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HAVING won their first County Championship for 77 years, you would expect the pressure to be off Lancashire. But the general feeling among the players – including local...
Date Published 04/04/2012
TWELVE months of planning paid off as Saddleworth School’s netballers scooped national honours for the first time. The talented under-14s team (Years Eight and Nine) hit...
A family whose house had to be rebuilt after a gas explosion next-door three years ago have finally collected the keys to their new home. Jodie Cook is still thanking her...
A 73-YEAR-OLD man who underwent emergency cutting-edge surgery has praised the team who saved his life. John Farrell was given only a 25 per cent chance of survival when he...
A WINTRY blast returned to Oldham this morning — just a week after the borough basked in March record-breaking warm temperatures. Commuters slithered to work along...
FORMER pupils said farewell to their old high school as the bulldozers reduce it to rubble. And they were given a barrel-load of bricks as a memento of Fitton Hill School....
THIS adorable snapshot of little Henry Wiggett wowed the judges of an international competition. The 22-month-old, from Saddleworth, struck the cute pose and ensured he was...
MORTGAGES requiring a deposit of only 5 per cent are now available through a scheme launched by Oldham Council and Lloyds TSB. The Chronicle revealed in February how...
A DANGEROUS barrier outside a school has been replaced thanks to intervention from the Oldham Chronicle. St Anne’s School governor Jennifer Barker said she was sickened...
Racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for the National Hunt meetings tomorow are: Ludlow 2.20 Aviso 2.50 Domtaline 3.20 Grove Pride (n.b.) 3.50 Just...
We've got the woman who has rebuilt her life after a Roundthorn gas blast ...there's more (click story)
Les Chapman’s corner A FRANTIC finish to Manchester City’s home clash with Sunderland saw us come from 3-1 down to salvage a 3-3 draw, claiming a point which could...
Date Published 03/04/2012
More than a dozen teenagers took part in a Groundwork Prince’s Trust project at the Pollards, cleaning up the surroundings, clearing the way for a car park, weeding and...
EASTER can be a tempting time to overindulge in chocolate — but a set of top tips have been released to help Oldham families have a happy and healthy Easter. MEND (Mind,...
A NEW letting agency service is aiming to improve access to the private rented sector and bring empty private homes into use. Aksa Homes, part of the New Charter Housing Trust...
Organisations receiving cash boosts from Oldham Council’s Local Transition Grant Fund have been presented with their share. The grant of £150,000 has been split...
A multiskilled performer with a flair for writing plays with a unique twist is to showcase her first creations. Carly Tarett, who was born and lives in Oldham, grew up taking...
Martyn Torr meets... CHRIS HAMILTON FOR 15 years, he’s kept rugby league in Oldham alive. Fifteen years . . . it seems like a lifetime. To Chris Hamilton, the...
FREE energy help is available for tenants of housing associations Regenda and Great Places in Oldham. Locally-trained energy advisers from the Groundwork Oldham & Rochdale...
ECO-FRIENDLY pupils at a Shaw school took to planting by Royal appointment. Children from Crompton Primary School joined forces with conservation charity the Woodland Trust to...
GREATER Manchester is on its way to achieving a target of sending no waste to landfill. In 2002-03, 88 per cent of the region’s waste was taken to landfill, but 10 years...
LAST-ditch talks to save Oldham’s Remploy factory will be staged when a local MP meets the Government Minister for Disabled People. Oldham West and Royton MP Michael Meacher...
A GIANT mountain of trash was collected by Oldham Council’s Street Scene team during a successful day of action. District teams swept, cleaned and bagged-up rubbish from...
YOUNG Catherine Stott has had to deal with more than most in her life. But the 12-year-old’s enthusiasm, dedication and zest for life will see her get her hands on the golden...
FIREFIGHTERS gave vehicles a good hosing down as part of a charity car wash. A total of 191 cars were cleaned in six hours at Chadderton Station raising £983 for the...
A BUSINESSWOMAN has been left devastated after a member of staff’s mobile phone was brazenly stolen from her desk only two days after she moved the company’s office to Oldham town...
MORE than half a million listeners will hear radio adverts about the dangers of grass fires made by pupils from two Oldham high schools. Children from Oldham Academy North and...
A YOUTH and community organiser who worked for nearly 20 years in Oldham, has died aged 97. Father-of-four Robert Watt (pictured) died on Friday, March 23, at Colne Place...
AN extra £12million has been made available to Greater Manchester’s Local Enterprise Partnerships as a result of the Budget. The cash brings the total allocated to the 10...
BUSINESSES and young people in Greater Manchester are to benefit from a new £1 billion youth contract. Today sees the official launch of the Government scheme, through which...
