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OLDHAM companies are invited to join a Chinese trade mission to Chengdu, Wuhan and Hong Kong this autumn. The visit, from October 20-31, will include a pre-departure briefing...
Date Published 29/08/2014
MORE Oldham children will be tucking into free school dinners from the start of the new school year next week. Oldham Council has completed kitchen work across the borough to...
RUGBY: THIS year is a special one for the rugby league fraternity in Oldham, for it marks the anniversary of three significant events with strong town connections. All three...
ALF Mumberson, Oldham RL Club's popular prop of the early 1960s, has died in Cumbria of a heart attack at the age of 78. Mumberson lived in Maryport, but died while visiting...
CRICKET: FEW saw it coming, but the belief in the Werneth dressing room had never waivered. Last weekend’s Lake Garage CLL Premier Division fixtures saw two huge shocks...
CRICKET: SPRINGHEAD impressed when getting the better of Elton Vale in the North Manchester Cricket League. In their Division One clash, the visitors replied with 187 for six...
CRICKET: CEC Wright has achieved many things in a local cricket league career which has spanned more than six decades. The 80 year old added two more to his tally with victory...
POLICE are warning residents to be on their guard after a number of attempted shed break-ins across Shaw recently. BUDDING actors and actresses can join the youth theatre at...
The 2014 Woman of Oldham will be unveiled at the annual lunch and presentation on September 24. The winner will follow in the footsteps of Royton grandmother Marjorie Bamforth,...
A care home is to be built next to Hotel Smokies Park. The 47-bed home will be built on a site in Ashton Road derelict since the demolition of a petrol station in...
ONE of Oldham’s most successful dance schools is facing closure. Anne Melia has run Collette’s Dance Troupe, based at Beulah Baptist Church, Hollinwood, for more...
FIVE miles from the end of an epic bike ride from Oldham to London over the bank holiday weekend, Mujib Rahman suffered a puncture. This was the only mechanical problem of the...
AFTER a year of searching a devastated dog owner is still appealing for the return of her beloved pet. Hugo, a two-year-old Yorkshire Terrier cross went missing near his home...
AN Oldham entrepreneur nearly fell off his chair when BBC “Dragons’ Den” star Theo Paphitis chose his business as the winner of a Twitter competition entered by...
ANGLING: ROYTON ace Martin Taylor (Matrix Halifax) continued his terrific recent form in Wigan AA matches on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Last weekend he prevailed in his...
CRICKET: A TERRIFIC second half of the season for Delph has seen them zoom into fifth place in the Drakes Huddersfield League Premiership table. If they can pick up wins from a...
RUGBY: OLDHAM St Anne’s are back from a two-week break and are aiming to put right what went wrong on the last outing for Mick Fogerty’s men. The Higginshaw Road...
RUGBY UNION: OLDHAM RUFC face a tough away tie at Garstang in the first round of the Lancashire Plate tomorrow (3pm). And they go there following a poor performance in last...
THE 2014-15 Midas Plumbing and Heating Services Oldham Sunday League campaign gets underway in earnest this weekend with the usual batch of new teams. A total of 33 teams...
FOOTBALL: SPRINGHEAD were out of luck when they conceded an injury-time penalty to draw 2-2 at home to Monton in the FBT Manchester League Premier Division. ’Head should...
CRICKET: THIS weekend could well be a pivotal one for Saddleworth and District Cricket League title ambitions. It’s another hectic double-header, and if long-time leaders...
CRICKET: MONTON and Weaste ended Crompton’s winning streak last weekend, but a quirk in the fixture list gives Simon Wright’s promotion hopefuls an instant chance to...
MANCHESTER United’s boss expects to be busy before the transfer window closes on Monday. Louis Van Gaal wants to bring in more players and release others to further...
Non-league football: MOSSLEY joint-boss Peter Band has declared himself satisfied with his team’s start to the 2014-15 season. Lilywhites got off the mark at the fourth...
AS Oldham’s players were leaving Gateshead after their 32-14 win in June, Thunder boss Stanley Gene was already looking ahead to payback time. The former Papua New Guinea...
MYSTERY surrounds the death of a delivery driver found at the bottom of a beer tanker at the Greengate brewery of JW Lees yesterday. Staff at the Grimshaw Lane brewery found...
A FORMER captain of Saddleworth Golf Club is to face trial following allegations involving sexual activity with a child. Timothy Edwards (58), from Dobcross, had already...
Two more people have been arrested in connection with the death of Craig Wilcox, whose body was found at Dovestone Reservoir in February. The men, aged 37 and 28, were arrested...
LEE Johnson wants his side to be single-minded at Doncaster tomorrow. Athletic’s clash at the Keepmoat Stadium holds special significance for a host of Rovers men with...
OLDHAMERS are being encouraged to have their say in the council’s need to save £60 million over two years - on top of the £140 million already saved in the past...
