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FIRST Choice Homes Oldham has strongly refuted claims of substandard working practices handling asbestos in and around homes in Oldham. The Chronicle put a list of allegations...
Date Published 04/11/2011
THE Police have moved swiftly to refute allegations of widespread anti-social behaviour on the Holts estate. The front-page Chronicle story on Monday highlighted issues that...
SCHOOLCHILDREN have hit back at claims that the Holts Estate is a hell hole. St Hugh’s pupils wrote letters to Chronicle editor David Whaley after people from Curlew...
HOLTS: THE KIDS HIT BACK OLDHAM OWLS STALWART DIES MORE ON LATICS NEW SIGNINGS ... there's more (click story)
CONSULTATION on the future of leisure facilities in the borough is fundamentally flawed, according to an Oldham councillor. Liberal Democrat leader Howard Sykes has hit out at...
Date Published 03/11/2011
A CHADDERTON family have welcomed a new addition who has boosted their brood to five generations. Little Lois Mae Stott was born at home and no one was more pleased to greet...
A PROPOSAL for 60 new houses and two car showrooms at the demolished Fernhurst Mill site was driven through by councillors. Residents wanted to put the brakes on the scheme at...
HALTING housing renewal mid-stream has left vulnerable residents “trapped in half-abandoned streets” surrounded by boarded-up homes, say MPs. The Chronicle...
Grandad Harry Waters has clocked up an amazing 50 years working for the council. Harry (66), from Royton, joined Oldham Council as a clerk during his teens in 1961. Now...
A HUNDRED pupils have been sent home from Failsworth High School in two days for wearing the wrong shoes. Eighty were told to go home on Tuesday as part of a school uniform...
A MOTORIST has been killed in a freak accident on a moorland road. The driver had lost control of his Nissan Micra at a notorious accident blackspot in Saddleworth and crashed...
OLDHAM’S Liquid and Envy nightclubs have escaped a round of closures after owner Luminar went into administration. The Chronicle recently reported how administrators were...
A ROYTON restaurant has been shortlisted for a gong at Britain’s curry house “Oscars”. The Blue Tiffin, Higginshaw Lane, is one of five Indian restaurants in...
A THUG held a razor-sharp kitchen knife to the neck of a driver who had just given him a lift, then stole his car. Jamie Sharrocks (24) later led police on a wild and reckless...
MORE than 100 children enjoyed a fun day out thanks to a competition won by Oldham Greenhill Community Sports Club. The Alexandra Road-based club netted £350 after being...
Hexham 1.10 Palomar 1.40 Nelliedonethat 2.10 King’s Chorister 2.40 Lively Baron 3.10 Aland Islands (nap) 3.40 Toulouse Express 4.10 Frith...
AN end is in sight for frustrated residents who have been waiting for over a decade to see their road repaired. Locals on Slackcote Lane in Denshaw experienced an...
TERRY Flanagan, Mick Worrall, Ray Ashton and Colin Hawkyard will be among Oldham RL’s class of 1986 present for Rugby Oldham’s ‘Roughyeds v Kangaroos’...
HOLLINWOOD are up and running in Division Three of the North-West Counties League. After seven straight defeats, they got off the mark with a hard-fought 20-12 win at home to...
A TEENAGER from Oldham is one step away from a dream final at a national beauty pageant. Charlotte Pearson (14) needs your vote to beat 23 other girls for a place in the final...
ATHLETIC youth coach Tony Philliskirk took plenty of encouragement from his side’s 3-2 win at Rochdale in the FA Youth Cup first round — but insisted his young charges...
RUBBING shoulders with the Prime Minister and performing with global pop stars is all in a day’s work for Oldham soldier Richie Maddocks. Hot on the heels of recording...
ATHLETIC forward Chris Taylor is “buzzing” ahead of his first ever showdown with Bury — and hopes supporters of both teams turn out in their droves. The Shakers make the short...
A NEW multi-million pound health centre is set to open its doors to around 20,000 patients next month. The Werneth Primary Care Centre, in Featherstall Road South, which cost...
OLDHAM RL Club’s up-and-coming young forward Michael Ward, a product of the Roughyeds’ youth policy, has signed a new one-year contract. Aged 20, he has already had four...
ATHLETIC’S talented youngsters have attracted up to 30 scouts at every home match this season. Versatile left-back David Mellor is the latest to catch the eye —...
Police have issued CCTV of the moment a three–month–old baby in a pram was thrown to the ground as “desperate” robbers stole his grandmother’s handbag. The attack happened at...
ATHLETIC have pulled off a transfer coup by snapping up Andreas Mancini and Luca Scapuzzi from Manchester City. Mancini — son of Blues boss Roberto — arrives at Boundary Park...
HORROR DEATH OF CRASH SURVIVOR HARRY'S 50 YEARS WORKING FOR COUNCIL LATICS STAR'S GOT THE 'DERBY' BUZZ ...there's more (click story)
SWIMMING: CROMPTON Classics sealed the runners-up shield in the ‘A’ final of the Junior Jubilee League at Radcliffe. A slow start culminated in a disqualification...
Date Published 02/11/2011
