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1. Don’t treat me like a ‘scruff’
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 13 August 2008WISECRACKING cops rearranged fridge-magnets into a cheeky calling card after smashing into the wrong house.
2. Red light fight
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 13 August 2008"WE know where you live and your families will be told..."
3. Lees saved but it’s sorrow for seven
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 13 August 2008SEVEN borough post offices are to be axed, with only the facility at Lees to escape the hit list.
4. 60 violent children kicked out of schools
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 13 August 2008SIXTY pupils were thrown out secondary schools in Oldham in a 12-month period as a result of violent, abusive or disruptive behaviour.
5. The Lord’s prayer
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 13 August 2008IT’S played host to generations of legends from WG Grace to ‘Freddie’ Flintoff and now a village team from Oldham are hoping to create their own piece of history at Lord’s.
6. Soldier took smuggled explosives back to mum's house
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 13 August 2008A SOLDIER returning from a tour of duty in Afghanistan was able to smuggle enough explosives to blow a car to pieces.
7. 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.
8. ‘Bright spark’ jailed
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 13 August 2008A MAN who risked his life to steal high-grade copper parts from an Oldham electricity sub-station has been jailed.
9. Golf buggy could be big hit on TV
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 6 August 2008IT may not turn heads on the race track, but a customised jeep will hopefully help a group of friends hit the mark on the golf course on a popular TV programme.
10. 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.
