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A LIFE-SAVING teenager who persuaded a mum not to jump from a motorway bridge has been nominated for an award. Emma Needham (19), from Boundary Park Road, Oldham, impressed...
Date Published 04/10/2010
THE ART OF SOCIAL NETWORKING: Just because I look at home philosophising while standing on a rock wrapped in a bed sheet, doesn’t mean I’m not at the forefront when...
HEALTH promotion bosses are targeting around 3,000 teenage girls in Oldham who slipped through the net when a potentially life-saving vaccine was given out. A programme...
OLDHAM Council’s Fostering Service is celebrating after being given top marks yet again. Ofsted, the national fostering service watchdog, rated the borough’s...
ARCHAEOLOGISTS are painstakingly unearthing history at the site of one of Oldham’s new academies to save it from being lost. An old brick kiln at the site of Oasis Academy in...
Volunteers are helping Oldham Council workers build a family-friendly mountain bike trail on Crompton Moor. The group, which included cyclists and members of the Crompton Moor...
OLDHAM’S young citizens are being encouraged to apply for funding to help improve their lives and the areas they live in. Cash is available to all 13 to 19 year olds...
Oldham Council’s Housing team has been short-listed for a national award. The service has made the final three in the housing and regeneration category of the Guardian...
A SADDLEWORTH councillor has warned that a ‘sustained campaign’ from locals would be needed if Diggle is to see a new train station built in the village. But it...
A MAJOR consultation begins today to shape the future of transport in Greater Manchester. Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority (GMITA) and the Association of...
CORRIE AT 50: We celebrate the 50th anniversary of Corrie with a series some of the show;’s favourite local stars SUNITA Alahan has suffered her fair share of...
CORRIE AT 50: FROM having a nervous breakdown in Blackpool to losing her husband to a brain tumour, it’s fair to say life on the street has been tough for Rita Sullivan....
Vicky overcomes an emotional mountain SPRAWLING blue skies greeted climber Vicky Roberts as she reached the pinnacle of her most emotional and poignant mission to date. As...
Violet was ‘punched or stamped in the stomach’ court told TRAGIC tot Violet Mullen suffered severe internal injuries similar to those seen in high-speed car crashes,...
15 private-hire cabbies caught touting for fares OLDHAM Council is clamping down on private-hire drivers who tout for business on the street. During a recent operation by...
A family had a narrow escape when a car careered off the road, ploughed through a fence and landed in their garden — just yards from their back door. The driver of the...
OLDHAM Council has made landmark improvements over the last two years according to a new report. Securing Metrolink’s arrival in the town centre, a high satisfaction...
LIFE AND OTHER BITS: THINGS are not always what they seem — England will win the World Cup; was the man frantically wafting his arms about at Lords cricket ground waving...
Date Published 01/10/2010
THE recent reports that the remains of a near 11,000-year-old house had been unearthed at the Star Carr archaeological site near Scarborough begs two questions. How do we know...
Helpers needed for attempt on world title SADDLEWORTH Rotary Club is bidding to become record-breakers — but it needs a helping hand. Rotarians are crying out for as...
Saddleworth and Lees District Partnership meeting PLANS to carry out a drainage overhaul on the waterlogged Churchill playing fields were given a boost last night as the...
ROYTON-BORN Paul Walsh was today named by David Cameron as part of a new group of industry leaders to provide him with “high–level” business and economic advice....
Saddleworth and Lees District Partnership meeting Councillor Mike Buckley was comically dubbed the “Christmas Lights Scrooge of Dobcross” at the meeting as he...
CANCER survivor Nicola Craffey is poised to set up a support group to help other people facing the same ordeal. Nicola will announce her plans for the group — the first...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
We’ve laughed, we’ve cried, but you ain’t see nothing yet! ON December 9, “Coronation Street” will celebrate its 50th birthday and go down in TV...
A young child gave a graphic account in court of the collapse of toddler Violet Mullen. Violet died from internal injuries allegedly after being struck with severe force at...
Angling: AUTUMNAL conditions greeted anglers in the Pilsworth Fishery Sunday open — but Steve Hall wasn’t complaining. Adopting his favourite chopped worm and...
A TEENAGER who knocked down a 15-year old Oldham boy while allegedly speeding in his mum’s car, was not driving dangerously a court has been told. Danny Pattinson (18),...
CHILDREN have been praised by the police for helping to return thousand of pounds dumped by raiders in Shaw. Two masked robbers escaped with around £6,000 from the Royal...
