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LIFE AND OTHER BITS: DEPENDING upon your point of view, the Con half of the Con-Lib pact have either been brainwashed or bullied by the lefty Libs into deciding that putting...
Date Published 02/07/2010
A teenager described as a “real gentleman” has died in a freak accident the day after finishing his A-levels. Hulme Grammar School pupil Jamie Helme-Sagar was...
Date Published 01/07/2010
OLDHAM’S dying outdoor market is to move on to the town centre’s streets within weeks. The new dawn will mean 31 removable stalls being put up in Albion Street and...
CRIME has almost halved in Oldham Town Centre, making shopping and a night out a safer experience. New figures show offences plummeted from 258 to 141 between April 14 and...
THE removal of a river weir to help with drainage problems at Churchill Playing Fields could cost £60,000. Parish Councillor Ken Hulme asked cabinet members why steps...
BALFOUR Beatty has become the latest sponsor to join the Pride in Oldham awards. The world-renowned construction and engineering company has stepped up for one of its most...
A 25-YEAR-OLD man at the centre of an international paedophile ring has been jailed for raping a 10-year-old boy. The arrest of Gareth Hulme led to 23 other forces, including...
Oldham Town Centre Partnership METROLINK is definitely coming to Oldham — but local businesses still need convincing. Partnership chairman Andrew Fletcher said town...
AN Oldham MP has accused the Prime Minister of allowing bankers who created the financial crisis to get away with it at the expense of ordinary public sector workers. Speaking...
AN Oldham Euro-MP has secured a crucial deal aimed at ending the bankers’ bonus culture. Arlene McCarthy, the North-West Labour MEP who is vice-chairman of the European...
A well-known conductor will be handing over the baton when he takes his final concert with Oldham Choir on Saturday. Chris Johnson, who has been the choir’s musical...
OLDHAMERS can find out more about plans for the temporary Oldham Mumps Metrolink stop an an information event on Monday. Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive...
Oldham Council Cabinet LESSONS have been learned concerning the borough’s grit supply after one of the worst winters Oldham has ever seen. Parish Councillor Ken...
Action call on leaks and new reservoirs FEARS about future water-supply problems in the North-West have been voiced by an Oldham Euro-MP. It follows news that Oldhamers...
Parents warned to protect children after new outbreak THE Health Protection Agency (HPA) is urging parents to check their children’s’ vaccinations are up to date...
PROM dresses pressed and limousines waiting, sparkling Saddleworth teens stepped out in style at their end-of-year prom. The well-dressed youngsters brought the wow factor to...
THREE Oldham men will endure some bruising encounters to raise money for Royton’s Dr Kershaw’s Hospice. Amateur boxers Mark Wall, Phil Bunton and Joe Marland have...
SURF’S up for young dancers from Knowsley Junior School, Springhead, who are performing a surfing-inspired routine in this year’s Manchester Mini-Games. The Year 6...
FOOTBALL might have lost a little of its gloss after Wayne Rooney and co’s 4-1 World Cup drubbing by Germany. But with the start of the Premier League next month, the...
Ex-Athletic ’keeper lands coaching role PAUL GERRARD is back at Boundary Park after nearly 14 years away. He has been appointed Athletic’s part-time...
Chronicle Cup Prediction League How good are YOU at predicting the result of each game? If you think you’re god enough enter the Chronicle’s World Cup...
TWO and a half seasons after Oldham again formed a reserve team, the squad is on target to achieve short-term and long-term goals, insists coach John Hough. "We are on...
Fabio Capello looks set to survive as England head coach after a groundswell of support among the Football Association hierarchy. Sir Dave Richards, the Premier League...
FOOTBALL: Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini believes the signing of David Silva is a statement of the club's intent ahead of the new Barclays Premier League season....
CRICKET: WHAT more can go wrong? Oldham skipper Chris McDonnell must surely be asking himself that question following another weekend of rotten luck. Only a few days after...
ROMEO AND JULIET, LOWRY LYRIC, Salford KENNETH MacMillan’s version of this magnificent modern ballet doesn’t come along very often, and when it does it’s a...
CRICKET: BAMFORD Fieldhouse are through to the regional final of the National Knock-out Cup after a nine-wicket defeat of Morecambe, from the Northern League. Morecambe...
PAV’S Patch: I THOUGHT I had just about exhausted all the horrors that telephone helplines could throw at me. I was convinced that no one could come close to BT, who...
CRICKET: A SECOND XI match in the Saddleworth and District Cricket League, which coincided with England’s World Cup game against Germany, finished within minutes of the...
CRICKET: SPRINGHEAD and Failsworth Macedonia remain at the wrong end of division one in the Site Electrical North Manchester League. In a clash featuring two of the bottom...
