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MUSIC has the power to make you feel a host of different emotions and help you relive life’s key moments. Everyone has a favourite style of music, but deciding on your...
Date Published 30/07/2008
HAVING been given the all-clear on his knee injury, Jason Boults is dying to make it back into Oldham's side as soon as possible. The 24-year-old workhorse prop admitted to...
A HEALTH czar has praised a GP practice in Oldham for running the country’s first course on chronic kidney disease. The NHS’s national clinical director for kidney...
A GROUP of around 90 local people received trophies and certificates at the prestigious New Deal for Communities Achievers’ Award ceremony. The residents from Hathershaw...
STEVE Deakin is backing Toulouse for a place in National League One. The Oldham coach played a big role in preparing what is now a highly successful Catalans club for the...
DR JANE Rothwell has carved out a niche for herself as a GP in Chadderton, a position she has held for two decades. She regards her patients as friends, and it is one of...
OLDHAM'S reserves bring down the curtain on a promising first season with an away trip to face Barrow a week on Saturday (2.30pm kick off). Though the side jointly coached by...
ALAN SQUIRES landed Oldham’s club championship for a 22nd time to draw level with Harry Swailes’ record number of victories. Indeed, had Squires not missed...
SADDLEWORTH’S Stephen Pullen scored a dramatic victory, which included a hole-in-one, in a representative junior match for the Huddersfield and Halifax District Union. The...
A WEEK of watery fun at Rochdale Canal Festival ended with more merriment at Failsworth. Failsworth Basin hosted the festival finale with a fun day to mark the end of the...
FOOD is one of my hobbies. No, I’ll rephrase that: Food is my hobby. Sometimes I cook, but mainly I just love to eat. I don’t much mind what — egg and chips,...
BROOKDALE ‘A’ have had to put the champagne on ice after losing 6-2 in their penultimate Oldham Golf League ‘A’ Division match at Ashton. The best they...
THE credit crunch has made the headlines for the past year, with the cost of living spiralling upwards. One organisation is promoting a radical way to help families with...
THERE was a dramatic finish to Lady Captain’s Day at BROOKDALE as Angela Sloan triumphed after a six-hole play-off. Angela and Vicky Akin had finished tied on nett 140...
A Global translation company established by Oldham entrepreneur Gavin Wheeldon is relocating to new premises in Saddleworth. Applied Language Solutions (ALS) has opened a new...
LOCAL golfer Rachel Connor fell at the final hurdle in her attempt to play in Ricoh British Women’s Open at Sunningdale starting tomorrow. The 18-year-old from Royton...
WERNETH remain leaders of the CLL under-18 Whittaker Cup despite losing at Rochdale in the battle of the top two. But with only two points separating the top four teams with one...
A multi-million-pound training centre has opened in Hollinwood to train a new generation of recruits to the gas industry. The flagship National Grid skills development centre...
BAD weather has impacted on the Saddleworth and District Cricket League’s under-13s fixture programme this season. They have two outstanding Peak Trophy matches to play,...
OLDHAM has a new MoT testing station for minibuses and commercial vehicles. A and S Motors has opened in Unit Two, Kelsall Street, Westwood, to tackle a market that has been...
DANIEL NEWALL followed up his victory in the under-15s boys singles with doubles success in the Dunlop Oldham Junior tennis tournament, staged at Tame Valley Tennis Club....
THE Olympic Games in Beijing are almost upon us and the bookmakers are clamouring for our business, with markets open on many of the showpiece events. Athletics generates the...
MORE than 3,000 British passports and visas worth millions on the black market have been stolen from a van in Chadderton — when the driver popped into a local shop. The...
Date Published 29/07/2008
A teenager suffered horrific injuries when he was savagely attacked during a night out in Oldham town centre. Daniel Powell (18) needed more than 50 staples in his head...
A CHADDERTON man died after an English bull terrier attacked two dogs in Butterworth Lane. The man, who has not been named but is believed to have been in his thirties with a...
A POLICE operation to crackdown on burglaries in Greater Manchester has been hailed a huge success. Operation Storm, which took place last Thursday, saw officers make five...
THE family of an Oldham mental patient who died in hospital is understood to be considering the possiblity of legal action against the health authority involved. It follows an...
MICHAEL MEACHER has shown his support for Unison members by spending a day as a cleaner at Oldham Sports Centre. The Oldham West MP accepted the task to show how strongly he...
A 27-YEAR-OLD man has been charged with manslaughter following the death of Michael Moran on Saturday. Mr Moran (63), of Lancing Walk, Chadderton, died after receiving a...
AN elderly flasher has been spared prison after an incident in public toilets in Stockport led to his arrest. At Minshull Street Crown Court, Michael Kehoe (62), of Edward...
