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Mossley’s TV presenter Melanie Sykes has joined a team of HomeServe engineers to celebrate the launch of the emergency and repair services company’s all-singing and...
Date Published 27/04/2011
AN interactive CD-Rom which helps children with special educational needs and adults with learning disabilities to develop computer skills is set to raise £50,000 for...
FAIR-weather outdoor enthusiasts out may just be coming out of hibernation but two apprentices have already proved their love of the South Pennines — and power tools....
Warren Bates - Failsworth West Why should we be made to pay for out-of-control high spending, bonus-mad bankers? Slashing public spending will deepen the recession. The most...
GREEN PARTY OLDHAM and Saddleworth Green Party believes the current programme of cuts is politically motivated rather than economically driven. Green Party...
FOR many voters in Oldham, this is the first chance since the formation of the national Tory/Lib-Dem coalition to send a message to the Government. Voters in Oldham East and...
THIS year has been a particularly difficult year for this borough. In dealing with the effects of the economic crisis, Oldham Council has had to find savings of more than...
REMEMBER May 5 is not a referendum on who runs the country. It is about who you want as your local councillor and who you want to run Oldham Council on your behalf. The...
Candidates for Oldham Council elections, May 5 * Denotes retiring councillor ALEXANDRA Jenny Harrison (Labour): has been an active Labour Party member for 35 years....
ELECTION 2011: WITH just over a week to go before Oldham heads to the polls, local election candidates are preparing to battle it out for 20 seats on the council. A total of...
COUNCIL leader Howard Sykes has hit out at parish councillor Ken Hulme after the standards committee rejected a complaint of bullying. Oldham Council’s committee has ruled...
A BUDDING garden designer has reached the final of a national search for green-fingered stars of the future. Chris Tessier (40) of Brae Side, Garden Suburb, entered a...
A CROP of community heroes from Oldham are in the running to bag an award for their efforts. A trio of caring locals have been nominated as part of the Fusion Awards, a...
CLAIMS that waiting times for patients at the Royal Oldham Hospital have soared as a result of NHS cuts have been branded misleading. Latest figures for the Pennine Acute...
Tributes have been paid to a mum-in-a-million who worked tirelessly to provide foster care for youngsters in Oldham. Maureen Bowers passed away at her home in Waterhead on...
PEOPLE are being urged to have their say on whether Blue Coat school should become an academy. The Church of England secondary is launching consultation with pupils, parents...
HOLMFIRTH Tourist Information centre certainly isn’t helping to put Oldham on the map. On a visit to the land of Last of the Summer Wine, a reader pointed out to us that...
Two police officers were hurt in a high-speed crash in Kings Road, Oldham — while answering an emergency call to a house fire. An investigation has now been launched...
First Group’s northern regional managing director has apologised to Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) for the way his company raised fares this month. Furious...
Army bomb-disposal experts were called to Chadderton yesterday after a builder walked into the police station holding a hand grenade. Officers were stunned when the man went...
BIG cash grants have secured the future of a club which offers Oldham youngsters the chance to chase their sporting dreams. For the next three years the money will ensure that...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
THORP Primary pupils pulled off a narrow victory in the Year Five and Six Indoor Athletics Championships at Radclyffe School. They came out on top after a series of events,...
BOXING: WAQAS Hussain and Cameron Joyce enjoyed victories at a show in Moston. Representing Oldham Boxing and Personal Development Centre, Waqas (15) used slick...
CRICKET: AUSTERLANDS under-15s got off to a winning start in the Saddleworth and District League. Group ‘A’ action saw them beat Heyside at Thorpe Lane. An...
FOOTBALL: FAILSWORTH West are through to the Manchester Youth and Mini-Soccer League Cup final after a 14-1 win against Pro-Sport Strikers. On target were Marcel Chauan...
GOLF: A TRIP to the Masters at Augusta proved enough to inspire Tony Doidge to win the first major of the new season at Werneth, the Spring Eclectic Trophy. Doidge, who was in...
BASEBALL: OLDHAM North Stars strike off their new season this weekend with a home double-header against Bolton Robots of Doom. The British Baseball Association AA North League...
RUGBY UNION: RELEGATED Oldham RU were thumped 66-7 by North Lancs and Cumbria Division title hopefuls Fleetwood at Manor Park. Coach Guy Lovegreen played at scrum-half for the...
BOWLS: GARY Ellis confirmed his status as crown green bowling’s number one player with victory in the one-day Kirkham Classic. A top-class field of 32 contested the...
