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PROP Phil Joy, who dislocated a shoulder in the narrow home defeat by London Broncos six weeks ago, is waiting for a second scan before he returns to see his...
Date Published 29/03/2017
AFTER watching Anthony Crolla lose for the second time against Jorge Linares, Steve Wood is backing Terry Flanagan to win his WBO World lightweight title defence against...
DELPH welterweight prospect Andy Kremner has switched trainers as he bids to get his professional boxing career back on track. Kremner (24) has a perfect record in the paid...
MANCHESTER Thunder produced a stunning performance to see-off Wasps 68-62 in Coventry. The start was delayed after Thunder's team coach was stuck on the M6 for five hours, but...
A YOUNG and relatively inexperienced Oldham team were defeated for the first time when they travelled south to face Academy, losing 65-45 in the penultimate National Premier...
HULME were the big winners in the boys' events at the Oldham Senior Schools' Swimming Championships, which were staged at the plush new pool at Oldham Sports Centre. Hulme won...
WORK on the controversial £100 million regeneration scheme in Foxdenton is set to begin as early as May. Broadway Green, a joint venture regeneration scheme...
Date Published 28/03/2017
JACK is definitely a Labrador - or is he a blood hound? Actually he's both having signed up to become a blood donor in a bid to help out his canine chums in crisis. Jack is...
TRIBUTES have poured in for much-loved and long-serving Royton councillor Tony Larkin who died at the weekend. The 63-year-old Royton North representative, who died after a...
OLDHAM Council staff have been stunned by news that Carrie Sutton, director of education and early years, died suddenly at the weekend, aged 53. Ms Sutton joined the council in...
CHRIS Taylor did his bit for the cause by playing as a wing-back against Sheffield United and the on-loan winger's commitment to the cause might yet see him stick around for next...
A REMEMBRANCE event was held in Oldham as people of all faiths took a stand against the horrific Westminster terror attack. Oldham MP Debbie Abrahams spoke of her sorrow over...
OLYMPIC boxer Natasha Jonas was a knockout success at the launch of a new scheme to create an army of "champions" in the borough's primary schools. She attended the...
WHY did the owl invite his friends to Parliament Square? He didn't want to be owl by himself. Oldham town centre can now boast a collection of owls after three more new...
SADDLEWORTH certainly has a lot of musical talent on offer and revellers will get a taste during a Mass Brass concert. The concert, to be held at Uppermill Civic Hall on...
FAILSWORTH-based club/pub DJ and radio presenter Caz Matthews simply can't get enough of belting out the very best tunes from arguably the best decade for music - the 1980s. I...
THEY'VE not been together three months yet, but already Warren 'Dermo' Dermody has ideas on selling his new band Time for Action's 'experimental punk' sound to the...
REVIEW This Feeling at the Night and Day Cafe, Manchester, featuring Gardenback and Proletariat IT was quite some night when Oldham roared into Manchester's iconic Night and...
A TRIO of 'highly sophisticated robbers' have been jailed for more than 40 years for their part in two bank robberies including a terrifying raid at the NatWest bank in Middleton...
A MAN has been arrested in connection with distraction thefts in Oldham. More than ten distraction thefts have been recorded across the borough by police since December 1 last...
FIRE fighters tackled another blaze at Dovestone Reservoir. They were called to moorland ablaze near the Greenfield beauty spot at about 4pm yesterday and confirmed it was away...
POLICE are appealing for the public's help to trace the next-of-kin of a man from Rochdale. Barry Whateley (87), originally from Birmingham, died at his home in Castleton,...
A DOMESTIC abuse charity has criticised the 18-month suspended prison sentence given to a man who admitted attacking his then wife with a cricket bat. Mustafa Bashir (34), who...
A MAN who died after a Porsche crash in Oldham has been named locally. Tributes have been paid to Danny Schofield (42) who died in hospital after the blue Boxster ploughed into...
EMERGENCY services were called to a two-vehicle crash in Oldham last night. The incident in Glodwick Road, at the junction with Hamilton Street, involved a Volkswagen Jetta and...
THE mother of a man who collapsed in Oldham town centre is trying to track down the good Samaritan who stopped to help. She wants to thank the passer-by who tended to her son...
BUOYED by 'exciting' sales figures with two months still to go, Rugby League officials are warning of a South Stand sell-out at Bloomfield Road, Blackpool on the day of Oldham's...
IT all seems a bit unsettled at Arsenal at the moment, so it might be a good time for Manchester City to play them. Pep Guardiola's team will go there on Sunday high on...
OLDHAM RUFC firsts made it four wins in a row in Cumbria, defeating Hawcoat Park firsts 26-6 to continue a good recent run. With the trio of Callum Megram, Louis North and Luke...
A TRY a minute from full-time subjected Saddleworth Rangers to a narrow defeat in an incident-packed clash with Wigan St Jude's at Shaw Hall Bank Road. Nathan Jones crossed in...
