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Education Secretary Nicky Morgan and former Conservative MP Edwina Currie have agreed to sponsor young Oldhamer Tom Hulme’s head-shave for charity. The Crompton House...
Date Published 19/09/2014
PENNINE Care NHS Foundation Trust has defended a decision to allow staff time off to take part in union activities. The news follows Taxpayers’ Alliance complaints that...
A MAN who attempted to fool police with bogus paperwork after they tracked stolen machinery to his farm has been jailed. Matthew Brown (41) pleaded guilty at Manchester Crown...
THE Oldham Corporate Quiz - which last year raised more than £2,400 for Royton’s Dr Kershaw’s Hospice - is to return in November. High Street bank Santander...
SADDLEWORTH entrepreneur Gavin Wheeldon is targeting the Asia Pacific region with his latest venture, Purple WiFi. Mr Wheeldon, from Greenfield, who built up then sold...
Children’s nurses in Oldham are celebrating after scooping an award for providing outstanding care. The Children’s Community Nurses team - part of Pennine Care NHS...
A YOUNG Oldham opera singer is about to make her home stage debut. Soprano Eleanor Garside (25) has never performed in her home town but will be one of the leading cast members...
A FLY-tipper’s holiday ended on a sour note when he was arrested at Manchester Airport after landing. A warrant for the arrest of Roy Lynch, of Laburnum Avenue,...
SPORTS historian David Colquhoun came about as far as it is possible to come to research a book about the life of pre-First World War Kiwi and Oldham rugby league star, George...
RUGBY: OLDHAM St Anne’s have won the Rugby Oldham Amateur Club Challenge for 2013-14. Thanks to their final-day victory over Stanley Rangers in Kingstone Press National...
RUGBY: HOLDERS Rochdale Mayfield have been drawn away to Fitton Hill Bulldogs in round one of the 2015 Standard Challenge Cup. Beaten finalists Oldham St Anne’s face a home tie...
CRICKET: ADAM Sunderland ensured Austerlands’ Saddleworth and District Cricket League season ended on a high, with a breathtaking knock against Uppermill. The Thorpe Lane...
CRICKET: Crompton closed their 2014 Lake Garage CLL Championship campaign with a big bang — despite missing promotion. The Glebe Street outfit crushed neighbours Oldham...
Swimming: IT has been am amazing summer for rising Royton swimming star Jessica Fullalove. But now she has finally found time to concentrate more on her academic...
ATHLETIC have gone back to basics to bring the best out of James Wilson. And the good news for fans is that there’s more to come from the outstanding centre...
POLICE are warning residents to be on their guard after a man was seen acting suspiciously on High Street, Shaw, last Saturday afternoon asking for change for public transport,...
CAMRA’S Good Beer Guide has commended Oldham’s Up Steps Inn in High Street for the quality of its real ales. The Wetherspoon-owned pub is listed in the 2015 guide...
OLDHAM is to become a regional centre of excellence for the game that helped football superstars such as Ronaldo, Messi and Neymar to hone their skills. Work has started on a...
A DEVASTATED widow is determined to stick to her plans for an annual cricket charity fun day - only two months after her husband suffered a fatal heart attack. Therese Hurst...
OLDHAM Community Leisure has defended changes that have cut the number of hours restricted for adult-only use at local pools. The leisure company, which is responsible for the...
The company behind the conversion of the former Yew Trees care home into shared-occupancy flats has reassured objectors its tenants will be “respectable...
MANCHESTER United legend Paul Scholes will be trading his football boots for golf clubs when he tees off at a charity golf tournament tomorrow. The former England star has...
OVER 300 fewer people claimed Jobseekers Allowance in Oldham last month as joblessness continued to fall. The number of men unemployed in August fell from 2,209 to 2,004, while...
GOLF: CHRIS Akers and Michael Grainger were the star turns on a double major day at Stamford. Members played 36 holes with combined gross scores counting for the scratch...
FOOTBALL: CHADDERTON crashed out of the Manchester Premier Cup spectacularly last night, losing 8-0 at home to Conference North side Hyde FC in the first round. Reece Gray and...
GOLF: WERNETH’S finals day produced a pairs competition to remember, with golf of the highest quality.. Club champion Adam Rowbotham and partner Geoff Dawson reached the...
SNOOKER: REECE Kershaw means business in the 2013-24 Oldham Amateur Snooker League season. He recorded a break of 73 as Blue Club ‘A’ beat visitors Springbank...
BOWLS: GARY Ellis was today bidding to equal the record of crown green bowling’s greatest ever player. Brian Duncan won the Waterloo Handicap title five times, a record...
ATHLETIC head to Notts County tomorrow confident of extending their unbeaten run to six matches. And manager Lee Johnson might have the chance to call on five-goal top scorer...
OLDHAM will be looking to the twin talents of their little hookers Gareth Owen and Kenny Hughes to boss the key ruck area in Sunday’s big play-off game at York. The...
