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SUB-ZERO temperatures broke weather records yesterday as daytime temperatures in Oldham failed to rise above -5.8C. This freezing maximum temperature was recorded at 1.39pm by...
Date Published 21/12/2010
Flying Brick’s Monster challenge ELECTION 2011 THE Flying Brick is his name — and politics is his game. Shouting messages through his megaphone yesterday, 45-year-old...
STUDENT protests against tuition fee rises have had a significant impact on police resources, complains Greater Manchester’s police chief. Chief Constable Peter Fahy...
The University of Huddersfield, which has a campus in Oldham, will have to wait until March before finding out how much its budget will be slashed by. Teaching grants will be...
FOUR men, including one from Chadderton, have been jailed for their part in the murder of Karl Hodson in Newton Heath. Karl Souter (28), of Argyll Road, Chadderton, was...
Tot’s Christmas presents donated to charity AN Oldham family has been left heartbroken by the sudden death of a much-loved toddler just before Christmas. Relatives of...
SUDDEN DEATH OF TODDLER BROOKLYN ANGER AS PARKING PETITION 'IGNORED' LATICS FEARS GROW OVER BIG-GAME LOSSES ... there's more (click story)
Halle Christmas Carol Concert, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. SOME of the region’s finest singing voices joined forces with some of its most talented musicians to get Christmas...
Date Published 20/12/2010
The art of... CHEESE BOARDING: IF you only tend to enjoy the pleasures of a cheese board once a year, it’s likely to be after your Christmas dinner because, if nothing else,...
LOCALS in Saddleworth could soon be experiencing the good life with a pilot allotment project due to be launched next year. Councillor Richard Knowles told the Saddleworth and...
Festival of Carols is a joy THE threat of snow and freezing temperatures failed to stop people flocking to the Oldham Chronicle’s ever-popular Festival of Carols. But...
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RUGBY: JOHN Noon, the former Oldham Rugby League Club centre and Rochdale Hornets player-coach, died in the Royal Oldham Hospital on Saturday, aged 75. He had been in...
MANCHESTER City defender Micah Richards has regained his focus and form during manager Roberto Mancini's first year in charge. And he feels there would be no better way to...
Sir Bobby Charlton has raised the possibility that Sir Alex Ferguson may continue as Manchester United manager for another five years. Ferguson has eclipsed Sir Matt Busby as...
CAN a team still be in good form when it hasn’t played in a month? It is a question Athletic would like the answer to — whether in the affirmative or the negative. Not...
THE local sport schedule was once again decimated after the snow returned with a vengeance. Chadderton were meant to host Ashton Town in the Vodkat North-West Counties League...
OLDHAM Roughyeds have had their attempt to enter a side into the Gillette National Youth League turned down. The Whitebank outfit wanted to put an under-18s side, operating...
Latics fear missing out on Boxing Day pay-day A “massive financial blow” is looming for Athletic says chief executive Alan Hardy. He was speaking about the possibility...
All change for council partner OLDHAM Council’s partnership with a troubled private firm has a new managing director. John Howard has stepped down from the role in the...
A new award to honour the achievements of science students has been presented in memory of the former chairman of governors of Oldham Sixth Form College. The Gloria Oates...
The English Democrats have announced that Stephen Morris, the party’s North-West chairman, is their candidate for the Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election. Mr Morris (44)...
CHAIRMAN of the Conservative Party, Baroness Warsi, joined the party’s Oldham East and Saddleworth candidate Kashif Ali in signing a pledge to keep their campaign clean....
The Liberal Democrats have claimed the Tories have no chance of winning the forthcoming Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election. Business Secretary Vince Cable believes it is...
A SADDLEWORTH campaigner has questioned whether Oldham Council will be able to organise the by-election for January 13. Labour were furious that the Lib-Dems moved a writ to...
Election 2011 COUNCIL chiefs have released details of the Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election and how to register to vote. The poll has been arranged for Thursday,...
“LORD of the Rings” star Sir Ian McKellen made a surprise visit to the borough to indulge in a panto performance at the Oldham Coliseum. Along with...
Tameside firm wins contract for new centre THE £2 million contract to fit out Oldham’s new regional science centre has been awarded to Tameside firm Bardsley Construction....
TWO teenagers charged with arson over the £100,000 blaze at Oldham Athletic’s Boundary Park ground have had their case adjourned at Oldham Youth Court until Thursday....
AN Oldham coroner said all three people who died in a car smash would still be alive if the driver had stopped when flagged down by police. Oldham Coroner Simon Nelson said...
