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1. Joy for disabled workers
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 27 December 2006HUNDREDS of disabled workers have received the ultimate new year gift after finding out their jobs are safe from cuts.
2. Ian's cut deep by tree theft
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 27 December 2006A BONSAI collector has been left devastated after trees worth thousands of pounds were stolen from his home.
3. Arthur has 163 years of history behind him
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 27 December 2006NOBODY can accuse Arthur Balmforth of being a "fly by night" kind of guy.
4. Jelly Babies off the party menu
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 6 December 2006A CHRISTMAS party and disco for 150 toddlers and parents had to be cancelled at short notice after a venue double booked its function room.
5. Where has 'sir' gone?
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 29 November 2006SPECIAL REPORT A GENERATION of Oldham schoolboys are missing out on vital male role models, the Advertiser can reveal.
6. Tiny tear-away locked up after ‘serial’ offending
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 29 November 2006OLDHAM magistrates have jailed a 13-year-old "serial" burglar, despite fears that a custodial sentence could make him a worse offender.
7. Pilot had to pay out of his own pocket for fuel
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 29 November 2006A PILOT from Oldham was forced to raid his own bank account to pay an African airport's "ransom" before the plane he was on was allowed to fly home.
8. On the mend
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 22 November 2006SPECIAL REPORT THE family of a 19-year-old Marine, who was seriously injured as he watched his best friend die in an attack in Southern Iraq, believe he will want to return as soon as he is well again.
9. Gang fear forces town club to close
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 15 November 2006FEARS that criminal gangs involved in drugs and guns are connected to an Oldham nightclub have led to its licence being revoked.
10. Footballers are crying ‘foul’
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 15 November 2006THE cream of the borough's young footballing talent are crying 'foul' on dog owners who are allowing their pets to use a soccer pitch as a toilet.