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CHANNEL HOPPING: AN array of acting talent, intriguing storyline and prime-time on the BBC five nights a week... so why did “Five Days” promise so much then go all...
Date Published 10/03/2010
RECYCLING is the buzzword of the new decade and an Oldham man is forging a new career for himself and his fledgling business with his green credentials. Martin Pawley has...
UNIVERSITY Campus Oldham and Unity Partnership have joined the growing ranks of sponsors supporting the second One Oldham Business Awards. The two organisations have taken the...
OLDHAM-based Applied Language Solutions, the world’s fastest growing language services provider, has opened an office in Ireland. Located in Dublin, the office will...
OLDHAM dealership Pentagon Saab is delighted that General Motors has sold its Saab division to luxury Dutch car maker Spyker Cars. Andy Marlow, dealer principal of the...
ATHLETIC won’t have Jason Price in their line-up against Leyton Orient tonight. The 32-year-old striker has returned to his parent club Millwall after his loan was not...
Date Published 09/03/2010
Christie ready for launch OLDHAM’S state-of-the-art £17million Christie radiotherapy centre will treat its first patient next Tuesday. And the Oldham...
ROUGHYEDS chief Chris Hamilton has bemoaned Oldham’s awful luck in Challenge Cup draws following last night’s pairings for the 2010 Carnegie competition which send...
ONE of Pakistan’s top ministers, described as “one of the toughest men on Earth” — is leading the hunt for kidnapped Shaw boy Sahil Saeed. Oldham East...
OLDHAM Boro boss Tony Mills has praised Danny Pearson ahead of tonight’s Vodkat North-West Counties League basement battle at Rochdale Town (kick-off 7.45pm). Pearson...
GREATER Manchester Police are watching 1,500 well-known criminals in a bid to get them back on the straight and narrow. According to the Home Office, there are currently 1,500...
ICE HOCKEY: Manchester Phoenix’ player-coach Tony Hand (MBE) has passed the 100-point mark with still more than a month of the English Premier League season to go. He...
NEW TRAFFIC calming measures could be introduced outside Failsworth School after a pupil was involved in a serious accident. The Year 7 student ran out into Brierley Avenue...
AN OLDHAM MP has requested all background papers connected to the bungled Vance Miller prosecution to find out who gave it the go-ahead. Michael Meacher, MP for Oldham West...
AMATEUR RUGBY LEAGUE: SADDLEWORTH Rangers scored over a century of points in two matches at the weekend to keep alive their bid for glory on two fronts. Keith Brennan’s...
RELIEF is finally at hand for Oldham’s rail commuters . . . the Government is letting us have our own trains back. Transport Minister Sadiq Khan used a visit to...
RED tape is holding up safety measures promised to passengers at an Oldham railway station three years ago — even though the money to pay for them is available. Mills...
OLDHAM Cricket Club have captured Craig Whittle for the 2010 Lake Garage CLL season. The all-rounder has not seen much cricketing action in recent years because of work...
AN Oldham mole catcher has won a first battle in his David and Goliath fight with European Union rules. Peter Brown, from Shaw, petitioned European bosses claiming that the...
A scheme to support people with learning disabilities find work will be trialled in Oldham. Care Services Minister Phil Hope announced Oldham will be one of seven areas which...
RUGBY UNION: A POOR first-half display cost Oldham Rugby Union dearly as they slipped to a 46-7 home defeat to Kirkby Lonsdale in North Lancs/Cumbria Division. Trailing 34-0...
CELEBRATED international artist Spencer Tunick is hoping to find 1,000 people from Greater Manchester to take their clothes off for art. New York-based artist Tunick has...
TABLE TENNIS; WITH only four weeks of the season remaining, promotion and relegation issues are largely in the balance in the Oldham Table Tennis League. Division 4 is...
BOWLS: ROYLE will take on North Chadderton in the final of the Ben Shaw’s Team Knock-out at Chadderton Cot on Sunday week, March 21. Royle defeated cup holders...
LASTING tributes to lives lost in war and atrocity have been unveiled in Oldham. A service of thanksgiving and dedication at Oldham Parish Church on Sunday saw a trio of...
UNIONS are calling for a halt to the ring-fencing of jobs in one of Oldham’s new academies. They are unhappy at the process to decide what jobs existing staff can apply...
OLDHAM’S adult education service has been held up as a shining light for the rest of the country to follow. The borough’s Lifelong Learning Service (OLLS) has been...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards WOLVERHAMPTON 5.30 Monte Major 6.00 Zinjbar 6.30 Cheviot 7.00 Ravi...
Oldham’s civic wedding venue is to get a £35,000 facelift to its paths and gardens. Chadderton Town Hall, the home of Oldham Register Office and a civil wedding...
A former Tory councillor who was cleared of computer misuse has become an independent and after hitting out at his treatment by Conservative group colleagues. Failsworth West...
