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YOUNGSTERS, parents, carers and childcare workers are invited to have their say on the future of play areas in Oldham. The council is undertaking a two-year programme to...
Date Published 10/02/2010
A SHORT-notice inspection of Great Places Housing Group, which owns and manages 1,000 homes in Oldham, found “more strengths than weaknesses”, according to the Audit...
NHS trust criticised over patient’s death OLDHAM coroner Simon Nelson has criticised the way patients at the Pennine Acute Trust are deemed at risk of falls following an...
OLDHAM’S shabby black and white boundary signs are to be replaced, giving visitors a more colourful welcome. The current signs feature the council’s old logo of...
Oldham Council cabinet PLANS to get big business involved in running more council services have been attack by unions. But councillors are pressing ahead with a...
THE last ever steam engine to power a British factory has been restored to its former glory. The work was funded by a People’s Millions prize of £48,000 won in a Granada TV...
MOVE over David Dimbleby — students and staff at University Campus Oldham kept local politicians on their toes with their very own Question Time. The general election...
A FOND farewell will be given to a retiring teaching assistant with a life-long connection to a Greenfield school. Pat Shaw (55), from Greenfield, has worked at Greenfield...
VALENTINE’S Day — you either love it or hate it. Reporter DAWN MARSDEN hit the Spindles Town Square shopping centre to find out just how romantic Oldhamers really are....
PUPILS across Oldham struggling to reach GCSE standard will be given more personalised teaching following a Government cash injection. Education chiefs at the council will be...
POLICE will send out Valentine’s Day cards with a difference — to encourage victims of violence to get help. The card shows a woman’s back — scarred by...
Buses should be able to stop and let people get on and off again when major building work is completed at the Royal Oldham Hospital. A bus passenger complained that the 402...
YOUTH FOOTBALL: A HAT-TRICK from Jack Johnson in a 20-minute spell set Crompton Villa under-13s on their way to a 7-2 win at Chadderton Park in the Rochdale and Oldham Youth...
Chadderton schoolchildren are combining fruit, fund-raising and learning about foreign countries as they back their head teacher’s charity trip to Africa. Pupils at...
Channel hopping: OLD soak Peter’s spectacular tumble from the wagon ensured he had more than a bad head to worry about after the hard-hat party at the new bar on...
North Manchester Girls League ROCS under-15s hot-shot Lauren Steel was quick on the draw against Heyside Angels Clarets in the North Manchester Girls League. The game was...
TWO men who set up an estate agency two years ago — just as the housing market was about to enter a significant downturn — are about to expand. Mark Taylor and...
ENTRIES for the 2010 One Oldham Business Awards have closed — and the numbers have crashed through last year’s impressive totals. Sixty-four Oldham businesses have...
OLDHAM construction companies are joining forces to help conquer the effects of the recession. Through a series of networking and information events, Greater Manchester...
Businesses in and around Oldham should be looking at the bigger picture when considering exporting as a means to increasing revenue and capitalising on the global market place....
YOUTH RUGBY: SADDLEWORTH Rangers under-16s booked a semi-final date in the North-West Counties Development Cup after a 16-0 victory over Leigh Miners Rangers. Rangers were...
£1bn fund RBS and NatWest have launched a £1billion fund dedicated to the UK's manufacturing businesses, 18,000 of which are located in the North-West. The...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
Cancer centre set to launch Christie Hospital’s pioneering new £17m radiotherapy centre will open its doors to patients at the Royal Oldham next month. The new...
Date Published 09/02/2010
Oldham is bracing itself after weather forecasts warned of snow tomorrow. Temperatures plummeted across the borough last night and traffic on the notorious A62 was reduced to...
Figures distorted by Oldham’s massive improvement project Work on Oldham’s massive contract to improve all sheltered homes pushed the borough into third worst...
THESE two men are among 15 missing sex offenders being sought by police. Attif Hussain and Mamod Korbani are registered sex offenders who have vanished after they were...
AN 18-year-old man has appeared in court charged with causing the death of Moorside teenager Christopher Dale, who would have been 16 today. Danny Lee Pattinson, of Trows...
A 24-year-old Royton man was arrested and bailed in connection with the death of a teenager in a hit-and-run incident nearly three years ago. Promising rugby player Adam...
EXTENDING the smoking ban to beer gardens could be the final nail in the coffin for already struggling pubs, MPs are claiming. Shipley MP Philip Davies and Leeds North-West MP...
