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OLDHAM is hoping to benefit from plans by supermarket group Morrisons to create 5,000 jobs this year. The Bradford–based business — the UK’s fourth largest...
Date Published 13/01/2009
AMBULANCE waiting times for emergency patients in the North-West reached almost 40 minutes last year. One incident in 2007-2008 saw a category-A patient, the most urgent...
AN Oldham yob has been jailed for hitting a cab driver with a belt when he could not pay his taxi fare home after a drunken night out. Philip Shepherd (25) got into the taxi,...
TWO Oldham Council workers who had sex in an office window in front of a cheering crowd of onlookers have resigned. The Evening Chronicle revealed the steamy incident in...
A WOMAN had to be cut out of a car when two vehicles collided in Waterloo Street. A Renault Scenic and Toyota Avensis crashed at the junction with Roscoe Street at noon...
Saddleworth planning committee report by KEN BENNETT A parish councillor claimed wooden, ranch style fencing in a Saddleworth hamlet gave it the appearance of the OK Corral....
MORE than £2.6 million could be pumped into Oldham’s economy — if businesses train up people who have been unemployed for six months. It is the latest...
REALITY TV star Kerry Katona is two stones lighter thanks to a former “Coronation Street” actor who has opened a gym in Oldham. Scott Wright is best known for his...
Jane to the rescue of Sue’s dream holiday A HOLIDAY to Alaska turned into a major ordeal for one Oldham woman after she injured her back and was unable to move. And...
A FAILSWORTH father is fuming after his wheelie bin filled with festive rubbish was left uncollected because its lid was raised by 11/2 in. Martin Marley (52), from Lancaster...
ATHLETIC’S hopes of resurrecting a long-term loan deal for Wolves left-back Daniel Jones have been dealt a blow. Molineux manager Mick McCarthy, a spectator at Boundary...
EVERY one of Oldham’s new boys will get a run-out against Huddersfield Giants on Friday night. That is the promise of Roughyeds coach Tony Benson, as his charges prepare...
WHEN Housing Units took a telephone call from a customer saying he was dropping in for a coffee table, staff at the Hollinwood store thought it was a routine pick-up. The...
DEAN WINDASS made an impressive debut for Athletic, but was eclipsed by another player with the same christian name. Athletic's victory over Hartlepool United in last night's...
OLDHAM Mosque Council has condemned the killing of civilians in Gaza and is appealing to “all civilised people to help end the living genocide”. The Israeli air...
OLDHAM TOWN have surrendered home advantage for tonight’s Vodkat North West Counties League First Division Trophy quarter-final against Ashton Town amid fears that their...
Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first Premier League star to be named FIFA's world player of the year. The Manchester United and Portugal winger beat AC Milan's Kaka,...
THE freezing weather saw pupils have a n-ice time at Greenfield’s St Mary’s Primary School. The school’s PTFA installed an ice rink in the playground on...
JOHN THOMPSON has left Boundary Park with the best wishes of Athletic manager John Sheridan. In an unhappy 18 months, Thompson managed only nine starts and a two appearances...
THE football world united to celebrate the life of Shaw-born Ian Greaves at his funeral yesterday at Christ Church, Bolton. And it was a measure of the high esteem in which...
Shaw and Crompton Parish Council reports Trams will run from Shaw to Manchester every six minutes once the Metrolink is fully in place in 2012. That was the promise of...
Saddleworth Rangers play their rearranged Carnegie Challenge Cup preliminary round tie under floodlights at the home of Eccles and Salford Juniors tonight (7.30pm kick-off).
GLODWICK consolidated their top of the table position in the Oldham Table Tennis Leagued, moving 13 points clear with a convincing 8-2 win over Hollinwood “A”....
FASHION-conscious footwear fans can do their bit for the environment by opting for trainers made from recycled bus seats and tyres. Bus company First has signed up to the...
THE Oldham women’s darts team produced some excellent throwing as they defeated Blackpool 5-3 at home in a rearranged game in the premier division of the Lancashire GMC...
TEENAGERS in Oldham will get help to apply for university places as part of a £21m programme. The Aimhigher Associates scheme has recruited students from North-West...
SPRINGBANK caused a huge shock in the ‘A’ Division of the Inbev Winter Bowling League at Chadderton Cot when they defeated leaders Royle 9-2. In beating the...
CABINET members agreed to receive an annual report on its use of surveillance and covert sources to prevent or detect crime and disorder. Local authorities can use the...
Who would you choose if you had to invite six guests to yours for a fabulous dinner party? You don’t have to do the cooking, someone would come in and do that for you....
FAILSWORTH teenager Mitchell Burke has continued his stealthy progress up the chess ladder. The 16-year-old Failsworth lad, a pupil at Hulme Grammar School, has been selected...
