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NORTHERN Thunder moved level on points with Hertfordshire Mavericks in the Co-operative Netball Superleague table thanks to their 45-38 victory at Bury. Tips, trips and turnover ball made for a competitive clash between the third and fourth-placed teams in Superleague. Thunder led by a single point after the first quarter and it was 26-22 for them at half-time with player of the match Jade Clarke bossing the centre of the court. In the third period, Thunder used speed and patience
BEATRIZ AYALA talks to the director and leading actor of the Coliseum’s first show of the New Year — a masterly dark comedy from the pen of Alan Ayckbourn at his peak ...
The coaches are lining Yorkshire Street again as children and grown-ups head for Oldham Coliseum and its traditional pantomime . . . ....
Oldham Partnership has been judged the best in Europe, from 81 organisations. Made up of public, private, voluntary, community and faith sectors and chaired by Nick Brown, the principal...
OLDHAM Coliseum’s pantomime has all the right ingredients to be a Christmas cracker . . . Oh yes it has! Due to open on Saturday (November 21), the age-old story of “Mother Goose” brings the moral that beauty and wealth can’t buy happiness. But the message is cloaked beneath a show which promises a truly fun night, with a strong cast led by veteran dame . . . ...
FAILSWORTH soldier Richie Maddocks is battling it out at the top of the charts. His debut album with Army threesome The Soldiers has gone straight in at number 4 this week — behind...
BRITISH police appealed today for internet users worldwide to spread a new video aimed at pricking the conscience of the key witness who knows what happened to Madeleine McCann. The one–minute film includes fresh images of how Madeleine might look now, including one with dark brown hair and tanned skin in case she has been living in north Africa. The appeal, launched...
24-hour operation to ride streets of drunken thugs POLICE are flooding the streets with 3,000 officers today to hunt down drunken yobs. In a major operation, Greater Manchester Police says its full might will be felt across the region in a bid to lock-up violent offenders. Operation Admiral follows Oldham’s binge-drinking and late-night violence problems being...
YOUNG people in Oldham are being urged to take advantage of a free screening check for the nation’s most common sexually transmitted infection. Cases of chlamydia are on the rise and have rocketed in the under-16s over the past five years — up by 90 per cent, according to Government figures. In 95 per cent of cases, the infection can be cured by a course of simple...
PENSIONERS got to grips with the latest technology in a bid to keep their minds and bodies active. Regular sessions were organised at locations across the borough to make sure that residents of all ages experience some form of physical activity. And judging from the excitement some of the players certainly managed to get the hang of the ten-pin bowling. ...
