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£2.8m plan to transform Oldham and Rochdale A £2.8million eight-year blueprint for the future of Oldham and Rochdale tackles challenges and grabs opportunities, according to...
Date Published 15/02/2010
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: CHADDERTON are up to 11th in division one of the Vodkat North-West Counties League after a 4-1 defeat of basement boys Rochdale Town at Broadway. Leading...
Jonathan Fletcher really sold himself when he went job-hunting — by slipping a sandwich board over his head and advertising his skills. The City and Guilds qualified...
AMATEUR RUGBY: ALL THREE local National Conference League clubs fell to defeat at the weekend. In division one, leaders Saddleworth Rangers lost 24-22 at Thornhill Trojans and...
LABOUR councillors who attacked a 200 per cent increase in spending on council furniture have been condemned for “rank hypocrisy”. Liberal Democrat finance...
OLDHAM MPs are being asked to join colleagues across the Pennines to form a group to campaign for a better railway deal for the North of England. Michael Meacher and Phil...
ICE HOCKEY: MANCHESTER Phoenix gained a morale boosting 4-3 win over Slough Jets to put themselves right back in the title hunt in ice hockey’s English Premier League....
IMPROVING transport links around the Manchester hub must be a priority and could bring economic benefits of up to £16 billion to the Northern economy, according to a report...
THE high street has suffered its worst January in 15 years due to a combination of the recession and icy weather. The British Retail Consortium said the dreadful start to 2010...
It could be all-change for Oldham’s biggest rented sector when council tenants start to vote on transferring their 12,500 homes to a new company. But tenants will still...
THE number of families across Oldham faced with losing their homes is falling quicker than other parts of Greater Manchester. Mortgage lenders launched 105 repossession claims...
£270,000 will revive Dunwood SHAW’S Dunwood Park could get a £270,000 makeover if a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) bid is successful. Cabinet members will...
A MINIBUS donation will boost community transport services in Oldham for people who find it difficult to get out and about. The bus has been handed to Community Transport...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
OLDHAM midwife Julie Beatty paid a visit to “Coronation Street” to promote a new service for pregnant women. Julie took to the cobbles to meet Julie Hesmondhalgh,...
Chinese New Year was welcomed in Oldham with a round of festivities spanning several days. Around 50 pupils from Saddleworth School celebrated the dawning of the Year of the...
A CRICKET club which almost folded last year is getting young people involved in helping to turn its fortunes around. Oldham Cricket Club in Broadbent Road has now become...
IN any group of four people, it’s likely that one of them will have had some kind of mental health issue in the past year. Now Oldham Council has commissioned the...
PATIENTS have given a ringing endorsement to a call centre for the Royal Oldham Hospital. Based at Fairfield Hospital, Bury, staff at Pennine Acute Trust’s customer...
A MAN could be scarred for life after he was glassed in the face in an unprovoked attack in Chadderton. The 21-year-old was slashed as he walked through a group of six...
BRIGHT spark Ed Johnson proposed to girl friend Laura Madden at in the lighting department at Housing Units. The lovestruck chef popped the question in the Hollinwood store...
VISITORS to Oldham’s gallery and library can enjoy a good read with a cup of tea and a slice of cake. Cafe Culture, which opened last month, has provided visitors with...
A GROUP of foot doctors based at the Royal Oldham Hospital will be putting their best feet forward to raise money for Sport Relief. And after the team of eight pound the...
OLDHAM Owls sports club has teamed up with Oldham Community Leisure to bring new and exciting sporting opportunities for young people with disabilities. The Owls,...
VEHICLE rally enthusiasts will be gearing up for an event taking place during Shaw’s family weekend in the summer. Shaw and Crompton Parish Council’s classic...
Rare handbook among donated goods Oxfam says Oldham people have come up trumps again by restocking their charity shop so they can raise funds for the Haiti appeal. After...
TALENTED construction trainees could be crowned the best in Britain like Oldham stonemason Gary Collier. The North-West heats of SkillBuild 2010 take place at Salford...
“THE DRESSER”, (Lyceum Theatre), by Paul Genty WHAT is striking about seeing this famous Manchester-born play for the first time in years is to realise that first...
Hygiene wasn’t something that people used to worry about. Surgeons once shunned the washing of hands and foolish people happily nibbled away at bar snacks. And it wasn’t...
MANAGER Dave Penney has a simple message for his side as they prepare for a game of huge significance against Walsall tomorrow: Hit that target. A host of first-half chances...
Date Published 12/02/2010
