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1. The funds keep on coming in
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 25 January 2006DR KERSHAW'S Hospice will need some extra muscle to help bank all the big cheques it has been presented by our readers in recent weeks.
2. Brake is applied to district parking fees
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 25 January 2006PLANS for car parking charges across the borough have hit the skids after councillors slammed the evidence supporting their introduction.
3. Spitting image of TV favourite Bob is named the top dog!
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 25 January 2006A CHADDERTON man has scooped second prize in a national competition thanks to his uncanny resemblance to an 80s funnyman with a particularly bad mannered dog.
4. More Bobbies back on beat
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 25 January 2006A PLAN to put more bobbies back on the beat to help combat yob culture in the suburbs has been launched in Oldham.
5. Free tickets for testimonial
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 25 January 2006OLDHAM Roughyeds are giving away 3,000 free junior tickets for Friday's testimonial game for Oldham rugby legend Barrie McDermott at Boundary Park (8pm).
6. Claims that tables were far too kind to Grange
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 25 January 2006AN OLDHAM school with one of the most improved pass rates in the country has been accused of failing in numeracy and reading and writing skills.
7. 10 per cent of borough workforce ‘on the sick’
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 25 January 2006MORE than 13,000 Oldhamers who are off work 'on the sick' could be investigated in a move to get at least a third back in employment.
8. Limited admittance to windfarm debate
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 25 January 2006CAMPAIGNERS fighting plans to build a wind farm on Denshaw Moor will get just three minutes to put their case to a special meeting.
9. Drink-driver killed behind wheel of stolen car
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 25 January 2006AN OLDHAM man who took a car after a drunken night out was killed after crashing into a pub while more than twice over the limit.
10. At last, a date for wind farm debate
Oldham Advertiser, Thursday 19 January 2006A DATE has finally been set for planners to consider whether a controversial wind farm should be built on Denshaw Moor.