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Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards BRIGHTON 2.30 Stunning in Purple 3.00 Choreography 3.30 Yourgolftravel...
Date Published 21/06/2010
EMERGENCY services praised a team of helpers who rescued a motorist trapped in an overturned car that was sinking into a peat bog. The Jaguar XJ careered across the A635...
Two Westwood men have been charged after police found heroin and crack cocaine at houses in Oldham. Officers searched homes in Ashley Street and Osbourne Street and recovered...
AN immediate £4.4million cut to a flagship scheme to revive the housing market in struggling parts of Oldham could land it in trouble, the Government has been warned....
CARE for pneumonia patients has been heralded as among the best in the region at hospitals run by the Pennine Acute Trust, which includes the Royal Oldham. Its success means...
OLDHAM Mountain Rescue Team has received a grant of £40,000 from the East Lancashire Mark Benevolent Fund Limited, which will go towards paying for vehicles. The fund,...
CONTRACTOR Balfour Beatty Education has been chosen to carry out the multi-million-pound overhaul of Oldham’s crumbling secondary schools. Oldham Council’s Cabinet...
The smallest group on Oldham Council has managed to hang on to its offices and part-time researcher — despite losing numbers. Oldham Conservatives lost a seat at the...
AN Oldham peer has hit out at coalition plans to block more than 100 extra train carriages bound for the north, saying it is both passenger and environmentally unfriendly....
Oldham Council will offer free access to public swimming for youngsters, despite the current provision being axed by the Government. The free swimming scheme for under-16s and...
OLDHAM’S Labour councillors are boycotting a trip to Bournemouth for this year’s Local Government Conference. Labour leader Councillor Jim McMahon will not join...
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....
Oldham gay actor Anthony Cotton has been to Downing Street to hear Prime Minister David Cameron pledge his support for gay rights. Mr Cameron told an invited audience of...
Two Oldham councillors have secured leading roles in managing Greater Manchester’s transport . . . but you may have difficulty getting the mayoral team to perform a ceremony...
THE most sought-after fashions of days gone by will be on display at the London Textile Museum this summer. Oldham-born academic Dr Christine Boydell, who teaches design...
PERFECT poetry and polished prose by pupils from three local schools earned prestigious wins in the Oldham Choral Speaking Festival. Run by the Rotary Club of Oldham Metro,...
Many young girls would fantasise of a career as a designer, but for two city fashionistas, new quaint cupcake shop ‘A Spoonful of Sugar’ in Uppermill is their dream...
A DERELICT building that has become a target for vandals is to be demolished. The council agreed to knock down Matthias Pilling House in Siddall Street, Shaw, after residents...
CROMPTON House School will celebrate a year of musical success by jetting off to perform in Tuscany. The momentous trip caps a period of achievement which sees youngsters play...
A TRIP to the Chronicle offices inspired young writers at Alexandra Park Junior School to put pen to paper for their car reviews. And bosses at Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd in...
Taxi customers in Oldham are assured of good care after local drivers completed new qualifications. Hackney carriage drivers from Oldham Borough Taxi Owners Association and...
Artist hopes for its safe return AN artist who lent a valuable painting to a friend has been told it was thrown on a tip after his death. Terry Crossley, of Delph, tried...
A DETERMINED fund-raiser is lacing up her walking shoes to join 1,500 other women already signed up for Oldham’s Race for Life. Kind-hearted Marie Barton (52) is taking...
A RETIRED clergyman who met his wife on the Whit Walks half a century ago is to fill a book with memories of the parades. Retired Canon Jim Burns (66), from Diggle, is writing...
THE ROAD TO NAB END Oldham Coliseum A CRACKING end to the season as the Coliseum offers a hugely entertaining world-premiere, based on a massively popular, cult...
THE ART OF BUILDING SANDCASTLES: FOR a man, a trip to the beach always ends in sacrifice. All he really wants to do is lie back, relax and top up his tan, but he...
ATHLETIC fans are snapping up tickets for next month’s opportunity to grill new boss Paul Dickov. A third of tickets for the ‘meet the manager’ fans’...
Date Published 18/06/2010
MANZOOR Ellahi is in the mix for a once in a lifetime opportunity after winning last night’s ‘Speed Gun Challenge’ at Shaw Cricket Club. The Woodhouses...
FABIO Capello insists he will forget all about Robert Green’s woeful World Cup blunder when he selects his goalkeeper for tonight’s showdown with Algeria. Capello...
Boxing: WELTERWEIGHT star Ronnie ‘The Razor’ Heffron has been dealt a blow in his bid to return to the ring. Heffron (19), was meant to be back in action on the undercard of...
