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OLDHAM and Rochdale councils are moving ahead with plans for joint working after advertising for consultants. The councils set up a joint advisory committee last month, with...
Date Published 06/06/2011
PEOPLE are being urged to join the battle to save a Lees bank. Councillors Barbara Beeley and Val Sedgwick have started a petition against plans to close the town’s...
REOPENING Limecroft Care Home could land taxpayers with a £2 million refurbishment bill, council leaders will be warned tonight. Oldham Council’s cabinet will...
LIMECROFT REOPENING MAY COST £2m RESIDENTS FIGHT TO SAVE LEES BANK SPOTLIGHT ON FESTIVAL OF ARTS WEEKEND .... THERE'S MORE (CLICK STORY_
THE FRIDAY THING: JUST when you think you have lived long enough not to be surprised by the lunatic antics of your fellow man and woman along come a couple of super nutters...
Date Published 03/06/2011
THE stage comedy Stepping Out is presented by the Uppermill Stage Society at the Ebenezer Church Hall from Monday to June 11. Nightly performances start at 7.30pm, and £6.50...
Oldham Planning Committee A CONTROVERSIAL planning application for seven detached homes at the former Crompton Hall site has been given the green light. However, developer...
BRUSHING shoulders with celebrity chef and crusader Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall was all in a day’s work for North-West Euro-MP Arlene McCarthy. She met up with the TV...
A THREE-day public examination has started into Oldham’s planning blueprint that will guide future developments and land use. Called the Local Development Framework...
THE case of a 25-year-old care home worker charged with stealing precious items of jewellery from elderly residents has been committed to the crown court. Stacy Matthews, of...
FORMER Oldham College student Kurt Moores has landed a dream job with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). The 18-year-old from Failsworth moves to Stratford today after he...
THERE’S no need to be dumbstruck in Delph this month as dozens of donkey scarecrows spring up around the village. Locals have been busy stuffing the statues that will appear...
TWO men charged with the drive-by murder of Oldham dad Amran Khan will next appear before Manchester Crown Court Crown Square on Monday. Craig McKenzie (28), of Parkside Road,...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
Oldham Planning Committee A DERELICT shopping centre in Shaw will be given a new lease of life as a pub. Proposals to turn Greensway Shopping Centre into a JD Wetherspoon...
Angling: AIDEN Bordiak claimed his second victory of the Chadderton Mill AC summer series on the club water. The Tight Lines rod netted 47lb of carp with paste, fished at nine...
The number of families threatened with losing their home in Oldham has fallen — but risen across Greater Manchester. The Ministry of Justice records show mortgage...
BOWLS: FOUR players will book places in the finals of the Oldham Evening Chronicle Bowling Handicap tonight (7pm). Heats will be staged at Crompton, Delph, Nimble Nook and...
A SPRIGHTLY 71-year-old cyclist has pedalled his way through tough terrain and wild weather to complete a 1,000 mile charity challenge. Grandfather-of-two Graham Hahn, from...
BOWLS; GREATER Manchester scraped past South Yorkshire in their opening County Championship fixture of the season and will be looking for an improved performance when taking on...
POLICE have launched a crackdown on drive-off petrol thefts after a massive rise in the number of incidents at forecourt around Greater Manchester. Officers believe spiralling...
CRICKET: FAILSWORTH Macedonia earned a convincing home triumph over East Lancs PM in the Site Electrical North Manchester League Division One. They racked up 220 for nine and...
Oldham Planning Committee ROYTON’S new £16million academy has been given the go-ahead. The planning application for the Oldham Academy North building which will...
Communities should start laying foundations for any future developments they want in their local area, the Government has urged. Housing minister Grant Shapps wants residents...
Cricket: DELPH continue their Heavy Woollen Cup adventure on Sunday when they entertain Gomersal in the third round. Grant Jones’ men made a huge statement of intent in...
COUNCIL chiefs have reassured residents in two cash-stricken care homes in Oldham not to worry and that contingency plans are in place. Fears are growing about the future of...
CRICKET: HAT-TRICK seekers Shaw and Greenfield go head-to-head at Holebottom Clough tomorrow in the Saddleworth and District Cricket League. The hosts are up to second in the...
Brian Cox — talk to students OLDHAM youngsters will be have their head in the stars at an interactive lecture by Professor Brian Cox on Wednesday. Students from Oldham...
WERNETH skipper Andy Walker reckons he has found his team’s recipe for Lake Garage CLL success. “Whenever the Chronicle says we should win, we tend to lose,...
Mum gives birth in back of a cab A SPEEDY delivery was on the way for a mum who gave birth to a baby girl in the back of a taxi — yards away from the Royal Oldham...
