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1. Rough and tumble but firemen keep jobs
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 18 October 2006A FAILSWORTH fireman involved in a tumble-dryer prank has kept his job.
2. Canal could be closed just four years after its £23m revamp
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 11 October 2006A REGENERATED Oldham waterway could be closed - just four years after reopening following a much-heralded £23m refurbishment.
3. Motorway death toll
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 4 October 2006PROPOSALS to install a toll system on the M62 have been slammed by motoring groups and Saddleworth residents who fear the scheme would lead to traffic chaos and road deaths.
4. Aisle be! After 27 years
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 4 October 2006ALTHOUGH it's not uncommon to hang on a few years before getting married, one Oldham couple have taken that to extraordinary lengths by waiting an astonishing 27 years to tie the knot.
5. Masterplan unveiled
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 18 October 2006HATHERSHAW and Fitton Hill will be transformed over the next decade through a building programme which will include 1,500 new homes, plus community centres, shops and offices.
6. Police jail warning to speed camera vandals
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 11 October 2006POLICE have condemned vandals who attacked a speed camera in Shaw.
7. Police under fire over crime call-out
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 18 October 2006POLICE have apologised to a businessman after he criticised their response to a vandal attack on his haulage and courier firm.
8. Meet little miss miracle
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 4 October 2006EXCLUSIVE IN many ways little Helaina Stone is just like any other 12-year old - but that's all the more remarkable considering she wasn't expected to survive.
9. Split allegiances for ‘lucky’ mascot Jack
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 11 October 2006AN Oldham schoolboy's dream came true at the weekend when he was a special guest at England's Euro qualifier against Macedonia at Old Trafford.
10. £25,000 reward for outlaw OAP
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 11 October 2006STAFF at Barclays bank in Royton got a double shock when an armed raider struck last week - for terrified witnesses described the outlaw in a baseball cap as being a woman aged about 60.