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ASBESTOS sufferers have been dealt a blow following a new business ruling. From tomorrow, employers will no longer be legally required to store their insurance records for 40...
Date Published 30/09/2008
LABOUR claims Oldham’s budget crisis will affect thousands through job losses and impact on services for vulnerable people and children. Councillor Dave Hibbert’s warning was...
POLICE have played down reports of violence when rival football fans clashed after a Latics game. Officers had to intervene when pockets of fighting broke out between Oldham...
A POPULAR wedding shop closes its doors for good on Friday after nearly 17 years of trading. Brides and Grooms, of Shaw, will be shutting up shop in Beal Lane at 5pm. One...
VANDALISM, graffiti, violence — The Spur in Fitton Hill has long been associated with anti-social behaviour. But thanks to the work of Villages Housing Association, the...
THE Bishop of Manchester pulled the perfect pint when the swapped the pulpit for the pub. Rt Rev Nigel McCulloch got tips from landlord Peter Edwards and chatted with locals...
Litter picking in Diggle brought a few surprises for the clean-up team. Volunteers discovered a tractor tyre, a car bumper, dolls, a pram, and an office chair! Residents from...
FOUR young friends involved in a rescue by lifeboats as seas began to pound their vessel are making a £1,200 donation to RNLI funds. There was drama off the coast of...
AN OLDHAM MP has slammed the latest health campaign against GP-led health centres as misleading. Phil Woolas, MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth, said the British Medical...
Saddleworth residents are being urged to join one of the many voluntary organisations operating in the district. Already 50 groups and societies have expressed interest in...
ATHLETIC have gained the edge on local rivals Bury after being ordered to make a down payment of £30,000 for midfield player Dale Stephens. Bury wanted £75,000 up...
STERLING work felling trees in wartime has earned a Shaw woman a special badge — more than 60 years late. Gwendoline Hyde was one of the forgotten army of Land Army...
OLDHAM officials were today in talks with Steve Deakin in the aftermath of their National League Two Grand Final defeat by Doncaster. Club chairman Bill Quinn and chief...
A GREENFIELD bookshop worker will be trekking along one of Britain’s most famous Roman landmarks in a bid to raise money for Cancer Research. Anthony Shelmerdine will...
GARY NEVILLE and Owen Hargreaves will play no part in Manchester United’s Champions League group game tonight at Danish side Aalborg. The pair were both left behind to...
THE case against an Oldham detective charged with data protection offences has been adjourned. Det Sgt Alan Walker (44) appeared at Trafford Magistrates’ Court yesterday...
AFTER drawing with Huddersfield on Saturday, Athletic have now completed their longest unbeaten start to any campaign for 18 years. While it’s still very early days...
ATHLETIC manager John Sheridan has called for greater consistency from referees in the wake of Sean Gregan’s sending off at Hartlepool. Sheridan does not believe...
LEADING mental health experts from across the UK and Ireland came together in Oldham for a special conference on mental health recovery and human rights. The conference, which...
ATHLETIC will be one of few clubs unaffected if a new player-quota system is introduced next season. It looks increasingly likely the Football League will bring in rules to...
UPPERMILL Band came away from the National Brass Band finals in Harrogate at the weekend with two major prizes. The band, the only Saddleworth brass band to win through this...
ATHLETIC’S biggest crowd of the season has been described as a “pleasing step in the right direction” by co-owner Simon Corney. Mr Corney, who criticised...
AWARD winners at the Saddleworth in Bloom presentation were told their gardens were getting better and better. That was the view by parish council chairman, Councillor Pat...
MARTIN Wolfenden surveys the scene at Bamford Fieldhouse Cricket Club after a fire swept through the roof of the pavilion. Mr Wolfenden, along with other members of the...
Thank goodness for other mothers. I tell you if it weren’t for them I would be boring to death some poor man on the street. Actually the man at the end of our street...
MOSSLEY have been drawn away to Tameside neighbours Curzon Ashton in the third qualifying round of the FA Cup on Saturday, October 11. And the reward for the winners will be...
CAN’T SMILE WITHOUT YOU, Palace, Manchester ANYWAY, I’ve got this idea for a musical: I’m calling it “My Old Man’s a Dustman” and it’s...
LANCASHIRE suffered a heartbreaking last-ball defeat against Oxfordshire at Lords in the final of the national over-50s championship. Captain Alan Whiston (Crompton), Howard...
Manchester Phoenix’ Grant Jacobsen has bailed out on the club after just four weeks of Elite League action. The forward had been impressing on the second line, notching...
OTTC A had an excellent 7-3 win over last season’s runners-up, Werneth A, Dave Griffith being outstanding, but BAE A retained the leadership in the Oldham Table Tennis...
