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A PETITION, backed by more than 3,000 people, has been launched to stop the controversial three-week bin collection in Oldham. The petition, called 'Stop the 3 Week Bin...
Date Published 18/07/2016
SHOCKING CCTV footage of a car being set on fire in High Crompton has been released by police. The footage shows a man approaching a car on the driveway of a property on...
STUNNING arrangements, colourful entertainment and a little bit of "Tree Fu" magic helped Oldham town centre welcome the summer season with the annual flower festival on...
THREE teenagers have been arrested and bailed in connection with a brutal robbery which left a man and woman with broken ankles in Oldham. Tom Bebbington (45) suffered a bleed...
SIX-YEAR-OLD twins Arielle and Georgina Roberts have big smiles on their faces after donating their long locks of blonde and brown hair to a children's charity. The pair, from...
GREATER Manchester have issued a warning to parents and teachers about the dangers to children using the Pokémon Go mobile app. The game, which was released in the UK...
A NEW £7.5million primary school in Coldhurst is nearing completion for its grand opening in September. The Northmoor Academy, on the site of the former Grange School in...
A SADDLEWORTH business is taking on the scammers thanks to a £1,000 grant from the Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner. Home Instead Senior Care, based in...
A MAN was taken to hospital following an incident on the M60 at Ashton-under-Lyne on Friday. A Vauxhall Corsa collided with a truck on the motorway at J23 clockwise and flipped...
POLICE are appealing for help to trace the family of a man from Shaw. William Lee Mcerlean, known as Lee, aged 67, died at this home on Milnrow Road on Tuesday. There are no...
ENQUIRIES are continuing after a car crashed into and destroyed a sign in Oldham on Friday afternoon. Emergency services were called to Abbey Hills Road, at the junction with...
CAMERON Burgess has added his considerable size to Athletic's defence, with the promise of another experienced centre-back to come very soon. Fulham's Burgess, who stands at...
THIS was always going to be Bradford's day. They desperately needed two league points and other results to go their way to squeeze into the top four. As one Bulls official so...
DESPITE conceding 26 second-half points without reply, Oldham did enough against Bradford's full-timers to go into next Sunday's crucial game against Workington Town at Bower Fold...
ATHLETIC 0, HUDDERSFIELD 2 AFTER only one full week in charge, Stephen Robinson took charge of an Athletic team for the first time in this pre-season clash with...
CROMPTON wrecked what would have been a perfect weekend for Greenfield by clinching a place in the Pennine Cricket League's Tanner Cup final. The Glebe Street club recorded a...
INSPIRED by Glyn Partington's three wickets in the last over, Greenfield can look forward to finals' day in the Tom Hardman Twenty20 Cup. In the only tie to go ahead - wet...
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Bradford Bulls 44, Oldham RL 12 OLDHAM RL battled hard before finally succumbing to Bradford Bulls in the Kingstone Press Championship. The Roughyeds only trailed by...
Date Published 17/07/2016
ATHLETIC 0, HUDDERSFIELD 2 GOALS from local boy Harry Bunn and Jack Payne saw Athletic lose their opening pre-season game. Stephen Robinson's side conceded in the 72nd...
Date Published 16/07/2016
KIA'S tag-line is “The Power to Surprise” and I’m not sure what I found more surprising when taking delivery of their latest offering. It was either that it was...
A CHILLING scenario in which a reservoir burst carved an horrific wave of destruction across communities was acted out at an iconic beauty spot yesterday. In the biggest-ever...
Date Published 15/07/2016
FORMER Prime Minister David Cameron unveiled a new memorial yesterday to murdered PCs Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone. The day after moving out of 10 Downing Street with his...
TWO brothers have cycled from Manchester to Blackpool to raise money for The Christie charity. Tony and Neil Welden took on the gruelling challenge in memory of Tony's friend's...
PASSIONS were high in the council chambers as councillors discussed the EU referendum result and the impact it will have on Oldham and Greater Manchester. Councillors noted a...
AFTER 32 years of teaching at Hathershaw College, it's time for Jane Fox to put down the marker, step away from the whiteboard and take it easy. Maths teacher Jane, who is...
TWO long-serving members of staff are retiring from The Radclyffe School after clocking up 55 years between them. Deputy head teacher Sue Webb is leaving this summer after 20...
RESIDENT Joanne Craddock asked what the council is doing to combat fly-tipping. Councillor Barbara Brownridge said that last year 867 fixed penalty notices and 122 prosecutions...
A SORDID catalogue of more than 100,000 indecent pictures of children being sexually abused was discovered on computer equipment at an Oldham home after police executed a search...
