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MORE than a third of Oldham’s sickness-benefit claimants are being assessed as fit to work. All people claiming incapacity benefit are being assessed and placed in one...
Date Published 07/11/2012
MORE than 3,900 households have so far signed up to Oldham Council’s Power to the People collective energy switching scheme. Recent days have seen a massive surge in...
AN EXPLORER who overcame cancer to complete a voyage to the polar ice caps has won two prestigious awards for his bravery. Hollinwood businessman, Frank Rothwell, has been...
THE festive season officially begins in Oldham on Saturday when Santa and his reindeer fly into Oldham. Father Christmas will drop into the town centre for a bigger-than-ever...
MARTYN MEETS... part two of his chat with BBC producer Martin Napier Matthew Napier is a garrulous man, and that is meant as a compliment, for having spent 90 minutes in the...
Date Published 06/11/2012
REMEMBRANCE Sunday will be observed in Hollinwood with a service and laying of wreaths. The service at St Margaret’s starts at 10.30am and includes the two-minute...
Vision for the future A £5 MILLION plan to transform Limehurst has been unveiled by housing provider Regenda. Limehurst Vision addresses a range of areas — from...
Oldham MEP Chris Davies (58) has proved he can win races as well as elections. Chris stormed to top spot in the UK over-50s ultra-distance running championships. The...
TRAINEE chef Keaton McLure has dished up victory in the Manchester Hoteliers Association Awards. The awards, the biggest in Europe, rewards unsung heroes in the city’s...
KEN Stephinson, the renowned BBC director and producer, who had lived at Saddleworth Station for 34 years, has died. A native of Sunderland, where he spent his formative and...
Liberal Democrat councillor John McCann has withdrawn from his local by-election - claiming it’s a waste of money. Councillor McCann put himself forward for Saddleworth...
OLDHAM Council should go back to a committee system instead of having a leader and cabinet, according to Liberal Democrats. At tomorrow’s full council meeting, the party...
Oldham’s Broadway Business Park has been given a boost after a unit on the site was purchased for £1.7 million by a property investment company. The Langtree...
Sahara trek in memory of colleagues A POLICEMAN is planning an epic charity challenge in memory of Saddleworth officer Nicola Hughes. Jon Ezard (26) will trek across the...
MIDWIVES are urging Latics fans to hand over £1 to support the Royal Oldham Hospital’s ‘In Your Hands’ appeal. In return they can have their hands...
A SPECTACULAR fireworks display lit up Shaw skies and wowed hundreds. The popular annual event at the local cricket club drew huge crowds, who were treated to a fabulous...
A MAN accused of handing drugs out to trick or treaters on Hallowe’en has had his first court hearing postponed. Donald Junior Green, of Mendip Close, Royton, was due to...
THE body of missing grandad Kenneth Kennedy has been found in Greenfield. The six-day search for the 60 year old began after his family reported him missing a week ago when he...
DARTS: OLDHAM crushed last year’s runners-up Burnley 9-1 in their Lancashire GMC Elite Super Eights fixture at Crompton Conservative Club. Captain Stuart Holden set the...
TABLE TENNIS: WERNETH ‘B’ are off the mark in Division One of the Oldham Table Tennis League thanks to a 7-3 defeat of Unison ‘A’. Larry Bainbridge...
BOWLS: GREATER Manchester County Bowls Association moved a step nearer survival after a crisis meeting at Chadderton Cot. Chaired by Tonge’s Gary Ellis, the game’s...
North Manchester 16, Oldham RUFC 21 RUGBY UNION: BATTLING Oldham secured a much-needed victory in North Lancashire Division One, but had to negotiate a penalty count of 21-3...
FORMER Oldham RL forward Keith Ashcroft, who played 121 games for the club between 1970-76, has died in hospital in Wigan, aged 72. Keith was a hugely experienced front-row...
THERE is no more expensive pie in football than at Kidderminster Harriers. But was it worth £4? Matthew Chambers finds out . . . IT IS a long drive to Kidderminster...
OLYMPIC gold medal-winning cyclists Jason Kenny and Laura Trott have urged Oldhamers hoping to follow in their footsteps to pursue their dream. The Team GB duo, who lit up...
DALE Cregan has denied murdering Diggle policewoman Nicola Hughes and her colleague Fiona Bone in a gun and grenade attack. Cregan (29), of no fixed address, pleaded not...
A suspicious parent turned detective after being tipped off that teachers claiming to be on a staff training day were actually at a colleague’s wedding. Parents of children at...
AROUND 14,000 people packed into Boundary Park last night to witness the return of Oldham’s civic bonfire. After 10 years away, the success of the event means it is...
NINE men from Rochdale are set to appear in court over allegations of sexually abusing a teenage girl. The charges relate to offences committed separately against the girl in...
PAUL Dickov has told his Athletic side they need to dig-in against Bury and take three points tonight. Boss Kevin Blackwell’s side arrives at Boundary Park on the back...
