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1. Toppled by winds of 89mph
Middleton Guardian, Wednesday 24 March 2004DISASTER was narrowly avoided in Rhodes on Saturday, when a 70-year-old whitebeam tree fell victim to the high winds, crashing to the ground.
2. Tribute is paid to war hero's remarkable life
Middleton Guardian, Wednesday 24 March 2004MIDDLETON war hero Albert Moore was to have been given an unusual tribute at his funeral last week - a fly past by RAF helicopters from his old squadron to augment a funeral at Blackley Cemetery with full military honours.
3. Families in dire straits over debt
Middleton Guardian, Wednesday 24 March 2004A WARNING that Middleton is awash with debt running into hundreds of thousands of pounds, with families in dire straights and mental health problems being compounded, has been given by the local Citizens Advice Bureau.
4. Arrest after spate of burglaries in sheltered homes
Middleton Guardian, Wednesday 24 March 2004POLICE have arrested an Oldham man in connection with a spate of burglaries at a Middleton sheltered accommodation block.
5. A visionary picture of economic boom
Middleton Guardian, Wednesday 24 March 2004A VISIONARY picture of an economic boom in Middleton over the next 10 years, with hundreds of new jobs, has been outlined to local businessmen.
6. Publican loses long cancer battle
Middleton Guardian, Wednesday 24 March 2004THE funeral of one of Middleton's most respected publicans takes place tomorrow (Friday) after a long battle against cancer.
7. Cabinet called on to support Sunnybrow closure
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 18 March 2004JUST a week before the School's Organisation Committee meets to decide the fate of Middleton's last nursery school, Sunny Brow in Archer Park, the council's Cabinet will be asked next Monday to support its closure.
8. Plan puts college on the track to sports excellence
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 18 March 2004PLANNING approval has been given to an ambitious scheme to enhance the growing reputation of Middleton's Hopwood Hall College as a centre of sporting excellence.
9. Remarkable turnaround
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 18 March 2004THERE'S been a dramatic turn round in standards at a Middleton school which, two years ago, was categorised by government inspectors as "failing".
10. Let’s keep Middleton’s historic Yew trees safe
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 18 March 2004They might not be all that obvious when you walk round the town, but there are two living links to the somewhat glorious history of Middleton, to the Bowmen who defeated the invaders of Tudor days.