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SCHOOLCHILDREN are invited to look into the future, let their imaginations run wild — and win a fantastic prize. XMA, which supplies IT products and services to schools,...
Date Published 02/04/2009
PROP rotation looks set to be the order of the day for the Roughyeds as Lézignan come to town in the Carnegie Challenge Cup fourth round. First-choice men Paul Highton (wrist)...
A Couple have launched a petition objecting to plans to extend Uppermill’s landmark civic hall. There has already been a call for Saddleworth Parish Council to abandon...
CAPTAIN John Terry came to the rescue last night to keep England firmly on track for a place in next year’s World Cup finals. Just when it appeared England were about to...
OLDHAM Theatre Workshop is on the hunt for up and coming acting talent. The award-winning drama and youth theatre organisation is looking for boys and girls to star in its...
A housing site where no development has taken place for 12 years will be closed off to parked cars at a cost of £2,000. The land on St Mary’s Way used to be the...
A MAN who helped a teenager as he was being viciously attacked in the street could hold vital information, detectives believe. A 16-year-old boy was assaulted with a brick in...
ALL good things must come to an end sometime — and that was certainly the case with Limeside Athletic in division two of the D&J Builders (North-West) Ltd Oldham Sunday...
AN inspirational Prince’s Trust team leader has received a national award from the Prince of Wales for overcoming depression and alcoholism. Lisa Daly has used her past...
ROYTON Town secured their first win in seven matches with a 2-1 defeat of Bridgewater Office Supplies Manchester League premier division title hopefuls Walshaw Sports. The...
Twelve people are being interviewed today for suspected illegal working at an Oldham textile company after a raid by the UK Border Agency. Officers raided the Grameen Cutting...
FROM famine to feast. Well, a potential feast. That’s what awaits Dog and Partridge after their narrow victory over Charlestown in the semi-final of the Ashton Sunday...
ON yer bike . . . staff and customers at a Failsworth hairdressers will go the extra 100 miles for charity — without setting foot out of the salon. Energetic employees...
TWO men convicted of causing a crash that left one woman permanently disabled and two others seriously injured will be sentenced at Manchester Crown Court on April 24. Lee...
THERE were mixed fortunes for local sides in the Lancashire Amateur League premier division. Chaddertonians suffered a body blow to their outside hopes of the title as they...
TWO mistakes in the last 10 minutes proved costly as Santos slumped to a 2-1 defeat against Manchester Rovers in division two of the Lancashire and Cheshire League. The home...
PEOPLE in Oldham affected by cancer can have a say on how to improve health services by joining a group with clout. Pennine Patient User Partnership group (PPUP) is charged...
A STUNNING eight-goal blitz from Carl Winstanley booked Heyside’s place in the last four of the Huddersfield and District League’s Groom Cup competition. The...
THREE youths charged with conspiracy to rob were remanded on conditional bail to appear before Oldham Youth Court on May 8. The boys, two aged 15 and one aged 14, were charged...
A SWATHE of daffodils has created a blooming marvellous commute for drivers in Oldham. Thousands of bulbs have created the borough’s very own yellow-brick road on...
AFTER the shock of losing to basement boys Springbank, Halfway House got their Ashton Sunday League premier division title challenge back on track with an emphatic 6-1 win at...
A picturesque site in Diggle has been chosen for its first milestone Whit Friday Brass Band Contest. The June 5 event will take place opposite the village primary school on...
LATEST results from North-West Ability Counts League are — Oldham ‘A’ 2 (, Adam Flynn 2), Everton 6; Oldham ‘A’ 3 (Adam Flynn, Damian Hirons, Ben...
ROYTON Town under-18s clinched a place in the Bury and Radcliffe Youth League’s Regan Cup final with a 5-3 extra-time win over Walshaw Sports. Ben Ashworth, Tom Dale,...
OLDHAM RUFC thirds produced a great team effort to see off their Rochdale counterparts 39-19, thanks mainly to a strong second-half showing. Up against a strong wind in the...
PUPILS from St Hilda’s Primary School spent a day in the dock to learn about the consequences of crime. Children wrote and acted out their very own mock trial at Oldham...
SADDLEWORTH Rangers 'A' kept their division three promotion hopes alive with a 42-8 home victory over Heysham Atoms. Rangers claimed seven tries for the second week in...
OLDHAM parents have responded well to drives by health bosses to encourage the take up of the MMR vaccine after five cases of measles were reported in the borough. More than...
THERE has been sweat, blood and tears along the way but our recruits wouldn’t have had it any other way. After 10 tortuous weeks of slogging it out in the gym and forgoing...
DO you have a nickname? Perhaps it’s my non-league football background, but I like them. On the other hand, my late mother-in-law didn’t. There was a legendary tale of...
