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1. My honeymoon will hit the heights – in dad’s memory
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 5 March 2008NEWLY-WEDS usually choose to spend their honeymoon sipping cocktails on a sun-kissed beach – but Toni McLaren Lewis’s introduction to married life is no holiday.
2. Teen stabbed in neck
Oldham Advertiser, Monday 3 March 2008DETECTIVES are appealing for witnesses after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed in the neck in an unprovoked attack.
3. Latics ready to make a stand in summer
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 5 March 2008OLDHAM Athletic will kick-start Boundary Park’s redevelopment by demolishing the Broadway Stand this summer – but latest attempts to appease local residents have drawn a blank.
4. British Gas sent 1p bill to dead man
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 5 March 2008A CHADDERTON woman was shocked and deeply upset to receive a bill from British Gas for 1p – addressed to her late father.
5. Midwives leap into action at unexpected baby boom
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 5 March 2008LEAP Day produced a baby boom across the borough – with nine new arrivals at the Royal Oldham Hospital.
6. Speed fatal for young golfer
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 5 March 2008A PROMISING young golfer died after losing control of his car at a notorious accident blackspot.
7. Maestro dead but the music lives on
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 5 March 2008IT IS 25 years ago this week since Oldham lost one of its most famous sons – Sir William Walton.
8. At this rate we’ll all be safer eating out
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 5 March 2008FROM dodgy donner kebabs to high-class restaurants and fat-soaked fry ups at the greasy spoon, it’s a dangerous world for people who like to eat out.
9. Single mum in dire straits
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 5 March 2008SINGLE mum Adele Knebel, from Chadderton, will fight her mortgage company’s attempt to repossess her home in Oldham County Court at the end of this month.
10. Repossessions of homes rise
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 5 March 2008ALMOST 1,350 families lost their homes in our borough last year, as the world-wide debt crisis continues to tighten its grip.