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The right for pagan police officers to celebrate their festivals has been described by an Oldham Euro MP as “politically correct madness.” The Pagan Police...
Date Published 17/05/2010
Computer shows what Oasis academy could look like. PUPILS have been exploring their stunning new school in Hollins — two years before it opens. That’s because...
BOXING: NORTHSIDE ABC's Thomas Stubbs became a hat-trick hero when he bagged his third straight ABA title. Despite coming down with a nasty bout of tonsillitis on the day of...
Determined teacher’s mountainous effort A SPECIAL needs teacher who battled breast cancer and osteoporosis spent a gruelling nine hours tackling Ben Nevis for charity....
WEAR yellow . . . that’s the plea from Dr Kershaw’s Hospice, which has launched a novel fund-raising idea to boost vital funds. The Royton hospice set the ball...
OLDHAM 46, LONDON SKOLARS 12 Roughyeds sink Skolars in first win at Whitebank TOP GEAR remained unused, but this was still a fairly comfortable three points . . . or as...
Chadderton Wellbeing Centre’s green credentials have helped the building scoop a top award for sustainability, staving off competition from projects across the North-West....
MOSSLEY model and TV presenter Melanie Sykes is “made up” after landing a job as a Radio 2 presenter. The mother-of-two, whose parents live in Diggle, is to team...
AMIR Khan successfully defended his WBA light–welterweight title with an 11th–round stoppage of Paulie Malignaggi in his first US appearance at Madison Square Garden....
Best in the North-West hunt national glory OLDHAM College students Andrew Hulston and Daniel Lees are well on their way to being crowned the country’s most talented...
THE national players in the post-election coalition negotiations turned to the region’s public transport authority for examples of how to make it work. Conservative and...
BOXING: A REMATCH is on the cards after belt holder Shinny Bayaar and rising star Ashley Sexton could not be separated in a bloody 12-round British flyweight showdown. The...
“HOLLYOAKS” hunks are out for revenge in a charity football match at Boundary Park. Stars from the Channel Four soap donned their football boots in January to take...
LATICS legend Andy Ritchie will lead a team of former players for a charity football match with a difference. The Big Game, which kicks-off at Boundary Park on Sunday, has...
More people are being urged to come forward as foster carers in Oldham and help change the life of 18 young people for the better. National Foster Care Fortnight starts today...
GOLF: KAREN Heywood, assistant professional at Crompton and Royton Golf Club, held her nerve to come out on top in the opening Ryder Cup Wales WPGA One-Day Series at Dunham...
MANY people believe you have to be part of a traditional two parent family to foster, but that is not the case. Fostering is about what a person can offer a child rather than who...
ICE HOCKEY: TONY Hand has said defence will be his key recruitment area as he looks to improve Manchester Phoenix for the 2010/11 English Premier League season. Four new faces...
OLDHAM captain Chris McDonnell led from the front with a terrific unbeaten century at Middleton. But his three-figure knock was to no avail as the Pollards outfit’s...
School goes live on the airwaves with its own station FORGET radio stars Chris Evans and Chris Moyles . . . a new crew is taking the airways by storm at Burnley Brow Primary...
CRICKET: BLACK Saturday saw all four of our local clubs slump to defeat in the Lake Garage CLL. Oldham lost at Middleton (see story above), while Crompton were thumped at home...
FROM Sholver to the Pentagon — an Oldham soldier’s service has earned him a tour of America’s famous defence headquarters. Ex-pat Cpl Dave Meredith, who now...
THE Borough Mill in Hathershaw will be demolished to stop arsonists and burglars causing problems. The mill is part of a regeneration site, but since it and other buildings...
CRICKET: REJUVENATED Droylsden defeated high-flying Shaw in the Armstrongs Office Furniture Saddleworth and District Cricket League. And, with Bamford Fieldhouse sweeping...
FEARS over a boom in the local rat population have been voiced by Oldham Euro MP Paul Nuttall. An EU report contains proposals to ban anticoagulants in rat poisons - yet 95...
YOU could be forgiven for thinking that a new book by John Gilder — the Oldham Chronicle’s amateur soccer correspondent for the past 29 years — would be about...
Police officers will be going back to school this week to talk to pupils about how to stay safe. Cops from Saddleworth and Lees Neighbourhood Policing Team will give talks...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
Helpers wanted at woodland project YOUNG co-ordinators are wanted to help plan and lead a series of community events at Moston Brook. Groundwork Oldham and Rochdale is...
Espana, Halle Orchestra, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester SEA, sun and sangria we did not get. Instead this brilliant orchestra painted a world of essential Spain, using nothing...
