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TWO green areas of Oldham are hoping for royal approval as part of the Queen’s diamond jubilee celebrations. Warwick Road open space, in Failsworth, and Churchill...
Date Published 20/10/2011
THE number of firefighters in Oldham could be cut and 999 response times slower as part of sweeping changes being discussed today. Plans have been drawn up to shake up...
Town Centre Partnership The identity of a celebrity children’s character who will join the Mayor, Councillor Richard Knowles, to turn on the town centre Christmas lights,...
Town Centre Partnership BUREAUCRATS who halted a £30,000 scheme to spruce-up the grounds of Oldham Parish Church have confirmed their decision. And they want battered...
A CHIP shop worker beat up his ex-partner twice in three days in front of her two children. Shabab Khan (22) had punched and kicked her and attempted to strangle and suffocate...
AN Oldham man who played a key role in a drug-smuggling operation, which would have put heroin worth more than half a million pounds on the streets, has been jailed for eight...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
HANDBALL: THE first steps into the world of open-age handball proved confident ones for North-East Manchester Hawks. The club are still competing in the national under-18...
HANDBALL: OLDHAM students will provide four of the final 20 for this season’s England under-19s handball squad. North-East Manchester Hawks’ captain and playmaker Stefan...
‘North-West has a relatively strong manufacturing base’ — Dale INFLATION will fall back sharply next year, according to the Bank of England’s chief...
RUGBY: HIGGINSHAW are hopeful of better times ahead in North-West Counties League Division Two after signing a clutch of new players. Stand-off Nathan Jewitt and loose forward...
‘Future of town in the hands of young people’ CELEBRATIONS were in order during the official opening of Oldham’s innovative Regional Science Centre...
Upside down sign blunder gives district a new look RESIDENTS were quick to alert Oldham Council to its major blunder with a new sign in Chadderton. The new “Welcome to...
A brute who bit off a friend’s ear in a gruesome attack has been jailed for five years. Ainsley Meanock (20) was handed the sentence yesterday at Manchester Minshull...
RUGBY: HOLLINWOOD have a big chance to open their account in the North-West Counties League this weekend. After six consecutive losses, the local outfit find themselves bottom...
CRICKET: WOODHOUSES bowler Sam Sweeney is on the verge of penning a two-year deal with Northants. The 21-year-old featured for the LV= County Championship club’s second string...
WHEN Woodhouses lit up Lord’s with victory over Rottingdean in the Persimmon Village Cup final last month, they wrote themselves into local cricket folklore. Ashley...
ATHLETIC have secured a partnership deal with local IT company Web Applications UK, agreeing a package for ground advertising and hospitality. “We are proud of our...
DEAN Furman's all-round qualities are invaluable to Athletic, according to manager Paul Dickov. Club captain at the tender age of 23, Furman's maturity beyond his years show...
WYCOMBE Wanderers, Athletic’s opponents on Saturday, made history at Hartlepool last weekend. Gary Waddock’s side had previously only won one in eight before their...
NANI is relying on Manchester United's incredible home record to see them to victory in Sunday's Premier League blockbuster with Manchester City. Incredibly, United have...
IMAGINE being so hungry, it hurts. Then visualise being taken on a grand tour of one of the finest restaurant kitchens in the world without so much as dipping a finger in the...
OLDHAM RL players have welcomed the RFL decision to promote four clubs from Championship One next season. “It provides us with a window of opportunity,” said...
Premier League seeking change to players’ fees ATHLETIC admit they are concerned over plans to make it cheaper for Premier League clubs to recruit young talent. At...
JAIL FOR THUG WHO BIT OFF PAL'S EAR OFFICIAL OPENING OF REGIONAL SCIENCE CENTRE UPSIDE DOWN SIGN BLUNDER SHAKE-UP FOR FIRE SERVICE Click for details
THE Dog Inn, Block Lane, is holding a fundraising evening in aid of Dr Kershaw’s Hospice, Royton, tomorrow. Attractions include entertainment, pool and darts...
Date Published 19/10/2011
OLDHAM-based Lock Inspection Group has secured a £3.4 million funding package from The Royal Bank of Scotland as the firm positions itself for global growth opportunities....
SITE management and security staff working at Chambers Business Centre in Hollinwood are the first commercial users of O-Net — the new digital trunked radio network operated...
AN Oldham business has been honoured at three national award ceremonies. The Jordon Group, formerly known as E Jordon (Refrigeration) Ltd, is a family-run business established...
Legally Blonde, Opera House, manchester THIS book-turned-movie-turned-stage musical dazzles its way into Manchester, filling the stage with power-station levels of energy and...
