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1. Residents will name and shame drug dealers
Asian News, Thursday 31 July 2008RESIDENTS in Westwood and Coldhurst, Oldham have threatened to name and shame drug dealers and men who use the services of prostitutes in a bid to clamp down on crime in the area.
2. Marriage visa age raised to prevent forced marriages - but more needs to be done
Asian News, Wednesday 23 July 2008THE age at which someone can apply for a marriage visa will increase from 18 to 21 as part of a crackdown on forced marriage, the Home Office announced today, but campaigners says it is still not enough.Statistics show that 30 per cent of the cases dealt with by the Government’s Forced Marriage Unit involved victims aged between 18 and 21.
3. Parents say NO to academies
Asian News, Saturday 19 July 2008OVER 200 parents voiced their concerns at the proposed closure of a high school in Oldham.
4. Mother's four-year wait for docs to discover she had kidney problems
Asian News, Thursday 10 July 2008A MOTHER of two says she has been living though a painful nightmare after it took over 40 appointments over four years for doctors to discover she had stones forming in her kidney.
5. Cash and carry gutted following arson attack
Asian News, Tuesday 24 June 2008A BUSINESSMAN has vowed to carry on trading after his shop was torched following an arson attack in the weekend.
6. Joy for Manchester asylum seeker
Asian News, Friday 9 May 2008A WOMAN who fled Bangladesh claiming she was gang raped is now celebrating after winning her right to stay in the UK.
7. Biman boycott call
Asian News, Thursday 1 May 2008PROMINENT members of Oldham's Bangladeshi community are threatening to boycott Bangladeshi Biman airlines if the treatment of travellers at Dhaka airport does not improve.
8. 'Inspirational' Sahena warns about climate change
Asian News, Tuesday 18 March 2008A GREEN campaigner has travelled almost half way round the world to teach people in Greater Manchester about the devastating effects of climate change.
9. Hundreds take part in extremism debate
Asian News, Wednesday 13 February 2008A PUBLIC forum organised to discuss issues affecting Rochdale Muslims was hailed a success despite one of its key panellists pulling out of the event just days before.
10. Friends are wheel achievers
Asian News, Friday 28 December 2007DRIVING ambition has led two Oldham women to a national record – becoming the first female Muslim bus drivers in the country.