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Battling builder Dave Bolan slammed bosses of a controversial landfill site at a public meeting last night . Mr Bolan, a father of two, whose farmhouse home backs onto the...
Date Published 29/10/2008
BUS passengers can enjoy cleaner, greener journeys thanks to a brand new environmentally-friendly fleet. The state-of-the-art double-decker buses, which replace First’s...
A WARM-HEARTED bakery was tickled pink at the success of a fund-raising drive for breast cancer. Robinson’s Bakery, in Ashton Road East, Failsworth, sold 2,000 pink fairy...
OLDHAM Labour Group has raised concerns that misinformation has confused the public on how to vote in the forthcoming congestion charge referendum. Labour has publicly stated...
A PROMINENT political club which was facing the axe has been reprieved — for the time being at least. Uppermill Conservative Club in High Street staged an emergency...
Oldham Athletic 3, Scunthorpe 0 WAY back in the mists of time — actually it was just under two years ago, but you can’t beat a bit of theatre — Lewis...
THE shocking state of mental health in the North-West was revealed in a new report which sets out an agenda to improve mental health and mental health care across the region....
A CHADDERTON park is becoming a Mecca for young cyclists and BMX riders. And now police, cycle experts and safety officers want their help to shape the future use of...
PAUL Reilly is hoping for a change of luck next year. The 32-year-old, who enjoyed a distinguished 12-year spell at Huddersfield Giants, is back playing alongside old friend...
Restoration . . . RESTORATION work has finally started on the spire of St Mary’s Church in Greenfield. It is now swathed in scaffolding as workmen begin the task of...
SWIMMER Rachel Barton smashed two world records and won an incredible 10 gold medals at the National Masters at Ponds Forge, Sheffield. It was a remarkable weekend for the...
FOURTEEN games into the season and Oldham Athletic are already battling for a promotion play-off spot. But the season has only just started for another bunch of Oldham...
STAMFORD’S ‘Goodbye Summer’ medal was played in appalling conditions at the Carrbrook course. And full credit was due to Kevin Barber and Peter Jackson as...
DARREN SCANLAN grabbed a hat-trick as Oldham Town defeated Cheadle Town 3-1 last night in the Vodkat League first division. Scanlan put Town ahead after 14 minutes but a goal...
RISING energy bills, falling house prices, stock market collapse — the credit crunch is really biting in Britain now. A recent survey has revealed that four in five...
TARA got the new season off to a great start in the Oldham & Rochdale Badminton League first division with a one-sided 15-0 home victory over Balderstone. The whole team...
MARIE Curie Cancer Care could lose hundreds of pounds this December because of a shortage of volunteers in Oldham. The charity organises supermarket collections around the...
TAME VALLEY’S first team was in sparkling form, defeating Fairways Lodge seconds 4-1 in division two central of the JJB North West Counties Squash League. The highlight...
THIS is the all-conquering junior team from Saddleworth Golf Club who became the club’s first team to pick up a major Manchester Alliance trophy when they won the Williams BMW...
KEEP fireworks in safe hands. That’s the message from Oldham Athletic goalkeepers Mark Crossley and Greg Fleming. The keepers are among the North-West’s 13...
A SUPERB 32-10 home win over Ince Rose Bridge booked Waterhead under-15s’ place in the last-eight of the Lancashire Cup. Dominant in defence and attack, tries by Daniel...
AN ambitious new sheltered housing complex in the heart of Royton is nearing completion. The development in Rochdale Road will provide 59 flats within a complex built to extra...
BEER-LOVERS in Oldham will be able to taste their way through a wide range of ales from all over the world starting tomorrow. A two-week beer festival with more than 50...
HUMBLE BOY (Oldham Coliseum) CHARLOTTE Jones’S highly-successful play was commissioned as a counterpoint to a National Theatre production of Hamlet. It deals with...
DOROTHY PARKER, as you well know, was a self-styled great wit of the 1930s. She coined the phrase: “Never believe a women who tells you her age, if she’ll tell you...
A CRUSHING away-day win at Wigan St Cuthbert’s saw Saddleworth Rangers under-16s claim a sixth straight win this season. In windy conditions, it was the strong defence...
OLDHAM’S revamped radio station has agreed a sponsorship deal with Latics that makers it the football club’s official broadcast partner. As well as Oldham Athletic...
MANUFACTURING is alive and well in Greenfield where LTE Scientific is enjoying booming sales. The maker of sterilisers and laboratory equipment has doubled exports, mainly...
IT’S all change at the top of the Oldham Amateur Snooker League thanks to a double-fixture week. Moss Inn have moved into top spot, one point clear of Deaf...
OLDHAM businesses can get advice on how to survive the credit crunch at a seminar organised by Greater Manchester Chamber in response to the worsening economic conditions. The...
