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Local supporters of world peace will stage their 23rd annual walk in Uppermill on Hiroshima Day, on Wednesday. Walkers will set off on the circular walk from the stepping...
Date Published 01/08/2008
THIS year’s world-renowned Edinburgh Fringe Festival will host a one-woman show written by a young Coppice woman. Sophia Rashid (24) has been writing and directing for...
MONEY for hundreds of crime-busting schemes in Oldham has been halted by the ruling Liberal Democrat group, Labour claimed today. Labour’s deputy leader on Oldham...
Date Published 31/07/2008
POLICE are hunting a bogus official who has repeatedly preyed on elderly residents across Greater Manchester. Detectives investigating the man — who claims to be from...
AN Oldham MP today threw his weight behind the investigation into how 3,000 passports worth millions on the black market were able to be stolen. Oldham West and Royton MP...
OLDHAM glamour girl Michelle Marsh is back on form following the birth of her first child. The former Crompton House pupil proved she has shed all her baby weight with a set...
THOUSANDS more Oldham children are getting the rewards they deserve after the Child Support Agency collected more than £500,000 extra money from parents in the last year....
MOTORISTS are set to face £70 fines if they park more than 20ins (50cm) from the pavement under a government move. The measures, expected to come into effect next year,...
MORE than 10 patients every day are left starving in North-West hospitals, new figures have revealed. Despite ministers pledging to make hospital nutrition a priority,...
OLDHAM’S Lib-Dem Euro-MP, Chris Davies, is backing a government proposal for the speed limit on Britain’s residential roads to be cut to 20 miles per hour...
AN Oldham woman is in the frame to win a top modelling contract after being selected from hundreds of hopefuls to compete in the Spectacle Wearer of the Year semi-finals....
THE speed of drivers in Oldham only just reaches double figures in the morning rush-hour, new Government figures show. The Department for Transport has revealed that average...
OLDHAM’S Drug and Alcohol Service could move to a new building if it gets planning permission. Paul Osbaldiston from The Highbarn Resource Centre on Highbarn Street,...
OLDHAM bikers are no longer the most accident-prone in the north, having been knocked from the spot by counterparts in Bury and Bolton,. Research from the UK’s largest...
A councillor has slammed the Liberal Democrats’ U-turn on funding for Delph Library, calling it a party political point-scoring exercise. Labour councillor Dave Hibbert...
A COPPICE man had a collection of valuable fountain pens worth hundreds of pounds stolen during a burglary at his home. It happened some time between 7.30am on July 24 and...
A Territorial Army medical chief has returned to his home town to train more volunteers for the Manchester Field Hospital. Maj Eddy Hardaker is back in Oldham after 29 years...
MOTORCYCLE enthusiasts Phil Caloe and Nicola Greenhalgh are planning to ride a staggering 3,300 miles through 30 counties in around 12 days. A senior IT analyst at Pulse Home...
A DELPH personal trainer is on a mission — to get new mums fighting fit and raring to go. Jennifer Ahern has set up Mams and Prams in a bid to help women who have...
THE North-West’s first residential facility for adults with acquired brain injury has been a huge success since it opened. Reporter Usma Raja went along to meet staff at...
ATHLETIC are battling to hang on to their talented footballers after managing director Simon Corney revealed the club has rejected seven offers for players this summer. The...
A HEAVY defeat for Doncaster at Rochdale last night helped firm up Oldham’s top-three berth in National League Two. Ellery Hanley’s side were thumped 50-8 by a...
MANCHESTER City are set to turn to Ched Evans to solve their striker crisis. The young Welsh striker, who spent much of last season on loan at Norwich, is likely to partner Darius...
BABIES enjoyed a calming massage from their mums before getting a helping hand towards becoming future literary masterminds. The event was held at Oldham Library to promote...
Moore Cup Final 1 AGE is no barrier for Uppermill seconds when they play host to Heyside in the Saddleworth League’s Moore Cup final on Sunday — in fact, in their...
Local sport: Moore Cup Final preview II AFTER two failed attempts to win some silverware, Heyside vice-captain Phil Taylor is hoping to make it third time lucky against...
CAN I make a heartfelt plea to Mervyn King, the governor of the Bank of England? Please push interest rates to one side for a moment and do a far more important job — get...
STAR ELEVEN moved a step closer to the title in the Ashton & Oldham Cricket Alliance with an excellent win in the top-of-the-table clash with Friends. Star Eleven batted...
Think Tchaikovsky... but on a trampoline YOU might not think “Swan Lake” normally comes with trampolinists, wire walkers, jugglers and other exemplars of the...
RATHER like a racehorse sneaking up on the rails, Oldham have put themselves firmly in the Lake Garage CLL title race. This most unpredictable of seasons has seen a whole host...
