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Mum’s a shining star!

INSPIRATIONAL: Natalie George

Natalie’s proud to be making a difference
AN inspirational teenage mum who used her experiences to support other young people has been shortlisted for a national award.

Thanks to her dedication and hard work, Natalie George (19) beat hundreds of other candidates to become one of three finalists in the Best New Volunteer category at the vInspired National Awards, the biggest national youth awards ceremony in the country.

Natalie, of Alt, has spent the last seven-and-a-half months

Date published: 06/02/2012

Shear relief for net hair-raisers!

Sara Duncan (44) had been diagnosed with the illness last September but wanted to help six-year-old daughter Lola cope with her fight for survival.

So Sara agreed to have a video made of Lola snipping off the locks of her bobbed brown hair instead — to show “how mummy will look” after chemotherapy treatment.

The emotive video was initially filmed and...

Date published: 06/02/2012

Police launch hunt for club knife man

A FAILSWORTH man who was stabbed in the neck in an horrific random attack on a night out in Manchester has undergone surgery for his wounds.

Police investigating the incident say David Talbot (25) was lucky to escape with his life after the unprovoked attack which left him with a deep wound in his neck.

Officers were called to K2, a city centre nightclub in George...

Date published: 06/02/2012

By Royal appointment

FINISHING touches: the Chronicle print goes on display

Chronicle photograph at Jubilee exhibition
THE public can from today see a Chronicle photograph in an exhibition at Windsor Castle to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

The...

Date published: 06/02/2012

Smokescreen raiders in £100,000 gems haul

A FIRE extinguisher is set off outside the shop by a hooded raider to help the gang escape.

ARMED raiders stole £100,000 of jewellery from a shop while the owners slept upstairs.

The four masked men — captured on CCTV with a crow bar and a hammer — smashed up...

Date published: 06/02/2012

Tributes paid to campaigner Ken

ENVIRONMENTALLY friendly: Ken got on his bike to demonstrate green power.

TRIBUTES have been paid to Saddleworth parish councillor Ken Hulme who has died, aged 62.

The spirited councillor, well-known locally for his campaigns and crusades, passed away in the...

Date published: 06/02/2012

Pup Lola’s in luck

RECOVERING: Lola with her owner’s son Lewis (8)

A puppy injured in a hit and run accident will not have to have her legs amputated.

Lola, a Staffordshire bull terrier, was left with both her legs in cast after being was knocked down....

Date published: 06/02/2012

Snow joke as winter bites

The snow meant fun for these sledgers — but elsewhere events were disrupted

SNOW turned Oldham into a Winter Wonderland over the weekend, with gleeful youngsters with sledges taking to the hills in their hordes.

But while they had a whale of a time, sliding to...

Date published: 06/02/2012

Children are safe in our hands

OLDHAM’S work to protect vulnerable children has been praised in a national report.

It is one of 14 local authorities — the only one in the North-West — which are held up as examples of providing good support for front-line social workers in the field of child protection.

The Government watchdog Ofsted says that this results in better protection for...

Date published: 06/02/2012

Foodbank mission goes down well

Organisers of the first borough-wide foodbank have received an overwhelming response from volunteers wanting to help, and are to hold a meeting inviting more willing donators to come along.

The scheme, which launches next month, is still in desperate need of a base from which to hand out the much-needed food parcels, but organisers are concentrating on rallying the troops...

Date published: 06/02/2012

Allotments are a growing concern

Saddleworth and Lees District Partnership
WORRIED residents living near a planned allotment scheme voiced their concerns about aspects of the project.

Parish councillor Robert Knotts answered public questions from a resident of Kenworthy Gardens to try and allay fears about access and parking surrounding the proposed new scheme.

The site is situated on a strip of...

Date published: 06/02/2012

Scrap-metal rogues facing clampdown

CAUGHT . . . the van stopped on Delph Lane

AN unlicensed scrap-metal carrier has been prosecuted after his van was stopped while laden with metal.

Oldham Council successfully prosecuted Terence Robson in a crackdown on rogue...

Date published: 06/02/2012

Apprenticeships soar

THE number of people starting apprenticeships in Oldham has almost doubled in a year — and is expected to continue to rise.

Figures form the Department for Business show a 74 per cent increase in start ups from 1,440 in the academic year 2009/10 to 2,510 in 2010/11. And the very latest figures for September to November last year showed 660 new starts.

If this...

Date published: 06/02/2012

Life in the fast lane

Alex (left) with students (l-r) Mark Wood, Emily Hallworth and Lewis Hughes.

OLDHAM College students found out what it is like to be in Lord Sugar’s firing line.

“Apprentice” contestant Alex Epstein visited the college’s Peter Jones...

Date published: 06/02/2012

Clean-up prayers are answered!

WASTING no time . . . members of the World Mission Society Church of God collected 50 bags of rubbish

PEOPLE power saw 80 volunteers clean up Clarksfield as part of a worldwide campaign to rid streets of rubbish.

Members of the Trafford-based World Mission Society Church of God decided...

Date published: 03/02/2012

£300,000 lifeline for Coliseum

EASY TO SPOT: the temporary Coliseum box office

OLDHAM Coliseum has been given a £300,000 boost to cover expenditure on running, production and actors’ costs, for three years.

The money comes from the Association of...

Date published: 03/02/2012

£31,000 pay-slip man’s bite of the Big Apple

A STRUGGLING worker couldn’t believe his luck when he found more than £31,000 had been credited to his bank account by mistake.

The money which was intended for a pension funds account, was transferred into Mark Rafferty’s name by his former employers, Oldham-based Auto Battery Services, weeks after he had lost his job with them.

Manchester’s...

Date published: 03/02/2012

Soap stars sign up to donor campaign

PERFECT match: Alias and Shahnaz Ahmed

A LOVING wife who donated a kidney to her critically-ill husband is backing a campaign to boost the number of donors.

Shahnaz Ahmed (50) went under the knife to save the life of her...

Date published: 03/02/2012

Surprise at rap for tram staff

METROLINK operators say they are surprised by criticism claiming “appalling” behaviour by contractors.

The cross-party accusation was levelled during the full council meeting on Wednesday night.

Contractors M-Pact Thales (MPT) consortium was criticised for having little regard for the way staff speak to residents and the council.

It was also alleged...

Date published: 03/02/2012

Come dine with us!

Cocktail master Ben Brooks has been planning his menu for years

THE culinary skills of four local foodies will be on show to the nation tonight in a much-loved television series.

The brave cooks invited the cameras from Channel 4’s “Come Dine With...

Date published: 03/02/2012

Mobility car stolen at charity jumble sale

A 12-year-old disabled girl’s mobility car was stolen at a fund-raising event organised by her brother.

The vehicle used to get Elle Jakeman around was taken as her brother, Ben, held a jumble sale to fund a school trip to do community work in poverty-stricken Ecuador.

Mum Julie was helping at the event at St Thomas’s Church Hall, Glebe Lane, on Saturday...

Date published: 03/02/2012

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