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THE future looks bright for University Centre Oldham and the 334 students who have graduated. Not only was the number of graduates almost double last year’s, but plans...
Date Published 25/07/2008
A FOND farewell was said to council chief executive Andrew Kilburn from the University Centre Oldham (UCO) — in the form of an honorary award. Mr Kilburn donned a red...
HUNDREDS of local schoolchildren are still waiting for test results as a Government inquiry is launched to investigate the national delay. Nationally, parents and teachers...
ATHLETIC have opened talks with Stoke City about signing winger Demar Phillips on long-term loan. Officials at Boundary Park are hoping to strike a deal with the Premier...
N inquest into the death of a two-year-old girl following a Glodwick house fire will be heard at Oldham magistrates on August 5. Safa Mansoor, from Kersley Street, suffered 90...
GREATER Manchester Police’s latest drink-driving campaign has been hailed a huge success. Chief Inspector Hayden Roberts, of GMP’s operational support unit, said:...
MOTORISTS helped in the arrest of a wanted man early this morning. Drivers made a series of calls to the police after spotting a man lying on the hard shoulder of the M60...
A HOST of knocks has once again given Oldham Roughyeds coach Steve Deakin a major headache ahead of his side’s latest test in National League Two. Already stretched...
PLANS for mobile post offices to replace some branches being axed are doomed to fail, MPs warned today. The Commons Business and Enterprise Select Committee found that...
DANIEL STURRIDGE will tomorrow be given the chance to stake a claim for a first-team place at Manchester City, writes TONY BUGBY. The teenager is to play in tomorrow’s...
A HAULAGE company has taken up a 2,200- mile challenge to raise funds for Unicef. TT Express (Oldham) Ltd is organising the Makro Challenge 2008, a charity motorbike ride,...
A BAT survey will be carried out in Alt before old people’s bungalows and vandalised flats are demolished. The properties on Cherry Avenue are due to come down very...
ROUGHYEDS coach Steve Deakin wants Oldham to be mentally switched-on for the full 80 minutes against dangerous Keighley this weekend. A recent run of four successive wins...
IT has been a bumpy road at times but Woodhouses are within touching distance of a dream appearance at Lord’s. They play host to Shipley Hall, from the Derbyshire County...
CROMPTON skipper Simon Wright’s motivational skills will be put to the test this weekend when his team face two vital matches, one of them against local rivals Oldham....
DELPH are counting down to the first of two finals in the space of three weekends. Grant Jones’ side play host to Honley in the culmination of the Examiner Twenty20...
AUSTERLANDS can have a huge bearing on the Armstrongs Office Furniture Saddleworth and District Cricket League title race this weekend. Third in the table and and with a trip...
ANDY RITCHIE, David Eyres and a host of other golden oldies will be back playing for Athletic tomorrow when the club has its first venture into The Screwfix Masters Cup....
WHEN Samantha Fletcher and Matthew Kershaw marry tomorrow in Uppermill, they will feel a sense of deja vu. They have already said their vows, cut a cake, and been showered...
OLDHAM will be hoping it’s a case of third time lucky tonight when they are due to take on Monton and Weaste in the semi-finals of the John Willies Lees Twenty20...
OLDHAM'S newest school is not the shiny new building at Radclyffe . . . or Failsworth. In fact, it is a school without walls, windows or even a roof. This is a ‘virtual...
OLDHAM St Anne’s are to take part in the Carlsberg Super Cup as part of their pre-season preparations. The tournament, held at the home of Leigh Miners Rangers, gets...
OLDHAM Council has been praised for achieving a 32 per cent improvement in energy efficiency since 1996. The figures are the largest improvement in the North-West and well...
GARY ELLIS and Graeme Wilson provide strong local interest in the All-England Merit at Pilkington Recreation Club, Doncaster, tomorrow (10am). Ellis, the 11-2 favourite to win...
MANCHESTER Phoenix have signed versatile Canadian forward Bruce Mulherin (26) from the Las Vegas Wranglers. ...
YOUNGSTERS taking part in this year’s summer reading challenge will have the chance to win tickets to watch Oldham Athletic’s home game against Scunthorpe. Oldham...
DIGGLE Primary School’s pop lacrosse team performed with distinction at the national championships. One of the four teams to represent the north-west region in the...
CRICKET Tonight — Lake Garage CLL, Twenty20 semi-finals (6.15): Oldham v Monton and Weaste; Unsworth v Walsden. Tomorrow: Ashton v Crompton; Clifton v Milnrow; Heywood v...
Some tricky questions for the Mayor, Councillor Shoab Akhtar, from interviewer Alice Eckersley, from Crompton House School, aided by above, (from the left) Millie Comer, from...
ROYTON Road Runners hosted their second “Trail Race” in and around Tandle Hill Park. Ian Grime (Newham & Essex Beagles) was first home with an impresive time...
