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POLICE were called to a fight between pupils at Chadderton’s Radclyffe School on Tuesday morning. A spokesman said the incident is not being treated as a crime and will be...
Date Published 09/05/2014
REPAIR work has begun on the town centre offices that closed a road and halted trams. The former Jacksons Solicitors, at Union Street and Peter Street, was subsiding and had...
THE operators of Saddleworth’s last petrol station have hit out at plans to demolish the business and replace it with a property development. An application to Oldham Council...
A congregation’s hopes of keeping a popular clergyman in their parish have been dashed. More than 80 parishioners signed an appeal urging church leaders to allow the Rev...
A MAN went on a drunken wrecking spree in three Shaw pubs in February and March. Christian Haslam (22), of Milnrow Road, Shaw, pleaded guilty before Oldham magistrates to three...
THUG Garry Brookes has been jailed for five months for separate attacks on two female students and three police. The assaults, in February and last month, were fuelled by...
THE FRIDAY THING: PRISON clearly does not mean prison any more. In years gone by thugs, murderers, rapists and the like were locked away both to punish them for their lawless...
JOIN local writer Canon Jim Burns to hear history and memories of Whit walks at Love Lydgate’s monthly Monday talk, “Whit and Wisdom of the Walk”, on Monday at...
SADDLEWORTH novelist and TV writer Jan Needle is relaunching his most popular book... with a raised glass of ale and a recipe for toad in the hole. A specially-brewed local...
VETERAN Oldham West and Royton MP Michael Meacher has said Prime Minister David Cameron is no more Christian than his cat. The outburst, in an online blog, attacks the Tory...
THE lethal home pairing of Hazel Grove captain Mick Jones and professional James Rowlands showed their local knowledge as they posted an impressive 45 points to claim top spot in...
GOLF: JIM Keating, who has embarked on his second year as Oldham captain, is a man who inspires admiration from his clubmates and friends. The 74 year old fulfilled his...
ASHLEY Beech retired two laps into the latest round of the National Superstock 1000 Championship at Oulton Park. The Moorside rider pulled into the pits when his Kawasaki...
FIND out more about planting hanging baskets and containers at the Chadderton Floral Art Society meeting tomorrow. Paul Tyler, from Daisy Nook Garden centre, will be the guest...
OLDHAM company Sign UK has relocated to bigger premises to handle continued growth. The signage company has moved to a 10,000 sq ft building in Oldham West Business Park,...
CONDUCTOR Carl Davis and the Halle Orchestra wove a web of music plucked from the world of “Spies and Spooks”. The show had music from 17 blockbusters of stage and...
MORE than 40 dedicated fans raised glasses of special ale when one of Saddleworth’s most historic pubs celebrated a landmark achievement. The centuries-old Cross Keys in...
HEAD teacher Carol Cawkwell is to retire after nearly nine years at Hathershaw College. She will step down at the end of the school year and plans to move to France. She...
A HEARTBROKEN family is coming to terms with the loss of five valuable racing motorcycles. The bikes, including hand-built racers, were stolen in a raid at Diggle Motors of Warth...
OLDHAM’S ground-breaking St Mary’s housing development has been nominated for one of Britain’s most prestigious sustainability awards. The £14.8 million...
NEIL Roden celebrated the first win of his fledgling coaching career when his Oldham RL under-20s side hammered Gateshead-based North-East Academy 48-6 at Whitebank....
CRICKET: FAILSWORTH Macedonia and Springhead suffered first-round exits in the North Manchester League’s Calverley Cup competition. Dismissed for exactly 100 by...
CRICKET: HEYSIDE’S switch to the Central Lancashire League ensures the best future for the club says skipper Ryan Barnes. The Little Hey Street outfit, along with...
CRICKET: IF you had offered Royton skipper Denny Hulme six points from their weekend Lake Garage CLL Premier Division fixtures against Heywood and Norden, I suspect he would...
THE FIRST full season in management for Lee Johnson saw Athletic end up four places better off than last season. That might appear to be only a sliver of progress. But look...
FRIENDS of Crompton Moor are looking for volunteers to continue their regeneration of the Pignot Quarry area on Sunday. Meet at Brushes Clough car park from 10.30am. Visit...
SIXTEEN-year old Mariam Inayat and 14-year-old T-Jay Turner have been named Oldham Student of the Year at Wednesday’s yesterday’s 14th annual awards ceremony at...
A NORTH-WEST Euro-MP has warned electors to beware of postal ballot fraud. Over the next few days thousands of postal vote forms will be arriving for this year’s local...
OLDHAM Coliseum chief executive and artistic director Kevin Shaw is the main speaker at the Oldham Business Leadership Group free business breakfast at Mahdlo on May 14 (from...
POLICE have released an e-fit photograph of one of two men who broke into a house in Chadderton and stole thousands of pounds worth of electrical goods. Two men knocked on the...
