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GCSE 2008 Key for all schools: first number is A*-G grades, with A-C in brackets FAILSWORTH SPORTS COLLEGE Rebecca Aldred 10 (10); Stephanie Andrew 7; Kathryn Ansbro 12...
Date Published 21/08/2008
FREE-SCORING Failsworth Macedonia piled up the runs in division one of the Site Electrical North Manchester League. They recorded a mammoth 381 for eight against Elton Vale,...
GCSE 2008 Key for all schools: first number is A*-G grades, with A-C in brackets BLUE COAT Michelle Ainscough 11 (11); Joshua Armitage 10 (10); Michael Ashworth 10 (2);...
WITH Star Eleven already assured of title honours, all eyes were on the battle for runners up spot in the Ashton and Oldham Cricket Alliance. And AJK, on the final day of the...
GCSE 2008 Don’t panic! That’s the message for hundreds of young people across Oldham who get their GCSE results today. The Learning and Skills Council is urging them to make...
ANGRY protesters banged drums, sounded whistles and waved placards yesterday in a passionate demonstration against a proposed academy in Waterhead. More than 50 local...
Tranquilliser campaigner Barry Haslam has gone to the top to protest about addicts of prescription drugs being overlooked by the Government. He has written to Work and...
LOCAL clubs Oldham & Royton Harriers and Royton Road Runners were both well represented in the annual Frank Hodgson Saddleworth 6 road race. Mike Mannings of Oldham &...
The great, great grandson of Oldham’s first MP has followed in the footsteps of his famous ancestor and become an author. But while William Cobbett, MP from 1832 to...
ANDY Barton, the Bamford Fieldhouse captain, was left to count the cost of the Tanner Cup final wash-out. The Hollin Lane outfit had everything in place for a successful...
OLDHAM glamour girl Michelle Marsh will take to the skies as she joins a host of celebrities for a new reality TV show. “Celeb Air” will feature 11 famous faces...
AT just 16, Scott Wells had his future mapped out. He joined the Army at the earliest possible opportunity to follow his dream of fighting for his country. But a series of...
LANCASHIRE over-50s booked their place in the national knock-out semi-finals with a comfortable win over the Channel Islands, in Jersey. Batting first, Lancashire totalled 213...
DYNAMIC new facial recognition technology which aims to boost border security and speed up the passport-checking process is being trialled at Manchester airport. The...
The Manchester Airport Group — part-owned by Oldham Council — could buy “one or more” of the sites the British Airports Authority is likely to be forced to...
THE ROOF has literally fallen in at the European Parliament — prompting an Oldham MEP to use the catastrophe to call for major changes to the institution. The...
THE benefits system is set for a major shake up in a bid to get more claimants into work. Department for Work and Pensions Minister for Disabled People Anne McGuire took a...
OLDHAM PLANNING COMMITTEE WORRIED Shaw residents breathed a huge sigh of relief last night when Fulfilment Logistics’ second attempt to build a towering warehouse and...
ONE of Oldham’s largest flagship medical centres is nearing completion. The 10-storey integrated health centre dominates the Cheapside skyline as it stands on part of...
WHEN I was a child it was not unknown for me, or indeed for one of my friends to bump our heads. Day-long games of cowboys and indians could be dangerous pastimes. And the...
MIDFIELD man JP Kalala will put himself back in the shop window when Athletic face Manchester City tonight. Kalala, who has been told he has no first-team future at Boundary...
Date Published 20/08/2008
MICHAEL BROWN, the centre who has impressed so much in his two games for the Roughyeds since joining on a month’s loan, has been sent back to Huddersfield Giants as a...
LOCAL swimmer Keri-Anne Payne (above, left) shrugged off her disappointment in the pool to win an Olympic Games silver medal this morning in the women’s 10 kilometre open...
ROB Roberts admits Oldham will be glad to see the back of the National League Two season. The light at the end of the tunnel for a squad ravaged by niggles and knocks is a...
AS CRUNCH time approaches in National League Two, a number of sides could yet switch positions before the end of season play-offs get going. Following on from a 38-20 win at...
SWINTON Lions coach Paul Kidd is focusing on restoring lost pride this weekend. Despite his close friendship with Oldham chief executive Chris Hamilton, there is no thought of...
STUART Wagstaffe had to swap his apron for a shirt and tie after winning the Centenary Trophy at Oldham. The 60-year-old, from Royton, was busy looking after the burgers and...
DUKINFIELD beat Oldham 5-3 to seal ‘A’ division runners-up as the Oldham and District Golf League programme was completed. But that result was enough for Oldham...
JACKIE Lees was celebrating after clinching the Lady Captain’s prize at Oldham. She carded 152-22-130 to finish three shots clear of Lynn Kershaw (157-24-133). The best...
THE young guns of Saddleworth are through to the semi-finals of the Junior BMW Challenge in the Manchester and District Alliance. On the face of it, the seven-strong...
