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1. Legal threat already in the ‘dirtiest’ seat
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 3 September 2008IT’S one of the most marginal political seats in the country, but with no impending General Election it seems the war is starting very early in the bitterly fought Oldham East and Saddleworth.
2. Two weddings and two cancellations
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 3 September 2008IT was meant to be their dream day, but things keep going from bad to worse for Royton couple Vicky Jones and Chris Pomfrey.
3. Fresh consultation for secondary plans
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 3 September 2008OLDHAMERS are to get a second chance to have their say on the £230m scheme to transform secondary education across the borough.
4. Cameras to record the ‘distracted’
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 3 September 2008DRIVERS on busy borough roads who use mobile phones and eat at the wheel are to be caught on video cameras and punished.
5. Mill is new front-runner for a third academy
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 3 September 2008A FORMER cotton mill in Hollinwood could become the home to a new academy school.
6. Should we all follow human Womble Ben?
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 3 September 2008MEET Ben Stimson, the real-life ‘Womble’ who makes better use of the everyday things that folk leave behind on the streets of Saddleworth.
7. Inspiration who was brave to the end
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 3 September 2008AN inspirational Failsworth woman has become the youngest person in the UK to die from an asbestos-related cancer.
8. Out of ideas for the old Town Hall
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 3 September 2008THE fate of Oldham’s old Town Hall is once again up in the air with the local council looking for new ideas to breathe fresh life into the historic building.
9. No answers in the death of Seanyboy
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 3 September 2008AN angry mother stormed out of an inquest into the death of her eight-month-old baby, after the coroner reached an open verdict.
10. Mass brawl caught on camera
Oldham Advertiser, Friday 29 August 2008SHOCKING CCTV footage of a large scale brawl that left a man with a fractured skull has been released.