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Shaw and Crompton Parish Council COUNCILLORS have welcomed plans for Shaw and Crompton’s new super-health centre. They approved an application for building a...
Date Published 05/08/2009
The life of a forgotten Oldham public health officer whose work echoes the present flu pandemic, is celebrated on TV tonight. Dr James Niven was Oldham’s Medical Officer...
Big Brother will be helping Oldham’s First bus drivers improve their driving styles and earn more money. Buses will be fitted with the latest GPS technology that can...
A pair of Oldham newlyweds were determined to show that life was more than just a bed of roses. When the 84-strong party arrived to celebrate their big day, guests were...
DELPH couple Kevin and Julie Gilroy have become the first to kick their 20-a-day smoking habit with a little help from The Co-operative Pharmacy. The pair signed up to the...
CONSERVATION charity Groundwork has appointed a new commercial services manager to set up new construction projects. Phil Treaton was recruited to the post in early July...
A SPINDLES security guard endured a hair-raising experience as he raised money for charity. Phillip Jacks bravely agreed to let his girlfriend Rachel Cunnane and trained...
MORE than a 100 run-down flats and maisonettes have been demolished in Primrose Bank. The properties, built in the 1960s, will be replaced by around 200 new homes close to...
TOP o’th morning to ye. No prizes for guessing where I’ve been the past two weeks. Enjoying the best of what the Emerald Isle could throw at me. Mostly rain. I...
20 jobs now, 50 later as sound of sewing returns to mill MANUFACTURING is returning to the Ram Mill in Chadderton, creating 20 jobs in the short term and, ultimately, up to 50...
STAFF at BAE Systems, Chadderton, are celebrating after their contribution to the success of the inaugural One Oldham Business Awards was recognised. A senior manager who...
PR firm adds to booming account Pittilla PR, the leading baby, nursery and gift specialists based in Oldham, has gained three new clients taking its total account wins to...
A LOCAL entrepreneur has launched a business targeting mums-to-be. Miracle Birthing Kits Ltd has been set up by Helan Graham as a convenient and innovative way for pregnant...
AN aerospace consultancy is hopeful of creating 10 new jobs after being given £100,000 from the Northwest Regional Development Agency to buy new equipment. Aerotech Design...
Hundreds of Oldham’s youngsters will be eagerly (or not so eagerly) awaiting this year’s A level and GCSE results. Don’t miss your chance to see their names and results in the...
A SCHOOL already hit by claims that its attendance figures were altered, is now being investigated for exam irregularities. The exam boards AQA and Edexcel have confirmed that...
Date Published 04/08/2009
Oldham Athletic has been criticised for charging the public to attend an open forum about the club’s controversial plans to move to Failsworth. Up to 300 visitors will...
‘Lynne is a real hero, a brave lady’ THE woman at the centre of a dramatic river rescue operation talked today about her escape. Seventy-seven-year-old Barbara...
POLICE were called to Hamilton Street, Oldham, yesterday afternoon following the discovery of a man’s body. It is believed to be a 58-year-old who has been missing from...
THE funeral of murder victim Junaid Khan was due to take place this afternoon. The 21-year-old, of Cotton Mill Crescent, Werneth, was shot 17 times in the car park of a...
A Royton soldier cheated death by inches when a rocket-propelled grenade whizzed past his head as he fought in Afghanistan. LCpl Jamie Ford (20) has been in the Helmand...
A SHAW woman has spoken of her horror after her grand-daughter was punched, bitten and stamped on in a brutal assault. The 19-year-old victim was left in an unrecognisable...
A FURTHER collapse of an underground drain has been blamed for work still taking place to repair a huge hole in a troublesome road. But council chiefs say there is light at...
AN exciting vision which would turn Dovestone into the “great escape” for millions of people has been revealed. Roy Taylor, the RSPB’s conservation manager for northern...
GARDEN Suburb celebrated its 100th annual Rose Queen Gala with a right royal line-up when 35 former rose queens — some living as far away as Australia and Germany —...
OLDHAM’S parks apprenticeship scheme has been hailed as one of the best in the country after being chosen to host a workshop to show other local authorities how to do it....
A FORMER post office could become one of Oldham’s remotest takeaways if planners agree. The former Scouthead Post Office in Huddersfield Road closed last year, part of a...
RESIDENTS from across Failsworth and Hollinwood are being urged to have their say on community matters at the new PACT meetings next week. New members and familiar faces can...
FIRST stop, New York — that was the exciting cry at Shawside nursing home, when residents were treated to a virtual world cruise. Old folks got a taste of the Big Apple...
AN Oldham engineer is warning youngsters of the shocking effects of playing too close to overhead power lines. Ian Riordan, United Utilities’ network engineer, who lives...
