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AN Oldham firm has played a starring role in bringing back to life a piece of Britain’s maritime history. Managing director David Lees and his team at Premier Castings...
Date Published 18/02/2009
Roadworks have begun to end a controversial road closure in Coal Pit Lane, Oldham. Traffic is being diverted along White Bank Road, through Limeside, as the road surface is...
Oldham’s credit crunch Cabinet meets for the first time next week to co-ordinate its campaign. It will be made up of council leader Howard Sykes, chairman of the Oldham...
One of Oldham’s oldest women has died aged 105. Nellie May Wood, a great-grandmother, who lived at Park House Residential Home, Queens Road, celebrated her milestone...
ATHLETIC are trying to extend the loan of left-back Scott Golbourne for the remainder of the campaign. The 20-year-old’s initial one-month spell from Reading ends after...
A FAILSWORTH soldier will be among a regiment given a heroes’ welcome by football fans on Saturday. Fusilier Dean Dalton will be one of 20 soldiers introduced to the...
ROUGHYEDS coach Tony Benson has stuck to a policy of enforced changes only as he bids to enhance qualification prospects in the Northern Rail Cup tonight. While Thomas Coyle...
Non-league football Craig Buckley scored on his debut as Mossley reached the semi-finals of the UniBond League President’s Cup with a 2-1 win over Retford United last night....
LAND at Failsworth’s Lower Memorial Park will be leased to Failsworth Dynamos’ youth football teams despite an objection. The club is one of four which applied to...
TONY Benson is predicting a rough ride from Rochdale tonight (7.45pm kick off). Four days after the proud new Roughyeds coach saw his team produce a superb first-day effort to...
NEWS that a 13-year-old boy has allegedly fathered a baby has shocked the country. The boy, whose childlike looks make him seem more like an eight year old, has admitted...
PAUL Highton believes his run-out at Widnes has done him the world of good confidence-wise. The 32-year-old prop forward played in an Oldham shirt for the first time at the...
FORMER Latics manager Andy Ritchie returned to Boundary Park to help the club celebrate the success of its charity beer. Latics Glory has been on sale at pubs throughout...
OLDHAM were paired with giant killers Sharlston Rovers for the third time in six years when the draw for the third round of the Carnegie Challenge Cup was made last night....
SOLDIERS from Oldham will swop Buckingham Palace for patrols in Afghanistan shortly. The 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers is in the final stages of its training...
Latics reserves ATHLETIC missed out on the chance to clinch a place in the final of the Manchester Senior Cup following last night’s 4-1 defeat against Bolton. But they...
DAWN ECKERSLEY — with our volunteers every step of the way — reports on week four of the programmeIT might by perfect 6s for Torvill and Dean but it was a row of...
Cycling OLDHAM-based track cycling ace Chris Newton secured overall victory in the World Cup Series points race, but could only finish eighth in the final event of the series...
LIB-DEMS say a home energy plan they are proposing will mean cheaper bills in Oldham. The party wants to massively increase the energy efficiency of all homes which they claim...
NICOLA WHITE helped Great Britain under-21’s hockey team strike gold in the Australia Youth Olympic Festival. The 21-year-old former pupil from Hulme Grammar School,...
A CAMPAIGN in Oldham is aiming to help mums-to-be stay smoke free. NHS Oldham hopes the drive will encourage expectant mothers to stop smoking by raising awareness of the...
Boxing SHAW boxer Darren Stubbs is relishing being underdog for the £25,000 winners’ prize in the ‘Prizefighter’ knockout. The 37-year-old HGV...
Ice hockey Manchester Phoenix were downed 2-1 in Belfast last night in the Elite League. Andrew Martin grabbed a double to eclipse David Beauregard's 48th of the season to...
Rugby union ROBERT FROGGATT was the hero for Oldham RUFC’s third team as his hat-trick of tries was instrumental in a 26-13 league victory at Rochdale thirds....
OLDHAM town team darts players recorded two wins for Lancashire but were unable to stave off a 19-17 defeat against Essex at Chelmsford in the Inter-Counties Championship....
Snooker YORKSHIRE Ward 2 moved 11 points clear at the top of the Saddleworth Snooker League thanks to 4-2 win against second-placed Greenfield 2. Reece Kershaw again...
Squash Tame Valley crushed Bury 4-0 in the Lancashire Women’s League thanks to Amanda Maddox, Linda Kenworthy, Debra Cockburn and Dorothy Quarmby who all won their...
Football COBY TYRRELL bagged a brace as Chaddy End FC under-14s came through their County Cup last-16 tie against Oldham Boys with flying colours. Chris Batters, Danny...
Rugby A DEFEAT away to Leigh Miners Rangers means Saddleworth Rangers under-16s — previously unbeaten all year — will have to win their final two matches if they are...
Cross country running OLDHAM’S Minor Boys were crowned Greater Manchester Schools’ Cross-Country champions at the finals in Longford Park, Stretford. The town...
