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1. 1. Tesco’s killing us say small traders

   Oldham Advertiser, Thursday 23 August 2007 SMALL traders living in the shadow of a new multi-million-pound superstore say they are being forced out of business.

2. 2. Tesco’s killing us say small traders

   Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 22 August 2007 SMALL traders living in the shadow of a new multi-million-pound superstore say they are being forced out of business.

3. 3. How 'mercy bus' idea put Bernard on a different road

   Oldham Advertiser, Thursday 02 August 2007 THIS week we tell the story of a big-hearted Oldham businessman who converted a bus into a portable eye hospital for the poor of India - and eventually forged a successful career in America.

4. 4. Residents win first battle with the yobs

   Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 01 August 2007 PEOPLE power has triumphed as police launch a six-month crackdown on East Oldham yobs who have made life hell for residents.

5. 5. Ferranti stays in the borough

   Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 01 August 2007 OLDHAM firm Ferranti Technologies has been bought by an Israeli defence giant for £15m - with all 185 jobs made safe and its future secure in the borough.

6. 6. Artistic Kenny still in the driving seat

   Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 15 August 2007 TWENTY-five years ago this week a certain Kenny Clements was busy preparing for the start of the 1982/3 football season in which he would star as Oldham Athletic's first choice for the centre of defence.

7. 7. Tributes to town teacher - also known as Mr Manchester

   Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 15 August 2007 'MANCUNIAN messiah and northern genius with an ego to match', plenty has been written this week about the death of Anthony H Wilson. However, few seem to have acknowledged the fact that he actually started his working life in Oldham. Read the story and see video of one of Tony Wilson's final interviews here ...

8. 8. Anguish as 'devoted' son killed in crash

   Oldham Advertiser, Monday 13 August 2007 THE distraught parents of a teenager killed in a car crash on Saturday morning have paid tribute to their 'bright and clever' son.

9. 9. Man suffocated in bath with plastic sheet over his head

   Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 29 August 2007 AN electrician from Oldham accidentally killed himself when what may have been a sex experiment went wrong.

10. 10. End of non-alcoholic era in Oldham centre

    Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 29 August 2007 IT was the end of an era this week as the last old-style sarsaparilla shop in Oldham centre shut its doors for the final time after more than 70 years.

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