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615 Article(s) Found
Strong measures to prevent attacks are absent, say MPs
THE Government’s moves to tackle irresponsible dog ownership don’t go far...
Date Online: 16/05/2013
AN open day is taking place at Oldham Academy North on Saturday, 10am-3pm. Principal, Colette Burgess and staff will offer...
Date Online: 10/05/2013
A “TREACHEROUS” family friend in disguise bludgeoned a pensioner to death with a rubber mallet, Manchester Crown Court was told....
Date Online: 09/05/2013
An extraordinary act of friendship has given a Shaw man a new lease of life.
Liz Whitworth and her best...
Date Online: 08/05/2013
Chronicle appeal helps secure vital evidence
AN Oldham pensioner exposed to asbestos 50 years ago says he is “absolutely delighted”...
Date Online: 07/05/2013
ROYTON police are still looking for witnesses to a road accident that occurred in Blackshaw Lane at 2.50pm on Friday,...
Date Online: 03/05/2013
A BRAVE teenager whose face was ripped apart by a dog has urged the Government to make legal changes to...
Date Online: 30/04/2013
FORMER Remploy workers have won jobs with a new company that has risen from the ashes.
4D Enterprises is employing...
Date Online: 29/04/2013
LEADING Shaw businessman Malcolm Dunphy MBE, who earned five prestigious Queen’s Awards For Industry, has died.
The father of four...
Date Online: 26/04/2013
CROMPTON Local History Society will not be having a meeting tonight as they have been unable to get a speaker....
Date Online: 26/04/2013
SHOPKEEPERS are being urged to be more vigilant after a spate of local robberies.
CCTV images have been released to...
Date Online: 25/04/2013
FIREFIGHTERS discovered a carbon monoxide leak during a free home safety check — and potentially saved the lives of householders...
Date Online: 24/04/2013
AN elderly woman with dementia who suffered horrific burns, shouldn’t have been staying at her care home, a district judge...
Date Online: 24/04/2013
ROYTON’S St George’s day celebrations are taking place on Sunday from noon until 2pm.
There will be food stalls and...
Date Online: 19/04/2013
SHAW’s Education Statue has been restored - and given a prominent new position.
The bronze woman and child have been...
Date Online: 16/04/2013
NIFTY knitters with some spare wool can donate it to the knit and knatter group at St Anne’s Church in...
Date Online: 12/04/2013
Adventurous teacher’s praise for school as fund-raising hits £10,000
THE adventurous exploits of Shaw schoolteacher Steve Hill have helped his...
Date Online: 12/04/2013
Kidney donor’s amazing display of friendship
A KIND-HEARTED best pal is to carry out an extraordinary act - by donating...
Date Online: 10/04/2013
ELDERLY residents have suffered “unnecessary stress” over a delay in handing out parking permits in Shaw.
Liberal Democrat councillors pushed...
Date Online: 09/04/2013
Paper broke rules in Partington prosecution
THE Sun newspaper has been fined £3,350 for breaching reporting restrictions during the prosecution of...
Date Online: 08/04/2013
FIFTEEN years of fund-raising at the Coach and Horses, Waterhead, has raised a remarkable £20,000 for Dr Kershaw’s Hospice.
The...
Date Online: 02/04/2013
STAR-CROSSED lovers took centre stage at Crompton House School as a cast of 23 pupils performed Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet”....
Date Online: 29/03/2013
IT was love at second sight for Ernest and Joan Scarsbrook.
The pair met as children when they were both...
Date Online: 29/03/2013
CELEBRATE Easter with a woodland walk and a chocolately surprise.
The Friends of Dunwood Park have organised the family event...
Date Online: 29/03/2013
SCHOOLS that have decided not to have a crossing patrol or have been unable to afford to pay for one...
Date Online: 29/03/2013
TERRIFIED staff were threatened with a hammer in a violent armed robbery at a Shaw off-licence.
Three masked men entered...
Date Online: 28/03/2013
DO you recognise this man?
This CCTV footage was taken at 11.45pm on Saturday at Sports Physio UK in Market...
Date Online: 26/03/2013
ICEBERG Ahoy!
An Oldham-born sailor has been presented with a long service award by the Royal Navy — while standing...
Date Online: 26/03/2013
ROYTON, Shaw and Crompton District Partnership takes place at Holy Trinity Church, Shaw, from 6pm on Tuesday, March 26.
NEW...
Date Online: 22/03/2013
THE Sun newspaper has been issued a court summons after allegedly breaching reporting laws during the Andrew Partington trial.
Partington...
Date Online: 19/03/2013
