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AMBITIOUS plans for a plot of family homes have been put on hold due to a dilapidated mill. Developers Branley Homes say housing associations are not keen to work with them on...
Date Published 18/05/2012
A FORMER soldier tortured by his military past is devoting his life to easing the suffering of others. Muhammad Isaq, who saw action in Iraq, Bosnia and Northern Ireland with...
NOMINATIONS for candidates sitting in next month’s by-election for the Failsworth East ward closed at noon yesterday. One of the seats became vacant last month following...
A review into the cost of helping Oldham’s disabled and elderly people in their homes is underway. Labour say soaring costs were a “stealth tax on the elderly and...
POLICE found the mummified body of a man when they investigated reports of a strange smell in Rountree House, Oldham. An inquest heard Michael Criton Grime (46) was found in...
FAILSWORTH supermodel Agyness Deyn is to play a farmer in a bleak drama set in rural Scotland. The former fish and chip shop worker — real name Laura Hollins —...
ANGLING: TONY Horton (Ted Carter Preston) took first place in the JE open match on the Rochdale Canal with his bread punch at six metres approach netting him a superb 8lb 12oz...
BOWLS: TONGE suffered a rare home defeat in their Manchester Premier League clash with Chorley outfit St Joseph’s. Champions for the last two seasons and leading the...
THE Volunteer of Saddleworth Award will be handed out at a special dinner at Greenfield Conservative Club tonight. The event, which will also act as a fund-raiser for...
DETECTIVES have issued a computer-generated image of a thug who stabbed a man in the face with a knife. Police were called to Yorkshire Street in Oldham Town Centre at 1.15pm...
ATHLETICS: OLDHAM and Royton Harriers had plenty to smile about at the Greater Manchester Track and Field Championships in Warrington. The promising athletes picked up...
FOOTBALL: Highfield United 1, Failsworth Dynamos 7 FAILSWORTH Dynamos striker Luke Mack stuck the knife into Highfield United to give his side a fighting chance of avoiding...
A FAMILY has been left heartbroken after three dogs were snatched from their farm. The three pets disappeared while playing on land at Ramsclough Farm, Denshaw. The...
OLDHAM Coliseum has been awarded £150,000 to help it attract more donations and funding. It is one of 19 theatres, art galleries and music projects in the North-West...
A DESPERATE young dad stole thousands of pounds in cash from a Post Office in Oldham run by his mother after being threatened over drug debts. Christopher Dugdale (23) who was...
OLDHAM’S Accident and Emergency department is set to receive a £3.75million boost. The investment will see the development of separate A&E facilities for...
OLDHAM RL have pulled in two prop-forwards on loan in a bid to ease their injury crisis. David Tootill, from Hunslet, and Lewis Reed, from Keighley, will go straight into the...
TONIGHT’S BoxAcademy show had to be moved to Bowlers Exhibition Centre in Manchester after it emerged the original venue, Oldham Sports Centre, has no licence for Friday...
Tipster Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s racing: NEWBURY 1.30 Mysterious Man 2.00 Nehaam 2.30 Mac’s Power 3.05 Icelander (nb) 3.40...
TODAY, exclusively in the Oldham Chronicle, Samantha Roberts bravely waives her right to lifetime anonymity as she urges David Cameron to bring about change following the Rochdale...
‘Everyone blames themselves at first, but then you realise it’s not your fault’ THINGS are looking bright for Samantha who after years of mental torture has...
OLDHAM Mosques Council (OMC) is to organise a conference to help protect vulnerable girls falling prey to sex grooming gangs. But while the group will be urging mosques to...
REACTING to the recent Rochdale case, Samantha says it’s wrong it has taken such a traumatic case to get the issue in the open. Newspapers across the country have...
Business exasperated over unfilled jobs AN Oldham business hasn’t been able to find more than 20 new staff — despite 2.6 million people being unemployed around the...
Date Published 17/05/2012
THREE witnesses have been threatened and warned not to testify in the trial of a gang charged with organising an Oldham five-year-old’s kidnapping in Pakistan, a court...
A SEX grooming scandal which saw an Oldham man jailed was a “truly dreadful case” which must be investigated further, David Cameron said. Last week nine Pakistani...
ATHLETIC chairman Simon Corney has paid tribute to Kieran Lee - after confirming the popular full-back is leaving Boundary Park. The 23-year-old former Manchester United...
OLDHAM RL are closing in on two signings ahead of Sunday’s home game against Whitehaven. “Things could be happening later today and again tomorrow,” said...
HOCKEY: NICOLA White hopes her experience of big events persuades Great Britain hockey team coach Danny Kerry to pick her for the London 2012 Olympics. Kerry announces his...
MANCHESTER City striker Carlos Tevez appears to have no intention of apologising to Sir Alex Ferguson for holding a banner mocking the Manchester United manager. Tevez...
