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OLDHAM COUNCIL CABINET THE council is on track to end the financial year £34,000 under budget. The economy, place and skills department went £970,000 over...
Date Published 24/03/2011
Pay and pensions spark action UNIVERSITY lecturers in Oldham took part in a national strike today over pay and pensions. Members of the University and Colleges Union (UCU)...
AN uninsured motorist fled the scene of an accident after colliding with a child because he feared for his safety when a large crowd gathered. Mohammed Wakhar (21), of Union...
A DRIVER crashed into a police car, road sign and wall as he attempted to escape being caught by the police. Oldham magistrates heard how Samuel Graham Locke (20), of...
Hasna pays price for falling ill at the wheel A MOTORIST who was whisked to hospital after falling violently ill at the wheel, is being forced to pay fees to recover her car....
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards LINGFIELD 2.30 Dorothy’s Dancing 3.00 Baqaat 3.35 Hinton...
CRICKET: EX-PLAYERS from High Crompton St Mary’s Cricket Club are being asked to support the launch of a new book charting the club’s history. The reunion, to...
RUGBY LEAGUE: THREE tries in the opening 14 minutes gave Higginshaw a mountain to climb at Ulverston in Division Three of the Kukri North-West Counties League. The local...
RUGBY LEAGUE: SADDLEWORTH Rangers moved into the top half of the National Conference League’s Premier Division with a 48-22 home triumph over basement boys Wigan St...
RUGBY LEAGUE: HOLLINWOOD’S push for promotion from Division Five of the Pennine League is gathering pace thanks to a late try from Peter Davies. A hard-fought 26-24...
SWIMMING: TWO Oldham Aquatics swimmers struck gold for the North-West regional team at the National Junior and Youth Disability Championships in Sheffield. Mikey Thompson...
SWIMMING: TWO swimmers are set for a super summer after being selected to represent Great Britain in the World Youth Championships. Jessica Lloyd and Jessica Fullalove got...
MOTOR RACING: KARTING whizzkid Alex Walker has completed his move to cars after joining the Fortec Motorsport team. The 16-year-old, from Shaw, has been snapped up for the...
RUGBY UNION: FLY-HALF George Ford hit dazzling heights as England under-20s secured an RBS 6 Nations Grand Slam with a 46-15 win over Ireland. Ford (17), son of former...
ONE win is all it takes to lift the gloom . . . just ask Tranmere manager Les Parry. Stuck in a rut of seven matches without a win, Tranmere hosted Colchester at Prenton Park...
IMPROVEMENT must come very quickly if Athletic aren't to be drawn into an ugly battle against relegation. It is head-scratchingly difficult to believe that the same team which...
OLDHAM RL Club are dealing with a major injury crisis ahead of Sunday’s tough challenge against a strong Swinton Lions side at the Whitebank Stadium (3pm kick-off). Out...
Saints eye swoop for latics ace Stephens DALE Stephens has emerged as a transfer target for Southampton. The Athletic midfielder only signed a three-year contract at the...
SICK DRIVER'S BIG BILL SHOCK LOCAL REACTION TO THE BUDGET COUNCIL MISSES OUT ON AWARD RESIDENT'S ROAD BLOCK ANGER There's more if you click! plus much more in...
KING LEAR, Lowry, Salford We’ve had them a little too weak (Tom Courtenay at the Exchange), too bluff (Barrie Rutter for Northern Broadsides) and now Derek Jacobi gives us...
Date Published 23/03/2011
Rising stars crank up the volume — in the library MUSICIANS certainly weren’t told to keep the noise down at a Battle of the Bands event at Oldham Library. More...
CELEBRITY chef Andrew Nutter dropped into an Oldham school to pick a culinary star of the future. Andrew, a TV chef with his own restaurant in Rochdale, was at Hulme Grammar...
Teachers on a mission to discover wonders of the universe THREE science teachers have been on an extraordinary venture to find a new love of physics. Amanda Burkinshaw,...
Computers deal sees Oldham and Rochdale link up again ANOTHER link-up between Oldham and Rochdale councils is on the way after a deal was struck to amalgamate their IT services....
East Oldham District Partnership meeting COUNCILLORS have demanded a thorough investigation into an arson attack which destroyed a mobile home and left a former Oldham...
The One Oldham Business Awards CHAMPAGNE flowed as more than 450 of Oldham’s brightest business stars toasted success at a glittering ceremony. Thumping music, dramatic...
Lobby Correspondent TRANSPORT chiefs have warned MPs that savage cuts will leave pensioners with free bus passes — but few buses to travel on. A shake-up of the...
Oldham’s bus station in Cheapside will be the latest to get staff wearing head cams to record criminal and anti-social behaviour to be used as evidence by police. The...
CANNABIS plants worth £105,000 have been seized by Oldham police after they raided an empty shop in Yorkshire Street, Oldham town centre. Inside, officers discovered 230...
University lecturers will be on strike in Oldham tomorrow over pension changes and university funding cuts. Members of the University and Colleges Union will picket University...
