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A SHAW pest-control expert who lost a contract with Rochdale Council because of his high-profile anti-EU views is furious that the authority is funding jobs for others with EU...
Date Published 07/10/2010
TONY Benson wants to complete some “unfinished business” next season. The 44-year-old Oldham Roughyeds coach, who is currently away on international duty with...
ATHLETIC have revealed they had the option of calling off the Brentford game on Saturday due to international call-ups. Striker Warren Feeney is away preparing for Northern...
A FORMER boxer who is using the sport to help teenagers avoid crime has been nominated for a top award. Eric Noi, from Oldham Boxing and Personal Development Centre in Derker,...
VETERAN Oldham actor Bernard Cribbins helped to launch the Royal British Legion’s 90th Poppy Appeal at London’s Imperial War Museum yesterday. The 81-year-old...
Oldham Council Cabinet reports Oldham Council’s “consistent improvement”, highlighted in the final report of the Oldham Improvement Board (OIB), has been...
A SERVING soldier back from a seven-month tour of Afghanistan was stunned when he was refused free entry to an Oldham night club. Mark Burnett (30), from New Street, Lees, was...
A CHILD had a lucky escape after a candle set fire to her bedroom. The nine-year-old girl lit a tealight before going to bed in Goddard Street, Hathershaw. But after...
BUS passengers in Oldham can soon take advantage of a £1 any-journey fare from October 24. Hyde-based Speedwellbus is bringing its low fares SpeedwellValue project to...
A WOMAN accused along with her boy friend of killing her daughter was a caring mum who was desperate to be loved, a court heard. Violet Mullen was only 15-months-old when she...
FOUR men have been charged with the murder of Junaid Khan, who was gunned down in a doctor’s surgery car park in Chadderton. Kashif Khan (25) and Liaqet Khan (28), both of...
Family’s fury as former Oldham worker’s UK return from US barred A GRANDFATHER brought up in Oldham has been refused permission to return here to live with his...
Turkish Banquet Wednesday 17th November at 7.30pm The Carriage House, Marsden, Huddersfield Book your places by ringing Oldham Chronicle Events & Promotions on 0161...
JUNAID SHOOTING: FOUR IN COURT OLDHAM WORKER'S BORDER BATTLE DICKOV HAPPY TO HOST TRIALS ... and more (click story)
THERE is still time to register for the Oldham Chronicle’s Meet the Editor breakfast, aimed — though not exclusively – at Oldham’s town centre business...
Date Published 06/10/2010
A LYDGATE driving instructor is so successful he is driving himself out of business... Gary Fielding has achieved an 88 per cent pass rate with his latest batch of L-plate of...
FROM money box to Choc Box — that’s the short journey made by Natalie Davies, who has had a major change of career. The Watersheddings woman has quit her job at the...
CHANNEL HOPPING: A COUPLE of swingers doing the rounds, a heavyweight pub quiz champ on tour and a rough northern family chavving it up round the pool with Bacardi Breezers...
THE HABIT OF ART, Lowry, Salford THOSE who seize on this latest Alan Bennett play expecting it to do for the creative spirit what “The History Boys” did for...
GOING the extra mile is second nature to housing support officer Adele Stretch. The 44-year-old, who works at AKSA Housing, thinks she is just doing her job. But the trio...
A DEDICATED bunch of pupils at Littlemoor Primary work extra hard to make sure their school is a safe and pleasant place for all. And the hard work of the youngsters who run...
OLDHAM Council has gone creative in Chadderton to tackle the borough’s dog-mess dilemma. The dog-fouling campaign logo now features in a piece of eye-catching street art...
A MAJOR consultation looking at how much people should contribute to essential care services in the home has been launched. Letters are being sent out by Oldham Council to...
DELPH brass band has stormed to victory at a national competition — lifting the trophy exactly 30 years after members first won it. Bagging the first prize in the 3rd...
The Chronicle celebrates 50 years of Coronation Street with its local stars HE’S had a clutch of affairs, numerous punch ups and countless pints in the Rovers but...
Shaw Parish Council planning committee PLANS for a £23 million warehouse development in Shaw won’t be decided before December. Home-shopping retailer JD...
AN eco-park will be created in Shaw if a development of 80 houses is given the green light. Bosses at P+D Northern Steels Ltd say they need to sell their Mosshey Street base...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
A FORMER treasurer who admitted fraud and theft of more than £17,000 from Moorside Cricket Club has escaped jail. Julie Nickerson, of Causewood Close, Moorside, was...
LABOUR leaders claim Oldham Council will have to axe 1,000 jobs and cut services to save £40 million. The authority is facing massive Government-imposed cuts on its...
