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TRANSFER deadline day passed relatively quietly at Boundary Park, with just one exciting Champions League-experienced defender joining Athletic, and no-one leaving. Manager...
Date Published 03/09/2013
PARENTS of hundreds of pupils will have to find alternative childcare because council building work at three primary schools has overrun. Children were due to start at Yew...
TONIGHT’S Johnstone’s Paints Trophy Northern Section first-round clash at League One rivals Shrewsbury offers Athletic the chance to quickly shake off the...
AN Oldham man who carved his nickname on the arms of two young girls and sexually assaulted a third has been jailed. Dildhar Miah (21), of Yasmin Gardens, West Hulme, was...
OLDHAM have confirmed that their biggest game of the season so far, a play-off tie against Rochdale Hornets or London Skolars, will take place at Whitebank a week on Sunday,...
POLICE are investigating a bizarre case that left a man and a woman in hospital after a stabbing and a road accident. Detectives say the two incidents, where a woman was...
A SHAW man has been jailed for armed robbery after threatening a cashier with an imitation gun. David Jones (40), of Rushcroft Road, was charged with one count of robbery, one...
CONSTRUCTION of a new £100,000 skatepark was hit after thieves swiped £10,000 worth of tools. The thieves looted a construction welder, a generator, diesel and tools from the...
ATHLETIC boss Lee Johnson has swooped to sign Swiss defender Genseric Kusunga. The 25-year-old has agreed a deal to the end of the season, with an option for a further year,...
Date Published 02/09/2013
HOUSING 21’s chief executive has left her post after mistakes were made costing the company a staggering £12.3 million. Pushpa Raguvaran quit following the...
TALENTED musicians entertained town-centre shoppers at Saturday’s Sound of Oldham event. Performers ranging from rapper Darren Berry to Meatloaf tribute act Peter Young took...
Coronation Street stars Michael Le Vell and Bill Roache were appearing in separate courts today on sex charges. Actor Michael Le Vell was going on trial accused of a series of...
A LEES priest has paid tribute to his friend and Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney who has died aged 74. Canon Eugene Dolan from St Edwards’s Church went to school...
JAMES Dayton claimed that referee Eddie Ilderton admitted that Athletic goalkeeper Mark Oxley played the ball first in the controversial incident which led to Tranmere’s...
Athletic 0, Tranmere 1 HISTORY repeated itself on Saturday at Boundary Park. Athletic fielded players called Albert and Sidney, names not in common usage for at least a...
THE TWO managers could not have held more differing views on the controversial Ryan Lowe penalty which nicked three points for Tranmere Rovers. “It was a nailed-on...
OLDHAM RL’s preparations for the Kingstone Press Championship One play-offs continued with little fuss as they cruised to a 50-18 friendly victory against a Leigh Academy...
CLL cricket round-up OLDHAM have endured a torrid last few weeks, but yesterday the CLL Championship’s bottom side showed they do have what it takes to win cricket...
Saddleworth League- Saturday HEYSIDE dealt a blow to Glodwick’s hopes of a first Saddleworth and District Cricket League title on Saturday. After retaining their...
THERE was never a dull moment in the Droylsden versus Moorside Saddleworth and District Cricket League clash at Oakfield, which saw both sides dismissed for less than 100 and left...
THERE were hugely contrasting fortunes for Delph during what was the penultimate weekend of the Drakes Huddersfield League Premiership season. Following a terrific victory on...
THE FRIDAY THING: DESPITE the unexpected prolonged spell of good weather, even spilling over into Bank Holiday weekend, it has not been a good week for everyone. God, for...
Date Published 30/08/2013
LOOKING for a new hobby? The nimble-fingered can find out more about needlework skills with the Canalside Quilters who meet at Saddleworth Museum on Tuesdays, 10am-12.30pm and...
FIREFIGHTERS have voted almost 4–1 in favour of striking in a row over pensions - threatening the first nationwide walkouts in a decade. Members of the Fire Brigades...
FRUSTRATING baggage fees could be a thing of the past tanks to an Oldham entrepreneur Jordan Makin’s Luggage Mule is a low-cost luggage transit service. The 28-year-old...
A SHAW barber’s screen writing career is taking off after his first short film became an internet hit with almost 25,000 views. Ian Bishop’s 16-minute debut...
A CHADDERTON mum is urging Oldhamers to be more vigilant after burglars ransacked her home as she slept. Diane Singleton of Alcester Street learned of the robbery when she was...
A GRAND a month for a year — that’s the feat accomplished by staff at one of Oldham’s oldest companies to celebrate its 175th birthday. Workers at Emanuel...
CRICKET: ROYTON’S Callum Porteous and Khurram Hussain made telling contributions as the CLL colts beat their Lancashire County League counterparts in dramatic fashion in the final...
JORDAN Bove struck FOUR times for Athletic’s under-18s, whose good start to the season continued despite the absence of several players. Morecambe were beaten 6-0 by...
