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Election 2011 Clegg given apprentice approval POLITICAL scandal overshadowed yesterday’s visit by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. Revelations by Business...
Date Published 23/12/2010
Election 2011 Clegg’s verdict on Oldhamers’ treatment in botched poll Troubled Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has slammed the actions of Phil Woolas during the General...
MODERN technology is making it easier for schoolchildren across Oldham to compete in sports. It can be difficult for PE teachers to transport pupils around the borough for...
DEPUTY PM ON THE OLDHAM BY-ELECTION HUSTINGS HORRIFIC XMAS TREE BLAZE IMAGES POLICE REVEAL CRIME CASH HAUL ...there's more (click story)
NATIONAL independent contract catering company Catering Academy has retained its illustrious Sunday Times Fast Track 100 entry by ranking for a second year running. The only...
Date Published 22/12/2010
NOMINATIONS for the third One Oldham Business Awards — coming in online via the www.oldhambusinessawards.co.uk website — can now be made by third parties. The...
A FAMILY business in Oldham town centre has undergone a major change in its management team. Sara Benstead (41), from Suffolk, has taken over the day-to-day duties from her...
IT would take more than snow, freezing temperatures and seasonal illness to prevent Saddleworth Male Voice Choir and a ladies’ chorus from giving its 48th performance of...
CHANNEL HOPPING: FOUR funerals and a wedding is how they billed it — and as Tramgate rumbled along in Corrie this week, there was at last some light at the end of a very...
TWO more people have died from swine flu in Greater Manchester. A woman from Bury who died at Rochdale Infirmary was said to have underlying health problems. Tests on a...
A Czech national who was living in Oldham has been jailed for attempting to take part in a sham marriage. Roman Horvath, of Fulham Street, was arrested by officers from the UK...
Basketball: FAILSWORTH Sports College’s budding young talents claimed victory in the Oldham Schools' Senior Basketball tournament, beating Oasis Academy 14-12 in the final....
More patients are leaving hospital malnourished than those admitted for the problem, according to Government figures. Forty patients were admitted with a primary or secondary...
FOUR schools are to receive a multi-miilion pound high-tech boost. A deal has been signed for a £15 million investment in Information and Communications Technology (ICT)...
The Co-op and a fire protection company have been fined for health and safety breaches which exposed shoppers and staff in Royton to the risk of asbestos. The Co-operative...
THE Government will bear the costs of the Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election, residents have been reassured. The arrangement was revealed in a response to Independent...
NETBALL: OLDHAM Sixth Form College’s annual sports prize has been handed to their netball squad, following a fantastic 12 months. The accolade usually goes to an...
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg will meet engineering trainees when he visits Oldham today to campaign in the by–election which he hopes will revive his party’s...
A TOWN centre nightclub was granted a licence to sell alcohol once again yesterday after it was shut down following a mass brawl. Police reported terrified revellers running...
FOOTBALL: OLDHAM-based Junior Soccer League has been awarded FA Charter Standard League status, just six months after its introduction. It is the first league which offers...
Early Christmas gift as £30k bill is written off CHRISTMAS has come early for an Abbeyhills community centre left stunned by a £30,000 bill. Volunteers at the...
SNOOKER: MOORSIDE snooker star Michael Wild displayed his potting prowess once again in the 2010 Pontins Championship held at Prestatyn Sands Holiday Park, North Wales....
A HEART charity is sending a driver out to pick up donations of items to sell in its Oldham shop as stock levels reach crisis point. The shelves of the British Heart...
A TRACTOR driver allegedly stole around half a tonne of vital grit which should have been used to help keep the borough’s roads and pavements safe. The driver was...
TOWN hall leaders are “stupid” if they cannot cope with savage cuts to their budgets, a cabinet minister claimed yesterday. Communities Secretary Eric Pickles...
HELPLESS members of Diggle Bowling Club watched in horror last night as their clubhouse was burnt to the ground in a suspected arson attack. One of the cabins used for storing...
FOOTBALL: CHRISTMAS is a busy time for footballers throughout the divisions, but it can easily be forgotten that referees and assistants are also in demand during the festive...
LIB-DEMS have been accused of hypocrisy after calling for a crackdown on postal voting while collecting voters completed forms. At last week’s full meeting of Oldham Council,...
BLINDING afternoon sunshine has been blamed for an accident in Failsworth yesterday after a pensioner was knocked over and trapped under a car. The 74-year-old man is said to...
Latics stadium plan clears land hurdle OLDHAM Athletic has received an early Christmas present — the news that its controversial new £20 million stadium is step closer. A...
