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1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. ‘Vehicle breakdowns to blame for bins chaos’
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 21 December 2005BINS dominated the full council agenda this week - and Cllr Jeremy Sutcliffe admitted that 25 separate breakdowns to ten new vehicles were at the heart of the problem.
5. Looking for a speedy answer to a problem
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 14 December 2005LOVE is in the air at Oldham Civic Centre with speed-dating sessions to be introduced to help staff fall for the borough's elected councillors.
6. 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.
7. Chopper called out to fuel blaze
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 21 December 2005AN OLDHAM helicopter pilot ferried emergency fire fighting teams to the biggest industrial fire in the UK's peacetime history at the Buncefield fuel depot.
8. Frances needs help to find old friend
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 28 December 2005AN OLDHAM native wants to enlist Advertiser readers in providing her with the best New Year and 60th birthday present she could hope for - a reunion with one of her oldest friends.
9. ‘Knoll Mill plan will destroy our villages’
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 14 December 2005TRADERS in Saddleworth fear their businesses will be decimated after plans to build a Tesco supermarket in Greenfield were approved despite a protest campaign by hundreds of residents.
10. Council loses 'weak' rating
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 14 December 2005EXCLUSIVE OLDHAM Council is celebrating dumping its tag as a "weak" local authority and achieving promotion to a two-star government rating.