Oldham Athletic have signed goalkeeper Gary Woods on a two-year deal. The 28-year-old arrives at Boundary Park having left Hamilton Academical where he made 93 appearances across three years with the club. Woods was also a Scottish League
OLDHAM Council's Liberal Democrat opposition leader Howard Sykes has welcomed government action to save Britain's dwindling network of free cash machines. Earlier this month, the Consumer Association reported that 3,700 free cash machines have been
HEALTHCARE workers at The Link Centre have accused council bosses of discrimination after being excluded from plans to give staff looking after vulnerable people in the community free parking. As a result, many of the 70 staff working at Oldham
SADDLEWORTH District Girl Guides are urgently seeking volunteers to help keep their Rainbow, Brownies and Guides groups thriving across the area. And in their bid to find the next generation of helpers and leaders with different time commitments
OLDHAM primary school teacher Collette Donnelly has won an "Oscar for teachers". She has been revealed as one of just 68 Silver Award winners across the country celebrated on "Thank A Teacher Day" on June 19, The gongs are the Pearson National
GENEROUS villagers have contributed to a new lifesaving defibrillator after a church minister saved her husband’s life when he had a cardiac arrest. Locals have helped raise £2,000 after Audrey Lee, minister at Ebenezer Congregational Church, Uppermill
A RETIRED university lecturer with 13 published books to her name is the speaker at Dovestone WI on Wednesday, July 17. Joan Harthan has a PHD in chemistry and is also a dream worker and a "shamanic" practitioner - specialising in altered states
VISITORS to a picturesque Saddleworth village can rest on a new bench in the shadow of a famous local poet. Saddleworth Civic Trust has replaced the bench, famed for its distinctive double seat, on a pivotal site near Wade Lock, the Huddersfield
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a terraced home in the early hours of this morning (Tuesday, June 25) after a washing machines caught fire, filling the Oldham terraced home with acrid smoke. The middle-aged couple living in the home in Brunswick Street
THE number of children in Greater Manchester who have fallen victim to cyber-related sex crimes has doubled in the last four years. New figures compiled by the NSPCC reveal that, since 2015/16, Greater Manchester Police have recorded a total of
