LEYTON Orient, who beat Oldham Athletic on the opening day of the League Two campaign, have announced a number of their players have tested positive for coronavirus. The O’s, who were set to face Premier League side Tottenham in the Carabao Cup
A NUMBER of police officers in Oldham have tested positive for coronavirus and are self-isolating. Greater Manchester Police has also confirmed that a number of "other officers" are self-isolating "as a precaution". However, GMP has not commented
David Wheater and Gary Woods will no longer be part of Oldham’s first-team squad, the club have announced. Defender Wheater was captain under previous boss Dino Maamria making 35 appearances and scoring four goals last season after arriving from
A CHADDERTON couple have overcome all the hurdles put in front of them, including a last minute postponement, to finally tie the knot in a special service at Dr Kershaw’s Hospice. Bride-to-be Donna Friar thought that she’d ticked all the boxes when
VETERAN cricketer Mike Dunkerley is proof that there is no limit to what you can do regardless of advancing years. For at the age of 75 Mike padded up and went in to bat for the penultimate match of the season at village club Greenfield. It
WORRIED parents in Saddleworth’s most isolated village have raised fears about children’s safety after school bus services were reduced as a result of cost-cutting forced by the Covid-19 pandemic. And, in an emotional plea to Transport for Greater
PREGNANT women in Oldham are among the least likely in the North West to get their first appointment with a midwife early enough, figures reveal, potentially missing out on vital support for themselves and their baby. The Royal College of Midwives
PLANS for the annual Remembrance Day service at Austerlands have been cancelled as a result of "rule of six" restrictions. Organisers announced that the event, which this year falls on Sunday, November 8, will no longer take place amid the Covid
AN entrepreneur mum in Oldham is urging other women with families aspiring to be successful in business to join a growing networking group. Ellie Bowden, 35, runs the Rochdale and Oldham group of MIB (Mums in Business) International as well as her
POLICE are appealing for the public’s help to trace the next of kin of a man from Oldham. Brian Edward Druett, 79, passed away at his home address on Bickerton Court, Chadderton on Monday, September 14. There are believed to be no suspicious
A SADDLEWORTH photographer has scooped a top national award with a picture of a local brass band musician. Phil Meliá, a photographer for more than 25 years, was named as one of the nation’s top lensmen in the 2020 Portrait of Britain competition
