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A DATE has been set for a trial against the owners of Royton Assembly Hall. Whispers Developments (UK) Ltd are accused of three charges including failing to build and maintain...
Date Published 28/04/2010
SNOOKER: STANLEY Road lead the way in the Oldham Amateur Snooker Legaue after a 4-2 win at Nimble Nook. Blue Club ‘B’, in second place, returned to form with a 5-1...
FREEHOLD Community School has become the first in the North-West to win a prestigious award. The Mayor and Mayoress of Oldham visited the school to see pupils receiving the...
A LIFE-SAVING Chadderton family has scooped a raft of awards for their dedication to St John Ambulance. The first-aid charity honours its most devoted members with special...
FOOTBALL: TAMESIDE and District Junior League champions Chadderton FC under-16s kept alive their dreams of a double when they defeated Mossley 1-0 in the Challenge Cup semi-final....
OLDHAM’S Christie Radiotherapy Centre got a massive £6,800 boost, thanks to the efforts of a handful of fundraisers. The gift came from Woodside Working...
SIX jobs will go at the end of June when the Homestyle store closes in the Spindles Shopping Centre, Oldham. The store opened last year in the Lower Mall in what was formerly...
A TOTAL of 15 million viewers turned in to watch the UK’s first ever televised leaders debates in the run up to the General Election. And Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg came...
AN OLDHAM horn player has been honoured after notching up 30 years of making music with the same band. And Ian Dust is credited with having the most successful contest record...
FOOTBALL: FAILSWORTH Town under-14s lifted Tameside Sunday League Cup after beating Whitworth Park 3-0. Kevin Cook, Curtis Ingham and Luke Heavens were on target. The...
Rumours of plans to introduce birds of prey into areas surrounding Dovestone reservoir have been denied by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Roy Taylor, Peak...
FOOTBALL: OLDHAM under-14s bid to make progress in the Greater Manchester Schools’ League when they entertain leaders Bolton on Saturday. The action gets under way at...
A MUM whose son was knocked down is calling for traffic-calming measurers on her street before a child is killed. James Gamblen escaped with cuts, bumps and bruises when he...
ELECTION 2010 Campaign statement: Seema Kennedy, Conservative candidate, Ashton (which includes Failsworth) “What I’ve really noticed is that the people of...
ELECTION 2010 Campaign statement: David Joines, British National Party candidate, Oldham West and Royton My main campaign platform for this election will be the illegal...
CRICKET: TITLE holders Heyside under-15s got off to a winning start at Saddleworth ‘B’ in the Saddleworth and District Cricket League. An unbeaten half century...
RUGBY: SADDLEWORTH Rangers under-12s emerged victorious on North-West Counties finals day on the coast at Fylde RUFC near Blackpool. The coaching team of Andy Holmes and...
A landlady is to leave her pub in Saddleworth’s most isolated village — only six months after moving in. Jane Gregson made the decision claiming that trade at The...
A baroness greeted voters in High Crompton this week as she supported Liberal Democrat candidate Elwyn Watkins. Baroness Rosalind Scott of Needham Market, who is president of...
Liberal Democrat candidate Mark Alcock has been accused of lies and scaremongering after his election leaflet raised the issue of a prison for Chadderton. There was outrage in...
THREE more Parliamentary hopefuls have pledged to vote against any increase in tuition fees if they are elected. Oldham East and Saddleworth Labour candidate Phil Woolas and...
Students and young people can grill parliamentary candidates about how they will help shape their future at a special hustings on Saturday. The event for the Oldham West and...
DIFFERENT perspectives of Northern England will be explored at a new exhibition at Gallery Oldham. Photographer Ian Beesley charts the tradition of social documentary...
WERNETH has broken with a hundred years of tradition and become the first golf club in the Oldham area to relax its clubhouse dress code to allow jeans. The Garden Suburb...
SADDLEWORTH Rangers claimed two of three titles on Oldham Chronicle Cup finals day. Waterhead's under-13s began the day at Shaw Hall Bank Road by sweeping aside Rangers 60-6,...
BUDDING bards took to a different stage on Saturday during a ‘Taste of Shakespeare’ event at Christ Church, in Chadderton. Students from Crompton House School,...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
CHANNEL HOPPING: FOOTBALL is putting it about like never before. One-night stands in Europe, tasty FA Cup romance and red hot Premier League rendezvous. A quick scout...
EUHealth, established in Uppermill 10 years ago, is enjoying unprecedented demand for its health service information network. Based in Active House, Pobgreen Road, the company...
A FURTHER stage in the gargantuan redevelopment of the Chambers Business Centre at Hollinwood is under way. A whole floor at the former Vale cotton mill in Chamber Road is...
