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Three people have been arrested following an armed robbery at a supermarket in Greenfield. The raiders, one brandishing an ice pick, threatened staff and customers in the...
Date Published 09/07/2009
A HIGH-speed rail line from London must run to the North and not end at Birmingham, the man in charge told MPs yesterday. Sir David Rowlands said it made no economic sense to...
AMATEUR goalkeeper Ian Green, who once had to take a day off work to play for Oldham Athletic against Sunderland, has died at the age of 48 following a long illness. It was...
Poorly Azra in six-hour ordeal AN angry mum has blasted Oldham’s out-of-hours health service following a six-hour ordeal to find medication for her poorly daughter....
Fury over car park fees FURIOUS blood donors have accused the council of bleeding them dry by making them pay to park at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. The National Blood...
Guests at the farewell concert for Music Centre director Eileen Bentley will get their parking penalty notices scrapped after a civic blunder. Enforcement staff slapped...
FORMER team mates and coaches of talented Leeds Rhinos player Andrew Curwell will wear their rugby colours at his funeral. The 18-year-old, from Delph, died on June 18 after...
Life of a teacher, cricketer, and trader TO say that Royton’s John Cleary is a man of many parts is a bit like saying that the Australians are a bit fond of winning...
A TALENTED comedy writer hopes to have audiences in stitches when his work is featured at a fringe alternative to the Manchester International Festival. The work of David...
AN Oldham company has sold three cars it supplied to footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, in the wake of his record-breaking £80 million transfer to Real Madrid. Vehicle...
TRANSPORT chiefs are taking their fight for more train carriages in Greater Manchester to the Government. Leading members of Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority...
Primary school pupils have teamed up with police to have a say on how officers make their neighbourhood safer. Each month, 25 pupils from St Thomas’s CE Primary School,...
PEOPLE who need help with doing simple tasks at home, such as taking a bath, will get a boost to their quality of life. A new joint council and health service scheme for...
IT’S back — and it promises to attract the biggest crowd ever! Oldham Mela comes under the spotlight at Alexandra Park on Sunday with a host of international acts...
THE Oldham Eagles skated into Grange School to convince sport-loving youngsters that roller-hockey is worth a look. The Eagles, who practise at the Oldham Sports Centre and...
A devoted family will pedal off to Blackpool on Sunday in memory of 15-year-old Ashley Livesey, who died from sudden adult death syndrome. His father Gary, twin sister Lucy,...
Uppermill Band has scored a hat- trick of awards in quick step, march and hymn tune contests. The band, fresh from winning six prizes in nine contests on Whit Friday in...
FREE lessons are going swimmingly for young people at Oldham’s pools. Some sessions at Oldham pool were fully booked within days as people aged from 16 to 25 take...
Elbow and the Halle, Bridgewater Hall, for the Manchester International Festival If the best popular music is a celebration, everyone in Manchester - and far beyond - must be...
ISN’T it amazing how some people have the knack of telling you things you would really rather not know? I once used to knock about with a girl whose father had died. The...
A 33-YEAR-OLD man was subjected to a vicious “Reservoir Dogs” style attack in which a machete-wielding gang cut off his ear, leaving him scarred for life. The...
Date Published 08/07/2009
WEDDING bells rang for one of the Christie at Oldham Campaign’s biggest supporters in a fairtytale wedding to rival the best. Lisa Veal had just four weeks to plan her...
A terrified shop assistant was threatened at gunpoint when a masked raider demanded cash. The victim was standing behind the counter at the Armadale Mini-market, Dukinfield,...
Beer walk chairman staggered by fund-raising result Jubilant Saddleworth Beer Walk chairman Richard Taylor is celebrating a record-breaking success with a pint pot . . ....
A GUN, believed to have been used in the murder of an innocent shop assistant in Salford, was found under a car in Primrose Bank. The weapon, a Mac-10 submachine pistol, which...
THREE members of staff at the same Oldham firm have been diagnosed with swine flu. The administrative staff at H20 water services, in Huddersfield Road, have been recuperating...
Former Coronation Street star Sean Wilson is to play a brand new real life role as a Saddleworth cheesemaker. Sean, who played Martin Platt in the hit soap for 10 years, has...
A UNIT which transforms the lives of some of the borough’s most vulnerable pupils — from excluded youngsters to teenage mums — is among the country’s...
Learning is a way of life for apprentice decorator Kate Roberts, from First Choice Homes Oldham. And her success has led her to the top — Kensington Roof Gardens in...
Fire risk assessments are being carried out on flats in Oldham as investigators try to unravel the cause of the London tower block tragedy. Oldham’s review was prompted...
