ROYTON Road Runner Ronnie Quinn has celebrated an England call-up at the age of 69. And there was no one prouder than Ronnie when he…
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World-class skills boost for borough as Oldham College joins elite training programme
OLDHAM is to get a world-class skills boost after Oldham College was selected to join an elite training programme. Oldham College is one of 12…
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Final siren sounds on ‘true Roughyed’ Brian Walker
EVERY strand of the rugby league community in Oldham will be shocked and saddened by the death of lifelong Roughyeds’ fan Brian Walker at the…
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Shaw Cricket Club granted later alcohol sales but blocked from 1.30am last orders
By Charlotte Green, Local Democracy Reporter SHAW Cricket Club has been granted permission to open later but blocked from serving alcohol until 1.30am after dozens…
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Green light for £1m nursery provision at Fir Bank Primary School
By Charlotte Green, Local Democracy Reporter A £1 million boost will be invested in creating new nursery provision at a Royton primary school. Oldham Council…
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Big Green Week Festival comes to Oldham Library
OLDHAM communities can join in the fight against climate change through its first Green Week Festival at Oldham Library. The festival runs on Saturday, September…
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New road to be named after Oldham’s pioneering female doctor Olive Claydon
A NEW road at the heart of a key regeneration project in Oldham will be named Olive Claydon Way in honour of the borough’s first female…
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Join Walk For Maggie’s this September to help people living with cancer
CANCER charity Maggie’s is inviting the public to join them to see Oldham in a whole new light while raising vital funds to help people…
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Royton teenager qualifies for national driving competition – despite not being old enough to drive
A 13-year-old from Royton has made the final of a national driving competition – despite not being old enough to hold a driving licence. Josh…
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Shaw’s Olympic cyclist granted freedom of the borough
By Charlotte Green, Local Democracy Reporter OLYMPIC cycling champion Matt Walls, from Shaw, has been granted freedom of the borough for giving ’eminent services’ to…
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