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HUNDREDS of Oldham commuters were stranded at Manchester Victoria as cable thieves brought chaos to the local rail network. More than 120 trains on the Oldham loop line were...
Date Published 23/07/2008
THOUSANDS of dead fish in the Rochdale Canal are believed to have been killed by a chemical spill. Environment Agency scientists have taken water samples from part of the...
COUNCIL leaders from across Greater Manchester will meet on Friday to discuss the possibility of a referendum over the future of local transport. The local authority leaders...
THE two teenagers who drowned in Knott Hill reservoir, Ashton, have been named as Lee Flanagan (17) and Craig Finn (18). A walker raised the alarm on Monday afternoon after...
LABOUR MP Phil Woolas today issued a message to his constituents concerned over the future of post office card accounts — “I’ve got the message loud and...
GP LEADER Dr Kailash Chand has criticised plans to force doctors to undergo annual assessments which will result in poor performers losing their licence. The Chief Medical...
A modest hero freed the pilot of a crashed helicopter and stayed with him despite fears that it could explode. But when emergency services arrived, Delph farmer Steven...
A GP spokesman has called for hard-hitting measures to battle drink-related injuries and illness. Dr Kailash Chand, a member of the British Medical Association, has called for...
A NEW push to sell the former Sainsbury’s site in Bloom Street could regenerate Oldham’s West End. The site, left empty when the supermarket moved to Union Street...
IT’S been a long time coming . . . but Grasscroft golfer Harry Wrigley has got his very first hole in one at the grand old age of 80. Harry has been a member at...
IF our boys in blue fail to secure promotion this season — fear not for there’s always a pint of Latics Glory beer to cry into. The newly christened bitter will be...
SPINDLES Town Square is creating good news despite the economic gloom and has now filled all the store premises on the upper level. Cinnzeo, Alpha News and Poundworld are the...
Support group hailed a lifeline by sufferers COPING with constant pain is something with which all members of Oldham Back to Back are familiar. The support group for...
HEALTH visitor Zoey Stansfield is putting her best foot forward to make sure patients on her ward at the Royal Oldham Hospital get some Christmas cheer. The 35-year-old...
BUDDING artist Louie Daley may be only nine but he’s already had his first art exhibition. And the Mayor of Oldham was on hand to officially open the display of...
A BANDMASTER is paying tribute to his musicians — by producing a CD in their honour. Brian Lamb’s ambitious project is underpinned by John Lees, one of the...
A MAN charged in connection with the hoax carried out on Ryder and Dutton estate agents could face a fraud charge. Martin Frostick (52), from Newbarn, Delph, was charged with...
WIDDOP Bingham, a major importer of giftware, won the gold award for best service to the independent retailer at the Gift Retailer Awards in London. The company, based in...
EXOTIC fish from around the globe are not normally associated with Oldham, but business partners Alan Hollas and Keith Shaw believe there is a market for dazzling damsels and...
Manufacturers and service providers are starting to experience more challenging times, according to the latest economic survey from Greater Manchester Chamber. While UK...
A HUGE raft of measures designed to encourage the unemployed back into work were unveiled by the Government this week. The moves, billed by Works and Pensions Secretary James...
EVER dreamed of ditching the stuffy office job and getting back to nature? Reporter Karen Doherty speaks to two people whose nine to five is more likely to be made up of pond...
Show is a wonder, and in many ways Oldham Coliseum ONE of the region’s most venerable and lauded young people’s theatre companies, Oldham Theatre Workshop,...
TO be brutally honest (and as our relationship develops, you will come to expect nothing less) there’s more than a bit of the voyeur in me. Not the sort that sits in...
ATHLETIC defender John Thompson is set for one of the biggest boosts of his Boundary Park career. Thompson has been passed fit to resume full training with less than three weeks...
Date Published 22/07/2008
THREE teams will be promoted from National League Two this season, the Rugby Football League has confirmed. Two sides — currently leaders Barrow and second-placed Gateshead — will...
A BIG turn-out of Athletic players and staff, from both past and present, attended Ernie Cooksey’s funeral in London yesterday. Ernie’s coffin was draped in a Latics shirt as...
RIO FERDINAND was set to return to the Manchester United side for today’s Vodafone Challenge match against Orlando Pirates in Durban. The Reds’ central defender was ruled out of...
TWO teenagers have drowned in a reservoir on the Oldham and Ashton border. The youths, believed to be in their late teens, were swimming in Knott Hill reservoir, at the foot of...
Celtic Crusaders and Salford City Reds have been handed three-year licenses for Super League starting from 2009, the RFL has announced. The Bridgend based Crusaders graduate from...
