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THERE’S no lycra, no muscle men and no mirrors — and that’s just how the Gymophobics like it. The women-only gym in High Street, Oldham town centre, has...
Date Published 27/05/2009
A FORMER sixth-form pupil at Blue Coat School travelled to London to receive a Duke of Edinburgh gold award from Prince Philip. Jennifer Hughes, who is now studying Earth...
THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD, Lowry Guays I’ve always had a problem with this most acclaimed of J M Synge’s darkly-comic plays. It has seemed to me that the...
25-years and drive doesn’t tire... TWENTY five years ago, when Peter Beswick found himself facing redundancy, he took a deep breath and bought the company. Convinced that...
Ian has set his sights high A SADDLEWORTH optician is celebrating after registering his 7,000th patient in the month his practice was recognised in a national awards project....
Knockin’ about with Martyn Torr STAGGERING . . . well, at least I thought so when John Crawforth, the chief executive of the Greater Manchester Probation Trust, told me...
Oldham-based architects Thorpe Whyman and Briggs has appointed Lynn Wild as its new customer liaison manager. Formerly with the Manchester Diocese Board of Education for more...
CHI Yip restaurant group, which operates the Ocean Treasure at Greengate Middleton was named joint runner up in the Greater China Recognition Awards for the North-West. Under...
SOMETIMES there’s a series on telly that really gets your imagination running riot. Adam Adamant was like that. He was a sort of superhero, a smooth, sophisticated Edwardian...
LATE NEWS: ATHLETIC have completed their second signing of the summer by agreeing a two-year contract with 26-year-old former Huddersfield Town midfield man Jonathan...
Date Published 26/05/2009
OLDHAM and Featherstone both have half-back worries with just over a week to go before the teams face off in the Northern Rail Cup. Roughyeds scrum-half Thomas Coyle appears...
MANCHESTER United striker Dimitar Berbatov is already having doubts about taking a penalty in the Champions League final. Berbatov was on the end of some harsh criticism for a...
SIR Alex Ferguson is relishing the opportunity to carve another niche in Manchester United's European history in Rome tomorrow night. Although the Red Devils won their third...
THE FIGHT to stop bulldozers heading to Broadway Library has been stepped up following moves to make it a listed building. Members of the long-standing Chadderton Historical...
SHAW’S Darren Stubbs won his third championship belt when he outpointed Carl Wild, of Sheffield, to take the vacant Central Area light-heavyweight title in a tremendous...
Business partnership gets tough on thugs OFFENDERS are being banned from entering shops and pubs in Oldham by a partnership cracking down on crime. The Oldham Against...
Uppermill are through to the third round of the LCB Knock-out Cup after a convincing 113-runs victory over Oldham at Leafields yesterday. After being put in to bat, Uppermill...
A MURDERER serving life for killing a frail Failsworth pensioner has given birth after a relationship with a prisoner at another jail. Lisa Healey, now 26, was only 15 when...
Tonge are back on track in the Manchester Premier League after a fine 10.5–5 (176-174) victory at the Lloyds Hotel, Chorlton, last night. Winners for Tonge were Darren...
Water way to toast 90th! A SPRIGHTLY swimmer will celebrate his 90th birthday on Friday by taking an early morning dip at Saddleworth Pool. Stanley Stewart, of Delph,...
SHAW Karate Club performed well at the National Championships in Birmingham with Jackie Jordan finishing runner-up in the women’s event, Darren Clayton winning the junior...
Dignity in care at the forefront A NEW 10-bed ward for older people with dementia has been opened at the Royal Oldham Hospital. Oldham East and Saddleworth MP Phil Woolas...
AS TIME ticked away on Newcastle’s survival hopes at Villa Park at the weekend, the feeling that something dramatic was about to happen was tangible. Surely, surely,...
TWO flagship Oldham schools have won a top national award. The quality of the design and build of The Radclyffe (pictured left) and Failsworth schools has been recognised at...
OLDHAMERS are being urged to keep extremists at bay by using their vote in the European elections next Thursday. The Oldham Inter-faith Forum, representing several different...
OLDHAM under-11s cricketers failed to make a winning start to their Lancashire Schools’ Merit League campaign when their opening match against Bury fell victim to the...
OLDHAM Victoria, from the Lancashire and Cheshire League, celebrated their 25th anniversary with a mixed dinner at Middleton Masonic Hall. The guest speaker was former Wolves...
A DEVOTED employee has been nominated for a Council Worker of the Year gong. Dr Eileen Bentley, Oldham Music Service’s director of music, is set to retire in July having...
Business consultant Phil Savage thought his 60th birthday was going to be a quiet affair with family and a handful of friends at a Spanish hotspot. But when he arrived at the...
THE headteacher at Yew Tree Community School, Chadderton, has been selected for a top role supporting schools in challenging circumstances. Martine Buckley has become a...
