Oldham Chronicle News and Sport

Drivers gear up for fuel protest
ANGRY truckers are getting all revved-up for their mass protest against soaring fuel prices tomorrow.

Crime drops 10% — but knife attacks up
CRIME in Oldham has dropped by 10 per cent over the past year thanks to a number of successful police operations and initiatives.

Councillors clash over merger plan
THE argument between area committees and community councils is rumbling on with opposition councillors dismayed by two mergers.

Council staff prepared to stage new strike
COUNCIL workers returned to work today, promising further industrial action if their grievances are not met.

Collection dates
FOR people who should have had collection on Wednesday

Oldham: where grass is greener
OLDHAM is the tops when it comes to the state of its parks.

School’s out for Barbara
LIFE’S a beach for Barbara Howard who celebrated her retirement after 31 years at Thorp Primary School with hot dogs, cocktails and a limbo contest.

Exxon fuels mountain bid to save lives
MOUNTAIN rescuers have been given a helping hand by a fuel giant. Oldham Mountain Rescue Team has been given £500 by ExxonMobile to allow it to buy a set of pulse oximetres.

It’s carnival time again
CARNIVAL fever hits Failsworth this weekend as funfairs, floats and falconry are set to entertain the crowds.

Put up or shut up, MP tells Liberals
A GOVERNMENT minister has challenged Oldham’s Lib-Dems to find the money to save Lees post office.

If only Terry had turtle recall...
A terrapin has become a “silent witness” for police hunting drug traffickers after a raid on an Oldham cannabis factory.

People given power to elect top cops
OLDHAM will have its own directly-elected police chief within two years, under radical government plans to use “people power” to fight crime.

Narrow lane leaves residents in a jam
A campaigning councillor is to have a top-level meeting with Oldham highway chiefs about growing traffic snarl-ups surrounding tiny country lanes at Grotton.

Taxi firm hits gold standard
CARTAX Radio Cars has become the first company in the borough to achieve the Cabsafe Gold Award.

4 pupils may have been forced to wed
OLDHAM schools have reported four cases of suspected forced marriages in recent months.

‘Miss’ chalks up 34 years
Teacher Julie Carter reckons she has earned her early retirement today after a top of the class innings of 34 years at the same school.

Pupils in the business of aiding Dr Kershaw’s
BUDDING entrepreneurs at Greenacres Primary School put their business skills to good use and raised more than £300 for Dr Kershaw’s Hospice.

Sign tribute to Roshni
A COLOURFUL tribute has been made to outstanding Hathershaw School pupil Roshni Panchani who died in January.

School pals help Nicole
PUPILS at Hathershaw School were inspired to raise nearly £1,000 for charity by 11-year-old Nicole Hankes.

African stars at heart of 7 Songs festival
FESTIVAL fever comes to Oldham and Saddleworth this month thanks to a new week-long music event.

Cemetery to offer seven-day burials
BURIAL services are to improve at Greenacres Cemetery thanks to a £40,000 improvement plan.

Moston a rail crime hotspot
MOSTON station, just over the Chadderton boundary, and the railway line running through it, has been named as one of the worst rail crime spots in Britain.

Roughyeds head and shoulders above the rest
OLDHAM Roughyeds could be world record holders — for a game of “heads, shoulders knees and toes.”

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