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CHRISTIE’S at Oldham business champion Frank Rothwell has received his first company donation for the appeal. He paid a visit to Royton-based Money Controls to pick up a...
Date Published 05/05/2009
A transport boss is launching an investigation into a letter asking post offices to pay £120 a year to distribute bus timetables. The letter, from Greater Manchester...
LATICS fans were determined to have a fun day at Walsall on Saturday whatever the result — and ended up celebrating their side’s first win in 12 games! As is the...
Greater Manchester had the largest number of fraud cases in local elections last year, the Electoral Commission (EC) has revealed. The area had 12 malpractice cases. South...
LATICS stars past and present mingled with fans at a fundraising event in tribute to former player Ernie Cooksey. Ernie, who won the hearts of Latics fans when he played for...
TALENTED pupils at Christ Church School, Chadderton, proved top performers at the Oldham Primary Schools Choral Speaking Festival. The school won the Madeleine Lindley Award...
A visionary consultation document involving Saddleworth villagers will form the blueprint of a parish plan for the community’s future. Implemented by Saddleworth Parish...
Neighbours, the song goes, everybody needs good neighbours . . . and that’s what an Oldham Council service provides for people who might get stuck at home without friends or...
THE scrapping of the controversial Mottram road bypass has made no difference to the chances of reopening the Woodhead rail tunnel to trains, the Government has made clear....
Penney raids former club to appoint new backroom team NEW Athletic manager Dave Penney has already made his mark at Boundary Park. Penney, who was appointed late last...
A GREENFIELD artist has fulfilled his late father’s wishes by becoming president of a prestigious academy. John McCombs was regularly taken to see exhibitions held by...
OLDHAM will again face the man whose employment the team effectively ended earlier this season when they travel to play Gateshead Thunder this weekend. The north-east club...
Plans to create a Whitehall for the North-West have been unveiled in Manchester. The proposals to build a new civil service campus alongside Piccadilly Station were unveiled...
Dream debut for Brooke as Joe bids a fond farewell Walsall 1, Oldham 2 AT least Joe Royle can say he went out in a blaze of glory if this turns out to be his last game as...
THE adventurous Bishop of Manchester enjoyed unusual methods of travel as he gave High Crompton folk his blessings. The Right Rev Nigel McCulloch is carrying a baton from the...
FAILSWORTH Sports College has been on a mission to help develop sports leaders of the future. The college hosted a Greater Manchester Top Link Conference — a sports...
London Skolars 10, Oldham 78 THERE may have been as many gaps in the home side’s defensive line as there were in the main stand on a pleasant Saturday afternoon in the capital,...
SIR Alex Ferguson will order his Manchester United team to go for goals as they look to secure a place in the Champions League final at Arsenal tonight. Despite dominating the...
Non-league football CHADDERTON’S 1-1 draw at AFC Liverpool ended the Vodkat North West Counties League first division promotion hopes of their rivals. And if this is...
ROYTON Fusilier Adam Dixon has scooped a top award after months of hard hitting Army training. The 21-year-old has completed the 26-week combat infantryman’s course at...
CLL round-up ROYTON secured their first victory of the Lake Garage CLL season, but were also victims of a Daryn Smit cricketing masterclass during a weekend of mixed fortunes....
A gleaming church is literally rising from the ashes after a disastrous arson attack almost 18 months ago. A raging fireball swept through St Thomas’s in Newhey four days...
Amateur Rugby League A PAIR of good performances by local sides in National Conference League division one came too little, too late to affect the outcome of the teams’...
NEW Deal for Communities is looking for talented singers and dancers to perform at its prestigious Achievers’ Awards in July. The programme is looking for people of all...
LATIN heartthrob Enrique Iglesias will be igniting passions at the Manchester Arena on Friday. Over the last decade, Julio’s son has sold 41 million albums worldwide...
Boxing RICKY HATTON has been left “devastated” by his knock–out defeat to Manny Pacquiao in their light–welterweight fight in Las Vegas at the weekend....
TONIGHT: Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band — Night and Day; White Lies — Academy 2; Jeffrey Lewis and The Junkyard — Academy 3; Priscilla Ahn — Ruby...
Saddleworth League round-up GREENFIELD have hit the ground running in the Armstrongs Office Furniture Saddleworth and District Cricket League. Jonathon Ainley’s side...
If it’s not North Korea’s nuclear arsenal or global warming, it’s bird flu and now swine flu. You can’t turn on the telly these days without there...
Cricket DELPH survived an early scare to reach round two of the Romida Sykes Cup. Bilal Khilji hit 110 but needed support from number nine Luke Hargreaves (40) as Grant...
