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IN THE HOTSEAT — CHARLIE PARKER PART Two of our major question and answer session with Oldham Borough chief executive Charlie Parker. See...
Date Published 02/02/2011
Paul Roberts, Oldham president of Greater Manchester Chamber It’s understandable that many of us will be starting 2011 with a feeling of trepidation, wondering if we will...
A construction employment initiative set up to make the most of major investment and development opportunities in Oldham has reached a major milestone. The J21 Local Labour...
THE One Oldham Business Awards are now on Facebook. New media is all the rage and with Facebook predicted to overtake Google — in terms of number of hits per day —...
A NOVEL way to help men suffering from low self esteem or depression will be launched at Oldham Athletic Football Club later this month. “It’s a Goal” is an...
A PAIR of Oldham rugby stars are helping rebuild flood-ravaged homes in Australia. England international Becky Jones (26) and Roy Jewitt (38) who played for Waterhead, have...
WHAT police first suspected to be a murder case in Oldham, turned out to be misadventure by a drug addict. An inquest at Oldham Magistrates’ Court heard how Alan Ryall...
AN elderly couple were burgled by a man who walked into their home in Hollins. He stole a small amount of cash after entering the house in Wolverton Avenue through the back...
A FAMILY which has struggled without heating and hot water since before Christmas has been compensated thanks to intervention from the Chronicle. Tammy Mellor, from Malby...
FINE dodgers are being told to cough up or face being locked up. Anyone who tries to avoid paying court fines across England and Wales will be targeted in a month-long...
YOUNGSTERS don’t have to be Stephen Hawking or Albert Einstein to become a scientist, says a former Oldham student who became a TV star and professor. Brian Cox says...
OLDHAM’S HMV store has closed down as the company fights to recover from a 10 per cent sales slump. The retailer announced it would close 60 stores over the next 12...
THERE will be no fast-track for Oldham’s fast-food crackdown as tough new planning restrictions for takeaways could take another eight months, and a change in planning law,...
The number and quality of Liberal Democrat by-election leaflets has been criticised . . . by a leading Lib-Dem politician. North-West Euro-MP Chris Davies called for a...
Labour election agent Joe Fitzpatrick — whose call to “get white folk angry” helped to unseat former immigration minister Phil Woolas — could be ditched as...
THERE will be no hiding place for Oldham’s most wanted crooks after the launch of a police team dedicated to hunting them down. In a new crackdown, Oldham Police’s...
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MOGADISHU, Royal Exchange, Manchester Having been led to believe Mogadishu (the title chosen because it’s a frightening place few of us have been) is all about political...
Date Published 01/02/2011
A FORMER Manchester United defender is returning to Old Trafford as a daredevil to raise vital cash for The Christie. Oldham-born ex-Manchester United defender David May will...
Ride in memory of Jason raises cash A FORTY-TWO mile cycle trip in memory of a 34-year-old father-of-two, notched up a huge £3,227 for the charity which cared for him....
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
A FORMER Manchester United footballer from Failsworth has appeared in court charged with conspiracy to conceal criminal property. Ronnie Wallwork (33), of Mather Street, had...
OLDHAM-BORN playwright Jimmie Chinn has died in London, aged 70. Jimmie, who was born in the town but raised in Middleton, wrote the very successful Straight and Narrow and A...
TABLE TENNIS: GROTTON’S Shaun Ellis scored a straight-sets treble, but could not prevent his side from going down 7-3 to Saddleworth ‘A’ in Division One of the...
BEATRIZ AYALA Iraq flight fund up and running ahead of verdict A DESPERATE appeal for funds to fly out the family of a former paratrooper and security guard facing the death...
MENINGITIS wiped five months from Paul Metcalfe’s memory, and left him with a legacy of confusion, intolerance to noise, tinnitus and lower back pain He still suffers...
BOWLS: NIMBLE Nook are hot favourites for Inbev Winter Bowling League ‘B’ Division title silverware after hammering nearest rivals Chadderton Cot 11-0. But the...
OLDHAM’S Labour group has revealed its opposition budget and declared there is an alternative to frontline cuts. The party’s proposals would stop more than...
ANTHONY Holden (55), of John Street, Royton, charged with two separate counts of racially aggravated intentional harassment, will appear before Minshull Street Crown Court for...
FEARS that Oldham’s Sure Start Children’s Centres could be under threat have been calmed by a leading local politician. The reassurance follows news that sweeping...
