Wikio - Oldham

Passports stolen: Soon to used by Al Quada & Chinese cocklepickers. (The Lone Voice)

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:52:00 GMT

Thieves who got away with 3,000 blank passports and visas worth around £2.5 million targeted the van as it stopped at a newsagent's, police have said. The two unarmed thieves assaulted a security officer before driving off in the van in Oldham on 28 July. Greater Manchester Police have launched an investigation and are appealing for eyewitnesses to come forward. The Foreign Office has...

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Rose of the Month (Tommy English)

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:05:00 GMT

Michelle Marsh is an English glamour model who was born on the 30th September in the year 1982 in Royton in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. Michelle is best known for her work as a Page Three girl, and has posed topless for The Sun,the Daily Star, FHM and many more magazines. She launched her music career in 2006.

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The War On Food: Police Raid Dinner Lady’s House (Anorak News)

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:52:24 GMT

IN “Sorry wrong house,” the Mail looks on as masked police officers smash their way into a terraced home in Greater Manchester. “Sorry love, wrong house,” says the lead officer as the coppers are confronted by school dinner lady Kathleen Oldham sitting in her dressing grown supping a cup of tea. The police say they are after [...]

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Frozen - but bill is still highest (Manchester Evening News)

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:37:22 GMT

COUNCIL tax in Oldham is the highest in Greater Manchester - despite a freeze on increases.

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Terror Charges: Two From Oldham Accused (Sky News)

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 13:39:00 GMT

Two people from Oldham have been charged under the Terrorism Act, accused of distributing or circulating a publication which directly or indirectly encourages acts of terrorism.The charges follow an operation by Greater Manchester Police's Counter Terrorism Unit.

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Two face terror charges in Oldham (BBC News)

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 10:53:09 GMT

Greater Manchester police charge two people in Oldham under the Terrorism Act.

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£17.5m lab to save lives (Manchester Online)

Sat, 29 Dec 2007 09:32:15 GMT

A £17.5M super laboratory will help save lives in Greater Manchester. The new lab, at the Royal Oldham Hospital, is one of the biggest and most advanced in the country. It will help diagnose a huge range of conditions for hospitals and GPs.

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Yorkshire Building Society opens new Manchester branch (Banking Business Review)

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:08:00 GMT

UK-based Yorkshire Building Society has opened a new branch in Oldham, located in Greater Manchester, England.

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Miscarriage of justice corrected as jury finds man guilty of murder (The Independent)

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:01 GMT

Stefan Kiszko, who spent 16 years in prison for a murder he did not commit, received his final vindication yesterday when the real killer was jailed for life. Ronald Castree, 54, a dealer in comics, from Oldham, Greater Manchester, was told he must serve a minimum of 30 years for the paedophile murder of 11-year-old Lesley Molseed in 1975.

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Bible Society competition winner gives 7000 to NHS project (Christian Today)

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 09:09:16 GMT

A nurse from Greater Manchester has given her Scripture scratchcard winnings of 7000 to the Oldham Substance Misuse Service

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Life in prison for Oldham killer (BBC News)

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:14:49 GMT

A 20-year-old man is sentenced to life for the brutal murder of a man at his home in Greater Manchester.

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