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A TOMMYFIELD stallholder is retiring after more than 50 years working at the famus Oldham town centre market hall. Michael Bray (62) has spent his life in and around the...
Date Published 29/03/2013
Two people who were seen dropping a cigarette end in the street in separate incidents were each fined £85 with £300 costs and a £20 victim surcharge by Oldham...
NEARLY 400 arrests have been made across Greater Manchester this week — including 45 in Oldham — in a police “spring clean” against crime. Officers...
IT was tough going in the final match in the Trabucco teams of four league on a rock-hard Brighouse Canal. One section was dry, while others yielded just a handful of fish....
Lancashire and Cheshire League SANTOS crashed out of the Rhodes Cup 5-2 at Premier Division Mellor in one of only two Lancashire and Cheshire League games played. Playing at...
CROSSLEY playing fields must have been the coldest place on the planet as The Dog and Springhead Libs 'B' shared the spoils in the Second Division of the Midas Plumbing Oldham...
THE only Midas Plumbing Oldham Sunday League Jack Abbott Premier Division Shield quarter-final to survive the weather saw Coppice United ‘A’ prevail 3-1 against Rifle...
A FAILSWORTH woman has been honoured for her dedication to girlguiding over the last 37 years with a prestigious award. Enid Bell, divisional commander for the North...
OLDHAMERS can compare the borough’s road safety record with towns and cities across the country thanks to a new website. Road Safety Minister Stephen Hammond launched...
ENTRIES for the fifth One Oldham Business Awards close on Friday — so this is your last chance to put yourself in line for a prestigious place among Oldham’s elite....
IT was love at second sight for Ernest and Joan Scarsbrook. The pair met as children when they were both pupils at St Joseph’s School in Shaw. But it was 10 years...
There was little time for acclimatisation for a highways team member, who set about tackling the snow just hours after landing home from a beach holiday. Andrew Aikman had...
SPRINGHEAD go into next Thursday’s crunch West Riding County FA Challenge Cup semi-final against Bay Athletic in confident mood. It is only the second time in Springhead’s...
MOSSLEY return to the battle for the Evo-Stik League Division One North play-off places tomorrow when they host Radcliffe Borough. Following Wednesday night’s dramatic penalty...
BY early tonight, the gap between the teams sitting 19th and 20th in npower League One may be as narrow as one point — or as wide as seven. Much rests on how Colchester,...
A WINNER as a player on seven occasions, Andy Sands is plotting his first Standard Cup triumph as a coach when his Waterhead side take on Rochdale Mayfield at Manor Park on Easter...
SADDLEWORTH Rangers coach Emmerson Jackman has been handed a timely boost on the eve of his side’s eagerly-awaited derby at home to Waterhead. Influential stand-off...
CHRIS Hamilton is hoping an exciting team that’s winning matches will be enough to tempt back some of Oldham RL’s stay-away fans. In his latest rallying cry ahead...
LEE Johnson described the deadline-day acquisition of Federico Bessone as a “no-brainer”. The former Barcelona youth team player jetted in from Spain at personal...
CELEBRATE Easter with a woodland walk and a chocolately surprise. The Friends of Dunwood Park have organised the family event — including a toddlers’ easter egg...
IT might not seem ideal to be holding a market stall on the snow-covered roads of Saddleworth . . . but it is if you’re selling skis. Hulme Grammar School pupil Finlay...
OLDHAM’S new Catholic high school is inadequate and has serious weaknesses. That’s the view of an independent watchdog which said Newman College, Chadderton,...
A PET store faces all hands on deck as it prepares for an overnight operation to move around 2,000 fish to their new home. Fishworld Aquarium, on Middleton Road, Chadderton,...
Benefit chiefs rejected fresh claims a flagship welfare reform was “on the edge of disaster” after it was announced a full trial of the new Universal Credit will start...
SCHOOLS that have decided not to have a crossing patrol or have been unable to afford to pay for one under the new scheme have been investigating other alternative measures they...
NINETEEN schools have refused to pay Oldham Council to continue crossing patrols when they return after Easter. Many of the schools will now go without lollipop men and women...
A MAJOR Manchester city-centre bus terminal will close for three days following the Easter break for road and pavement-repair works. Bus stops on Parker Street, which runs...
WE report on how 19 schools have declined to pay Oldham Council to continue school crossing patrols when they return after Easter. But seven new schools will take up the service...
ATHLETIC were expecting to complete the signing of former Barcelona youth player Federico Bessone this afternoon, on the day the loan window slams shut for the season. Manager...
Date Published 28/03/2013
MARK Hobson says Oldham CAN make it three wins out of three in the Good Friday derby against Rochdale Hornets at Whitebank (kick-off 3pm) There isn’t much between them...
