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1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
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. Asian drug menace fear
Asian News, Saturday 1 February 2003AN Oldham councillor expressed his shock that half the people arrested in a series of dawn drugs raids in the town were Asian.
7. A curry for life
Asian News, Saturday 1 February 2003PENSIONERS are being offered free curries for life by big-hearted restaurant owner Sufi Khandoker.
8. Living hell convert wants last days in peace
Asian News, Friday 21 November 2003A TERMINALLY ill Muslim convert says racists are making her last days a "living hell".
9. Rings 'racist'
Asian News, Wednesday 1 January 2003THE just-released Lord of the Rings saga is a racist film that will whip up war hatred against Islam it has been claimed.
10. Under siege ... racists target primary kids
Asian News, Friday 1 March 2002YOUNG children attending an Islamic school in Oldham have suffered months of racists abuse.
