KEITH Curle has reiterated his plea to supporters not to disrupt games. Latics have twice had games interrupted by fans' demonstrations against the club's ownership - first with tennis balls hurled onto the pitch in the Carabao Cup clash with Accrington
A STOLEN car was recovered by Saddleworth police in Birmingham as part of efforts to reunite victims of crime with their goods. In a Facebook post by GMP Saddleworth and Lees today, the force said: "The Saddleworth Neighbourhood team have been
PLANS have been approved to turn a former Wetherspoons pub in Oldham into a restaurant seating more than 300 people. A change-of-use application was issued to convert the upper floor of The Squire Knott on Yorkshire Street to create an upper floor
THREE men suspected of duping an elderly man out of more than £100,000 have been arrested by officers in Tameside. Just after 3pm on Tuesday, officers received a report raising concerns about an elderly man in Audenshaw who had paid over £100,000
Covid cases in Oldham are continuing to fall and the death rate is still dropping. The latest figures from Public Health England show there were 94 positive tests found in the area today. Over the last week there have been 687 cases which represents
A FOOTBALL club venue has made an application to serve customers at its VIP bar and outside trailer. The Vestacare Stadium on Whitebank Road in Limeside, where AVRO JFC play their games, has lodged a variation of premises licence application to
A NEW road at the Hollinwood Junction project is set to be named after Oldham’s first female GP, Dr Olive Claydon. The new road, which will be named Olive Claydon Way, will run through the latest phase of the Hollinwood Junction scheme. The
A MAN in his twenties has been taken to hospital after a crash last night involving a car and a motorbike at Oldham Road junction with Chapel Road, Uppermill. The rider of the motorbike was taken to hospital by the North West Ambulance Service
A CRICKET club is set to find out if plans to change its premises licence will be approved after attracting a mixed response from residents. Shaw Cricket Club wants to extend its hours for serving alcohol and add licensable activities such as playing
A WOMAN has been arrested after a video emerged on social media reportedly showing a racial hate incident. Police in Tameside said they are aware of the video which shows an incident that happened in Stalybridge and officers have received a high
I WAS recently reading a book when a sentence particularly resonated with what Latics fans are currently experiencing. It read: “change typically begins gradually, then suddenly, and the ‘suddenly’ part is at last beginning to blossom”. It feels
PHYSIO Harry Reddick feels Latics are counting the cost of an action-packed August when it comes to their rack of injuries. And he believes the ongoing knock-on effects of Covid-19 could also be a factor in the number of players queuing for the
FOR someone who for the next six weeks will be playing a teenage girl coming to terms with a terminal brain tumour, Liv Hill is remarkably bright and bubbly. But then Lola her character in the award-winning play Glee & Me, at Manchester’s Royal
PLANS have been made to improve a dangerous section of a road in Lees following the deaths of two cyclists. There were fatal collisions at the junction with Huddersfield Road and Stamford Road in August last year and March with another serious
THE Oldham Festival for Business launched this week with an exhibition at Eastern Pavillion brimming with local businesses and a series of workshops. The first event of the month-long festival was held on Monday and opened by Oldham Council Leader
CRITICISM is mounting that Oldham’s young people are being “ignored” by the government as latest figures reveal youth unemployment in the borough is almost double the national average. Figures released by the House of Commons Library show there
MORE people were using NHS mental health services across Oldham in July than at the same point last summer, latest figures have revealed. NHS Digital figures show around 6,750 people were in contact with mental health services in the NHS Oldham
RESIDENTS of Oldham are being urged to nominate their favourite buildings, monuments, landscapes and even street furniture to join the Local Heritage List for Greater Manchester, writes Kent Lawlor. The Local Heritage List looks to work with communities
PLANS to turn a shop into a takeaway in Shaw have been rejected once again, Kent Lawlor reports. A change-of-use application was submitted to Oldham Council for the third time, as it looked to turn a retail premises on Trent Road into a takeaway
OLDHAM Council's Labour leader has rejected claims by the borough's Liberal Democrats that the local authority's strategy to tackle equality does not combat a number of problems, writes Kent Lawlor. The borough's Equality Strategy was presented
THE Saddleworth show will return on Sunday, offering entertainment, activities, food and music for people of all ages, writes Kent Lawlor. The event was cancelled last year due to the pandemic and was supposed to take place in June before it was
