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THE Oldham and Manchester boxing fraternity were quick to mourn the loss of the sport's greatest icon over the weekend. Within hours of the news coming through of Muhammad...
Date Published 06/06/2016
ALEX Bychkov and Adam Hayes were Greenfield's star performers as they recorded their best win so far this season in the JW Lees Brewery Pennine Cricket League. The lads from...
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Batley Bulldogs 42, Oldham RL 18 GARY Middlehurst scored a try on his 100th career start, but he could not prevent Oldham slipping to defeat at Batley in the Kingstone Press...
Date Published 05/06/2016
WITH a 400 mile round trip to South Wales beckoning, I was hoping that the Dacia Sandero Stepway would step up to the mark and prove to be a comfortable and frugal ride. Being...
Date Published 04/06/2016
HEARTBROKEN families have hit out at disrespectful litter louts who have been using a beautiful memorial garden at Dovestone Reservoir as a "party hangout". A warm...
Date Published 03/06/2016
CHARITY chiefs have hit out at the senseless litter louts damaging the memorial forest at award-winning Saddleworth beauty spot Dovestone. Philip Kersh (30) is operations...
AROUND 55 staff at Oldham's BHS branch are set to lose their jobs after the chain went into liquidation. Administrators Duff & Phelps made the announcement yesterday, with...
ROAD congestion is "a disease" which has dramatically increased the time of bus journeys and brought average speeds to below 10mph in Greater Manchester, a new report...
EXPECTANT parents in Oldham can learn more about a birthing technique using self-hypnosis and relaxation with new hypnobirth classes in the community. A total of 17 community...
THE head of a primary school has insisted closing a "dangerous" road close to his school was necessary for pupils' safety. Conduit Street, off Ripponden Road,...
OLDHAM College's work to support a performing arts student who has epilepsy has earned it a national award. Victoria Slater suffers daily seizures but staff at the Rochdale...
CRIMINALS trying to make a fast buck in Oldham are seeing their pipe dreams go up in flames. For Oldham Council is destroying the illegal cigarettes crooks are trying to profit...
A HEARTBROKEN sister is trying to trace where her brother was exposed to asbestos after he attempted to take his own life after struggling with lung disease. Norman Grimshaw...
THREE Crompton House School pupils have been recognised for their leadership, community and charity work. Fundraiser Lydia Harvey, footballer Jack McKie and waterpolo player...
RICK Holden has backed his old team-mate Frank Bunn for the top job at Athletic - as well as applying for the manager's position himself. Club legend Holden (51), who is...
HALF-BACK Danny Grimshaw is pushing to reclaim his place in an Oldham side that goes to Batley Bulldogs on Sunday (3pm) on the back of three league defeats in a row. With...
GARY Middlehurst will be hoping his 100th career appearance at Batley Bulldogs on Sunday will go hand in glove with Oldham's first Championship win on the road at the eighth...
DELPH continue to fly high at the top of the Drakes Huddersfield League Premiership, and they will be confident of extending their eye-catching unbeaten run tomorrow. Andrew...
ROY Hodgson was satisfied with England's display against Portugal, despite criticism over the ineffective deployment of Harry Kane and Jamie Vardy. Having come through...
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Date Published 02/06/2016
LARRY Kearns, the "creative, inspiring and humorous" force behind legendary folk band the Oldham Tinkers, has died aged 73. Larry, who formed the hugely popular group...
A GANG of thieves have stolen thousands of pounds worth of library books and are trying to sell them using a phone app. Staff at libraries across Oldham believe about...
OLDHAM MP Jim McMahon got a grilling from the younger generation last week. Mr McMahon, MP for Oldham West and Royton, visited North Chadderton School on Friday to speak with...
CALLOUS yobs marched into a Shaw pub and stole a charity collection for a local scout camp. An eye witness says at around 11pm on Tuesday four teenage boys entered the...
THE founder of Wetherspoon, Tim Martin, visited one of his Oldham pubs yesterday where he told locals why he thinks Britain should vote to leave the EU. Mr Martin spends two...
POLICE are appealing for information about a suspected stabbing in Oldham on Tuesday night. Officers received a report that a man may have been stabbed in the Park Road area of...
THE Queen has honoured a group with an award for their voluntary work within the community. The Terence O'Grady Social Club - a voluntary group based in Oldham - was...
CADETS from Oldham have been honoured by Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant at the annual Lord-Lieutenant's Awards for Greater Manchester. Harry Green (81), Philip Tomkins (80),...
