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NETBALL: OLDHAM Netball Club produced a good performance to defeat Warrington’s Imagine8 52-38 in the Northern League. With captain Alexa Collier leading by example at...
Date Published 31/03/2010
‘Safety of patients and staff is our first priority’ A WEEKEND police presence at the Royal Oldham Hospital’s accident and emergency department is costing...
Sports betting: FOOTBALL purists will be in their element tonight when two of Europe’s most attractive passing teams do battle in the quarter-finals of the Champions League....
Winter returned to parts of the borough overnight with snow and fog hampering travelling. But Oldham Council’s snow patrol, which had been on standby for the last four days,...
SQUASH: TAME Valley took a step closer to promotion from north-east division three of the North-West Counties League with a 5-0 demolition of Bury seconds. Jamie Maddox, Amir...
OLDHAM MPs have hit back at a local councillor as tenants prepare to vote over the transfer of the town’s council house stock to First Choice Homes. Michael Meacher, who...
FOUR Oldham secondaries were honoured at a ceremony in London. Failsworth, North Chadderton, Our Lady’s and Saddleworth were named among the country’s 633 most...
FOOTBALL: HOT-SHOT Andy Winterbottom is proving unstoppable in front of goal for Boundary Park Juniors under-16s in the Tameside Sunday League. The sharp-shooter blasted a...
Land north of Chadderton Fire Station on Broadway could become a Town Green after a meeting tonight. The public meeting will consider the application which has been pending...
Girl guiding’s top official went back to her roots when she visited guides in Oldham. Denise King, chief executive of Girlguiding UK, was guest speaker at the Oldham...
“I DISTINCTLY remember prisoners being on the roof and slinging slates out of the air. They were coming very close to us. The general atmosphere was one of mayhem. It was...
AN Oldham cub scout leader has been selected for an adventure of a lifetime with The Scout Association. Kathleen Jennings (22), from Goodwood Drive, Derker, has been selected...
Spring is in the air and one of the most popular tourist centres in the Pennines is coming out of hibernation ready to celebrate 199 years. The Stanedge tunnel and visitor...
DOCTORS are calling for smoking to be stubbed out in all vehicles ‘to protect children’. It is already illegal to light up in work vehicles, but the anti-smoking lobby...
RUGBY: SADDLEWORTH Rangers under-14s clinched the North-West Counties League division two title and sealed back-to-back promotions with an emphatic eight-try romp in a 40-16...
HOME owners in Chadderton will team up with the council to give their streets a spring clean. The Community Beatsweep will take place from Tuesday to Thursday, April 6-8, in...
Sleeping Beauty, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Lowry. This is considered one of the greatest ballets from Imperial Russia. With familiar music from Tchaikovsky and choreography...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
SERENADING LOUIE, Lowry, Salford Lanford Wilson isn’t well known in this country, nor indeed in America, despite winning a Pulitzer prize. The Missouri-born, New...
CHANNEL HOPPING: THE BBC is clearly on a mission — to drag science away from the nerd-laden laboratory of yesteryear and into a dynamic dimension of must-see TV....
A FAILSWORTH roofing company is to employ nine more people this year — including one apprentice — and is on target to increase turnover by 30 per cent. Established...
AN independent Oldham garage has gone digital in an ambitious bid to compete with the major high street retailers. Pro Fit NW Ltd has joined Blackcircles.com —the country’s...
ONE of Oldham leading care homes is celebrating after landing two awards. Stoneswood, in Oldham Road, Delph, which is undergoing major changes aimed at creating one of the...
AS President of the local Chamber Council for Oldham, I am committed to improving and enhancing the business environment for companies working in the area. Part of my remit is...
LOCAL employers are being urged to get ready for next week’s introduction of the fit note. From April 6, the fit note replaces the traditional sick note to cut the cost...
TRANSPORT chiefs have bought the derelict B&Q site in Mumps to transform into a 200-space Park and Ride hub for Metrolink. Acquiring the land gives the green light for a...
Date Published 30/03/2010
The Government played no part in the payment of a ransom for Shaw kidnap victim Sahil Saeed, according to Foreign Office Minister Glenys Kinnock. She was replying to a written...
SOME councillors are concerned about the way plans for a new mosque were brought forward as urgent business by Planning Committee chairman Roger Hindle. Proposals for a new...
THE “outstanding” Kingfisher Special School is set to get a £2.5 million refurbishment to make it the best in the country Plans have been drawn up to...
Oldham will join a strategic group to start work on future plans for Greater Manchester’s road network. It follows Transport Secretary Lord Adonis’s approval of a...
