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JUDGING has taken place for the 2010 One Oldham Business Awards. The shortlisted finalists are now gearing up for their big night at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Oldham, on...
Date Published 03/03/2010
FOUR enterprising hair stylists in Royton have overcome adversity to open a new salon. Dawn Boswell, her niece Kylie Clegg and new work colleagues Hannah Broadhurst and...
DEREK Haynes, one of the most colourful characters of the Oldham business scene in the last 20 years, has died. After a long and distinguished career at the Daily Mirror,...
AN Oldham company is playing a major role in the first ever World Health Organisation annual international conference on Health Promoting Hospitals (HPH) and Health Services held...
AS Oldham entrepreneurs strive to beat the recession by building profitable businesses, research has revealed they could be stalling their success by not taking advantage of...
CHANNEL HOPPING: “THOU shalt not kill” must be the first thing they teach ’em at preacher school. Bible-bashing Lucas was obviously down the Vic when God was...
Three sisters, Lowry, Salford THE title sounds like something a soap opera might use and this lively touring production of the great Chekhov work doesn’t stop far short...
Billy Liar, Oldham Coliseum It’s a stage and film classic —Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall’s first collaboration fits in beautifully in an intimate theatre...
MARCH, 2010 Bakers at the Saddleworth Hotel Huddersfield Road, Delph. OL3 5LX 01457 871888 YOU have to admire the drive of the Baker family in taking the Saddleworth Hotel...
Siam Orchid, 22 Middleton Road, Royton Tel: 0161 624 8338 IT is certainly a sign of the times that when we made a Friday visit to this little bit of Asia in downtown Royton we...
Allison’s swine flu horror FAMILY and friends are preparing to bid an emotional farewell to a tragic young mum who died from swine flu only weeks after giving birth....
Date Published 02/03/2010
Residents rally against Roughyeds OPPOSITION is mounting against plans for Oldham Roughyeds to move to Whitebank Stadium after residents said: ‘We don’t want it...
A mothers’ campaign to get fencing installed at a Failsworth play area has resulted in victory. After the Chronicle’s front page story on their protest last week,...
Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe could learn within months if he is safe to be released, the High Court said yesterday. Sutcliffe, a frequent visitor to Oldham during his...
AT least 25,000 council jobs across England — including 500 in Oldham — will be under threat in the next three to five years according to a BBC survey. The grim...
OLDHAM Community Radio boss Dave McGealey was left speechless when the plug was pulled on this year’s live broadcast of the council’s annual budget meeting. Mr...
OLDHAM Carnival has been moved to August to avoid a World Cup clash. England would face a second round knock-out match on June 26 or 27 if they make it through the group...
Family’s nightmare flight A distraught couple who took their daughter on a dream trip to Lapland are at the centre of a storm over their nightmare journey....
A 46-YEAR-OLD woman had a gun held to her throat during a robbery at her Chadderton home. It happened at around 8pm Sunday, on February 21, when the raider confronted her in...
Another popular class axed from new well-being centre Exercise bike enthusiasts say they are are being ousted from Chadderton Well-being Centre because there is no storage...
AN over-50s table tennis club is back in the swing of things following three months out of action. The group was left homeless after more than 20 years when Chadderton Sports...
Chronicle business editor MARTYN TORR meets the man who has devoted 10 years of his life to revive the fortunes of an iconic firm. TERRY Scuoler has called time on his tenure...
THE man in charge of looking after social care for adults and older people is leaving Oldham Council for a new job in the Midlands. Paul Davies, assistant director for adult...
OLDHAM’S Bookstart co-ordinator Janet Harrison has been chosen from hundreds of experts across the country to help judge a prestigious book awards. The Booktrust Early...
A GROUP which campaigns for events in the Sholver and Moorside area will hold its first annual meeting next week. Charisma, the Campaign for Heritage And Recreation In the...
ATHLETIC have distanced themselves from talk that a new managerial team of Andy Ritchie and Sean Gregan is being lined up to take over at the club. With the side currently...
A MUM-OF-FOUR is to hold a fundraising evening for children left living on the streets of Haiti by January’s earthquake. Amanda Lowe (30) was spurred into action when...
LONDONER Jack Graves has left Oldham Roughyeds to move back to the capital. The 21-year-old back-row forward came to the club in the close season from Harlequins but has since...
MANCHESTER United’s owners have stressed the club is not for sale following reports of a summit meeting involving key players behind the Red Knights group of wealthy...
Wayne Rooney wants to take his current hot streak onto the international stage tomorrow. But scoring the goals to help England beat African Nations Cup winners Egypt is not...
