Osborne popping champagne too soon over economic recovery, warns Oldham MP
Chancellor George Osborne’s assertion that British economic recovery has reached a ‘major milestone’ is naïve, according to a Oldham MP.
E-fit appeal for armed burglar who threatened to CUT OFF fingers of girl, 13, in Oldham
Police have released an e-fit of one of two armed burglars who tied up a 13-year-old girl and threatened to cut off her fingers in Oldham.
‘Disappointing day all round’: Shapeless Oldham nosedive on Holden’s debut
Two Preston goals in each half, including a first half-strike from ex-Latics loanee Daniel Johnson, settled the game 4-0 as Oldham lost their third straight match.
Keep Holden on: Oldham temp boss ‘puts his own spin on things’ to aid promotion
Lee Johnson left Oldham in ninth place in League One and just two points off the play-off places, and former Latics captain Dean Holden is setting his sights on promotion to the championship.
Oldham chip pan fire: Woman ‘lucky’ to be alive as home had no smoke alarms
A 66-year-old woman is lucky to be alive after a chip pan caught fire in her Oldham home that didn’t contain any smoke alarms.
Man Utd disabled seating row: Lifelong fan launches campaign against club
Martin Emery, from South Wales, was told it wouldn’t be possible for him to sit with his elder disabled son Jordan and two younger sons Ethan and Zac, due to there being only one seat available for wheelchair carers and it being against stadium ‘safety protocol’.
The ‘100-day plan’: Oldham’s ‘ambitious and astute’ Johnson departs for Barnsley
The 33-year-old leaves Oldham in ninth, seven places above his new club, whom he saw beat Scunthorpe 1-0 on Tuesday night.
Force companies to publish disabled staff stats, demands Manchester MP
Companies should be required to publish annual data about how many disabled people they employ, according to a Manchester MP.
LGBT History Month Q&A: Gay actor pens emotional letter to 12-year-old self
To celebrate LGBT History Month, MM talk to Paul Burgess, an activist, actor and entertainer, who was born and bred in Oldham, as part of our LGBT Q&A series.
Spurned Oldham lover jailed for battering ex to death then pretending to be her in texts
A jealous lover who ‘catastrophically’ battered his former partner to death before sending text messages pretending to be from her has been jailed for life today.
Johnson disappointed by ‘dull’ Oldham defeat as Latics drop down League One table
Barnsley scored with their first attack when Kane Hemmings got on the end of a Milan Lalkovic cross to poke the Tykes into a 12th minute lead which Oldham never pegged back.