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A top-level investigation has been launched into traffic chaos and delays near the new Tesco store in Huddersfield Road. The store, the largest in the North-West, opened for...
Date Published 13/05/2009
BUS operators in Greater Manchester expect to lose up to one in 10 of their passengers over the coming year because of the recession. “We are seeing some very early...
PEOPLE in Oldham have more chance of seeing a doctor out of working hours than almost anywhere else in the country. Figures published yesterday by the Department of Health...
AN iconic Failsworth building could be brought back to life. Oldham Council has welcomed plans by Oldham Property Partnership for the regeneration of Failsworth Town Hall....
TWO local churches will share in a £7 million fund to help with repairs. Both St Mary’s Church, Greenfield, and Holy Trinity in Shaw, are Victorian Grade II-listed...
Anglican parishes in Saddleworth need more money to keep going, churchgoers have been told. That’s the message from team rector, the Rev Christopher Halliday, as the...
CARS heading for the three Oasis concerts at Heaton Park next month will be directed to a park and ride site off the M62. Around 210,000 people are expected to visit Heaton...
AN Oldham man is gearing up for a new season in the support team that keeps the famous Red Arrows in the sky. Sgt Kev Boden (45) is a member of the 85-strong ground crew for...
STRIKER Lee Hughes and midfield players Jean-Paul Kalala and Kevin Maher have been released by Athletic. They join captain Sean Gregan, Mark Crossley and Andy Liddell in not...
OLDHAM could be without the services of Robert Roberts for the game against Hunslet this weekend. The Roughyeds captain visited hospital this morning for an x-ray on an ankle...
MANCHESTER City boss Mark Hughes has dismissed talk of a bid for Real Madrid striker Raul, claiming it is the latest example of agents trying to take advantage of the club’s...
A TALENTED 12-year-old used his love of the guitar to help strum up £1,000 for the Christie at Oldham campaign. Matt Cummings took part in a fund-raising gig at The...
ROUGHYEDS captain Robert Roberts is backing his boys to bounce back from the disappointment of a Challenge Cup exit. The victors’ prize — a quarter-final home tie...
THE Royal Oldham Hospital is bucking the national trend by having a full team of maternity consultants. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists claimed hospitals...
CHAIRMAN Bill Quinn and captain Robert Roberts have shaken hands following their clash at the end of the Gateshead game and both men have pledged to put the incident behind them....
WE ARE very disappointed not to have progressed to the Challenge Cup quarter-finals and we know now that it could have been us, rather than Gateshead, who went on to land a...
TERRY GARRETT was in major mode, winning the President’s Prize at OLDHAM. Three shots adrift of the three leaders after the first round of the 36-hole event, Garrett...
JANE ANTROBUS defeated her sister Sheila in the final of the Buckley Cup, a matchplay knockout at OLDHAM. The final, held over from last season, saw Jane emerge the victor by...
DEVASTATED bride Andrea Heaton, who has been blind since birth, says she had her dream wedding ruined by disastrous dressmaking. But dressmaker Sarah Jane Bushara, who has...
CROMPTON and Royton’s Jack Bottomley-Clift has been crowned South East Lancashire Schools champion. The 14-year-old pupil from Crompton House triumphed in the event at...
STAMFORD kept their place at the head of the Oldham and District Golf League ‘A’ division, despite going down 5-3 at Oldham. Barry Sidebottom and Guy Hall...
ARTISTIC talent and imagination have earned a young Royton woman special recognition in this year’s Macmillan Prize competition. Kayleigh O’Mara (21), of...
DEAF B remain five points clear at the top of the table in the Oldham Amateur Snooker League. And if they take at least two points from the final match of the season then they...
WE hit the crossbar in some style last week when 66-1 selection Ian Poulter finished runner-up to Henrik Stenson in the TPC at Sawgrass. Still, those of you who were on...
rail travellers can find out more about how buses will replace trains when the Oldham line closes in October at a meeting next week. STORM, the local rail support group, is...
Chadderton Grasshoppers under-13s Red have clinched the division ‘A’ title in the North Bury Junior League. They won 16 of their 20 league fixtures to pick up...
A FEW words of encouragement from Manchester United defender John O’Shea did the trick as 3D Dynamos under-11s ‘T’ retained the Tameside and District Junior...
3D DYNAMOS under-12s have been crowned Huddersfield and District Junior League champions — some achievement considering they were struggling for players before the season...
A DREAM came true for Royton teenager Jason Keevil who met his wrestling idols during a trip to America to celebrate his 18th birthday. Jason, who has Downs Syndrome,...
MPs of all parties have had their details, some shameful, of their expenses claims laid bare in national newspapers. With newspapers highlighting the practice of...
