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BILAL Khiljee has answered Glodwick’s call for tomorrow’s Twenty20 Competition quarter-final clash. With professional Rehan Rafiq recuperating after being knocked...
Date Published 25/07/2014
ROYTON skipper Denny Hulme has insisted that his team are looking up the CLL Premier Division table, and not at the three teams below them. There have been suggestions that...
A PRE-SCHOOL is appealing for the public’s help to transform its rundown new premises after being asked to leave its current home. Pies pre-school, originally based at...
Primary school pupils enjoyed getting involved in arts activities such as drawing and creating woven and textile pieces at the Oldham Academy North. They took part in the...
CARING kitchen staff have installed two life-saving defibrillators at Saddleworth School for community use. The team of four — Pam Morris, Ashleigh Chastney, Lauren Kelly...
A TEACHER has praised the efforts of a group of teenagers who held a sponsored car wash to raise thousands of pounds for Gaza. Abdullah Al Mohsin, a special-needs teaching...
THUNDER and lightning hit Oldham in the early hours of Saturday — literally in the case of this rooftop — and one of our readers was brave enough to capture the events...
A STRUGGLING primary school has improved since it became an academy in September, 2012. Ofsted inspectors who visited Stoneleigh Academy, Vulcan Street, Derker, rated it as...
TEACHING staff at Oldham College did some learning of their own to understand the demands of the modern workplace. Teachers on digital and creative courses at Oldham College...
A cafe owner has been nominated for a Pride in Oldham award for building a booming trade despite his father suffering from a life-threatening illness. Lynton Bryan (29) opened...
OLDHAMERS are being urged to give their views and help to shape the future for Oldham as a major transformation in healthcare gets under way. Radical plans to reconfigure...
A SUPER-FIT Oldhamer completed the challenge of a lifetime — running 66 miles while climbing 42 of the highest peaks in the Lake District . . . and all within 24 hours. After a...
RUNNERS of all abilities are invited to take part in the Milltown to Moors 10k which is returning to Oldham for the second year. Commonwealth Games athlete, and last...
IF you’re the kind of parent who won’t let the kids out of the house unless they’re wrapped in half a ton of cotton wool, read on! St John Ambulance chiefs...
TWO kind-hearted children got on their bikes to raise over £700 for Jamie’s Something Special fund. Alex Dowd, right, Jamie’s cousin, and Ryan Frost took part...
A DELEGATION from Kosovo met with the Mayor, Councillor Fida Hussain, to celebrate Oldham’s links with the country. Kosovo has strong ties with Oldham due to the assistance...
IN FIFTY golden years of marriage, Sidney and June Woodhouse have rarely been still. And it is that busy lifestyle which the Greenfield couple say has given them five decades...
PRIVATE companies should not profit from cancer and terminal care, Oldham MP Michael Meacher has said. The Oldham West and Royton MP said the actions of four GP-led clinical...
A GROUP helping vulnerable people in Oldham’s communities has won a prestigious award at a ceremony in Liverpool. Oldham Floating Support Partnership (OFSP), a...
HOUSING associations in Oldham are joining forces with not-for-profit organisation My Home Finance to tackle loan sharks and promote affordable lending. North of England...
FED-UP residents claim their lives are being made a misery by noisy late-night lorries going in and out of a busy factory on their doorstep. Householders in Prospect Road and...
THE heat is on for gourmet grillers who are set to fire up the barbie for Cancer Research UK. Chadderton’s Sharon Quennell became one of the charity’s ambassadors...
THE annual Age UK Oldham’s Silver Stars talent contest was a big hit yet again. This year’s show, which took place recently at the Oldham Coliseum, was dedicated to...
PET owners can keep their dogs in tip-top condition thanks to the RSPCA’s new grooming centre. Inspired by a number of cases where inspectors found animals in extremely...
SWIMMERS from Crompton Classics claimed three out of four prizes in a gala — despite the council pulling the plug on their training facility due to spiralling repair...
A STUDENT who took a child in care away without permission, has been punished with a six-month community order. Caine Andrew Adam Lynch (18) of Silverstone Drive, Failsworth,...
A DRUNK couple who nabbed gnomes in the night are facing a fine for their felony. Charissa Brown (30) and Christopher Timmins (23), both of Canal Street, Chadderton, were...
RYAN Lord pounced for a hat-trick of tries as in-form Saddleworth Rangers under-11s ran out easy 46-0 victors against Westhoughton Lions. Gabriel Payne opened the scoring for...
MUSICIANS from Oldham are finding out if New York really is the city that never sleeps, as they take part in a musical trip of a lifetime. The American public has been be...
SWIMMING OLDHAM Aquatics duo Jack Graham and Callum Quigley will bid to top an already successful year when they head to Sheffield next month to compete in the ASA National...
