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TWO talented young members of Oldham’s Marshall Fencing Club returned from the prestigious North-West Junior tournament in Preston with medals. The local club had a...
Date Published 08/11/2013
ROOKIE golfers have been receiving expert tuition from Crompton and Royton assistant professional, Jordan Flint. Juniors have been introduced to the sport during coaching...
OLDHAM’S sporting heroes are preparing for a night with the stars. Gregory Jones, Ian Dunkerley, Dorothy Shirley-Emerson, Alice Travis, Pete Wild and Chadderton...
OLDHAM Netball Club returned from Bath a happy bunch after sweeping to a 56-32 win in National Premier League One. Fielding a strong starting seven, the visitors took a firm...
HIGGINSHAW slumped to a 36-0 defeat against an experienced Golborne Parkside outfit in the Upper Division of the North-West Counties League. Despite the one-sided scoreline,...
HOLLINWOOD need players who are committed to the cause after they had to concede their Pennine League clash at Sherburn Bears. Despite a full quota of 30 signed up, only seven...
TONY Simcock is a regular at Medlock Bridge AC open events on Park Lake and, although he wins his fair share, he rarely lands a plum draw. However, in the latest match he...
ATHLETICS ROYTON Road Runners finished the road-race season in style with an impressive double-header. The first RRR Cup final took place at the Oldham park run and...
HOLDING next year’s Grand Depart of the Tour de France in northern England offers the Pennines areas of Oldham and Rochdale a great opportunity to promote long-term tourism....
LOCAL people deserve a local voice in the criminal justice process, says Greater Manchester’s Police and Crime Commissioner. Commenting on the revised Victims’...
ZUMBA fans are in the dark when it comes to exercising at Oldham Academy North. Instructor Sharon Oakley, from Royton, has turned her weekly zumba class into a girls night...
A RETIRED pastor and budding photographer is a happy snapper after receiving his £300 top prize in a prestigious competition. David Skinner, from Hollins, entered the...
PITCHES at Oldham Edge playing fields should still be available to local sports teams despite being churned up after the Big Bang bonfire display. Tuesday’s event was a...
OLDHAM’S biggest nightclub has thrown down a challenge to other pubs and venues to “raise the bar” when Metrolink arrives in the town centre next year. Terry...
A FORMER policeman, who moved to Oldham from Scotland in the 1960s, is on a mission to raise awareness of a devastating disease. Gordon Smith was a familiar face on his patch...
PEOPLE can learn about the changes and advances in pathology over the last 100 years with an exclusive free talk, given by Len Fielding, pathology manager, at The Pennine Acute...
OLDHAM College has already had a response from former students for its 120th anniversary celebrations — from as far afield as Hong Kong. As previously reported in the...
POLICE and Crime commissioner Tony Lloyd has joined the fight against anti-social behaviour in Shaw after attending a summit with parish councillors. Councillor Rod Blyth, who...
HEALTH professionals are urging Oldhamers to stay safe as wintry weather blasts the borough. Oldham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has teamed up with the council to offer...
Barrier Breakers is Oldham’s youth forum for children and young people with additional needs or disability. The group, for those aged 11 to 21, comes from across Oldham...
Warburtons is providing nearly £15,000 of funding to support Mahdlo’s Get Ahead project. The grant builds on the success of last year’s pilot project which...
Look out, look out — the Go Oldham Inspectors are about! Go Oldham iInspectors is a programme running across Oldham for young people that aims to support them to...
IN the 1990s the big music rivalry saw Britpop duo Oasis and Blur constantly trying to get one over one another. Now, in 2013, there is an equal rivalry on the Oldham music...
OLDHAM men and women are among hundreds of adults across Greater Manchester who have offered to help the scouts following an appeal for volunteers. Hundreds of visitors...
TAKE a virtual tour of the inside of Oldham’s most important buildings, courtesy of a new 360-degree photography project. Middleton-based Dan Root’s Google...
GHOSTLY goings-on in his home inspired a former college principal’s latest novel. Former principal of Oldham Sixth Form College, Nick Brown, has published Christmas...
AN Oldham couple are celebrating after the family business was voted Bed Manufacturer of the Year 2013 at the National Bed Federation exhibition. Burgess Beds, now based in...
ATHLETIC have made a brand new low-cost signing ahead of tomorrow’s big FA Cup first-round tie at home to Wolves . . . a Subbuteo set. Lee Johnson says the £30 hit...
JAMES Dayton’s beard may not survive the snip, but the winger is hoping his form at least will continue to blossom. The 24-year-old former Kilmarnock player became...
JAMES Wesolowski has offered a reminder to Athletic’s players that a top-class performance against good opposition can help to transform a whole career. Last season,...
