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World Cup mountain biker Tom Braithwaite visited Crompton to launch a family-friendly facility. The mountain bike trail on Crompton Moor is the result of a number of public...
Date Published 26/10/2010
A GRAMMY award-winning music star will headline the third Seven Songs Festival when it gets under way at Uppermill Civic Hall tomorrow. World music superstar Toumani Diabate...
OLDHAM’S GCSE results have increased by almost a third since 2006. This year, 51.6 per cent of pupils achieved the Government’s gold standard of at least five A*...
LABOUR councillors have pledged to pay a “living wage” of £7 per hour for council employees if they take power at the May elections. And they want private...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
ST AUGUSTINE’S head teacher Mike McGhee will lead borough’s new Catholic high school. He had been appointed designate head teacher of the school which will merge...
BOWLS: NORTH Chadderton caused a surprise when they overturned Hopwood in the ‘A’ Division of the Inbev Winter Bowling League at Chadderton Cot. Bill...
SADDLEWORTH PARISH COUNCIL PARISH councillors disagreed over plans to create an official parking area for cars on Chapel Road in Greenfield. Councillor Royce Franklin...
TABLE TENNIS: HONEYWELL ‘B’ are the most improved team in Division One of the Oldham league this season. Thanks to the excellent form of Tom Ryan and Steve Barber,...
THE future of a new health centre in Saddleworth looks uncertain after NHS Oldham confirmed that alternative funding would need to be found for the scheme to get the go-ahead....
OLDHAM’S libraries will have a quarter sliced off their budgets over the next five years. The service manages 11 libraries — employing 82 full-time equivalent...
HEATON MOOR 43, OLDHAM RUFC 14 RUGBY UNION: LAPSES in concentration and failure to make the most of attacking situations meant Oldham ended up on the wrong end on an...
OLDHAM has survived further cuts to school building projects. Oldham Council has confirmed that plans for three academies, a new Catholic secondary school and substantial...
Crash man was over limit A DRINK driver who ploughed through a drystone wall and landed on the former railway line in Shaw has been slapped with a 16-month ban. Oldham...
The Manchester City kit manager and former Latics star writes every week for Chronicle Sport FOR his sake, I am glad the Wayne Rooney saga is slowly winding down. I am...
DARTS: DAVE Chisnall was the king of the oche in the £2,500 Oldham Darts Open at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. The 30-year-old, runner-up to Martin Adams in this...
Hockey: ENGLAND women’s hockey star Nicola White has revealed how meeting her idol was the highlight of her Commonwealth Games experience. Dame Kelly Holmes presented...
RUGBY LEAGUE: OLDHAM St Anne’s held off Castleford Panthers to earn a 13-12 home victory at Higginshaw Road in Division One. The game ended in dramatic fashion when...
AMATEUR RUGBY LEAGUE: MICHAEL Coates was the star of the show as Saddleworth produced the performance of the season to defeat Leigh Miners Rangers 22-10. Arriving at Shaw Hall...
JAVIER Hernandez believes the team spirit at Manchester United has helped him begin to make an impact since his summer move to Old Trafford. Hernandez hit both goals as United...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: MOSSLEY look to recover from their FA Cup heartache when they host neighbours Curzon Ashton tonight in the Evo-Stik League President’s Cup first round...
SIR Alex Ferguson believes his experience was crucial in keeping Wayne Rooney at Manchester United. The Scot accepts the Rooney contract saga — which saw the player...
OLDHAM RL coach Tony Benson is banking on Luke Sutton becoming one of the top props in Co-operative Championship One next season. Benson pulled the big front-rower back into...
ATHLETIC manager Paul Dickov could make a move for a new player as he bids to boost the strikers’ goal tally at the club. A mystery Portuguese triallist, currently training at...
JUBILEE CRASH DRIVER IN COURT SCHOOLS ESCAPE LATEST CUTS LIBRARIES SET FOR MAJOR CHANGES ...there's more if you click!
THE ART OF USING SPITTLE: There are some things children promise themselves they’ll never do when they become parents. One is snogging in the kitchen in the presence of...
Date Published 25/10/2010
Who will you vote for this time? HERE is your chance to vote for the readers’ choice award as part of Pride in Oldham, 2010 — the nomination you think is worthy of special...
COUNCIL chiefs have defended a board given the job of reviewing their performance — and insist it has helped take Oldham forward. The Oldham Improvement Board (OIB), made up...
A £500 million regional growth fund, set up to attract private sector jobs to the North, must also pay to build local roads. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg hailed the...
CRIMINALS in Oldham who pose the greatest risk of reoffending are now under the spotlight thanks to a new initiative. Spotlight Oldham brings together criminal-justice...
