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A SADDLEWORTH councillor is calling for the restoration of a bus service scrapped 40 years ago Parish Councillor Ken Hulme says a regular service from Saddleworth to Newhey...
Date Published 22/03/2011
ANOTHER bout of traffic disruption could be in store for villagers in Delph as Denshaw Road is to close three times over the summer. The busy commuter route will be shut for...
WORRIED Delph residents are pinning their hopes of a traffic revolution on Labour MP Debbie Abrahams. Residents formed the Delph Traffic Group in April after voicing worries...
THREE previously unseen Helen Bradley paintings are going under the hammer next week. The three watercolours were commissioned and bought directly from the Lees-born artist by...
BRITAIN could not stand by and watch innocent citizens die at the hands of Libya’s Colonel Gaddafi, an Oldham MP has warned. Oldham West and Royton MP Michael Meacher...
Failsworth’s MP David Heyes is urging local people to say no to choosing a new system of voting. The Ashton MP, whose constituency includes part of Oldham, says the...
NO further legal action is to be taken against former Oldham MP Phil Woolas (pictured left). The Crown Prosecution Service said a case was not in the public interest....
CHARGES come into force today for anyone caught flouting the council’s new short-term parking rules. The measures, which replace free 24-hour parking with free two or...
Co-operative would give residents a far bigger say POWER to the people is Labour’s vision for the future of Oldham. As the local elections approach, local Labour...
Only time husband used crutches was to go to court A CHEATING husband and wife from Oldham who stole more than £54,000 in disability benefit which they were not entitled to,...
ONE of Oldham’s newest schools has told staff they face redundancies. All 250 workers at Waterhead Academy, including 115 teachers, were called to a meeting with...
A MAN has been arrested in connection with the rape of a 16-year-old girl in Oldham. The arrest was made after an eagle-eyed Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) in...
A YOUNG girl escaped with only a scratch after being swallowed up by a 7ft-deep hole as she played out with friends. The shaft suddenly opened on the playing fields near...
THIS is the terrifying moment when a masked gunman threatened staff at a Chadderton bookies. The armed raider stormed into Coral bookmakers in the precinct on Middleton Road...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards KEMPTON 5.50 Grey Boy 6.20 Duneen Dream 6.50 Tropical Beat 7.20...
TABLE TENNIS: HOSTS Unison ‘A’ conceded a 93-point start to Honeywell ‘D’ in the last four of the Oldham Table Tennis League Division Two Cup —...
RUGBY UNION: OLDHAM vets earned a 27-22 triumph at Bury thirds. Mark Hodge gave the visitors an early lead with an unconverted try, breaking off a maul after a good surge...
RUGBY LEAGUE: SADDLEWORTH Rangers went down 46-16 at National Conference League Premier Division front-runners Leigh East. A poor opening to the game cost the visitors...
RUGBY LEAGUE: A FIRST-HALF blitz from Waterhead effectively saw off high-flying Eastmoor Dragons in National Conference League Division Two... and served to whet the appetite...
BOXING: MARK Heffron maintained his 100-per-cent pro record by stopping Spanish opponent David Pulido at City West Convention Centre, Dublin. Welterweight Heffron, the...
The City kit boss and former Latics star writes every week for Chron Sport AFTER losing 2-0 to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, it is imperative that Manchester City bounce back with...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBAL: OLDHAM Boro go to Daisy Hill tonight in the Vodkat North-West Counties League Division One (7.45pm kick-off) without several first team players. Damien...
ATHLETIC aren't the only side in npower League One to be nursing the bruises after a fall from relative grace. While Paul Dickov's side have now gone 10 matches without...
OLDHAM winger John Gillam is out of hospital and looking forward to putting on his rugby boots again after an operation to repair a fractured eye socket and a smashed nose. It...
ATHLETIC will get the six points they need to be safe in npower League One, says manager Paul Dickov. Missing Chris Taylor (mumps) and possibly without Filipe Morais...
Latics boss puts trust in Brooke and Reid NEW-LOOK strike duo Ryan Brooke and Reuben Reid are lean, mean and ready to finally get Athletic some goals. That is the belief...
ACADEMY JOBS UNDER THREAT RESCUE DRAMA AS HOLE SWALLOWS GIRL BENEFIT CHEATS MILKED £54,000 CHARITY BACKING FOR SUPER CENTRE PUPILS HAVE PLANS FOR NEW...
WASTELANDS where new homes should be rising from the ground will be growing flowers instead. The end of Housing Market Renewal (HMR) funding means that recent demolition sites...
Date Published 21/03/2011
Tributes have been paid to one of the longest-serving members of the Saddleworth Male Voice Choir. Bob Tutton, from Greenfield, died of a heart attack aged 86 — only...
Martyn talks to Shauna Dixon, chief executive of NHS Oldham HAVING spent almost two hours in the company of Shauna Dixon I left exhausted, for undoubtedly I had been in the...
