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POLICE have closed a crack house in Oldham after complaints that drugs were blighting the local community. Oldham magistrates granted a closure order for the property in...
Date Published 16/04/2010
DEADLY gas carbon monoxide was not detected at Royton toddler Dallas Smith’s home. On the third day of the inquest into the three-year-old’s death on January 26,...
A WOMAN was hauled out of her Nissan Micra by a thug in Royton in a terrifying carjacking incident. The man yelled at her to get out of the vehicle, parked in Heyside, at...
A 72-year-old farmer who built a cannon, then stashed it in his barn, failed to win time off his jail term on appeal yesterday. Weapons enthusiast, Roy Bennett, of Doctor Fold...
AN Oldham man who hurled abuse at his neighbour and slashed his tyres escaped jail yesterday as a judge gave him one last chance. Minshull Street Crown Court, Manchester, was...
A MAN who robbed a 13-year-old boy of his mobile phone was caught after his aunt read about the crime in the Evening Chronicle. The community-minded relative forced the thief...
HOUSING Minister John Healey was given a warm Oldham welcome when he visited First Choice Homes (FCH) tenants. The parliamentary candidate for Wentworth enjoyed a chat with...
Voters are being urged to make sure their postal ballot papers for the local and general elections are not mixed up. Election staff say the papers must be completed and...
EXTRA police will be on patrol for tomorrow’s Manchester derby match between City and United at Eastlands. Police will stop troublemakers and anyone caught with alcohol...
MOST children in Oldham will start at their first-choice primary school in September. Only around 250 of the 3,085 families applying for places missed out on their top choice....
GORDON Brown has claimed the Tories pose a risk to the NHS as they will scrap targets which has led to almost 95 per cent of patients in Oldham suspected of having cancer seeing a...
A CONVICTED burglar is wanted by police after he breached his licence conditions. Lee Makin (25), from Wigan, was sentenced to three years in jail by Liverpool Crown Court in...
Pay must be seen to be fair - nurses’ chief PAY rises for high-earning bosses at the Pennine Acute Trust have bucked the national trend. A report by Incomes Data Services...
BRAVE regulars at the Flower Pot pub took fund-raising to new heights. Around 20 of them took the plunge when they completed 210ft bungee jumps in aid of Kingfisher School,...
DR BOB ARDREY, Senior Research Fellow in the Huddersfield University School of Applied Sciences, looks at. the chance of your DNA being unique... DNA is the genetic material...
John Walker brought a touch of the Swinging Sixties to Uppermill with a retro rocking gig. The singer, who once toured with Jimi Hendrix and Cat Stevens, shot to fame as part...
Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Lowry, Salford DANCERS from the Ballet Nacional de Cuba lived up to their reputation as some of the best in the world during yesterday’s performance...
LIFE AND OTHER BITS: HAS she won the lottery, held up a bank or opened a network of cannabis farms? Where on earth — or even in heaven — has Lynne Thompson, Miss...
TOM EAVES slammed home FIVE goals in a reserve-team hammering of Blackpool to give manager Dave Penney a first-hand look at his striking prowess. The giant 18-year-old striker...
Date Published 15/04/2010
OLDHAM Roughyeds are hoping that Lucas Onyango and new-boy Mick Fogerty can overcome injury concerns to continue their head-to-head battle to be the club’s top try scorer....
ENGLAND boss Fabio Capello has hinted that Manchester City midfielder Adam Johnson could force his way into his World Cup squad. The 22–year–old winger has been...
PARK LIFE: Confidence returns as full-back cements his place KIERAN LEE is a man in form. The Tameside-born 21-year-old has been a shining light in recent games for...
PARK LIFE: CARLISLE UNITED are currently stationed in League One's no-man's land. Slap bang in the middle of the table, Athletic’s opponents on Saturday have had an...
PARK LIFE: In the latest of our articles looking back on Athletic’s amazing season of 20 years ago, striker Frank Bunn reveals the fond memories of his time with the...
DALE Stephens has his work cut out to replace Sean Gregan at the head of the Chronicle Star Man standings. The central midfielder, such a revelation since finding his way into...
PARK LIFE: A HANDFUL of tickets are available for a special fund-raising evening featuring Athletic legends Andy Ritchie, Ian Marshall and Paul Warhurst The question and...
Paddock outfit rings the changes CRICKET is back on the local sporting menu this weekend with the return of action in the Lake Garage Central Lancashire League. Last...
CRICKET: AT this stage last year, OLDHAM looked as though their acute shortage of players threatened their continued existence in the CLL. But it is to everyone’s...
IT promises to be a long, hard summer for a CROMPTON side shorn of several key players. Indeed, Crompton’s problems mirror those of neighbours Oldham at the start of the...
CRICKET: WERNETH will have the security of a regular professional in 2010, prompting hopes of an improved season. The Coppice club started superbly under stand-in pro...
