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A LONG-STANDING vicar is bowing out after 38 years serving the parish of St James in Derker. Reverend Paul Plumpton retires today as the longest serving vicar at the church in...
Date Published 06/04/2017
A COLOURFUL Conservative councillor who has given 40 years of loyal service to Saddleworth has been honoured by having a new suite named in after him at Uppermill Civic...
Selections for tomorrow's meetings -
MANCHESTER'S Metrolink celebrates its 25th anniversary today with the network now three times the size it was when it launched. The tram network, currently the largest in the...
A DERKER resident is warning people to be aware of a man who is knocking on doors to con money out of people. Victoria Rodgers, of Fontwell lane, Stoneleigh Park, opened her...
YOU would not know that Athletic are fighting a relegation battle from the mood inside the dressing room, according to winger-turned-striker Tope Obadeyi. In his fourth spell...
THE eagerly anticipated Chadderton market is now here and hoping to inject some life back into the area. Shoppers were out in full force yesterday for Oldham Council's launch...
A BRAVE Royton girl remains in high spirits, despite being severely ill and facing the prospect of being on dialysis. Seven-year-old "Warrior" Pippa Tierney was...
FORMER Premier League footballer Steve Morgan has teamed up with Oldham College. An ex-pupil of the former Grange School in Oldham, Morgan has signed as coach of the college's...
FINE art students who have been inspired by diverse pieces in Gallery Oldham's collection are now staging their own exhibition. The eight Oldham College students took part in...
DARING thrill-seekers took part in a skydive from 11,000 feet in aid of Action Oldham Fund. The six brave fundraisers leaped out of a plane on Sunday April 2, and took part in...
UKIP's candidate in the Greater Manchester mayoral elections is pledging to be the "real change candidate" for the whole of the region. The elections for Greater...
A COUNCILLOR has been praised for organising a community day. More than 30 enthusiastic organisations from Saddleworth and Oldham took part in a dynamic event tagged...
A FUNDRAISING event will take place to help stop other families going through the heartache endured by relatives of dancing angel Layla-Rose Ermenekli. The six-year-old Oasis...
A MAN spared jail for beating his wife after telling a court he would lose an offer to play professional cricket is to have his sentence reviewed. Mustafa Bashir (34), who...
ATHLETIC have extended the arm of friendship to their sporting neighbours, Oldham RLFC, by selling cup-tie tickets for Roughyeds from the ticket office at SportsDirect.com...
IT HAS always been about results for Luke Foster, Athletic's new commercial manager. A defender by trade, only last month the 31-year-old was still plying his trade with...
UWE Rosler is one of a number of Fleetwood Town employees to catch the eye of clubs higher up the food chain, after an outstanding season has left the Cod Army well-placed to land...
CHADDERTON FC boss Mark Howard isn't concerned about his side's 'underdog' tag ahead of tonight's Hallmark Security League Macron Cup semi-final first leg away at City of...
SHAW-based boxer Jack Rafferty has his eye on senior elite ABA glory after storming to victory in the 69kg category area qualifiers in Salford, writes SIMON SMEDLEY. Rafferty,...
THE JW Lees Brewery Pennine Cricket League is facing a pivotal spell in its embryonic history. With five clubs switching to the Lancashire League in 2018, others are now...
MANCHESTER City boss Pep Guardiola finally experienced home and away championship defeats to the same opposition manager last night after his side went down 2-1 at...
STUDENTS at the failed £9m GM University Technical College are set to miss out on an engineering qualification as the only person able to teach the subject is set to leave...
Date Published 05/04/2017
A SCHOOLBOY from Failsworth is buzzing for his opportunity to represent England on an international stage. Luke Charnock (14) is one of four young people who will represent...
POLICE have seen a "notable reduction" in drivers using mobile phones behind the wheel following harsher penalties, but they still caught more than 150 motorists...
HULME Grammar School was on fire on home turf at Oldham's annual Young Enterprise final. Ignite - the company set up by a seven-strong team of Year 12 students - was named the...
ATHLETIC won't fear playing against high-flying Fleetwood one little bit. In-form midfielder Ollie Banks says that the squad have already put their Southend nightmare behind...
TWO women who survived the devastating atomic bomb and its aftermath visited Oldham to plant seeds from trees that also survived the blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945....
REIKO Yamada was 11 years old when the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. She recalls how "pretty" she thought the B29 bomber was when it flew above...
MIDORI Yamada is a second generation Hibakusha, whose father and two brothers experienced the atomic bombing along with many of her elder cousins who fell victim to it. She...
