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ALAN BENNETT can generally do no wrong, but he certainly managed it with this prophetic but unnerving 1980s comedy. He is an unquestioned genius at teasing out of common...
Date Published 02/09/2008
LET’S be grateful the Olympics are finally over. My local supermarket has completely run out of tissues and I’ve had quite enough of weeping into my dinner each...
LAWYERS have submitted a Freedom of Information request to Oldham Council following the death of one the UK’s youngest sufferers of an asbestos-related cancer. They want to...
Date Published 01/09/2008
FIREFIGHTERS saved the life of a 17-year-old girl who was overcome by toxic fumes in a house fire in Hathershaw. Officers from Oldham and Hollins had to resuscitate the girl...
A BRAVE pensioner was attacked by this gun-wielding robber when he tackled him in a betting shop. The 83-year-old was hit on the head with the butt of a gun when he tried to...
FUN days out for thousands of Oldham children have turned to ash after vandals set fire to a school minibus. Firebugs struck in the car park of Yew Tree Primary School in...
THESE were the violent scenes after a brawl left a town centre reveller seriously injured with a fractured skull. At least 15 men were involved in the fight outside the Cuba...
OLDHAMERS will go to the polls on December 11 to decide whether to accept the congestion charge which will bring trams into the borough. Oldham Council will advise the rest of...
OLDHAM-BORN Paralympic medal winner Stefan Trofan has died only days before seeing the team he helped to coach will compete in Beijing. The 12-day games start on Saturday and...
THE owner of a boa constrictor which was discovered by a council gardener believes his pet may have escaped through a first-floor window. Harvey Spencer was called out on...
MANCHESTER City are reported to have new owners with an United Arab Emirates-based business claiming to have completed a take-over. The Abu Dhabi United Group for Development...
A burglar who repeatedly broke into two Oldham schools within the space of a week has been spared jail — so he can get help for his alcohol and drug problems. Philip...
TWO old Chadderton churches are set to close. But officials have stressed that the parishes will continue to exist as part of a shake-up of pastoral care in the Church of England....
The first council homes for more than 30 years could be built in Oldham next year. First Choice Homes Oldham, the company that manages Oldham’s council housing, has been...
Modest Robert Hicks added a special silver lining in his meteoric rugby career when he made a surprise debut at the rugby league Challenge Cup final at Wembley on Saturday....
ATHLETIC manager John Sheridan is lining up a move for a new defender. Sheridan’s target has gained European and domestic experience with a club in Scotland and is...
A CHADDERTON heritage group is appealing to Oldhamers to help them realise their dream of restoring Foxdenton Hall. The Friends of Foxdenton Hall have spent thousands...
LUKE MENZIES will stick with the Roughyeds right through to the end of the season. A deal has been struck with the on-loan prop forward’s parent club Hull KR which...
MANCHESTER City face an anxious wait before learning the severity of the shoulder injury Micah Richards sustained in yesterday’s 3–1 win at Sunderland, writes TONY...
A PROUD Oldham soldier has led his brave team home after six months in Afghanistan. Corporal Martin Porter (40), from Chadderton, was deployed along with 15 members of the...
OLDHAM pupils are near the bottom of the class when it comes to mastering basic skills. And boys are lagging behind girls in all subjects, with a largest gap in in reading....
A budding racing driver from Chadderton has narrowly missed out on winning Dunlop’s 2008 Race Academy. Engineering graduate Ryan Cefferty (22), of Firwood Park, competed...
LOCAL council leaders have given a firm thumbs down to proposals to fine householders who don’t recycle their rubbish properly. Exeter City Council have unveiled plans...
IT'S amazing what you can find on a restaurant menu nowadays. Travelling around the country watching Athletic, I've been offered crocodile in Devon, ostrich in Cardiff and...
IT was a gloomy August — officially — with barely half the normal sunshine. But every cloud has its silver lining and there is no need to worry about water...
AN organisation which supports hundreds of offenders and ex-offenders into training and work in Oldham is in line for two top awards. Work Solutions, based at the Honeywell...
IT WAS easy to see why Mark Hughes is convinced Shaun Wright-Phillips will be an even better player second-time round for Manchester City. The City manager witnessed...
OLDHAM TOWN came within seconds of causing an FA Cup upset as Rossendale United scored an injury-time equaliser in Saturday’s home preliminary-round tie which ended in a 1-1...
IT’S as you were at the top of the Lake Garage CLL table after rain throughout yesterday’s fixtures had the final say. All of the eight games were abandoned as...
EVEN the seagulls looked fed up as they trudged across the sodden Bamford Fieldhouse turf. Yesterday’s wash-out — the 11th match-day out of 22 to be affected by...
