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JOB cuts could be in the pipeline for staff at NHS Oldham as it gears up to avoid a potential £10million deficit. Patients and staff have been warned tough and unpopular...
Date Published 08/10/2010
‘We need to save £45m - there are no easy answers’ EIGHT hundred council jobs could be axed to help save save £45 million. Liberal Democrat chiefs...
One-in-12 council posts under threat Oldham NHS faces crippling overspend HUNDREDS of council and health jobs are under threat in a massive blow for Oldham. Some 800...
LIFE AND OTHER BITS: TWO guys from Manchester University, Andrew Geim and Novoselov Konstantin (good Manchester names) have discovered graphene, a substance so thin it has only...
A BIOLOGY teacher who has inspired and helped scores of trainees to follow in his footsteps has been nominated for a Pride in Oldham award. John Dalziel has run the...
TWO top organists are to battle it out on one of the country’s finest instruments. Alexander Binns and Keith Hearnshaw will go head-to-head in the Battle of the Organs...
Oldham Planning Committee PLANS for a development of 80 houses in Shaw were approved despite concerns that parking and increased traffic will be a problem for residents of...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards ASCOT 1.55 Tazahum 2.30 Invincible Ridge 3.05 Redford 3.40 Ottoman...
Angling: JACK Cubby emerged victorious in the Lees and Hey AS match on the Benson’s Creek Lake at Fir Tree Fisheries, Appley Bridge, near Wigan. Using the long pole and...
Scientist is back in the charts at number 24 Physicist Brian Cox has been named one of the top 100 most important people in British science. The 42-year-old former Hulme...
A “dishonest” nurse pocketed fees which her Oldham surgery was owed for carrying out paternity tests, a tribunal heard. Karen Sladen (49) instructed accountants at...
FELL RUNNING: MUD, glorious mud greeted 72 competitors in the annual Ravenstones Brow Fell race, organised by Saddleworth Runners. The event was blessed with fine weather, but...
MASSIVE COUNCIL JOBS BLOW £10m NHS OLDHAM CASH CRISIS STEALING NURSE FACES TRIBUNAL and there's more (click story)
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards MUSSELBURGH 2.20 Qenaa 2.55 Saxonette 3.30 Whozthecat 4.05 Tobernea (nap)...
Date Published 07/10/2010
RUGBY: SADDLEWORTH School came top of the class in a Year Nine mini-league tournament held at Oldham Rugby Union Club. Cheered on by a crowd of around 50 people, participants...
I HEARD on the radio the other morning that there is to be a clampdown on office pot plants as part of the Government’s cuts. If so, I can only applaud the powers that be....
GREAT-GRANDMOTHER Noreen Falvey spent close to four decades cooking and serving lunches for pupils and staff at Oldham Hulme Grammar Schools. Now one of the borough’s...
FAMILY and friends of John Seal have nominated the compassionate staff who cared for him during his final months for a Pride in Oldham Award. The 77-year-old was admitted to...
RUGBY: SADDLEWORTH Rangers ‘A’ earned a 36-22 victory over Rochdale Mayfield ‘A’ in the Kukri North-West Counties League Division Four. A return to...
BADMINTON: DONS, the reigning champions, were held to a thrilling 9-9 draw by Northern Flight on the opening night of the Oldham and Rochdale Badminton League. Including a...
One man’s lifelong passion for Oldham and its historic waterways have earned him a Pride in Oldham nomination. John Lund, (49) first stepped aboard the Pennine Moonraker canal...
BOXING: OLDHAM Boxing and Personal Development Centre celebrated three impressive wins at the Collyhurst and Moston Show. Cameron Joyce succeeded in the 55kg category, as did...
CHARLIE Henson has had a difficult life. Now, having moved past the dark times, he is drawing on that experience to help troubled youngsters reach their potential. The...
A HEAD teacher has spoken of her delight after securing a second award nomination for her school in four years. Jane Winterburn nominated Rushcroft Primary School head teacher...
ANDREW Crompton made it five goals in just two youth-team matches by netting a brace as Athletic saw off Morecambe in the first round of the Lancashire Youth Cup at Chapel Road....
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: MOSSLEY booked a ticket for the first round of the FA Vase after a superb 4-1 victory at Kidsgrove Athletic. The Lilywhites took the lead through a Mark...
FOR many Oldhamers going to the Olympic Games in London in two years time would be nothing short of a dream come true. But going there as a volunteer helper could actually be...
ATHLETIC'S search for talent goes on. Though constrained by a tight budget, manager Paul Dickov is still trying to improve his squad. On Tuesday, in a private friendly at...
Oldham Music Service has received an “outstanding” rating following its latest inspection. The Federation of Music Services (FMS), the national organisation that...
ATHLETIC appear to be heading to Brentford at just the wrong time. The Bees’ form, poor until recently, turned dramatically on its head within the space of only four...
