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CHERISHED collectables and valued heirlooms were on show in Uppermill yesterday as locals gathered to discover their worth during the Saddleworth Festival of the Arts. Eager...
Date Published 09/06/2011
Oldhamers can try their hand at a host of two-wheeled activities during the borough’s four-day cycling festival. Whether it’s the thrill of mountain biking, the...
THE Royton-based company behind plans to use Birks Quarry for landfill has said that the site will create up to 40 full-time jobs should it get the go-ahead. The Chronicle...
IT’S all change at Crompton House as staff and pupils prepare to welcome a new head teacher. Sarah Calvert, currently head at Fairfax Business and Enterprise College in Sutton...
STAFF and pupils at a Shaw school escaped unharmed yesterday when lightning struck the building during the torrential thunder storms which hung over the borough for much of the...
NEW council leader Jim McMahon is taking an interactive approach to keeping in touch with Oldhamers. The 30-year-old — one of the youngest politicians in the country to...
YOUNG scientists from Oldham were treated to a fascinating talk by Chadderton-born physicist Professor Brian Cox. Students from Oldham Academy North and North Chadderton...
FEARS have been raised over the future of Wrigley Methodist Church in Diggle, after it was announced religious services are to come to an end this month following dwindling...
OLDHAM firefighter Paul Dixon was given a two-year restraining order by magistrates after he admitted harassing a former partner. The 48-year-old was sentenced for behaviour...
DETECTIVES investigating the disappearance of an Oldham teenager believe he may have been spotted in Bacup. Ciaron Nuttall (19) was last seen on Cardigan Street, Royton and...
NINE addresses including two printing shops in Oldham were targeted by police in dramatic dawn raids in the war against drugs. Around 100 officers took park in today’s...
FRIENDS saw off Europa Exiles in the Ashton and Oldham Alliance Charlie Skoltock Shield semi-finals. Qasim made 38 as Friends reached 116, with M Clinton bagging a hat-trick...
DROYLSDEN captain Michael Schofield is hoping Abdul Waheed will prove a good acquisition to the ranks. The overseas amateur, from Pakistan, hit the ground running at...
DANNY Anchor is in charge of steering the Saddleworth and District Cricket League side into the second round of the Readers Lancashire Inter-League Trophy for the first time since...
REGULARS at the Coppice had never seen anything like it. No less than 33 sixes and 34 fours were smashed in a John Willie Lees Twenty20 match which will surely rank as the...
FANS of amateur boxing are in for a treat this summer. Oldham Boxing and Personal Development Centre, run by Eric Noi, presents a fundraising show at Queen Elizabeth Hall on...
ENGLAND captain Jamie Peacock advocates a split season in order to get the best out of rugby league's young talent. With the switch to a more temperate climate set to take...
ALL THREE local National Conference League clubs are on the lookout for new head coaches, following the resignation of Waterhead's Garry Highton. The Peach Road club,...
OLDHAM are closing ranks after the 30-0 drubbing at Doncaster and are ready to come out fighting against South Wales Scorpions at the Whitebank Stadium on Sunday (3pm kick-off)....
CEDRIC Evina won't be back at Boundary Park next season . . . in an Athletic shirt. The 19-year-old former Arsenal prospect has reportedly turned down the offer of a new...
POLICE IN DAWN DRUGS RAIDS FIREMAN IN COURT FOR HARASSMENT LATICS FEAR EVINA EXIT ...there's more (click story)
A TEACHING union has blasted Oldham’s top two state schools as “selfish” after they decided to become academies on August 1. The news comes after governors...
Date Published 08/06/2011
ANGRY campaigners are reforming the Birks Quarry Action Group after it was revealed a new permit application to use the area for landfill has been lodged. Locals in...
RESIDENTS got stuck into some gardening ahead of next month’s Limeside in Bloom competition. Over 60 residents were invited to plant baskets and pots as part of the...
YOUNG footballers will be taking part tournament with a hard-hitting message. Members of Oldham Youth Forum are aiming to tackle teenage attitudes following recent drugs raids...
THE number of fixed penalty notices issued in Oldham is steadily increasing. According to figures from the Traffic Penalty Tribunal, penalty charges have risen from 29,024...
CANCER charity Macmillan Cancer Support has warned Oldhamers of a clothing collection scam operating in the area. The charity says it has been notified that residents are...
CHARITY fundraisers are celebrating after Beer Walk organisers pledged to hand over £5,000 to the Pennine Acute Trust’s In Your Hands Appeal. Thousands of...
Infertile couples in Oldham are being given more chances to conceive than most other areas. Across the borough females aged 23 to 39 are offered three cycles of IVF, as are...
VIOLENT crime in the town centre has dropped by almost a quarter in the past year, according to Oldham’s police chief. Speaking at yesterday’s Licensing Committee...
