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208 Article(s) Found

Statue call for Oldham giant

THE FRIDAY THING: IF ever Oldham is moved to erect a Union Street statue to highlight its debt to a...

Date Online: 17/05/2013

Bouncing into the history books

This Thursday marks the 70th anniversary of the daring war-time Dambusters raid which destroyed German dams in its industrial heart,...

Date Online: 14/05/2013

Why not let the Queen write her own speech?

THE FRIDAY THING: THE Queen’s Speech is supposed to point us forward to the coming year in the soap opera...

Date Online: 10/05/2013

Some more chillingly daft ideas from EU

THE FRIDAY THING: WE might at last have got rid of the snow storms, but it seems that nothing can...

Date Online: 03/05/2013

FA bites back over latest disgrace

THE FRIDAY THING: THIS is not a food review - unless you are a vampire, perhaps - but biting seems...

Date Online: 26/04/2013

Out of order in court

THE FRIDAY THING: WE have rather got into the habit of blaming the failings of the legal system- especially the...

Date Online: 19/04/2013

Plenty to ponder over Pickles planning pledge

THE FRIDAY THING: TORY MPs, fearful of losing their comfortable seats in the next election (and with Osborne and Cameron...

Date Online: 12/04/2013

With friends like these, who needs enemies?

THE FRIDAY THING: WE all need friends, but nobody needs them more than politicians, especially the Prime Minister who is...

Date Online: 05/04/2013

Labour’s last laugh over the Glib-Dems

THE FRIDAY THING: IT should not have come as a surprise to any local politicians that the Liberal Democrats were...

Date Online: 22/03/2013

Driven to distraction by parking problems

THE FRIDAY THING: THEY have been talking about parking in Uppermill since the last horse and cart left the village...

Date Online: 15/03/2013

Lib-Dems nowty over sex claims

THE FRIDAY THING: WELL, who’d have thought it? We are well used to allegations of sexual misconduct of one sort...

Date Online: 01/03/2013

Project to go native is a tree-mendous idea

Dovestone conifers to be replaced by oak, birch and alder FORESTRY work is set to transform the appearance of one...

Date Online: 01/03/2013

Squeeze is a bit rich

THE FRIDAY THING: BEWARE! Tax is about to get even more taxing, thanks to the adulterous half of the Collision...

Date Online: 22/02/2013

Home is not where the Tory heart lies

THE FRIDAY THING: IF the Government had given any indication that it had a sense of humour, we might be...

Date Online: 15/02/2013

Do you know what you’re eating?

Presenter Alan “Big Al” Nield of 96.2 The Revolution writes for the Chron IF there’s one thing this horse meat...

Date Online: 15/02/2013

What is the PM doing?

THE FRIDAY THING: DOES anyone really know what Prime Minister David Cameron is playing at? Does he know himself, do...

Date Online: 08/02/2013

Host a Blue Day for Dr K

WATCH OUT FOR 20-PAGE NOSTALGIA SPECIAL Is your school, office or workplace beginning to catch FA Cup fever? Then why not hold...

Date Online: 04/02/2013

My work is really making a difference

14 years in the job and loving it CHRIS Davies has been an MEP for nearly 14 years - and...

Date Online: 01/02/2013

Useless, toothless... we should pull out

Everything about the European Parliament in Strasbourg is big — the building, the number of MEPs (758), the budget, the...

Date Online: 01/02/2013

It’s time to make a special contribution

I am and always will be a great advocate of the police. Last weekend saw a rather large and highly...

Date Online: 01/02/2013

What is dedicated server hosting and how can it benefit your business?

Dedicated server hosting is a web hosting system whereby the entire server is leased or sold to your company and...

Date Online: 01/02/2013

Wedding worth £8000 to be won…

Win a wedding day to remember courtesy of generous local wedding service suppliers. For your chance to win this great...

Date Online: 29/01/2013

A (working) day in the life of an MEP

“KEEP on Runnin’” is an old Spencer Davis song and whenever I think of Chris Davies MEP the 1960s hit...

Date Online: 29/01/2013

Lost in the labyrinth of Euroland

Everything about the European Parliament in Strasbourg is big, from the building and the number of MEPs (758) to the...

Date Online: 29/01/2013

Horses, Harry and the hokey-cokey

THE FRIDAY THING: ANOTHER week that underlines the fact that we are in danger of going to hell in a...

Date Online: 25/01/2013

What a difference a year makes

Radio presenter Big Al made a welcome return to 96.2 the Revolution on Sunday, more than a year after being...

Date Online: 25/01/2013

Money saving ideas – are you doing enough?

We all start to look at our finances in the first few months of the year. The festive season is...

Date Online: 25/01/2013

It’s a tough old life for our dear old MPs

THE FRIDAY THING: IT’S enough to make we ordinary mortals think that MP stands for money pocketer. Here we are,...

Date Online: 18/01/2013

Gay bishops given a temptation test

THE FRIDAY THING: IS it really any wonder the Church of England is developing a growing army of the formerly...

Date Online: 11/01/2013

Stress now the talk of the staff room

THE FRIDAY THING: TEACHERS in Oldham are feeling the strain. Apparently stress in the classroom is hitting new peaks, right...

Date Online: 04/01/2013