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SNOOKER: THE Oldham Snooker Academy had plenty to celebrate in the Manchester Snooker League. Rivals were green were envy as they pocketed a clutch of trophies. The...
Date Published 30/06/2010
ST AUGUSTINE School pupils were picture perfect for their leaving prom. They arrived in style in stretch limos and open-top sports cars for the Werneth school’s bash at...
Teachers and other staff from Failsworth School completed the Three Peaks Challenge in only 24 hours. More than 20 staff from Failsworth School and St Cuthbert’s School...
OLDHAM Coliseum’s current world premier has been made possible thanks to a £1,500 donation. The Friends of the Coliseum provided the money towards the...
SPORTS BETTING: ENGLAND’S ineptitude in the World Cup has served to highlight the excellence of other teams and has illustrated just how far we are from competing at the...
CHANNEL HOPPING: GOOD news and bad news. Let’s get the bad news out of the way first. If watching 11 attention-seeking spoilt brats with a penchant for throwing a tantrum is your...
ONE of the largest welding equipment and consumable distributors in the North-West of England, supplying some of the largest welder/ fabricators and engineers in the region, has...
Chronicle Business is inviting you to have breakfast with Dave Whaley, the newspaper’s new editor. Dave has some exciting new ideas for the borough’s only local...
FOOTBALL: HEYSIDE Juniors goalkeeper James Lord has received a special award after being ever-present in nine seasons of junior football. James started with the club...
International language services provider Applied Language Solutions has strengthened its sales presence in Europe with a number of key appointments. The move comes as the...
Business leaders’ mixed response Chancellor George Osborne’s emergency Budget has brought a mixed response from the Oldham business community. Greenfield man...
CRICKET: ROYTON and Bamford Fieldhouse will lock horns in the Saddleworth and District Cricket League’s Under-13s Cup final. In a low-scoring encounter, Shaw looked...
CRICKET: LAST season’s double-winners Austerlands are on course to retain the Saddleworth and District Cricket League’s under-17s Romida Trophy. The Thorpe...
TWO of Oldham’s leading estate agents have joined forces to start a new business in Ashton. Austin Holmes Partnership is an initiative between the long-established Jones...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards HAYDOCK 2.00 Noche De Reyes 2.30 Madany 3.00 Charles Darwin...
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 Prediction League....
Youths fined for shining beam at police helicopter TWO Oldham youths who shone a potentially blinding laser beam at a flying police helicopter have been fined. Jamie...
Date Published 29/06/2010
A MAN is in a stable condition in hospital after having to be cut free from machinery by fire-fighters. The 38-year-old suffered a potentially fatal injury after his hand...
A CHADDERTON couple accused of stealing from a dead relative after being cut out of her will, have walked free from court. Gail Woodward 47, and Barry Coogan 54, allegedly...
THE M60 was getting back to normal today following a lorry blaze so intense it melted the road surface. The dense smoke and fierce flames forced the closure of both...
Examinations officer retires after 43 years OLDHAM College’s current longest-serving member of staff has retired after 43 years. Linda Thornley started working as a...
OUR Lady’s High School head teacher Roger Whittaker is leaving nearly six months after he was suspended. He is said to have reached an agreement with the Royton school,...
Eight schools across Oldham have expressed an interest to the Government in becoming academies. Last month, Education Secretary Michael Gove wrote to every primary, secondary...
Domestic violence surged after England’s World humiliating exit at the hands of Germany. The North West Ambulance Service dealt with 77 incidents in the wake of...
Alex goes on tour — simples! The Chronicle lift World Cup misery by putting a smile back on readers’ faces. We’ve linked up with Dr Kershaw’s...
GLORIOUS sunshine contributed to Shaw and Crompton’s family weekend being one of the best yet. Residents turned out in droves to the annual treat to enjoy a fairground,...
A 23-YEAR-OLD man stabbed himself in the thigh with a 6in kitchen knife following a row, a court heard. Ryan Evitt then approached the Pack Horse Inn, Oldham Road, Failsworth,...
AN Oldham children’s centre has been honoured in a national awards. Shaw and Crompton Children’s Centre came runner-up in the children’s centre team of the...
Saddleworth Parish Council A Saddleworth councillor has hit out at a fellow member of the parish council who threatened to complain to the district auditor over the way the...
FIRE crews from Oldham, Mossley and Ashton were called to tackle a fire in the engine of a diesel train in Diggle yesterday afternoon. Insulation covering the engine on the...
