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MANY council operations and facilities will be scaled down over Christmas. Oldham Council’s out-of-hours services will remain available for urgent situations such as...
Date Published 14/12/2012
CHRISTMAS shoppers will be transported back in time at Oldham town centre’s Victorian Weekend from tomorrow. Shoppers can ride on a big carousel as part of the free...
THE FRIDAY THING: AS someone who, over the years, has attended many weddings (some jolly, some happy, some pure comedy, and one that was abandoned when the bridegroom was...
JAZZ band “Spirit of New Orleans” plays at Delph Band Club, Lawton Square, tonight from 8.30pm. Free entry. DOBCROSS Band Club presents a Christmas...
YOUNG entrepreneur Eric Bishyika (15) has designs on success with his first fashion range. The Oasis Academy Oldham pupil was only 13 when he started selling his own clothing...
AN award-winning disability group has given access to the new Derker and Shaw & Crompton tram stops the thumbs up on a visit just days before the Metrolink line opens. The...
POLICE in Royton have released an e-fit of a man who sexually assaulted a woman waiting at a bus stop. The 24-year-old victim was at the bus stop on Oldham Road, opposite the...
THE parents of fallen police officers Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone attended the opening of a special garden unveiled in their memory. Police chiefs, colleagues and relatives...
WEIGHTLIFTING: WEIGHTY AMBITION — Joe Callaghan takes the strain in his stride as he lifts a big weight. He broke three British records on his way to gold at the...
CRICKET: CROMPTON face a tough test at holders Middleton in the first round of the John Willie Lees Wood Cup. Oldham entertain Clifton, and will travel to the winners of...
FOOTBALL: MOSSLEY player-manager Steve Halford is set to hand former Athletic youth team midfielder Ryan Hopper his debut in tomorrow’s Evo-Stik League Division One...
Dog and Duck 6, Junction Inn 1 DOG and Duck made it 12 wins out of 12 to cement their position at the top of Midas Plumbing Oldham Sunday League Division Three. This...
FOOTBALL: IN-FORM Springhead roared to a 3-0 win at Rothwell in the third round of the West Riding FA Cup. The Rothwell goalkeeper did well to thwart Adam Nuttall and Josh...
OLDHAM Council’s financial performance has been highlighted by the independent public spending watchdog as ‘top of the league’. The Audit Commission’s...
A WHEELCHAIR-BOUND Oldham man fears he could be left stranded when bus and train operator Arriva starts to run part of Greater Manchester’s ambulance service. Andrew...
IMAGES of half a dozen new signings like you’ve never seen before form a highlight of Oldham Rugby League Club’s first official club calendar. Taken by club...
A £130 million scheme will bring 1,000 social housing homes to Oldham over the next three years. Developments under way or planned include 165 properties in Acre Lane,...
AN investigation has been launched into illegal parking that caused problems for businesses close to Oldham Mumps’ Metrolink stop. Businessman Andrew Conway says the...
Angling: DAVE Holland, of Tri-Cast Highfield, has been in superb form on Sycamore Fisheries. He made it three wins from his last four visits, despite first having to...
RUGBY UNION: BUOYED by an impressive defeat of Garstang, Oldham firsts will look to carry on the good work at basement boys Bury tomorrow. The 48-15 win six days ago saw...
Mumford and Sons, Manchester Arena SINCE when did folk become fashionable? Well, since 2009, when stomp-thumping bluegrassers Mumford and Sons became the cool heads of the...
ENJOY arts and crafts, games, face painting and a tombola at the Christmas Bonanza event at South Chadderton Youth Centre, Lancaster Street, from noon to 3pm on Friday....
SNOOKER: WITH the Blue Club ‘B’ result still pending, North Chadd ‘B’ are back on top spot in the Oldham Amateur Snooker League. The reigning...
THE One Oldham Business Awards 2013 have been launched — with a rallying cry for the borough and praise for the event’s success over the past four years. More than...
CROSS COUNTRY: CHRISTMAS came early for Crompton House girls as they topped the charts in the Oldham Schools Cross-Country Championships. After clinching first place in...
A HARD-HITTING inquiry has uncovered discrimination against job-seeking women from ethnic minorities. Debbie Abrahams, MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth, was heavily involved...
BOWLS: FORMER Green Final Bowling Handicap winner Jack Ashton has died. A player for more than 40 years, 69-year-old Jack was a well-known face on the local circuit,...
THREE million pounds will be invested across Greater Manchester to improve hospital-based mental-health services. Mental-health practitioners at the Royal Oldham Hospital will...
Greater Manchester’s new Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Lloyd and Chief Constable Sir Peter Fahy have signed a public contract pledging “independence and...
THAI BOXING: Oldham brother and sister Leyton (16) and Breanna Collymore, seven years his junior, are in the Great Britain squad at the Thai Boxing World Championships in...
