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youngsters must carry their new igo card from Monday to claim concessionary fare on bus journeys. Susan Wildman, director of communications and customer services at Transport...
Date Published 10/05/2011
BOWLS: GARY Ellis continued his flying start to the season by winning the RRG Open at Allens Green BC, Radcliffe. The Nimble Nook and Tonge star, recent winner of the Kirkham...
NEIL Dean is swapping Oldham’s parks for a 176-mile hike from Glasgow to Inverness. The 27-year-old gardener hopes to raise £1,000 for Help for Heroes by walking...
TABLE TENNIS: COLIN Boardman justified his Inter-League final selection with a superb unbeaten stint in Oldham’s 5-4 win over Chester & Ellesmere Port. In a match...
MOTOR RACING: OLDHAM’S Alex Walker claimed his first victory since switching from karts to cars when he took top spot in the InterSteps Championship at Snetterton. The...
A PAIR of talented Oldham musicians rubbed shoulders with the stars at Buckingham Palace last night. Cellist Joseph Donmall and violinist Farhaan Shah mingled with celebs...
THE Government has the chance to scrap its health reforms and protect the much-loved NHS from privatisation. Oldham West and Royton MP Michael Meacher made the plea as David...
SIX hours queuing for an FA Cup final ticket was a walk in the park for Manchester City fanatic Dave Armitage — he has been waiting 30 years for this game....
Breast care unit in good health PINK power has transformed Oldham’s Victoria Breast Care Unit, after fundraisers raked in more than £178,000 for a conservatory...
The City kit manager and former Latics star writes every week for Chron Sport MANCHESTER City can all but secure their passage to the Champions League qualifiers tonight by...
‘To work with John was an immense honour’ A LOCAL tribute has been paid to Sixties legend John Walker of Walker Brothers fame, who died after losing his battle with...
Netball: FANS turned up with Thunder in their hearts to watch top-flight netball in Oldham last night. A vociferous crowd of more than 550 filled Oldham Sports Centre for...
OLDHAM’S popular charity fundraising beer festival returns this month at a new venue. The Queen Elizabeth Hall was home to the beer festival until last year when the...
Unions’ one-day action hits Crompton House TEACHERS at one of Oldham’s top performing state schools will strike on Thursday. Members of the NUT and NASUWT unions...
NIGEL de Jong has admitted he can still remember the pain of Manchester City's loss to Tottenham at Eastlands last year — but it will all be forgotten once the rematch...
£2,000 fine and five-year ban from keeping animals A DAD-of-FIVE who allowed four animals to be kept in a room full of faeces has been banned from owning animals for five...
Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted Manchester United must find a way of stopping Barcelona's own Holy Trinity if they are to stand any chance of winning the Champions League final....
OLDHAM RL Club hope they won’t have to wave farewell to on-loan half-back Carl Forber when his initial one-month agreement comes to an end soon. Sunday’s game...
A HEAVILY pregnant woman is recovering after being involved in a dramatic car crash in Oldham. The 35-year-old, only seven weeks from her due date, was involved in the...
Dickov wields the axe in search of winning formula ATHLETIC manager Paul Dickov has jettisoned just under HALF of his out-of-contract first-teamers, with the situation regarding...
‘With the right passion for the town we can do a lot’ new council leader Jim McMahon has been finalising his new Cabinet since Labour swept to power in Oldham last...
A SEX beast jailed for grooming and raping an 11-year-old girl, has failed in a bid to challenge his convictions. Dilal Uddin (38), of Heatherside Avenue, Mossley, was jailed...
COUNCIL leader Jim McMahon has unveiled his new leadership team. And familiar names return to the Cabinet line-up which has been cut from 10 to eight councillors. This is...
CHANGE is on its way — that’s the view of Oldham’s new council leader Jim McMahon. The 30-year-old, said to be the youngest leader in the country, has...
McMAHON REVEALS PLANS FOR BOROUGH CROMPTON HOUSE TEACHERS TO STRIKE OVER ACADEMY LATICS RETAINED LIST ... there's more (click story)
Halle Orchestra, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester THE Halle Orchestra ended its season of pops concerts with a flourish, and a pit-stop journey around the world. The razor-sharp...
Date Published 09/05/2011
THE man who ran the famous Skidmore’s cycle shop in Union Street, Oldham, has died aged 100. Harry Skidmore never forgot the town where he was born and where he ran the...
One of the last photographs of Queen Victoria’s tragic husband, Prince Albert, was taken just a fortnight before his death by a trail-blazing Oldham-born cameraman named...
A TEAM of Daves are hitting Britain’s roads for a challenging 300-mile charity bike ride. Dave Garforth (47), from Moorside, Dave Spence (55), of Shaw, and Dave Ogden...
Profile of Craig Dean — the globetrotter who has found home at last THE man who would be president has taken a long and winding road to his adopted home town of Oldham....
