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1. 1. Plans at last for the trams

   Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 21 May 2008 THE Government has finally approved a £575m package that will bring Metrolink trams to Oldham – and an announcement on the proposed town centre extension is expected "imminently".

2. 2. Axed: Bid to build academy on Oak site

   Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 14 May 2008 OLDHAM Council’s controversial plans to build one of its new academies on a site in Hollinwood have been scrapped in a U-turn that has delighted the local community.

3. 3. Move over Amy Winehouse, our Zara has arrived.

   Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 14 May 2008 A TEENAGE soul diva has got the better of 3,000 other hopefuls to win a place at the nation’s most prestigious talent school.

4. 4. Back our campaign and help save lives

   Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 28 May 2008 AN Oldham Lottery winner is leading from the front in a bid to help a crisis-hit service that has the potential to save thousands of local lives.

5. 5. Lock in a hard place didn’t beat volunteers

   Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 28 May 2008 ON Friday the new £1.7m Frenches Wharf Marina was opened in Greenfield as an off-shoot from the Huddersfield Canal. It’s being billed by the developers as a major future tourist attraction, and yet it is easy to forget that none of this would have been possible without the efforts of a willing band of volunteers.

6. 6. Labour lose control of Oldham

   Oldham Advertiser, Friday 02 May 2008 LABOUR lost Oldham Council to no overall control on a night of change in the town.

7. 7. 'Enemies' become best of friends

   Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 14 May 2008 GERMAN prisoner of war Vinzenz Miere made an emotional return to Oldham 25 years ago this week to visit a local family who had taken him under their wing at the end of the Second World War.

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