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No time to waste over quarry quarrel WORRIED householders are being urged to kick up a stink over plans to tip waste at a disused quarry close to their homes. The move...
Date Published 05/01/2009
A HOST of former Roughyeds stars are set to take to the field against Swinton at Sedgley Park this weekend. The joint testimonial for former Oldham hooker John Hough and...
A deaf and partially sighted 90-year-old woman tried to chase a robber who stole her handbag. And Oldham police are now hunting the mugger, who attacked the pensioner in the...
MANCHESTER City, humiliated by Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup, are looking to bring in reinforcements in time for Saturday’s Premier League game at Portsmouth. City...
Niall pulls off a perfect pass WHEN Oldham College student Niall Beard went for his driving test little did he know he would pass with a perfect score. The 17-year-old,...
A new school is planned for Alt and new housing on Ripponden Road, Moorside, under plans to regenerate two Oldham estates. The Alt and Sholver Partnership has been working...
HOSPITAL admissions for liver disease among young people are rocketing, according to a Liberal Democrat MP. Cases of alcoholic liver disease among 18 to 40-year old, more than...
Work to reinstate a wall which collapsed almost three years ago has been approved by Oldham Council. But the long-running legal battle behind it is still going on....
Councillor leads charge for Delph memorial A HERITAGE champion is polling Delph villagers about the possibility of a war memorial. Ward councillor Mike Buckley wants Delph...
IT is a measure of Athletic’s ambition that there were a sense of profound disappointment following the draw at Huddersfield Town. You cannot fault manager John Sheridan...
A 66-YEAR-OLD woman was rescued after injuring an ankle while walking at Dovestone Reservoir. Oldham Mountain Rescue Team attended the incident at 12.30pm yesterday after...
DRINKERS in Oldham can now drink at 1989 prices after two pubs slashed the price of a pint to 99p. The Up Steps Inn, in High Street, and The Squire Knott, Yorkshire Street,...
Under–fire Mark Hughes estimates it will take the arrival of five more players this month to ensure Manchester City remain competitive in the Premier League. Hughes has...
OLDHAM is bracing itself for a surge in flu cases as the illness spreads across the North-West. A sharp rise in the number of flu-like illnesses has been reported to the...
The country’s biggest improvement scheme for older people’s bungalows and flats has been undergoing its own improvements. The Housing 21 refurbishment and...
TEENAGER Danny Welbeck set Manchester United on the road to a 3-0 FA Cup success at Southampton and earned praise from boss Sir Alex Ferguson. The impressive 19-year-old fired...
FORMER Athletic goalkeeper Steve Mildenhall helped Coca-Cola League One side Southend United cause one of the major upsets in the third round of the FA Cup. Mildenhall, who...
OLDHAM’S new Chief Executive could be forced to step in if the ongoing saga of the unfinished Royton Assembly hall is ever to come to an end, a councillor has said....
ATHLETIC and Huddersfield Town fans shared a common grief following the death of Ian Greaves at the age of 76 after a lengthy illness. Mr Greaves, who was a native of Shaw,...
AS 2008 fades into a distant memory, Oldham Coliseum is already looking forward to its next pantomime. The hugely successful “Aladdin” closes on January 10. And...
Two blocks of tinned-up houses in Derker are at last to be demolished by Oldham Council. The council has decided to flatten houses which it owns ahead of major demolitions in...
OLDER men are getting on their three-wheelers in the name of getting fit. The cycle sessions are part of an eight-week programme to encourage them to take up healthier...
CHADDERTON’S match against Daisy Hill at Broadway in the first division of the Vodkat North West Counties League was a victim of the weather, as was Oldham Town’s home...
They are sometimes seen as nosy parkers, peeping out from behind lace curtains. But, as Geoff Wood discovered, members of HomeWatch are a vital cog in the daily fight against...
UNIVERSITY Centre Oldham is a great place to work — and that’s official! The Cromwell Street facility, part of a link up between Huddersfield University and Oldham, has been...
EACH of the big three cup clashes involving local sides fell foul to frozen pitches, meaning it is a case of ‘same again’ this weekend. Waterhead will hope to...
LADY LUCK smiled on Manchester Phoenix as they ground out a 4-2 win over title-chasing Nottingham Panthers. Both sides were dreadful throughout yesterday’s Elite Ice...
BRITISH boxing is undergoing something of a resurgence with top professionals such as Ricky Hatton, Joe Calzaghe, David Haye, Amir Khan and Carl Froch. Seven amateurs flew the...
A MUM who piled on the pounds as she helped victims through a harrowing court trial, is starting her own slimming club. Helen Ogborn, who was awarded an MBE in 2003 for...
Old paths and passages which no longer exist are being wiped off the records by Oldham Council. All have been taken out of use or landscaped and are anomalies on the highway...
