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NEW manager Joe Royle is already plotting a couple of raids in the transfer market to try to revive Athletic’s flagging promotion hopes. Within hours of succeeding John...
Date Published 16/03/2009
ATHLETIC are exploring ways to release Dean Windass after his loan spell from Premier League outfit Hull City turned soured. He was left out of the squad at Milton Keynes Dons...
LATICS legend Joe Royle returned to his spiritual home today following an extraordinary weekend of events at Boundary Park. The popular 59-year-old, who managed Athletic...
A father-of-two who assaulted a man and repeatedly beat him over the head with a brick has been jailed for eight months. Thomas Robinson (25), of Turner Street, Lees, admitted...
A FAMILY had a lucky escape when barking dogs saved them from a raging fire. Karen Jones, landlady at the Phoenix Tavern Bowling Club, Charleston Street, Hathershaw, was...
A 61-year-old man who broke the tooth of a ‘defenceless’ grandmother has been jailed for six months. Daryl Roylane, of Lees Road, Mossley, admitted assault causing...
A tiny woman councillor stood her ground when an angry group of pro-immigration protesters launched a surprise demonstration on a Government Minister’s office. Jean Jones...
MK Dons 6, Oldham 2 JOHN SHERIDAN cut a forlorn figure in the technical area at Milton Keynes Dons, where his body language during Saturday’s hefty Coca-Cola League One...
THE Environment Agency has written to operators of Birks Quarry to request an extension until April 13 to consider their application for a permit to tip. The agency has asked...
HOSPITALS across the area raked in more than £1.6 million in car parking charges last year, new figures have revealed. A breakdown shows £919,689 was paid out by...
THE age a woman is screened for cervical cancer is set to be reviewed as ministers come under increasing pressure to lower the age. Cervical cancer screening has been pushed...
Two of the earliest paintings by Oldham artist Helen Bradley, which in the late 1960s may have cost less than £2,000 each, are now expected to fetch up to £25,000 each...
A NEW drop-in service has been launched in Oldham in a bid to prevent young people with diabetes developing complications in later life. The clinic, for the under 25s, is...
WOMEN across Oldham can meet high-profile female speakers at a reception being organised by Saddleworth and Oldham East MP Phil Woolas. The reception will feature such...
SOME construction sites in Oldham are failing to meet basic safety standards, potentially putting the lives of workers at risk. Figures released by the Health and Safety...
Giant snails, Skylabs, Darwin and quantum physics . . . SCIENCE Week proved a huge success in schools throughout the borough, with hundreds of pupils taking part in activities...
Oldham 36, Blackpool 18 SPORTS fans are a fickle bunch. Trailing 18-4 at half-time, Oldham’s players headed to the dressing room to a chorus of boos, whistles and a...
TALENTED brother and sister duo Daniel and Larysa Lotockyj have been awarded prestigious Diana Awards. The pair, of Denmark Street, Chadderton, received the honour for their...
A FORMER bank manager is switching his focus from pounds to prayers as he becomes the new vicar of the parish of Holy Trinity. Reverend Tony Grant (54), from Denton, spent 35...
TV star shares recipe secrets A top TV baker has flown to Saddleworth to show his friend some magical Maltese cooking skills. Carmelo Borg Bonaci, who appears on the...
Man United 1, Liverpool 4 THE warning signs were present in midweek. While Liverpool demolished Real Madrid in a 4-0 home win at Anfield on Tuesday night, the...
ANNA Pun’s interest in becoming a police community support officer was sparked at a jobs fair. The mother of three young children, she was looking for a return to work...
“GYM’LL fix it” is coming to Oldham — but with a difference. Free gym passes are now available for people who want to lose weight or get in shape....
THE long-awaited new gym at Crompton Pool has been officially opened by Oldham Council leader Howard Sykes. Oldham Community Leisure has been busy expanding gym provision...
Chelsea 1, Man City 0 MANCHESTER City boss Mark Hughes defended another poor display from £32million Robinho as Chelsea kept alive their slender title hopes in a 1-0 win...
AN author who wrote 16 books on the history of pubs in Oldham has died, aged 71. Rob Magee evoked many fond memories for Oldhamers with his books, which charted the history of...
THAT teenager Helaina Stone is walking, talking and enjoying life is little short of a miracle. The 15-year-old was born with an extremely rare condition. But like any other...
OLDHAM TOWN failed in their bid to win through to the final of the Vodkat North West Counties League’s First Division Trophy. They lost 3-1 at Padiham in the second leg...
KEEN fund-raiser Hannah Taylor is urging Oldham cyclists to celebrate St Patrick’s Day tomorrow by putting their name down for a gruelling week-long bike challenge to raise...
SADDLEWORTH Rangers were the comeback kings against bottom-of-the-table Shaw Cross Sharks in National Conference League division one. Keith Brennan’s side were 14-0...
