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THE owners of houses that lie empty could be hit with higher council tax bills to end the scandal of thousands of ghost homes across the country. Town halls would be allowed...
Date Published 21/09/2011
A HIGH-FLYING banker from Saddleworth is one the latest recruits to join Oldham’s special constabulary. Arron Frost, who works for The Bank of New York and has a passion...
HIS feet may be aching, but a charity champion from Saddleworth has a big smile on his face after completing an epic mission. Tom Robinson from Diggle pounded the pavements to...
A SITE investigation on a controversial plot of land in Failsworth that was earmarked for a football stadium starts next week. The Failsworth Trust Committee agreed last month...
A WOMAN let her boyfriend hide from police in the boot of a car after he had allegedly stolen a taxi. Vicky Anne Anderson (37), of Clover Crescent, Alt, pleaded guilty...
A FORMER Oldham taxi driver who touched a 14-year-old girl as he drove her to school has escaped a prison sentence. Wajid Mahmood (26), of Napier Street East, pleaded not...
A FUN-LOVING student who was killed in a tragic road accident may have lost concentration for a “split-second”, an inquest heard. Pedestrian Michaela Murray (20)...
174 jobs under threat BREAD-MAKER Warburtons is planning to close its Shaw site with the potential loss of 174 jobs. All employees were told yesterday the 73-year-old...
MANCHESTER City have unveiled plans for a giant new training complex the club claims will be the best in the world. The 80–acre site, next to their stadium in east...
Date Published 20/09/2011
MICHAEL Carrick is convinced Paul Pogba will have a big future at Manchester United. The 18–year–old is set to make his senior debut in tonight’s Carling Cup...
ATHLETIC manager Paul Dickov has described how his wide players helped the team’s cause at Leyton Orient. A set-up featuring Chris Taylor on one wing and an attacking...
DANNY Whitmore is an apprentice joiner... but in rugby league he has already chiselled out his future with his home-town club. The 22-year-old hooker will be at Oldham for a...
MIKE NEWTON is set for a shock return to the Athletic board, the Oldham Evening Chronicle understands. The 41-year-old financier resigned as a director at the end of the...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards KEMPTON 5.50 Sleep Dance 6.20 Meloneras 6.50 Harry Lime 7.20 Sit...
TABLE TENNIS: GLODWICK, Oldham Table Tennis League Division One champions for the last five seasons, have made a poor start to the new campaign. They went down 7-3 to...
MARTIAL ARTS: TEENAGERS Amy and William Sutcliffe have both won medals at the World Martial Arts Games. William (13) claimed gold medals in grappling and kick jutsu in Cardiff...
RUGBY: OLDHAM St Anne’s held off a strong second-half comeback — and the loss of Connor Karren to a dislocated shoulder — to turn in a 36-24 win over Castleford...
IT was disappointing for Manchester City to drop two points at Fulham, having led 2-0 at Craven Cottage only to be pegged back to 2-2. We were ahead and looking quite...
BOWLS: JONATHAN Copeland showed his father a thing or two about bowls on the way to winning the Solar Choice men’s singles at Norden BC. The Chadderton teenager defeated...
RUGBY: OLDHAM RU roared to a 54-8 home victory over Windermere in the North Lancashire Division One. The Manor Park outfit, who lost to Trafford MV seven days earlier,...
AS the book closed on his career as Royton’s professional, Luke Procter immediately tasted title glory with Lancashire. Procter, who was at the Paddock for six Lake...
FIVE hundred workers at Park Cake bakery are to be balloted on strike action in a dispute over a new contract. Union representatives claim the Ashton Road, factory has brought...
SIXTEEN people were arrested following a police investigation into burglaries across Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside, Stockport and North Manchester. Shortly after 6am yesterday,...
AN Oldham actor has been jailed for 11 years for smuggling £680,000 of heroin through the post. Syed Ahmed, of Napier Street, rented a flat in Bury as a delivery point...
THE head teacher at Chadderton Hall Primary School has resigned. Joanne Conway has been on sick leave from Chadderton Hall Junior School since early summer. Patricia...
Sponsorship boost for 10th anniversary awards WITH less than a month to go to the closing date for nominations, the Chronicle’s 10th anniversary Pride in Oldham Awards...
JOIN the Failsworth and Beyond (FaB) WI tomorrow for a talk by Chris Leah, of The Wooden Canal Boat Society, about life afloat. Middleton & Chadderton Sea Cadets Unit, 265a...
WINNING gardeners were rewarded for their creations at a awards ceremony. Six residents who designed glorious gardens and displays in this year’s Saddleworth in Bloom...
SPORTING stars showed their finesse at Saddleworth School during the village Olympics. The successful event, now in its second week, has proved a tour de force this year as...
A SOCIAL worker rapped for failing to respect client confidentiality after she misdialled a telephone number has had the sanction overturned by a tribunal. Roselyn Thompson,...
