy was for pouring over pie and chips — think again. Oldhamer Emma Slater has grappled her way to...
PLANS for a multi-million-pound sports complex for young people in Hathershaw and Fitton Hill have been given the green light by Oldham Planning Committee. New Deal for...
Primary care receives shot in the arm COUNCILLORS have approved two plans for Primary Care Centres in Oldham. Community 1st Oldham Ltd has been granted permission by...
Chris Atherton, the brother of former England cricket captain Mike Atherton, has been bailed again by police until September 8. He was arrested in May on suspicion of causing...
Work colleagues hot foot it to Kenya to help the street children GRANDMOTHER Yvonne Swindells is taking supplies of socks to street children in Kenya. Mrs Swindells (57),...
LAW students Craig Graham and Gareth Smith have won their first case after taking on an international fashion chain. They launched the David versus Goliath action when the...
OUTLINE plans to erect a tram stop ready for the Metrolink extension at the existing railway corridor in Chadderton have been given the go-ahead by Oldham Planning Committee...
A SEMI-DERELICT former care home which has been attacked by arsonists and used by squatters is on a hit list for council action. Lake View opened in 1970 as a local authority...
Oldham Town Centre Partnership news A K will assess the condition of the former Oldham Town Hall which has been empty for years. Sara Hewitt, a regeneration officer at...
THE sky’s the limit for emergency care in the North-West thanks to a second life-saving helicopter. North-West Air Ambulance’s new, bright yellow Eurocopter 135...
Discount retail chain Matalan has kicked off a recruitment drive to hire 1,800 staff. The firm is hiring 1,500 temporary staff for the festive period and 300 permanent...
Forward facing spell on the sidelines ATHLETIC have been dealt a new injury blow after learning Deane Smalley may need surgery on his back. Dave Penney has revealed the...
Walk will raise money for popular Fletcher FUND-RAISERS are preparing for a moonlit walk around a lake to aid the recovery of a Shaw man. Popular Fletcher Hunt was left...
Mervill to go under the knife RICHARD MERVILL is out for the season and beyond after it was revealed that he has torn a bicep off the bone. A scan has revealed that the...
SWALLOWS had a birds-eye view of the official opening to Blackley Golf Club’s new £1.6 million clubhouse. They set up home in the new building almost before...
LOCAL snooker star Michael Wild (pictured) will play for England in the Home Internationals at Pontins, Prestatyn, this weekend. The Moorside break-builder, who competes in...
HOPES HIGH FOR SUCCESSFUL SEASON BOASTING 34 teams in three divisions, the 2009/10 D&J Builders (North West) Ltd Oldham Sunday League season starts in full this weekend....
GOLFERS raised £2,600 for Christie Hospital when Housing Units of Hollinwood held its latest charity event. The fundraiser at Saddleworth Golf Club was enjoyed by 52...
THOUSANDS of people are limbering up in readiness for a charity event that helps to fund repairs at crumbling churches and chapels. Ride and Stride is a sponsored walk or bike...
OLDHAM have the chance to destroy the CLL title dreams of Monton and Weaste at the Pollards on Sunday (12.45pm). Although the odds will be stacked against Chris...
RAIN wrecked one final and two semi-finals in the Ashton and Oldham Cricket Alliance. Heyside staged the finale to the Fawcett/Penney Supplementary Cup competition and, in a...
Bowlers toil as red-hot Zeeshan racks up the runs UPPERMILL batsman Zeeshan Khan is running riot in the Armstrongs Office Furniture Saddleworth and District Cricket League....
DELPH were saved from almost-certain defeat at home to Meltham in premiership one of the Drakes Huddersfield League. The visitors were 28 for one, chasing just 95 to win, when...
SPRINGHEAD recorded their fifth win of the season in division one of the Site Electrical North Manchester League. Replying to East Lancs PM’s total of 131, the Cooper...
THE final of the J W Lees Inter-League under-18 competition between the CLL and the Bolton League will be held at Heywood tomorrow (1pm). Werneth's Matthew and Joe Taylor are...
The momentous news that greeted Oldhamers returning from their Wakes holidays Seventy years ago today, the Second World War began for Oldhamers with a radio announcement from...
BUOYED by recording their first win of the Bridgewater Office Supplies Manchester League season on Saturday, Royton Town followed up with a 1-0 defeat of Old Alts in midweek....
OLDHAM Hulmeians have taken three points from their opening two games in Lancashire Amateur League division two. They opened their league campaign in encouraging fashion with...
