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MARIAM Waseem is a tireless and motivated young woman who can not give enough to her community. At the age of 19 Mariam is on Oldham Youth Council where she is involved in...
Date Published 15/08/2014
ACCORDING to her head teacher, Rebecca Rees never rests, she is extremely committed to her work in school and spends most of her spare time completing charity work. The Year 11...
SWAPPING banking for his bike is Richard Harrison, who is using pedal power to raise pounds. The 30-year-old clerk, of Royton, has embarked on his biggest personal challenge...
FIREFIGHTERS in Oldham are continuing to strike this week in their long- running dispute with the Government over changes to their pensions. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) is...
NORTH-WEST firms and small businesses are being urged to name and shame the public-sector organisations that treat them unfairly in contracts. A new report shows that late...
OLDHAM’S brightest and best young fashionistas have gone to London for three special days of retail work experience. Part of Mahdlo’s “Get a Job”...
WITH access to cameras covering every inch of the town centre, First Response staff keep a watchful eye over Oldham. Their finely-honed monitoring skills have helped police...
A LOCAL actor is starring in a lead role in BBC’s flagship period drama, “The Village”. When Tom Varey (23) secured the role of Ben Middleton in the second...
A NEW way to divorce that aims to reduce the emotional and financial toll is being promoted in Oldham. Offered via a pioneering group of collaborative lawyers and Pearson...
HOLLINWOOD begin their preparations for the new Pennine League Division Four campaign tonight, with the first training session taking place at Melrose playing fields, Fields New...
OLDHAM Rugby Union Club hit the road for their opening game of the 2014-15 North Lancashire Division One season. The Manor Park club start their campaign on Saturday, September...
A YOUNG man from Saddleworth who is passionate about human rights issues is trying to raise more awareness of the plight of the people in North Korea. Liam Bluer, a former...
OLDHAM Council has launched an innovative new scheme to encourage warehouse workers to secure higher paid jobs as drivers. The Warehouse to Wheels scheme sees the local...
Saddleworth and District Cricket League by KEVIN RICHARDSON IT took Glodwick three hours, 10 minutes to bowl their 45 overs against Saddleworth last Saturday. The time...
OLDHAM’S Hilda Jackson, thought to be the fifth oldest person in the UK, has died 15 days before her 111th birthday. Hilda, who was believed to be the oldest person...
CLL by KEITH McHUGH AS local CLL fixtures go, they don’t come much bigger than Saturday’s showdown between Royton and Werneth at the Paddock. Advocates of the...
An inquest into the death of a former Oldham magistrate Ronald Halliwell (85) was adjourned for a second time after a doctor questioned the findings of a pathologist. The first...
Until five years ago Sam Bradshaw was a housewife and a mother-of-four overcoming problems in her personal life. Now, she is a successful health worker for Cheshire and Greater...
A HUGE pile of building materials was dumped in Huddersfield Road, Denshaw. Oldham Council’s environmental team was sent to collect the waste and remove it from the beauty...
UNEMPLOYMENT in Oldham has continued to fall, with the number of people claiming job-seeker’s allowance (JSA) down by 200 over the past month. Figures from the Office for...
THE Rotary Club of Oldham’s charity Heartstart Oldham is to be supported by supermarket Sainsbury’s. The retail giant picked it as its charity of the...
GREENACRES could soon be home to a new training facility for steeplejacks. Permission is being sought by Delta International, for the erection of a cylinder, measuring a height...
LABOUR MP Debbie Abrahams has launched a petition calling for a guarantee patients will receive a doctor’s appointment within 48 hours. She has already started collecting...
FIVE Oldham Sixth Form College students are flying high after winning places at the country’s top universities. Naomi Sutton, Daniel Stanley and Rebecca Leech are all off...
LAND behind the former Mathias Pilling sheltered housing site in Shaw has been cleared ready for development. The land, in Siddall Street, was bought from Oldham Council by...
CLL PREVIEW WITH only nine fixtures remaining, the race for honours and promotion, and the scrap to avoid relegation are well and truly on. Norden and Walsden have the Premier...
TWO men have been arrested after a gun was fired in Failsworth yesterday. Police were called to Cormallen Grove at 2.30pm following reports two men and a woman were outside a...
FBT Manchester League by JOHN GILDER THERE is a local derby on the opening day of the 2014-15 FBT Manchester League Premier Division season as Avro entertain Springhead at the...
NORTH Chadderton School is celebrating another year of A-level achievement, with 97 per cent of students achieving A* to E grades. Well over a third of pupils attained A* to B...
PAUL Scholes has written off Manchester United's Barclays Premier League title chances, but believes new manager Louis van Gaal can lead a challenge for the top four. United...
