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Beats When? Tonight. Where? Dry Bar, Oldham Street, Manchester. If poppy, rocky blues is your bag, you’d be wise to check out newly signed Vagabond who are fast...
Date Published 10/02/2009
Beats LEGENDARY Manchester singer Morrissey will debut tracks from his eagerly-awaited new album during a live radio show. The former Smiths frontman will mix classic...
Beats Don’t MISS... John Cooper Clarke When? Friday and Saturday. WHERE? Dancehouse Theatre, Oxford Road, Manchester. The Bard of Salford is back. John made...
A ROYTON man who took on a retail giant in a David and Goliath battle — and came out top — is calling for a consumer revolution. Arthur Proudley (64) is now...
Date Published 09/02/2009
A cash-strapped finance manager from Lees who stole more than £500,000 from the charity where she worked, has been jailed for more than three years. Lesley Pickens (59),...
A drug dealer has been sent to jail indefinitely after breaking into a woman’s house and raping her. Alan Kibbler (24), of Bronte Close, Sholver, admitted rape and will...
Missing dog Betty has been recovered by her owners hours after turning up at an Oldham rescue charity. Betty, a King Charles spaniel, went missing from her owners’ home...
A BID to ease the recession for Oldham families by scrapping a 10p bus fare rise for schoolchildren has failed. Labour members of Greater Manchester Integrated Transport...
A SUPER-FIT father-of-two who has climbed mountains around the world fell to his death in the Lake District. Brian Roberts (61) was walking with friends on Pavey Ark in the...
MASKED raiders targeted a couple in Rochdale as they locked up their jewellery shop for the night. The couple were leaving Britannia Jewellery, in Yorkshire Street, at 7.10pm...
A mountain rescue official praised a Diggle schoolboy for the quick action in saving his injured friend yesterday. The pair were descending through deep snow and heather at...
A large executive house on Green Belt land in Greenfield could be approved by the back door unless Oldham’s planning department takes action, claim objectors. Ward...
A FURIOUS couple are calling on the council to introduce traffic calming measures on a popular route from Rochdale to Shaw before it turns into a death trap. Norman and Olwyn...
Oldham’s fleet of gritters worked overnight to ensure key highways were open for today’s shivering return to work. The eight-strong team of vehicles kept up a...
ATHLETIC will be forced into a move in the emergency loan market this week following goalkeeper Greg Fleming’s sending off at Leicester on Saturday. As the Scot is...
LEEDS Rhinos will NOT be visiting Boundary Park next week, after Oldham were forced to rearrange the weekend’s postponed Rochdale game. The Hornets clash in the Northern...
Peak-time commuter trains through Greenfield are so over-crowded, drivers are having to slow down on health and safety grounds. That’s the view of Councillor Richard...
POLICE hope to halt the heartbreak for domestic abuse victims after figures revealed more than 68,000 incidents across Greater Manchester last year. In the run-up to...
FURTHER proposals to slim-down Oldham Council’s senior management structure will be considered by cabinet today. The number of second tier posts could be slashed from 28...
CHILDREN’S Minister Beverley Hughes has written to four Oldham schools to congratulate them on their GCSE results. She has praised Blue Coat, Failsworth, Royton and...
A CELEBRITY football team that are the champions of fundraising can now help more good causes after scoring sponsorship. The Co-operative has announced a year-long shirt...
Sheridan’s men shrug off Fleming dismissal to frustrate leaders THERE was drama and excitement - hardly the ingredients associated with a goalless draw - as Athletic...
A COMPASSIONATE NHS worker was flying off to an orphanage in Uganda today to help improve the lives of some of the poorest children in the world. Martyn Price (39), associate...
A STATION buffet which once banned train drivers and was later saved from demolition has a new future. Former Stalybridge MP Lord Pendry formally opened a new conservatory...
West Ham 0, Man United 1 SIR Alex Ferguson admits he finds it hard to believe it is more than 20 hours since Manchester United last conceded a Premier League goal. But Ryan...
Man City 1, Middlesbrough 0 WHEN Manchester City fans reflect on another so-so season in the Premier League, which of Mark Hughes’ many multi-million pound signings will...
The Face & Body Shop of Grotton has been awarded the prestigious accolade of Guinot Crown Salon of the Decade. The salon received the award at the celebrated Guinot Awards...
MOSSLEY’S UniBond League President’s Cup quarter-final against Retford United was a casualty of the icy snap. Chadderton and Oldham Town were also inactive after...
A CONCERT is being held at Holy Trinity Church, Dobcross, to celebrate the life of renowned Saddleworth organist Cyril Walker who died in 2007, aged 75. Sunday’s event...
MANCHESTER Phoenix laid down a timely marker by beating current Elite Ice Hockey League Champions Coventry Blaze on Saturday. Captain Kenton Smith scored the winner in...
