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21. A place of their own
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 3 November 2004WORSHIPPERS at a temporary mosque in Shaw have been given permanent permission to pray there by Oldham Council.
22. It’s the last post
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 1 December 2004THE last post has sounded for a third of Oldham's local post offices with 13 set to close permanently before December 12.
23. Pupils return to troubled school
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 3 November 2004PUPILS at the troubled Hardman Fold School in Failsworth are heading back to class next week after an absence of a month, but education chiefs have not ruled out closing the school again.
24. Library threat like ‘body blow’
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 24 November 2004PLANS by the borough council to close Delph Library have been met with widespread anger across Saddleworth.
25. Security guards could be on patrol in parks
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 6 October 2004SECURITY guards could soon be patrolling the borough's parks in a bid to combat the rising tide of vandalism and anti-social behaviour that blights open spaces in Oldham.
26. How you could win £1,000 and help the hospice
Oldham Advertiser, Friday 12 November 2004FINDING the funds to support Dr Kershaw's Hospice is always an uphill struggle, but supporters have come up with a winning way to collect the cash.
27. Police raid 44 homes
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 15 September 2004IN the dark before daybreak, hundreds of experienced officers converged on Oldham to prepare for one of the largest police operations seen in the borough.
28. Two more Post Offices face closure
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 6 October 2004THE Post Office has been warned it has a fight on its hands after plans to shut down two more local branches in Oldham were announced.
29. ‘Police should have let us save our son’
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 1 December 2004THE parents of a young Saddleworth naval engineer who shot himself during a 24-hour siege have blamed the police for stopping them trying to talk their son out of it.
30. ‘10-year-olds smoked pot at youth centre’
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 15 December 2004OLDHAM Council has pledged to investigate allegations that children as young as 10 openly used illegal drugs in one of their premises.