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Housing association Great Places, with 1,000 Oldham homes, is in the top-performing 25 per cent in the UK following a recent Audit Commission inspection. The association has a...
Date Published 29/06/2010
A new deputy county fire officer has been appointed for Greater Manchester. Jim Owen was previously the county’s assistant county fire officer for fire safety. He joined...
OLDHAM’S new and improved waste collection service is one of the most up to date and effective in the country. The council beat off nationwide competition to claim the...
HARRY REDKNAPP has challenged the Football Association to appoint him England manager. Redknapp was in Bloemfontein on Sunday to witness the Three Lions’ World Cup...
A HOLLINWOOD dispersal order combined with youth activities have been hailed a success after incidents of anti-social behaviour more than halved. Launched in December last...
ATHLETIC manager Paul Dickov praised the response of his players on the first day of pre-season training. The 37-year-old Scot played his part at the Lancaster Club, but also...
MUSICAL youngsters from across borough raised the roof of the Queen Elizabeth Hall at the finale of the week-long Oldham School’s Music Festival. Bear Trees community...
WELSH wizard Joe Longley is ready to mix it with the best of them at the World Lacrosse Championships in Manchester. Diggle-based Joe (19) is part of Wales’ senior men...
OLDHAM’S train operator has a new boss . . .the man who has been doing the job for the last three months. Ian Bevan has been confirmed as managing director and his...
It’s a busman’s holiday for former Oldham Corporation Transport Department staff tomorrow as they head off for Blackpool. The group, first formed when Oldham had...
SPEEDWAY: BELLE Vue crashed 56-39 at Wolverhampton to complete an unwanted hat-trick of away defeats. Only Hans Andersen (14+1) was able to muster a heat win for the Aces.
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....
RUGBY LEAGUE: ROUGHYEDS reserves’ four-match winning run ended in a 36-12 defeat at Whitehaven when forward Carl Fields, who hails from the Higginshaw club, produced an...
CHARLEY’S AUNT, Royal Exchange, Manchester AH, Charley’s Aunt. Written almost 120 years ago, but when it’s done right still possessing the power to make you...
OLDHAM RU hit the road for their opening game of the 2010-11 North Lancashire/Cumbria season. The Manor Park outfit kick-off the new campaign with a trip to Blackburn on...
WHAT KATI DID NEXT: IS wimbledon on yet? You know that bastion of the summer months here in Blighty. All that strawberries and cream, rain holding up play, Cliff Richard...
BOWLS: PAUL Heap (Springbank) won the Failsworth Bowling League’s President’s Cup, beating Brian Firman (HMSO) 21-11 in the final at Waterloo and Taunton....
Oldham Symphony Orchestra, Hulme Grammar School The Oldham Symphony Orchestra (leader Ann Heeks) gets better and better under the baton of its regular conductor, Richard...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards CATTERICK 2.30 Normandy Maid 3.00 Intrusion 3.30 Ryedane 4.00...
Stevie Wonder, Manchester Arena, tonight BEATS: We’ve all sung along to “Superstition”, “Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I’m Yours” and...
BEATS: TWICKENHAM rockers Noah and The Whale are well known for their unique brand of calming indie folk. The quintet — Charlie Fink, Tom Hobden, Matt Owens, Fred Abbott...
Lethal Bizzle, Liquid, Retiro Street, Oldham, Friday BEATS: The 27-year-old grime star shot to fame in 2005 with his breakthrough single “Pow” which topped the UK...
TONIGHT: Earth Crisis — Moho Live; Chetham’s Big Band — Band on the Wall; Johnny Flynn and The Sussex Wit — Academy 3; Stevie Wonder — Arena...
A BRAVE woman who bared her deepest feelings to raise money for charity has died after a nine-year battle with cancer. Jaynie Huxley struck the hearts of her friends and...
Date Published 28/06/2010
TWO men are fighting for their lives after a quad bike was involved in a smash in Manchester Road early this morning. Hundreds of drivers faced rush-hour chaos following the...
End of the World for England fans THOUSANDS of football fans held their heads in despair as England’s Three Lions were sent packing with their tails between their legs....
FOUR people were taken to hospital with smoke inhalation suffered in a flat fire in Flora Street, Chadderton. Some residents of Claymore Flats were told to stay indoors as...
Crowds flock for fun in the sun at Oldham’s Mega Mela MUSIC fans sizzled in the sun yesterday as thousands flocked to Alexandra Park for the annual Mega Mela featuring...
MICKEY the moggy is safely back at home, three months after a 144-mile journey which saw him rescued by an Oldham man. The cat is thought to have hitched a ride with a wagon...
EMERGENCY ambulances in the borough have narrowly missed out on the fastest response times target for life-threatening call-outs, according to a new report by the The NHS...
