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The foundations have been laid for the first council houses to be built in Oldham for more than two decades. Byron Green, Hollinwood, is the chosen site as a £4.7m...
Date Published 07/04/2009
AN OLDHAM MP has sent a letter to the Health and Safety Executive in a last ditch bid to highlight road safety problems at a proposed landfill site. Phil Woolas, MP for Oldham...
CHISUM the llama hot-hoofed it to church at the weekend to help the Rev Nick Smeeton with his Palm Sunday services. His plans were thrown into disarray when the donkey which...
LOCAL clergy will be hitting the streets of Oldham this Maundy Thursday to shine shoes in a modern twist of the old Christian tradition of washing feet. Bishops will also be...
PATIENTS at the Royal Oldham Hospital will be sitting more comfortably now, thanks to a dozen new chairs bought by a group of fundraisers. The hospital’s league of...
Council housing transfer: the big decision FOR the past five years First Choice Homes Oldham has looked after the council’s 12,000-strong housing stock. A two-star...
RYAN BROOKE was at the centre of a goal dispute as Athletic defeated Walsall 3-1 at Chapel Road in the North-West Conference of the Puma Youth Alliance. The teenager was...
EUNICE Lunn is well known for her cheeky sense of humour, feisty spirit and lust for life. Today she will celebrate her 104th birthday with family and close friends at Ashbourne...
ATHLETIC’S Community Trust have received another award in recognition of their work in the Oldham area. After being on the short list for Coca-Cola League One’s...
“MEMORIES Of A Failed Footballer And A Crap Journalist,” (Empire Publications, £10.95) is the amusing and fascinating life story of Paul Hince. It is a remarkable journey in...
NEWSHOUNDS from a Shaw school took a proud look at the first edition of the Rushcroft Reporter. Year five and six pupils worked hard collecting news and views to produce...
YOUNG Oldhamers gathered at the Queen Elizabeth Hall to take part in the annual Duke of Edinburgh Award presentation evening. Those taking part in the scheme performed...
OLDHAM Town and Mossley are tonight involved in mouth-watering derby matches. Town are at home to Rochdale Town in the first division of the Vodkat North West Counties League...
EVERY pupil in the four primary schools of Grasscroft and Greenfield has been enlisted to hammer home the green message. Youngsters from Friezland, St Anne’s Lydgate,...
Manchester Phoenix have dismissed speculation they are about to drop into the English Premier League by signing up to a restructured Elite League. Teams will only be allowed...
OLDHAM Council’s green credentials have been given a boost after securing two years worth of free one-to-one support from the Energy Saving Trust. This valuable support,...
The Mayor of Oldham, Councillor Shoab Akhtar, is hoping it will be “Yes Minister” for a project to get youngsters interested in democracy. He met Culture Minister...
Proposals for a supersize planning authority stretching from Liverpool to Manchester have been given the thumbs down by Oldham’s council leader. Councillor Howard Sykes...
I’LL tell you what, it’s easy this vegetable growing lark isn’t it. We’ve bought some raised beds. We dabbled around the edges last year, with a few...
PRIZES were handed out at Chadderton Cot as the curtain came down on another highly-successful winter’s bowling on the artificial surface. The last competition of the...
A 5-1 victory for Springbank A and a 5-1 reverse for Chadderton Reform in the Oldham Amateur Snooker League sees the two sides swap second and third places. Despite having no...
LOCAL lads No Tokyo are going from strength to strength in the run up to recording their debut album. The boys — Daz Whittaker, Stephen Butler, Lee Graham and Dale Baker...
FOUR Lancashire players swapped bats and balls for paint brushes and drills to help Austerlands Cricket Club prepare for the new Saddleworth and District League season....
JASON Quever — aka Papercuts — was raised on a commune in Humboldt County, California. Orphaned at a young age Jason travelled up and down the US West Coast before...
STUART Carroll continued his fine early-season form for Royton Road Runners with a top-ten finish in the Oldham Half Marathon in a time of 1 hr 25mins 15secs. Behind Stuart,...
TONIGHT: Bat For Lashes — Ritz; Eskimo Joe — Academy 3 TOMORROW: N Dubz — Academy; Dance Nation — Arena; The Rasmus — Academy 3; Facing New York...
GLODWICK clinched the Oldham Table Tennis League first division title after beating Werneth A 7–3. Only Darryl Meredith putt up any resistance with three wins for...
3D DYNAMOS are celebrating a £1,700 grant from Saddleworth Parish Council. The Saddleworth-based junior football club has used the cash to set up a football school for...
AS I fast approach my third decade, the old-fashioned ways of doing things seem increasingly appealing. A wink and a handshake always strikes me as the best way to celebrate a...
Oldham North Stars Baseball Club are gearing up for their second season of league action, starting on April 19 with an away game at Liverpool Trojans. The club is still...
