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VISITORS from across Europe were welcomed to Oldham's Civic Centre before a new project to help develop community energy schemes begins. Representatives from Italy, Bulgaria,...
Date Published 21/03/2017
INSPIRATIONAL women including cancer survivors and those battling the disease have joined together to form a new fundraising group dedicated to supporting Maggie's Oldham. The...
AN AWARD-winning theatre company will put their Best Foot Forward when they visit Oldham. Now in their 46th year, Mikron Theatre Company, who visit Oldham Library on Thursday,...
WHAT a top night - a real 'feel-good' night that won't be forgotten by this journalist for quite some considerable time. Last Race Home - the (relatively) new...
A REDUNDANT gas holder is set to be demolished this summer. A report to Oldham Council's Cabinet meeting last night outlined plans to clear the 1.78-acre site in Hollinwood...
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a man was punched in the face on Sunday night. Officers were called to reports of a disturbance on Lees Road, in Lees, at 7.40pm on...
A PENSIONER was seriously injured after being struck by a lorry in Moston. Police were called to Broadway, at the junction of Moston Lane East, at 10.15am yesterday after the...
AFTER three years in the almost never-ending sunshine in San Diego, Greg Griffin is preparing to return 'home' for a six-date UK tour with his new band Midnight Clergy. Royton...
TRIBUTES have flooded in for Chameleons drummer John Lever, after he sadly passed away last week. Lever lived in Dukinfield and died peacefully in his sleep after a short...
ATHLETIC have stated that the club are completely up to date with payments to HM Revenue and Customs and are expecting a notice of a winding-up petition to be retracted. The...
OLDHAM drew one of the toughest asks of the round when paired with Featherstone Rovers at The Big Fellas Stadium in the fifth round of the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup. At the same...
FORMER Oldham RL loose forward, second row or prop Tony Barrow jnr has died at the age of 45 after battling a long illness. Tony made his first-team debut for the 'old club' at...
SADDLEWORTH Rangers made it back-to-back wins to open their Kingstone Press National Conference League Division Two campaign in perfect fashion. Having already seen off Oulton...
MANCHESTER United midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger has joined the Chicago Fire, it was reported today. The German World Cup winner will move to the Major League Soccer club on...
JOHN Stones believes England manager Gareth Southgate has similar qualities to Pep Guardiola and sees the pair as perfect mentors for club and country. On the face of it the...
TWO top teams fought out an end-to-end draw as Manchester City drew with Liverpool at the Etihad. Both sides were really going for it, though I thought City edged it. Adam...
OLDHAM Liberal Democrats will call on the council to abandon "madness" and protect green belt by pulling out of the controversial Greater Manchester Spatial Framework...
Date Published 20/03/2017
Selections for tomorrow's meetings -
POLICE have released images of two women they wish to speak to in connection with distraction thefts in Oldham. More than ten distraction thefts have been recorded across the...
A POWERLIFTER has done Oldham proud after securing two British records. David Clifford, from Lees, found double success at the British Masters Classic Championships in...
BREATHTAKING birds of prey swooped over Royton and Crompton School as the borough celebrated British Science Week. Children of all ages in the borough's primaries and...
ATHLETIC are facing a winding-up petition that has been brought by HM Revenue and Customs for the second time inside a year, but the club are expected to pay off the liability...
TRIBUTES have been paid to a much-loved former teacher who taught generations of children at Saddleworth School. Donations have flooded in for a memorial to John Atack who...
A QUEST to overcome a life-long battle with her weight has been truly life-changing for inspirational grandmother Joan Wilson who is now tonnes happier. And after losing over...
READING together is on the menu at a new cafe which is encouraging parents and their children to do just that. Mayfield Primary School in Derker has launched a weekly reading...
COUNCILLORS will be urged to a pass a motion which will ask the government to disqualify any member who is placed on the sex offenders register. At a full council meeting next...
A £500,000 contribution has been pledged by Highways England to help improve roads close to the Foxdenton development site. The money will be used for improvements to the...
LOCAL artists are being encouraged to pick up their paintbrush, fire up the kiln and get snapping with that camera for a chance to be part of this year's "Oldham Open"...
THREE students joined in the performance when a Belgian theatre company visited Oldham Sixth Form College. Megan Barlow, Morgan Cunningham and Zenab Khan were given roles in...
OLDHAM'S Olympic Gold medallist Nicola White will be inspiring youngsters to greater heights when she opens the Greater Manchester School Games tomorrow. About 2,000 school...
