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1. 1. 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.

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. 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.

4. 4. Long-term level of unemployed rockets to 1,300

   Oldham Advertiser, Thursday 12 January 2012 The number of people who are long-term unemployed in Oldham has rocketed by 179 per cent in the last four years.

5. 5. Volunteers could save Saddleworth Beer Walk

   Oldham Advertiser, Thursday 12 January 2012 Organisers at Saddleworth Round Table have now said the charity fundraiser could be saved – if they recruit enough volunteers.

6. 6. 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.

7. 7. 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.

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