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THE replacement of community councils with area committees has brought some changes to the way meetings are run. All three wards in Oldham East will meet together rather than...
Date Published 03/10/2008
AN Oldham Euro MP last night called for a crackdown on cowboys who scrap cars for their valuable metal and have no regard for the damage caused to the environment. Liberal...
THE proposed congestion charge is good for your health with an estimated 135 lives saved if the scheme is introduced. The figures, from the Greater Manchester NHS Transport...
A BRAVE cancer survivor has spoken of her battle against the deadly disease as she launched a national campaign to save lives. Lesley Petho (49) says she was fortunate to be...
Date Published 02/10/2008
NO decision has been made on the location of the borough’s new Catholic high school following top-level talks. The Bishop of Salford, the Rt Rev Terence Brain, met...
A CAT owner was left horrified after discovering the burned body of her pet dumped in bushes with string tied round its neck. In the second brutal cat attack within weeks in...
MORE than 100 householders in Clarksfield have faced blackout misery after their homes lost power several times over six days. The lights went out for the residents of the...
IT WAS smiles all round for little Eva Burke who woke up to find her beloved Scaredy Cat toy had made a welcome return. The two-year-old was left in tears after the...
THOUSANDS of children across Oldham are living on the breadline, according to a poverty action group. The Campaign to End Child Poverty says 174 of the 646 parliamentary...
A POST-MORTEM examination has revealed Oldham Rugby Union Club player Bob Simpson’s sudden death was caused by heart failure. The 40-year-old prop forward, a first-team...
OLDHAM’S Lib-Dem Euro-MP has hit out at the absence of political parties from an event highlighting voluntary groups. Chris Davies claimed Saddleworth Parish Council...
AN Oldham man has been forced to shut down his cockroach-infested takeaway. Juned Choudhry of Widdop Street, Busk, closed the Balti House in Blackrod, near Bolton, after an...
THIS curious canine was really in the doghouse when it had to be rescued by fire fighters. The dozy dog was left feeling a bit “wuff” when it got its head stuck...
A FORMER shop storeroom in Chadderton has been transformed into a community centre. The ROC (Radclyffe Outreach Centre) in Kent Avenue, Crossley, was officially opened by the...
The Liberal Democrats are proposing income tax cuts of 4p in the pound off the basic rate — as the credit crunch bites. The party says the crunch is hitting...
OLDHAM health chiefs are “performing well” in managing their multi-million budget, a report today states. According to the Audit Commission review of performance...
THE quango set up to attract businesses and jobs to the region is as doomed as Anne Boleyn under the ruthless reign of Henry VIII, a senior Tory has said. Eric Pickles, the...
A CHADDERTON man has landed a job honing talented youngsters into superstars. Craig Burgess, a former music technology lecturer at University Centre Oldham, now works at...
FAILSWORTH residents interested in joining the newly-formed Failsworth Area Committee are being urged to step forward. Local people who want to make a difference in the...
FORMER Athletic player Gareth Owen’s future at tomorrow’s opponents Stockport County is under a cloud after a bust-up with manager Jim Gannon. The central...
STEVE DEAKIN said it was “ambition fulfilled” when he arrived at Oldham Roughyeds. Two-and-a-half-years later the relationship is over. The 53-year-old coach was...
ALAN BECKETT knows a thing or two about the art of goalscoring. But the sharp-shooter surpassed his own high expectations when he scored NINE times for Hollinwood in their...
AUSSIE school principal Wendy Caramarco said G’day when she swopped sunny Oz for rainy Oldham. The head of Wallan Secondary School, Victoria, visited Oldham Sixth Form...
Oldham Challenge Table SADDLEWORTH Rangers and Waterhead are locked together at the top of the Rugby Oldham Challenge table. After a mind-blowing defeat at Eccles and...
A LOCAL boxing club is throwing its weight behind a new scheme to help Oldhamers battle the bulge. Oldham Boxing Gymnasium in Derker will host the eight-week course from next...
Match of the Day D&J Builders (North-West) Ltd Oldham Sunday League Chaddy End FC 3, Failsworth Athletic 1 CHADDY End FC go into this weekend’s Manchester County...
Lancashire Amateur League OLDHAM Hulmeians suffered their first defeat in division two of the Lancashire Amateur League as Roach Dynamos claimed a 5-3 victory at Tate Street....
MORE than 60 people attended a dinner to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Royal Air Force. The event at Shaw Road Conservative Club was organised by the Oldham Royal Air...
Manchester League SPRINGHEAD are back on song in the Bridgewater Office Supplies Manchester League premier division. Sevens days after losing to Chapel Town, the Ashfield...
Oldham Sunday League FITTON Hill, leaders of David Giblin division one, are one of only two teams who can boast 100-per-cent records in the D&J Builders (North-West) Ltd...
