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OLDHAM College is undergoing a £25 million transformation — the first serious investment in vocational and technical education in the borough for a generation. By...
Date Published 06/09/2013
OLDHAM St Anne’s ‘A’ are riding high in Division Three of the North-West Men’s League after a superb 40-14 victory over title rivals Blackbrook. Home...
A strong field of men and women gathered at Darley Moor in Derbyshire for the annual National Clarion Road Race Championship. With several riders attacking from the off, it...
LEADERS Springhead completed their Lynx Sportswear North Manchester League Division Three campaign with a thumping victory over Failsworth Macedonia seconds. Taking first...
Versasteel Saddleworth and District Cricket League by KEVIN RICHARDSON WHILE the destination of the Division One title may not be decided until Saturday week, there will be a...
CROMPTON may have missed out on promotion to the Lake Garage CLL’s Premier Division, but they remain determined to end the season on a high note. With a visit to...
STUDENTS will be quids in at a special Oldham town centre event that will give them shopping discounts and freebies. The “Student Lock Down” is taking place at...
A mother-and-baby group has been nominated for a Pride In Oldham award for helping to create a happy family feel for all who attend. WeeB’s Mums and Bairns Group hosts...
As part of the Get Oldham Working campaign, the council is working with partners Jobcentre Plus, National Careers Service and SLM Connect, to host a Jobs and Skills Fair on...
THE father of murdered Diggle PC Nicola Hughes will host a charity golf day to honour his daughter’s memory. Bryn Hughes has organised a number of fundraising events since the...
THE full line-up of speakers for the borough’s first TEDx Oldham conference has been finalised. It includes CERN scientist and expert on the Large Hadron Collider, Stephen...
CAMPAIGNERS against the controversial bedroom tax will meet a United Nations expert on housing rights during an official visit to Manchester on Saturday. Raquel Rolnik will...
OLDHAM is one of 307 UK councils to have sold information from the electoral roll over a five-year period, according to a report released this week. Freedom of Information...
A VILLAGE has been put on alert in the search for a wanderlust tortoise. Frazier, a two-year-old Hermann tortoise, belongs to schoolgirl Sam Booth’s family from...
A PIGEON fancier says his prized flock is suffering due to a newly-installed lamp-post which shines light on them 24-hours-a-day. Sam Whitworth keeps 100 pigeons in the garage...
FOURTEEN-year-old tennis starlet Lauren Dowling tore up the competition at the Lancashire County Championships which took place at the Bolton Arena. Lauren, who is still only...
MARK Orme produced a wonder finish to clinch the Saddleworth Club Championship. The 36-year-old birdied the par-four 17th at the Mountain Ash course and then eagled the...
Family’s tribute to hospital staff who fought to save lost twin A PRECIOUS 129 days of life given to baby Rory Stott has prompted a heartbroken family to launch a huge...
‘Devastated’ Corrie star fights back tears “CORONATION Street” star Michael Le Vell choked back tears to tell a jury he is “fighting for his life” as he denied a string of...
Woman tells court of ‘horror A WOMAN wept as she described to a hushed courtroom how she had been held prisoner, sexually attacked and then raped in the squalor of a pitch-black...
Charity celebrates life in iconic building GROUNDWORK Oldham and Rochdale is marking a major milestone next week. The environment charity, based at the former Higginshaw...
Boundary Park is next stop, claims Reds chief MILLIONAIRE racehorse owner Dr Marwan Koukash last night confirmed that he still wants to buy Oldham Athletic Football Club....
A DRUNKEN reveller head-butted a glass door panel until it smashed when he was thrown out of an Oldham night club. Oldham magistrates heard that Aaron Turner, of Poppy Road,...
MP demands tax returns law AN Oldham MP today demanded it becomes law that top earners and biggest companies publish their tax returns to crackdown on tax avoidance. Oldham...
ATHLETIC defender Connor Brown underwent successful surgery yesterday and should be back playing again inside two months. Right-back Brown (21), had started the season well...
Versasteel Saddleworth and District Cricket League by KEVIN RICHARDSON GET ready for some twists and turns in the last full weekend of action in the Versasteel Saddleworth and...
WITH the Lake Garage CLL Championship trophy tantalisingly close, Royton must hold their nerve in order to keep local rivals Werneth at bay. Denny Hulme’s men went to...
Amateur Rugby League SADDLEWORTH Rangers coach Shane Tupaea has issued a positive message ahead of tomorrow’s National Conference League clash at Hunslet Warriors....
OLDHAM Rugby League Club’s coaching double-act of Scott Naylor and Lee Spencer will be at Spotland on Sunday to run the rule over the Roughyeds’ play-off opponents....
PLUCKY Adam McQuillan has taken his first steps less than two years after being knocked down in an horrific road accident. Using sticks to steady him, the brave 10-year-old is...
Date Published 05/09/2013
