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IT WAS very much a tale of misfortune for Oldham RUFC ‘A’ as they lost 27-3 at Bowdon. They lost both half-backs to the first team and also their hooker on the day...
Date Published 16/09/2009
WATERHEAD under-17s suffered an agonising 33-32 loss away at Haydock Warriors thanks to a late drop goal. After taking an early 10-0 lead, the visitors found themselves under...
OLDHAM Amateur Swimming Club got back to winning ways with a fine 58-45 success over Stalybridge Swimming Club in the Central Lancashire Junior League held at the Copley Sports...
ANTHONY Walker and Charlie Roberts won the Failsworth League’s pairs competition, at Moorside. Results: Quarter-finals: Charlie Roberts & Anthony Walker 21, John...
Title delight for Heyside after run blitz HEYSIDE under-15s have been crowned the Saddleworth and District Cricket League champions — and it cost the club £100!...
Racing Correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for tomorrow:
Yobs attack bus with airgun A GROUP of young dancers narrowly escaped injury after louts shot out their bus window with an air rifle as it travelled down a busy road....
Date Published 15/09/2009
Convicted killer calls for review after football fan is freed A ROYTON woman battling to clear her name after serving 12 years in prison for the murder of her aunt says the...
The extent to which the council is working behind closed doors with Oldham Athletic over their proposed move to Failsworth will be questioned at a full council meeting tomorrow....
A FAMILY with a disabled child has been saved from eviction thanks to a pioneering rescue plan by Oldham Council. The council has become the first in the country to stop a...
LOCAL teachers hit the high street to drum up support for their campaign to scrap SATs in primary schools. Members of Oldham National Union of Teachers were in the town centre...
WORKMEN ripped up part of Shaw Road within days of it reopening fully after seven months of traffic chaos. The road was dug up for a gas emergency, but council bosses launched...
This personalised number plate could be snapped up by a proud Roytoner at the next Government auctions. The seven figure plate (ROY 17ON) appears to spell Royton, and already...
POLICE have launched a fresh appeal into the cause of a fire which led to two families being evacuated from flats in Coldhurst. Rubbish was set alight in the stairwell of a...
A MEMORIAL forest charity marked a milestone by planting a tree in the name of the Queen. It was exactly a decade ago on September 10 that Life for a Life planted its first...
NHS Oldham has welcomed back a pair of old hands to help the organisation meet current and future challenges. Sue Howard and Peter Dean have been reappointed to the board by...
BROADWAY Library is reduced to a pile of rubble as the bulldozers move in. The work marks the final chapter in the history of the building which opened in 1954 to celebrate...
Royal Oak among new entries in Good Beer Guide THE local real ale scene is thriving says the latest beer lovers’ bible — despite pubs struggling to survive the...
OLDHAM teenagers are to be offered money-off deals on skiing, football museums, restaurants and clothes shops to persuade them to use a travel card in Greater Manchester. But...
AN Oldham Euro-MP has branded the 1990s decision to close the North-West’s coal mines as “a tragic mistake”. Chris Davies poured scorn on the closure of the...
Neighbourhood agreement scheme gains momentum A Ground-breaking scheme which sets out what residents can expect from local services has been thrust into the national...
HORSES proudly paraded through the streets of Saddleworth for the annual fund-raising cart drive. Riders from as far afield as Rotherham and Southport descended on the...
MOTORISTS are invited to protect their cars from crime and pick up safety advice from police. The Royton and Shaw Neighbourhood Policing Team is holding a safer plate day at...
AN Oldham store employee has raised £200 for a children’s charity by pedalling part of an 800-mile relay. Andy Sandiford, who works at Cash Generator, completed a...
A chef taught youngsters the importance of healthy eating and how to cook up a nutritious meal. Fresh from their summer holidays, budding cooks at Rushcroft Primary School,...
British Muslims will need an injection against seasonal flu if they are travelling to Saudi Arabia for this year’s Hajj pilgrimage, under new travel rules announced today....
GROWING up is hard to do, but when you’re a neet (a young person not in education, employment or training) the dice are hardly stacked in your favour. And the problem...
Is that it then — is that the summer done with? I suppose if we were really going to examine the facts then we probably had more sunny days than last year but lets be...
Elbow will round-off a spectacular award-winning year with a homecoming gig at the Manchester Arena on Friday. The Bury boys bagged a BRIT for best band, an NME gong for...
IT seems a long time since we heard Manchester’s own king of calm David Gray belting out an easy-listening classic. So it’s a bit of a surprise to learn he plays...
