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1. Here’s to a happy couple
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 28 December 2005LEGAL history was made this week when Mary Harrison and Judith Tomlinson became the first gay couple in the borough to tie the knot in a civil partnership ceremony.
2. Shops hold their own amid talk of ‘gloom’
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 28 December 2005OLDHAMERS showed few signs of tightening their belts this Christmas - despite the latest gloomy economic figures relating to the borough.
3. ‘I can help combat yobs’
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 28 December 2005A COMMUNITY worker who helped lead a pioneering and successful project to combat anti-social behaviour in Salford believes his theories could be used to tackle the same problem in Oldham.
4. ‘Historic school has no future’
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 28 December 2005COUNCILLOR Jeremy Sutcliffe has sounded the death knell on the old Eustace Street School and accused opposition councillors of caring more about a "crumbling Victorian edifice than 21st Century people".
5. Homelessness rates hitting new highs
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 28 December 2005HUNDREDS of people in Oldham are facing a miserable new year, with new government figures showing that our borough has one of the highest rates of homelessness in the North West.
6. Thousands affected by payments office closure
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 28 December 2005EXCLUSIVE A KEY facility used by thousands of borough residents each month will be axed as part of the council's latest cost-cutting measures.
7. Time to get down with town youth!
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 21 December 2005OLDHAM Council has been forced to look at the way it is connecting, or failing to connect, with young people.
8. Last minute addition to borough’s ‘Big Bid’
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 21 December 2005A COMMUNITY Cohesion Centre has become the final addition to the shortlist of ideas for Oldham's 'Living Landmark'.
9. It’s a light fiasco
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 21 December 2005CHRISTMAS illuminations are twinkling across Oldham - but one group of borough residents have been left in the dark.
10. A festive feast
Oldham Advertiser, Friday 16 December 2005With less than two weeks to go, the daunting Christmas dinner is beginning to loom. But don't panic! Chef Dave Ross, who cooks for Manchester United stars, told Conrad Astley that preparation is everything.