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WHAT a magnificent season it has been for amateur football in Oldham, with Avro, Springhead, Diggle and Chaddy End FC all excelling. At the close of the 2011-12 campaign, it...
Date Published 25/05/2012
MONDAY, JUNE 4 FREE ENTRY YORKSHIRE STREET, OLDHAM Join us for Oldham’s celebration for Queen Elizabeth II’s Jubilee Year with our best of British Street Party!...
AN internationally recognised firm is relocating to Chadderton’s former BAE site in a major jobs boost for Oldham. Pump manufacturer NOV Mono has announced a major...
Date Published 24/05/2012
LATICS staff took their fundraising efforts to new heights with a 14,000 ft charity skydive. The brave bunch, led by assistant manager Gerry Taggart, completed their mission...
EMOTIONAL tributes and heartfelt votes of thanks were the foundations of a memorable day for Oldham, when Councillor Olwen Chadderton became Mayor yesterday. She takes the...
THE trial in Spain of a gang which allegedly plotted the kidnapping of Oldham five-year-old Sahil Saeed in Pakistan has concluded. Muhammad Zahid Saleem, his wife Gianina...
THE Solicitor-General has rejected calls for an investigation into a Saddleworth company which provides interpreting and translating services for courts. Last year Applied...
OLDHAM was today being named as one of four guinea pig areas for the Government’s overhaul of the benefits system designed to make work pay. The flagship Universal...
RACIST incidents in Oldham schools have increased by more than 40 per cent, a new study shows. An investigation by the BBC found that there were nearly 88,000 incidents of...
ATHLETIC’S new-look squad will have to forget any notion of a knees-up in Portugal this summer. While the July trip for the first-team squad is designed to help knit the...
OLDHAM RL hope to sign another player on loan — this time an outside back — in time to play him against South Wales Scorpions at Whitebank on Saturday (kick-off 1pm)....
THE worst-case scenario occurred at the weekend when all four of our local CLL teams crashed out of the John Willie Lees Wood Cup. The prestige – and perhaps more...
Versasteel Saddleworth and District Cricket League WATCH out, Nick Campbell reckons Heyside are ready to open their shoulders. The Little Hey Street club finally broke their...
TROUBLED by a foot injury which has curtailed his useful seam bowling, Rick Harrington has shown he is no mug with the bat. The all-rounder’s superb 110 was the...
FITTON Hill Bulldogs claimed their first win of the season, seeing off Bolton Mets 31-30 at home in North-West Men’s League Division Five. With the game seemingly heading for...
PAUL Dickov believes that the loss of his most dependable player could possibly work in Athletic's favour. Kieran Lee is swapping Boundary Park for Hillsborough as he opts for...
Date Published 23/05/2012
OLDHAM Rugby League Club copped another major blow last night when Jamie Dallimore was hit a three-game ban by the RFL disciplinary committee. The goalkicking half-back will...
Dominant Failsworth clinched victory in four age groups in the Oldham Schools League finals at Boundary Park. The Year Sevens edged out Royton and Crompton 3-2, while a 6-4...
OVERBEARING regulations have forced organisers to pull the plug on 35 years of band contest history in Scouthead. Whit Friday organisers were astonished when police dropped...
NEW Oldham Mayor Councillor Olwen Chadderton spoke of her pride and joy at having the opportunity to represent the borough. Councillor Chadderton took the Mayoral chain from...
AN MP is demanding answers from the Government that police cuts will not impact on vital work to protect vulnerable children following the horrific sex trafficking of young girls...
Procession replaced by party as traffic and roads take toll A 200-year-old tradition is coming to an end in Greenacres — because of a few speed bumps and pot-holes....
OLDHAM St Anne's remain in relegation trouble in National Conference League Division One, having gone down 30-22 to promotion-chasing Egremont on home turf. This, though, was...
Date Published 22/05/2012
"Spamalot" Manchester Opera House Silly doesn't even come close to describing "Spamalot". The Monty Python musical is an uplifting night out that...
A NEW direction and ambition for Saddleworth Parish Council was laid out last night at the annual meeting. Outgoing chairman Bill Cullen handed over the chain to Councillor...
CHARITY was the winner in Saddleworth last night as the outgoing parish chairman Councillor Bill Cullen and lady chairman Councillor Enid Firth made cheque presentations totalling...
A RIGHT royal knees-up to replace the Saddleworth Beer Walk has been given the Queen's approval. Members of Saddleworth Round Table are set to stage what they have dubbed as a...
POLICE have issued an image of a man wanted for a shop scam. He asked the cashier at two different Oldham businesses for cash vouchers totalling £250. While the cashier...
Local charities received a welcome boost from Oldham's retiring Mayor. Richard Knowles, who officially hands over the Mayoral chain to Councillor Olwen Chadderton tomorrow,...
A CHANCE meeting uncaged a lucky find to bring a prop-er good ending to a theatre's search. Kay Hirst, property mistress for Saddleworth Players, had been challenged to find...
