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11. 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.
12. Bugged by statistics
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 13 August 2008PEST controllers have been called to the Royal Oldham on 353 occasions in the last two years to deal with unwelcome guests that are believed to have included rats, mice, cockroaches and ants.
13. Gang threatened to kill firefighters
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 6 August 2008YOBS threatened to kill firefighters in the latest in a series of attacks on crews in Westwood.
14. Teenager in trauma after night in centre
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 30 July 2008A TEENAGER suffered horrific injuries – that required more than 50 staples to his head – after being savagely assaulted in Oldham town centre.
15. Brother's gift of life
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 23 July 2008BROTHERS Matthew and Nathan Gardner have always had a strong bond, but they now share even closer ties after the elder sibling gave up a kidney to give his younger brother his life back.
16. Sainsbury’s has a £1M hole in annual finances
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 23 July 2008THE empty site of the old Sainsbury’s store in Oldham centre is said to be costing the supermarket giant £1million a year in lost income.
17. Inside the jewel that is cracking
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 10 September 2008ENTERING the old town hall one could be forgiven for expecting to bump into Miss Haversham from ‘Great Expectations’, such is the dusty, decrepit state of this once-proud building.
18. Oldham hits back at ‘move south’ report
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 20 August 2008A REPORT which says that efforts to regenerate Oldham are a waste of time and that residents would be better off moving to the South has been described as insulting and patronising.
19. Cannabis farming has no future
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 17 September 2008THREE more cannabis farms have been discovered in Oldham – making a total of 15 to have been put out of business in this borough in the last year.
20. Jailed: Pervert who met the PM
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 17 September 2008A WELL-known Oldham football coach – who once received a ‘good citizen’ award from Tony Blair – has been jailed for 10 months for exposing himself to young girls at a swimming pool.