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1. U.S. detained me as terror suspect
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 31 August 2005AN OLDHAM man is vowing never to set foot in America again after being detained at JFK airport for eight hours because immigration officers thought he was a terrorist on their most wanted list.
2. New Sofa Company will honour all old orders
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 24 August 2005ADVERTISER readers can breathe a sigh of relief after it was announced that The Sofa Company has come out of administration and customers will receive their goods.
3. Carry on matron, say health bosses
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 24 August 2005OLDHAM has a new team of community matrons who will care for the long-term sick in their own homes, sparing hundreds of patients the trauma of hospital.
4. 'More must be done to cut road casualties'
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 24 August 2005MP PHIL Woolas is calling for an urgent investigation after it was revealed Oldham's road casualty rates are not falling despite the widespread introduction of speed cameras.
5. 'Bitter suite'
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 17 August 2005EXCLUSIVE DOZENS of Oldham residents fear they could lose thousands of pounds after The Sofa Company at Elk Mill, Royton, went into administration.
6. Dish of the Latics’ Day
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 17 August 2005WITH time on his hands after training, Latics' new signing Chris Day likes nothing better than swapping his goalkeeping gloves for oven mitts.
7. I love it here in India but the curries are better in Oldham!
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 10 August 2005AN OLDHAMER who quit town to work at an Indian call centre says he can't find a decent curry anywhere!
8. Cameras back on moors for murder drama
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 10 August 2005TV CAMERAS are set to return to Saddleworth Moor after ITV announced plans for "a major factual drama" on savage child killers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley.
9. The licence losers
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 10 August 2005ALMOST nine per cent of Oldham's pubs, clubs and shops could be closed over the lucrative Christmas period after failing to apply for new alcohol licences in time.
10. Council ‘guilty’ of neglecting homeless
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 3 August 2005OLDHAM Council has been found guilty of maladministration by overlooking its duty to homeless people in its housing allocation procedures.