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ATHLETIC have injury worries as they prepare for tomorrow’s Coca-Cola League One visit to Charlton where they have not won in 21 previous visits. Manager Dave Penney...
Date Published 09/10/2009
ROUGHYEDS chief executive Chris Hamilton and majority shareholder Bill Quinn will hold another meeting on Monday in a bid to resolve the ownership of the club. The two held...
DEAN FURMAN insists Athletic won’t be intimidated by tomorrow’s trip to Charlton in Coca-Cola League One. The 21-year-old midfield player says Athletic will take...
A SYSTEM of obtaining a positive result in rain-affected matches could be adopted by the Armstrongs Office Furniture Saddleworth and District Cricket League. The league has...
OLDHAM RUFC look to extend their winning run at St Benedicts in North Lancs/Cumbria division tomorrow. They head to Whitehaven in fine spirits after winning their last two...
CHADDERTON and Oldham Town are set to shake up their teams for tomorrow’s Vodkat League Challenge Cup, first-round ties. Chadderton entertain AFC Liverpool, the team...
ROYTON schoolboy boxer John Newell punched his way to victory in his latest bout. And it was a significant success as the 15-year-old pupil from North Chadderton School was...
ROB SMITH spearheaded the Oldham and Royton Harriers’ under-13 boys team to an excellent win in the first race of the South-East Lancs Cross-Country League at Heaton Park....
WHAT a difference a day makes. Saturday’s open match on the Rochdale Canal was fished in a gale-force wind, but the weather on Sunday was a lot better and weights improved as...
A SHOLVER mum today claimed that a school from which her two-year-old son walked home — crossing a busy road — has not done enough to improve security to prevent it...
PLUCKY Jessica Hart who has battled serious illness will be transformed into a princess tomorrow. By the age of 18-months the Shaw youngster had already undergone two heart...
A MAN who has worked relentlessly to turn his dream of creating a cancer support centre into a reality, has been appointed as a governor for the Christie Hospital. Chris Hoyle...
A GRIEVING dad has pleaded for criminals in Oldham to lay down their weapons as he unveiled a lasting tribute to his gunned-down son. The murder of Junaid Khan (21) in July...
POORLY patients in Coldhurst will find it much easier to see their doctor thanks to the opening of a brand new GP surgery. The new facility is part of a scheme by NHS Oldham...
ALLEYGATING to combat burglary and anti-social behaviour has been named as a major issue for East Oldham District Partnership. A list of priority alleyways was presented to...
HAMMER-WIELDING thugs tried to rob a travel agents in Failsworth yesterday. The drama unfolded at the Co-op travel agents in Failsworth Precinct at 9am. Two men forced...
A BOY from a Shaw primary school is in hospital with swine flu. Health bosses today confirmed the eight-year-old, who has an under-lying health condition, is in a stable...
SUNDAY is now fun day at Gallery Oldham, thanks to a new free event programme starting this weekend. Painting, music and film fun are just some of a wide range of events...
THE entire length of Oldham Way will be closed on Sunday for maintenance work to be carried out. The bypass will be shut from Featherstall Road North to Mumps Roundabout, and...
SHOPPERS at Tesco’s Huddersfield Road store can pick up crime prevention advice along with their bread, milk and eggs on Saturday. Officers from the Oldham East...
Actress Kym Marsh — star of Manchester–based soap “Coronation Street” — and boyfriend Jamie Lomas have split up after 15 months together, it has been...
ARSONISTS went on the rampage through Sholver last night leaving the community centre badly damaged. Vandals set fire to the roof of the Sholver Lane building at 3am during a...
Date Published 08/10/2009
VILLAGERS have been left without anywhere to buy newspapers, bread, milk, stamps and even loo roll after an enterprising pub closed. Landlord Daniel Cressey started selling...
A DAD has described his enduring grief at the mystery surrounding the death of his son at a Saddleworth beauty spot. An inquest into the death of Oliver Dixon (20) could not...
A teenage girl was sexually assaulted in a taxi after being driven through parts of Oldham. The 17-year-old victim got into a blue Vauxhall Astra taxi on Averill Street,...
MOTORISTS had a lucky escape after two cars collided near an accident blackspot. A silver Mondeo and blue Fiesta were left badly smashed after the crash in Lees Road, at the...
At my clinics housing is regularly the biggest issue raised — cramped accommodation, poor facilities, dampness, overcrowding, rigidity in transfer to meet family needs, lack...
The Christie at Oldham Appeal has received a £10,649 boost. The money, raised at a spectacular Bollywood Dreams black tie ball earlier this year, was presented to The...
A controversial collection of letters written by Harold Shipman has been withdrawn from an auction. Killer GP Shipman wrote the letters to former patients David and Mavis...
A former Oldham schoolboy who crippled a promising young student in an unprovoked knife attack while showing off to friends has failed to win a cut in his 10-year sentence on...
