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ATHLETIC manager John Sheridan believes the club's pre-season trip will be the perfect chance for new players to bond and pack in the fitness required to get off to a sharp start...
Date Published 19/06/2017
A 'PROFESSIONAL burglar' ransacked family homes across Greater Manchester in a £150,000 spree. Samuel Irving Hunter helped himself to luxury cars, wedding rings and...
SUNSHINE, face-painting and a simple cup of tea helped Oldhamers join in with The Great Get Together this weekend. Hundreds of Oldham residents gathered at events across the...
SUZANNAH Marland Griffiths didn't choose fostering - it chose her. It takes someone very special to open up their home to embrace a stranger into their family, but Suzannah...
ART inspired fiction when Hathershaw College pupils visited Gallery Oldham. The Year 7 group studied the paintings Fire on Union Street by Oldham artist Helen Bradley and...
A DIARY written by an Oldham man chronicles a detailed account of his escape from Russia in the early 1900s back to his home in England. John and Joan Cheetham, who live in...
MEMBERS of the Holroyd Foundation had the chance to experience first hand the impact their donation had made to lives of children with autism in Oldham. Last year the...
OLDHAM MP Debbie Abrahams has written to the borough's housing providers to seek assurances about fire safety standards following the horrific fire at Grenfell Tower in...
THE FATHER (Oldham Coliseum, to July 1) AT first sight this doesn't seem to be a typical "Coliseum play": it's fairly new, not at all easy to watch and doesn't...
SCOTT Naylor is urging the town's rugby league fans to nail their colours to the Roughyeds' mast while he and his squad find a way to end a run of six Championship defeats in a...
SCOTT Leatherbarrow described it as "a massive game-changer." It was more than that - it was the incident that threw Halifax a lifeline and cost Oldham the win they...
SCOTT Naylor went through the emotional wringer when watching Roughyeds fight back from 12-0 down to level at 12-12 and then blow a gilt-edged chance to take the lead before...
A SECOND-WICKET stand of 151 between Denis Louis and Simon Wright put Crompton on the road to success at home to Saddleworth in the JW Lees Brewery Pennine Cricket League on...
HOLLINWOOD were left kicking themselves after throwing away a winning position against high-flying Middleton in the Pennine Cricket League Championship on Saturday. The...
SADDLEWORTH just can't get over the winning line in the JW Lees Brewery Pennine Cricket League Premiership. Facing leaders leaders Norden in a top-versus-bottom clash at...
ROYTON are up to second place in the Pennine Cricket League Championship after brushing aside Ashton by eight wickets at Rayner Lane yesterday. Following on from their defeat...
OLDHAM'S Mark Heffron shrugged off a hand injury on his way to securing another impressive victory at a packed-out Victoria Warehouse. Super-middleweight star-in-the-making...
DRAKES Huddersfield League champions Delph are going through something of a wobble after they lost both their weekend matches. Yesterday their hold on the Sykes Cup slipped...
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Oldham RL 12, Halifax 30 OLDHAM RL slipped to a sixth consecutive defeat in the Kingstone Press Championship - despite tries from Scott Turner and Michael Ward. Trailing by...
Date Published 18/06/2017
Big tent-pole super-hero films dominate the summer once again as the second half of 2017 gets under way. But what films should people be looking at away from the usual...
Date Published 17/06/2017
SEAT’s entry into the ever-burgeoning SUV market is the well-received Ateca – a squarish-looking crossover based on the Leon and going head-to-head with the likes of...
TALENTED, dedicated and community minded Oldhamers have been named as award recipients in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours list. Oldham-born actress Sarah Lancashire was...
Date Published 16/06/2017
ATHLETIC have been drawn at home to Championship side Burton Albion in the first round of the Carabao Cup. World Cup winner Emmanuel Petit was among the guests who made the...
PLANS to transform Oldham Mumps with the Prince's Gate regeneration scheme will be given a boost with the council set to choose a private developer to make it happen. Oldham...
A MOORSIDE man is on a mission to get fit and lose weight - and his latest idea is to push his 12-year-old son in a wheelchair round the Oldham 10k. Mechanical engineer...
FIRST Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO) has re-assured residents living in Oldham's tower blocks after the devastating fire at Grenfell Tower in London this week. The housing...
A NEW mixed martial arts club which attracted over 60 members in its first seven months was made possible with the help of First Choice Homes Oldham and Oldham Council. Both...
A DANGEROUS driver from Oldham smashed into three cars as he sped away from police. Leighton Browne (24), of Craven Street, was arrested but two months later was involved in...
