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Family says the trauma of robbery was too much to take for ill OAP A GREAT-grandmother was found dead at her Failsworth home only five days after she endured a traumatic...
Date Published 27/05/2011
BURGLARY VICTIM, 74, DIES FIVE DAYS LATER OLDHAM'S GODFATHER OF DRUGS JAILED LOCAL NETBALL COACH WINS TOP AWARD ... there's more (click story)
RUNNER Simon Howard from Shaw, completed the Edinburgh marathon in 5 hours, 14 minutes, battling through terrible weather. He raised over £160 for Epilepsy Bereaved in...
Date Published 26/05/2011
AN investigation has been launched after arsonists targeted an empty house on Oldham Edge. Neighbouring homes were damaged by the blaze after the property in Cunningham Way...
OLDHAM RIOTS: 10years on A DECADE on, have the public’s perceptions of the town changed and have lessons been learnt? Reporter Lewis Jones took to the streets with...
IT’S 10 years since Oldham hit national headlines with three days of rioting that shook the borough. In the fourth of a five-part feature, reporter Richard Hooton looks at...
OLDHAMERS working in routine jobs are at a higher risk of dying from alcohol-related disease than those in management and professional jobs. The North-West has the highest...
Oldham Council IT was all smiles as David Jones ended his mayoral year with a massive charity boost. He handed out cheques totalling £23,500 to the good causes he has...
DESCRIBED simultaneously as a “Welsh wizard” and a “Welsh dragon” Oldham’s retiring Mayor, David Jones, was sent off with a big thank-you — and...
Civic pride as Councillor Knowles takes the chains OLDHAM’S new Mayor, Councillor Richard Knowles, was installed yesterday, and promised to dedicate the year to flying...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
MPs will tomorrow meet with health chiefs to discuss massive job losses and a damning documentary which showed hospital staff allegedly mistreating patients. The Pennine Acute...
CRICKET: FRIARMERE Cricket Club’s annual fund-raising ball is on Friday, June 10, at the White Hart, Lydgate. All proceeds on the night will go to the Motor Neurone...
AN Oldham electrician who says he was exposed to deadly asbestos dust and fibres at work has launched a legal battle for compensation of up to £100,000 against his former...
A RACE-equality chief from Oldham is to be investigated over alleged homophobic comments made in the run-up to last year’s election in Oldham East and Saddleworth....
CRICKET: FAILSWORTH Macedonia climbed to ninth place in the Site Electrical North Manchester Cricket League Division One following their hard-fought victory at Ashton Ladysmith....
Rastamouse, the popular character whose animated television series was launched in the UK on CBeebies in January, is the latest addition to the stable of Oldham business Toy...
GOLF: THE annual golf day in memory of former Athletic player Ernie Cooksey is being held on Friday, July 22, at Manchester Golf Club. Factor 50 — an Oldham-based...
CRICKET: FORESTERS continued their impressive start to the Ashton and Oldham Cricket Alliance campaign with a home victory over Greengate. Batting first, the hosts posted 202...
Oldham Council OLDHAM is at a tipping point, according to Oldham council’s new leader Jim McMahon, who promised action instead of talking to bring improvements to the...
Oldham COUncil A MOVE for Oldham and Rochdale councils to share more of their services moved a step closer after councillors gave the proposal the stamp of approval. The...
UNION leaders claim lives are being put at risk after two patients died within days of being left waiting in ambulances outside the Royal Oldham Hospital. Unison says...
FIREFIGHTERS today began a search for a missing person believed to have been trapped in an intense blaze which engulfed a three-storey building. Oldham and Chadderton crews...
GOLF: Saddleworth’s Pauline Richardson retained the Ladies’ Chronicle Cup. She became only the second player to win successive titles in the 87-year history of the...
A TRAFFIC officer from Grotton died in a motorcycle accident while touring Europe with colleagues. PC Jonny Millington, who was based at the traffic unit in Chadderton, was...
CRICKET: IF being dismissed for under 100 runs on consecutive days isn’t bad enough, Moorside are now without a professional for the rest of the Saddleworth and District...
THE widow of an Oldham man who died after being crushed at work, hopes lives will be saved after the company was fined £180,000. Nigel Lindley (47) was crushed by a...
RUGBY: GARETH Morgan was named the young player of the season at the Oldham Amateur Rugby League’s annual presentation night, staged at the White Hart, Lydgate. The...
Rugby: SADDLEWORTH Rangers are on the look-out for a new coaching team. Keith Brennan, who replaced Paddy Kirwan in 2008, has stepped down, along with sidekicks Wes Rogers and...
CRICKET: LUKE Procter's absence from the Royton ranks will be covered by a trio of South Africans. Michael Swart (Bootle), Roelof Hugo (Heyside) and Pieter Malan (Barrow) are...
