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AN ex-pat who swapped Oldham for Oz is appealing for help to solve a footballing mystery. Margaret Harrison (85) is trying to find out more about the winning team in this...
Date Published 13/04/2010
Tram ticket inspectors who will patrol Oldham’s Metrolink system are being given police powers. Half the 80-strong force of “travel safe officers” have so...
COLISEUM staff can hit the road in style thanks to a generous donation from the Oldham Chronicle. The newspaper has been keeping the Fairbottom Street theatre moving for the...
THE RSPCA mobile veterinary clinic will be parked at Oldham Boro Football Club, Whitebank Road, Limeside, tomorrow from 8.30am-1.30pm. The clinic is aimed at those in receipt...
PLUCKY youngsters from 12th Shaw Scout Group showed a head for heights to raise money for charity. Beavers (aged six to eight) and cubs (eight to 10) took part in a climbing...
THE 39 STEPS, Opera House, Manchester What I find amusing about Patrick Barlow’s brilliant Mickey-take is the way it changes, while not actually changing much at all....
WHAT KATI DID NEXT: WE think we might get rid of our telly. I know, it seems utterly irresponsible, not only to our child who I’m sure will not survive without his...
BEATS: FANS of all things alternative will get two for the price of one at Manchester Academy 3 tonight. Albuquerque quartet Brokencyde fuse crunk, hardcore and screamo...
BEATS: DON’T MISS The Primitives, Moho Live, April 20 The Primitives will stage their first UK tour in 18 years next week when they play moho Live. Fronted by...
BEATS: MULTI-talented Texans The Strange Boys are leaving their home town of Austin to hit the UK for a full-blown musical extravaganza. The lads favour bluesy rock...
BEATS: TONIGHT: Angelspit — Moho Live; Ricky Gervais — Apollo; Lou Rhodes — Band on the Wall; Voyage Launch Party, Rain Machine — Deaf Institute;...
Shock and sadness haunts Poles after plane crash horror OLDHAM’S Polish community joined a nation in mourning following the horror plane crash which killed President...
Date Published 12/04/2010
Witness appeal after raid by armed gang TERRIFIED staff at a betting shop were threatened at gunpoint during a robbery. A gang of three masked offenders went into William...
TWO Chadderton men, jailed for producing cannabis that would have sold for thousands of pounds on the streets, did it to get out of debt, a court was told. Builder David Canny...
A PENSIONER has finally received the kitchen he ordered 10 months ago from controversial businessman Vance Miller — but is still threatening legal action against Oldham...
AN Oldham woman accused of trying to smuggle the body of her dead husband on to a plane will cremate him and fly his ashes back to Germany. Widow Gitta Jarant says Kurt...
COUNCILLOR Richard Knowles labelled it the blackest day in Saddleworth’s history when, in 2005, Tesco won planning permission to build a 25,000ft store in Greenfield....
THEY battled arctic weather, 600 miles of track and 22,000ft of climbs, but four determined bikers have returned to Greenfield triumphant after an epic charity challenge. A...
POLICE are investigating after a man was spotted falling from Scammonden Bridge, over the M62, on Saturday afternoon. Detectives from West Yorkshire confirmed the body of a...
The sunny weekend sparked a series of grass fires throughout Oldham, with the worst raging in the hills above Saddleworth as 40 firefighters tackled the blaze. Mossley...
LANDSCAPING at a Royton town centre car park will be improved with money from the contract to improve sheltered housing in the town. The £6,000 will top up £3,000...
An MP has been challenged to back up claims that the vote by Oldham council tenants for a new landlord was rigged. Oldham Council’s assistant executive director for...
MORE than 1,600 children in Oldham will be denied one-to-one tuition in English and maths after the Tories blocked the proposals in Parliament. The Government was trying to...
AN OLDHAM band put the fun in fund-raising to collect another large sum for vital charities. A costume change saw Mid-Life Crisis (MLC) take to the stage, which was decked...
Shaw and Crompton Parish Council A PROPOSAL for Royton and Crompton School to apply for foundation status sparked a debate among councillors. The school says becoming a...
A CIRCLE of knitters who meet for a natter have ended up netting a massive £4,973 for charity. The happy knitters have been making baby clothes and blankets to sell in...
THESE young people have set the gold standard for achievement. They received prestigious Duke of Edinburgh gold awards at the scheme’s annual presentation evening at the...
The latest project in Oldham Council’s community occupation initiative has opened its doors to the public. Crompton Garden Centre has taken under-used council land and...
Visiting mayors given grand tour MAYORS from across Greater Manchester were impressed by Oldham’s assets during a civic tour. The Mayor of Oldham, Councillor Jim...
FALL guy Dean Furman could be back in Athletic’s midfield for the trip to MK Dons tomorrow night. The Cape Town-born 21-year-old was omitted from the line-up for the...
