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AN art expert turned detective has reunited a famous son with his home town. Gallery Oldham has been given its most significant Victorian painting in many years: The Broken...
Date Published 16/09/2010
A HIGH Crompton artist transformed her home into a gallery in a bid to raise money for a good cause. Judith Garside, of Sherwood Way, invited art lovers to visit her home and...
Ian puts down a marker for future of the game YOUNGSTERS have been learning the importance of line and length thanks to two determined bowls players in Shaw. Organisers of...
BOOK lovers will be in their element as a host of writers, authors and poets take part in Oldham Literature Festival. Oldham Chronicle columnist Kevin Fitzpatrick is among...
Ten years ago Oldham’s much-loved Social Services day centre New Vale House was replaced by the Link Centre on Union Street. The past decade has seen a revolution in the way...
PAV’S PATCH: IN recent times I’ve come under attack from my female colleagues. One of them, a genuinely nice lady, has found it necessary to call me a ruddy...
ATHLETIC directors are to discuss suggestions made by concerned supporters who emailed the Oldham Evening Chronicle. The Chronicle asked readers for their views on dwindling...
MANCHESTER City assistant manager Brian Kidd has pleaded for patience as the Premier League’s big spenders try to find their feet. City head into tonight’s Europa...
CRICKET: SHAW are set to lose their place in next season’s LCB Cup. The Holebottom Clough outfit, which clinched the last qualifying spot with victory over Glodwick on...
CRICKET: FOLLOWING a poor season in the Drakes Huddersfield Frank Platt Championship, Micklehurst could be heading back to the Armstrongs Office Furniture Saddleworth and District...
JAMES Tarkowski was the match winner for Athletic’s youth team, who edged a thriller at Burnley 4-3 in the North-West Conference of the Football League Youth Alliance....
AMATEUR RUGBY LEAGUE: HIGGINSHAW failed to turn possession into points as they suffered a 24-14 home defeat to Leyland Warriors in Division Three. Ryan O'Donnell's penalty put...
BOWLS: SIMON Coupe was beaten 21-20 by John Eccles in the 1991 Waterloo Handicap final and has suffered the heartbreak of several near misses since. So it was only fitting...
CRICKET: WERNETH may have ended the Lake Garage CLL season on a low note with defeat at Rochdale, but they will look back on the summer with a justifiable sense of satisfaction....
AMATEUR RUGBY LEAGUE: SADDLEWORTH Rangers were special guests of Super League club Huddersfield Giants on the day the club was formally presented with Clubmark Gold accreditation....
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
EXCLUSIVE PLANNING inspections are often not carried out on developments in Oldham leaving the borough at risk of hot-spot rows — such as a local mosque being built 5ft too...
Date Published 15/09/2010
DEANE Smalley was Athletic's match-winner last night in a reserves clash which presented hints about boss Paul Dickov's thinking for this weekend. Starting up front alongside...
Election Court Day two: the historic case is being heard at Uppermill Civic Hall, and is expected to last all week. If High Court Judges Mr Justice Griffith Williams and Mr...
OLDHAM Roughyeds have confirmed that almost a third of the tax debt owed to HM Revenue and Customs has been paid off. A winding-up petition at the High Court last week was...
Election Court 2 LABOUR leaflet The Rose claimed extremist groups wanted voters to support Elwyn Watkins because he was “in the pay of a billionaire Arab Sheikh.”...
MANCHESTER United manager Sir Alex Ferguson fears Antonio Valencia will be out for the rest of the season after suffering a broken ankle in the Reds’ Champions League draw...
KINGFISHER Special School can be summed up in one word — outstanding. It has swept the board with top marks from the education watchdog Ofsted three years after...
COUNCIL chiefs have backed down from charging veterans for holding a collection in aid of ex-servicemen after the Chronicle intervened. Stunned veterans from the Oldham Royal...
The school crossing patrol for the junction where a teenage girl was seriously injured in a road accident 13 days ago was withdrawn because of abuse from pupils, a councillor has...
ROYTON teenager Jessica Fullalove continues to be a splashing success after being chosen to swim for England. Jessica’s fantastic performance in the National...
THE English Defence League is not welcome in Oldham, according to Oldham Council leader Howard Sykes. He spoke out after about 120 supporters of the group gathered in Oldham...
A third Saddleworth road is closed today because of retaining wall repairs. Temporary road and bridge closures are needed at Greenbridge Lane, Greenfield, part of complex work...
BOXING: RONNIE Heffron ends his long wait for a fight on Saturday when he takes on a man who has been stopped only twice in 10 years. Billy Smith (32) from Worcester, is 12...
A FORMER Barnardo’s boy has supported a disabled athlete on a mammoth charity run. Keith Cockburn (60), from Shaw, joined ultra-distance runner Chris Moon MBE for the...
