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Oldham Local Studies and Archives is reopening on Wednesday 28 April. If you wish to visit, they will be open Wednesday to Friday, 10am–4pm. Visitors will be required to book their visit and order their documents, including archives, books, pamphlets, and microfilms, in advance, with a limit of one visit per day per person. Visitors only wishing to use the computers will also be required to book in advance. Access will be provided to the search room, with other facilities remaining closed for the time being, including the public toilet. To limit the potential spread of Coronavirus, usual ...

HERE is a great old photograph from the archives featuring a youth club from early the postwar era.

ONE hundred years ago this week, Darlington was given one of the most remarkable gifts in its history: a big game collection, the finest in the north of England, including 182 heads of exotic animals and an enormous stuffed creature that was to become a feature of many Darlingtonians’ childhoods. The Northern Echo in 1921 said the collection comprised “a magnificent Polar bear, the head and hide of a royal black-maned lion, the head and skull of a huge white rhinoceros, and a gigantic buffalo – second largest of its kind in the country – topi, tiang, oryx-bisa, gerenuk, giant and ...

"We have also prepared a great selection of Grab & Go packs for customers who have previously enjoyed the Ready Reads service during lockdown, or just want to try something a bit different.” Social distancing measures are in place at reopened libraries, including queue management, screens on enquiry desks, hand sanitiser stations and quarantine areas for returned books. Members of the public are required to provide their details for Test & Trace purposes and wear face coverings during their visit. The People’s Network computers will continue to be available in one-hour slots for custome...

The policy has carried out investigations involving 12 VIPs who allegedly violated Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs). Based on reports from Utusan, Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Director Datuk Huzir Mohamed said that out of that number, two cases were deemed as no further action (NFA), while three of them are still under investigations and the rest have paid the compound. Among the cases that were under investigation by the police are: Jelebu Parliamentarian, Datuk Seri Jalaluddin Alias’ daughter’s wedding in Seremban Credit: TRP Credit: Ministry of Defens...