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Athletic 2 - Carlisle Utd 0 Relief as resolute Latics end home hoodoo AFTER waiting more than seven months, Athletic’s first home victory since Valentine’s Day...
Date Published 21/09/2009
Oldham 54, Hunslet 30 EVEN Oldham’s own coach described his team as underdogs going into this game. Whether it was a cute psychological ploy, freeing the side from...
Man Utd 4, Man City 3 SIR Alex Ferguson described it as probably the best Manchester derby of all time - and who was to argue as Michael Owen snatched a dramatic victory for the...
OLDHAM TOWN produced an illuminating display at AFC Blackpool where they triumphed 4-2 in the second qualifying round of the FA Vase. It proved an entertaining tie, one in...
SADDLEWORTH Rangers maintained their promotion charge by holding on to claim an excellent 41-28 win away at Millom. Scrum-half Paul Ashton scored a couple of tries and landed...
ICE HOCKEY: James Neil was the hero as Manchester Phoenix came from behind three times to beat Swindon Wildcats 4-3 at home last night. The Nottingham-born forward sealed a...
OLDHAM RUFC’S 36-0 league defeat at Wigton seemed irrelevant after prop forward Paul Wardle sustained what looked like a serious injury. Play was halted for 25 minutes...
AFTER two matches the Chadderton Snooker League, sponsored by Oldham Snooker Club and Steakhouse, has produced some surprising results. Last season’s runners up Royton...
BOWLS: FAILSWORTH League delegates meet at Stanley Road Conservative Club tomorrow (8pm) for the return of trophies, collection of presentation evening tickets and settling of...
Racing Correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for tomorrow: BEVERLEY 2.00 Tropical Bachelor 2.30 Ultimate Respect 3.00 Dorback 3.30 Captain Dunne...
A second wave of swine flu could be on its way. The number of anti-viral drugs handed out in the North-West has risen week-on-week to 764 from 522. And an estimated 5,200...
Date Published 18/09/2009
OLDHAM could be facing a winter of discontent as postal staff gear up for a potential national strike. Ballot papers on strike action were sent out to staff across the country...
TWO men have been jailed after an innocent man was slashed across the face and two others stabbed while they were out for a meal in Middleton. Stephen Cleworth (24) was...
A successful businessman has been barred from a Young Entrepreneur of the Year Competition — because contest officials say at 22, he’s too young! Hard working Matt...
A GROUP of talented musicians have banded together to record an album for charity in memory of a dear friend. But the project has not been without its stumbling blocks....
Undated 20p could be worth thousands A VALUABLE undated 20p coin, which has asking prices of up to £50,000 on a online auction site, has been found by a Royton...
SEVERAL roads in Limeside are facing lengthy closures to allow essential gas works to take place. Whitebank Road will shut on Monday for 10 days at its junction with Coal Pit...
A Shaw householder is concerned after a lost parrot adopted trees at the back of her home as a feeding ground. Vivien Orriss of Farrow Street, says the bird first appeared...
THE latest sheltered housing development in Oldham has been hailed as a massive improvement in quality of accommodation for elderly and disabled people. Twelve new one-bedroom...
THE new and old faces of Werneth sit cheek by jowl as the Housing Market Renewal programme starts to alter the landscape. The £8 million development, on land bounded by...
A GLORIOUS day of walking around Shaw and Crompton raised money for good causes. The sun shone down as around 16 people took part in the Shaw and Crompton Parish Council...
MOBILE phones and SIM cards have been found in cells at Manchester jail an average of once every other day, the Government has admitted. Officers discovered 43 handsets and 83...
THE Royal Oldham Hospital is to be among the first in the country to be paid according to how happy it makes its patients. Under a trial scheme, it will receive extra cash if...
Solicitor’s jungle adventure AN Oldham solicitor is to spend two weeks in the steamy jungles of Borneo as part of a project to bring clean water to a village. Keith...
WINTER hats and headgear was the topic of the day for students taking part in the first of a series of millinery courses. Entitled autumn felts, tutor Sharon Bainbridge, who...
Failsworth and Hollinwood District Partnership will be discussing alleygating and funding at its second meeting next week. Councillors and key partners will be discussing a...
THE owner of a former pub that was deemed an eyesore, has been ordered by magistrates to pay more than £1,200 in fines and court costs. Oldham Council successfully...
PEOPLE are being put in the picture about just how great Saddleworth is. The latest exhibition at Saddleworth Museum and Art Gallery features the work of four artists who have...
In the latest of our features by lecturers at the University of Huddersfield, head of chemical and biological sciences, Dr Robert Jewsbury, looks at man’s fascination with...
CLASSIC church music will be filling St James’s Church, on Sunday. And to help celebrate the Victorian church’s 180th anniversary there will be 30 priests from all...
