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OLDHAMERS are being urged to follow simple food hygiene steps after figures revealed the borough had the second highest number of food poisoning cases across Greater Manchester...
Date Published 07/06/2010
JOHN Jesky has spoken of his delight after signing a four-year deal to remain chairman of the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. Mr Jesky told of an exciting future ahead with...
Beard today, gone tomorrow for leisure boss IT WAS a case of beard today, gone tomorrow for one sports centre manager who marked his early retirement by shaving off his face...
Improvements are under way for anglers at the newly re-stocked Crime Lake, Daisy Nook. New fishing pegs, or platforms, will provide better angling facilities. Following a...
A Porsche driver gave her neighbours an early wake-up call when she smashed the car into a house in Chamber Road, Shaw. The crash happened just after 6.30am on Saturday when...
The Art of Winning the World Cup: THE first thing to point out, even though it’s obvious, is that 1966 was a long time ago. A long, long time ago. Most people...
Latics reveal key part of criteria ATHLETIC chief executive Alan Hardy has revealed some of the thinking behind the impending appointment of the club’s new manager....
Date Published 04/06/2010
LANCASHIRE today announced record annual losses of £546,000 — and chief executive Jim Cumbes has spelled out a “frightening” landscape in which Test match...
Panthers could find ground a tight fit ROUGHYEDS coach Tony Benson hopes his players have come to terms with their brand new dimension. The Whitebank Stadium has so far...
DERBY: JAN VERMEER, who has replaced his injured stable companion St Nicholas Abbey at the head of the Investec Derby betting, is the one they all have to beat in tomorrow’s...
WORKFORCE will be carrying the hopes of local charities at Epsom tomorrow. Lewisbet, who recently opened a new shop in Huddersfield Road, Oldham, provided the Chronicle with a...
CRICKET: CONFIDENCE is low among our four local CLL clubs – perhaps with the exception of Royton – but it only takes one individual to turn in a star performance to...
CRICKET: SHAW captain Steve Whiston has saluted the impact of Ryan Senior and Andre Milan on the eve of their Saddleworth and District Cricket League top-of-the-table clash...
A TEACHER who was sacked after he was arrested on suspicion of possessing child pornography has told of his relief at being released without charge by police. Nigel Hooley,...
AN Oldham man has been charged over the murder of shop worker Nasar Hussain in Salford last year. Arfan Rafiq (25), of Villa Road, Hathershaw, was charged with murder and...
Amateur football: GOALKEEPER Dave Heron has hung up his boots after 34 years in the Lancashire Amateur League as a Chaddertonians player. Heron (49) bowed out in style - not...
LOCAL health chiefs have welcomed plans to ban the sale of cheap booze in supermarkets. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) announced guidance on...
Suspended jail sentence after taking weapon in front of police chief A MAN who stole a knife from a sandwich shop in front of Oldham’s police chief has escaped being...
CRICKET: DELPH will be gunning for revenge when they host high-flying Hoylandswaine in the Drakes Huddersfield League premiership tomorrow. The two sides met at Hoylandswaine...
Oldham Council planning committee Oldham’s new £5 million youth zone is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to transform facilities for young people. And it will...
CYCLING: NEIL Swithebank demonstrated his pedal power as he clinched victory in Oldham Century Cycling Club’s Ian J Crossley Memorial Mountain Time Trial. The GS Surosa...
Tourism award for Denshaw couple A farming couple from Saddleworth have cause to celebrate after winning the coveted ‘Best Bed and Breakfast’ gong at the...
WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL OLDHAM wheelchair basketball star Laurie Williams emerged from the BT Paralympic World Cup with a smile on her face — despite Great Britain missing out...
Football fever may be whipping many Oldhamers into a frenzy with a week to go until the big World Cup kick-off but a handful of pubs across the borough are proudly declaring...
A BURNING desire to stir up passion among local football fans has led to Chadderton band The Vaulters penning their own World Cup song. The trio — bassist John Anson,...
Fixtures CRICKET Tonight, Twenty20 Cup, round one (6.30pm): Heyside v Stayley; Shaw v Saddleworth; Hollinwood v Glodwick; Uppermill v Friarmere. Byes: Austerlands,...
A HOUSING regeneration scheme could be stopped in its tracks by hard-hitting government cuts. The Housing Market Renewal programme, which has already seen refurbishment and...
AN order for more than 100 extra train carriages bound for the north to ease overcrowding has been axed. Two years ago, Gordon Brown’s Government promised an extra 1,300...
Father and son stage music festival thanks As crowds gathered for the 1995 beer walk in Diggle, blues fan David Wood let his eight-year-old Down’s Syndrome son accompany...
BOWLS: THE 2010 Oldham Evening Chronicle Bowling Handicap gets under way tonight when defending champion Peter Craig (Syke) puts his title on the line at Crompton. Four-times...
