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AGAINST the national trend, which has seen unemployment soar to a 12-year high, the number of people out of work in Oldham fell in the last month. The total figure of 6,786 is...
Date Published 18/06/2009
OLDHAM have swooped to sign promising Benji Lloyd on a season-long loan from Huddersfield Giants. It represents a homecoming for the Oldham-born full-back, who played his...
Tories say 1,500 inmate jail plan a non-starter OLDHAM’S Conservatives believe a proposal to build a 1,500-inmate prison in Chadderton has been quashed. There was...
WITH pom-poms at the ready and gleaming smiles all round, youngsters get ready to bring some real American style to the Radclyffe School in the first annual Street Cheer Primary...
Espanyol have confirmed that Manchester City are keen to sign young midfielder Joan Angel Roman, but insist they are still waiting to receive a “satisfactory offer”...
CASUALTY departments are being forced to deal with emergency dental patients who fail to get treated by an NHS dentist, it has been claimed. The lack of NHS dentistry is...
FAILSWORTH tennis ace Daniel Smethurst refused to be downbeat after his Wimbledon campaign came to an end. The 19-year-old crashed out of the men’s doubles at the first...
Oldham is taking a tough line with illegal, trailer- mounted adverts that appear alongside roads. The initiative has been brought in to improve road safety and quickly deal...
OLDHAM will be handed an extra £20,000 to deal with booze-fuelled young people this summer. The town is one of 69 “youth crime priority” areas in line for a...
A FAILSWORTH councillor has been left fuming after a year-long campaign for a disabled parking bay for an 85-year-old woman was branded as inefficient. Councillor Ian Barker,...
THE SIGN is up for Oldham’s new £30m Roman Catholic high school. A council hoarding, erected by local firm Howard Jones Signs, now sits on the site of the former...
PIONEERING Saddleworth Rangers are about to fly out to play in Dubai for the second year running. The Greenfield club played the first ever officially-sanctioned rugby league...
Mosquitoes are buzzing in Oldham’s parks — and now the council has drawn up a set of rules to control them. They are not insects, but sound devices which emit a...
A lorry and trailer sideswiped a piece of Saddleworth history yesterday. The vehicle was turning into Bridge Street off Uppermill’s High Street when it collided with...
IT’S winner takes all at the Pollards tomorrow night when Oldham host Royton in a John Willie Lees Twenty20 Competition derby showdown. The final group fixtures in this...
OLDHAM Euro-MP Chris Davies has been awarded for his effort to highlight ways of curbing global warming emissions. At a ceremony in Bucharest, the MEP was praised for...
CHILDREN at Broadfield Primary School, Primrose Bank had double cause to celebrate. The energetic youngsters skipped their way into the record books by participating in the...
TIME stands still for no-one. That should be Austerlands Cricket Club’s motto as they continually move forward on and off the field. Plans are in the pipeline to further...
GENEROUS keep fit fans headed to the gym and helped raise funds for two youngsters with a rare condition. Active adults took part in an aerobathon to buy a specially-adapted...
AN Oldham MP has backed a union’s call to stop funding for politicians who support privatisation. Unison announced this week it would not be bankrolling the 64 MPs it...
NEWTONHURST surged six points clear at the top in the Ashton and Oldham Cricket Alliance after victory over Foresters. Thanks to an excellent knock of 52 from G Boyle, and...
AN open day at Hanging Chadder Farm in Royton was a big success as more than 1,000 people turned up. They met everything from alpacas and goats to cows, pigs and sheep as part...
A FINE 55 from Greenfield’s Alex Peters was in vain as the Lancashire County League, captained by club colleague Adam Hayes, lost their first group game in this...
AROUND 150,000 pupils, police officers and staff who took part in a national attempt to break the world record for the largest “walking bus” may have smashed the...
LOCAL duo Ethan Langhorn and David Orwell both played full games for England Lionhearts in the four nations international against Wales Dragonhearts, but couldn’t prevent...
A COUNCIL plan aimed at improving services will go before members next week. The main objectives of One Place, Many Choices, are to create: ::Safe neighbourhoods, with...
Salvation Army captains Anthony and Jill Colclough are bidding a fond farewell after what’s believed to be a record 11 years of service. Most Salvation Army ministers...
CROMPTON and Royton assistant professional Martin Beaty is spreading the golfing gospel in local schools. Beaty has begun weekly coaching sessions at Radclyffe and Our...
THOUSANDS of people are expected to descend on Alexandra Park for one of Oldham’s biggest annual events. The Mega Mela will be held in Alexandra Park on Sunday, July 12,...
OLDHAM East police officers went back to the classroom to try out new equipment. Members of the Oldham East neighbourhood policing team took their new laptop, projector and...
