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UNRELIABLE mobile phone broadband connections are costing Oldham millions of pounds in commerce, say researchers. A study by eBay shows shopping on mobiles could deliver a...
Date Published 31/05/2011
OLDHAM RL Club have bolstered their injury-hit back division with the capture of 31-year-old centre Mark McCully. The hugely-experienced McCully, formerly with St Helens,...
Quiet man of football calls time on playing career MANCHESTER United midfielder Paul Scholes has announced his retirement from football with immediate effect, the club said...
A FOOTBALL hooligan turned full-time carer has penned a book about his part in the notorious Young Guvnors gang. Andrew Bennion (43), from Greenfield, explains how an abusive...
The future of Castleshaw’s Roman fort and fortlet high on the hills above Delph could be decided by local people. They are being asked for their views on the nationally...
THREE music groups from Crompton House School have been invited to play at Birmingham Symphony Hall. The junior orchestra, school orchestra and wind band were selected to take...
Full steam ahead for rail professor A RENOWNED railway engineer from Saddleworth is following in the footsteps of George Stephenson. Professor Roderick Smith has been...
A CHARITY has launched a nationwide search to find the 10 most endangered buildings. Oldhamers are invited to nominate a Victorian or Edwardian building at risk in their...
THE doors of Limecroft Care Home could soon swing open again if Oldham Council can agree on the best way forward. A new report outlining three different cost and benefits...
SHAW Coronation Street star Shobna Gulati was shocked after racists targeted her on Twitter. The 44-year-old actress, who plays Sunita Alahan, was taunted about her Indian...
DETECTIVES have appealed for the help of Grotton residents to help them trace weapons used in a horrific hammer attack with left a Saddleworth man needing hospital treatment....
POLICE are hunting a conman who bullied an 87-year-old woman out of £180 after insisting her house had loose roof tiles. The bogus workman struck at a house in Taurus...
OAPs in rats charges revolt Pensioners Ronald and Valerie Brain have become Oldham’s oldest ratcatchers — after revolting against council pest control charges....
PEST CONTROL CHARGES REVOLT LIMECROFT CARE HOME REOPENING OPTIONS CRICKET CLUB'S £36,000 GRANT BOOST ...there's more (click story)
AN aspiring actress has taken her first step towards fame and fortune at the Oldham Coliseum. Amy Olive, from Chadderton, has landed a role in A Passionate Woman, which runs...
Date Published 30/05/2011
Vintage private and commercial cars, vans, buses and lorries will converge on a moorland pub next month in a unique gathering of truck fans. The Trans Pennine Transport Group...
OLDHAM firefighters are swapping blue lights for bike saddles as they prepare for a gruelling charity cycle ride. Crew members from Oldham fire station are set to cycle 848...
EX-SERVICEMEN and women who end up before Oldham’s law courts are being offered specialist help under a new scheme. Oldham probation officer Jo Terry has undergone...
THE Government’s plans to hand £60 billion of the National Health Service budget to GPs, as part of a radical reform of the way the NHS is run, have been met with...
Martyn meets...MARIO ANDREOTTI, Oldham’s Italian restaurateur CHATTING in the 19th Hole bar at Saddleworth Golf Club a couple of weeks back, one of the guys posed this...
THE heartbroken sister of teenage driver Billy Cooney who died following a car crash is organising a celebrity football match in his memory. Vanessa Cooney (23), from...
A SPRINGHEAD resident will follow in her late husband’s footsteps when she becomes the new Mayor of Austerlands. Joyce Thornton, a retired data processing supervisor...
Blue Coat School pupils rolled up in style at Rochdale Town Hall to kick-off the Oldham prom season. An open-top bus jostled with a retro camper van, a gleaming American...
A FRAUDSTER has been jailed for 37 months after duping an Oldham bank out of more than £250,000. Mohammed Tahir Ashraf (43), of Cheadle Hulme, tricked staff at the...
TITAN the robot rolled into town over the bank holiday weekend to announce art and entertainment for all in Festival Oldham’s street extravaganza. The annual celebration...
Teenager pulls off cinema coup ONE of the borough’s most enterprising teenagers is bringing the big screen back to town, with fortnightly films at Gallery Oldham....
WORK is set to start on restoring the parklands at Shaw’s Lottery-winning Dunwood Park. After Oldham Council carried out a tendering process, contractors Casey Group...
A CONSTRUCTION and facilities management company has made a £4.3 million profit from schools in Oldham and Norwich. Kier has sold its Private Finance Initiative stakes in...
THE son of a drug dealer dubbed “The Godfather of Oldham” has been jailed for his role in a million-pound drugs ring. The Chronicle revealed on Friday how Fazal...
OLDHAM is leading the way after giving Police Community Support Officers more powers to crack crime. Labelled “plastic bobbies” by critics in the past, PCSOs in...
