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1. 1. Business park will be ‘new Canary Wharf’

   Oldham Advertiser, Thursday 14 July 2011 A multi-million pound business park could create almost 700 jobs in the town. Developer Frank Rothwell wants to build the office complex on the site of a former battery factory in Hollinwood – which he says could become the Canary Wharf of Manchester.

2. 2. Blaze at Booth's garden centre not suspicious

   Oldham Advertiser, Monday 30 January 2012 A huge blaze at a garden centre is being treated as accidental. The fire at Booth's Garden Centre was tackled by more than 40 firefighters.

3. 3. All Hallows RC Business, Enterprise and Sport College

   Oldham Advertiser, Sunday 30 August 2009 GCSE results for All Hallows RC Business, Enterprise and Sport College

4. 4. Debt-ridden boss stored £6.3m of drugs in garage

   Oldham Advertiser, Thursday 12 January 2012 A hard-up garage boss has been jailed after agreeing to store a massive consignment of cannabis in a bid to pay off mounting debts, a court was told. Mark Leach 51, accepted an offer of £1,000 to use his business unit in Shaw as a safe house for a few hours when the drugs were brought over from Holland.

5. 5. Traders hit out at new Metrolink work delay

   Oldham Advertiser, Thursday 18 August 2011 Angry business owners have hit out after Metrolink work was extended for a second time.

6. 6. Ex-battery factory site recharged by hub plans which could bring hundreds of jobs

   Oldham Advertiser, Thursday 15 December 2011 Almost 700 jobs could be created when a former battery factory is brought back to life as a business park.

7. 7. Popular businessman ‘Blaster’ dies aged 72

   Oldham Advertiser, Thursday 19 January 2012 Peter Sykes, 72, was known across the town as ‘Blaster’ for his advertising campaigns at his George Street painting and decorating shop.

8. 8. Funding boost to help bring George Street Chapel to former glory

   Oldham Advertiser, Tuesday 24 January 2012 Age Concern Oldham have managed to secure a further £1m in funding to bring the 200-year-old derelict building back into community use.

9. 9. Postman jailed after hoarding hundreds of pieces of mail and stealing money from envelopes

   Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 25 January 2012 David Ronan, 32, was given a four-month sentence for stealing two pieces of post containing a total of £45 and keeping a stash of mail in his house and car.

10. 10. I’ve still got a job to do, says Vince Cable after ‘sting’ revelations

    Oldham Advertiser, Monday 03 January 2011 Business secretary Vince Cable vowed he still has a ‘job to do’ during a visit to Oldham. The Liberal Democrat visited Uppermill on the campaign trail ahead of the Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election.

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