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TRAFFIC chaos brought rush-hour motorists to a standstill following a nine-car collision in Huddersfield Road yesterday — the second multi-vehicle pile up in four days....
Date Published 19/01/2010
Blame rests with council chiefs — MP OLDHAM MP Michael Meacher claims the Crown Prosecution Service refused to touch the Vance Miller fraud case — and councillors...
As woman threatens suicide leap, DJ plays ‘Jump’ AN Oldham-based DJ has defended his decision to play a song called “Jump” while police were attempting...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
We did budget £800,000 for centre, so where has the money gone? — Labour Opposition councillors are demanding an apology from Liberal Democrats after investigating...
MASSIVE budget cuts will see 84 council employees facing redundancy as the authority takes the first step towards saving £45 million. The first round of cuts announced...
TEN Africans are due to appear in court charged with working illegally after a UK Border Agency swoop on a Shaw firm. Eight people from Nigeria, and one each from the...
A DETERMINED mum is not giving up the fight to track down a dog which savaged her teenage daughter. Gabriella Crawford needed hospital treatment after the vicious attack left...
POLICE are preparing for the crunch Manchester derby tonight as the first leg of the Carling Cup semi-final gets under way at Eastlands. Fans are expected to descend on pubs...
OLDHAMERS are being warned to brace themselves — more heavy snow might be coming our way this week. Forecasters are predicting around 4ins between tomorrow and Thursday...
POLICE are urging Oldhamers to break the vicious circle of misery by shopping criminals selling stolen goods. Since April, 2009, Greater Manchester Police has reduced...
A FORMER Oldham cancer surgeon has won a prestigious national accolade. Graeme Poston is one of only three working medics to hold the award. The ex-Hulme Grammar School...
HUNDREDS of talented students from poorer backgrounds across Oldham will be given extra support to encourage them to apply to college or university. About 130,000...
Teams did an outstanding job of keeping borough on the move — council leader A REVIEW of council actions during the recent big freeze has been requested by council...
ROYTON actor Craig Gazey has been nominated for a prestigious prize for his “Coronation Street” role. The former Our Lady’s RC High School pupil, who plays...
Brass band fans banished the winter blues to attend a fund-raising concert on Saturday. The Navigation All Star Band played the civic hall, Uppermill, in what, to date, was...
OLDHAM’S cyclists will not be allowed to take their bikes on board Metrolink trams when the new service starts. Transport chiefs hired consultants to help them decide...
OLDHAM town centre ground to a halt when the first blanket of heavy snow signalled the start of a winter whiteout. And an accident involving 25 vehicles on black ice the A627M...
VOLUNTARY organisations historically given grants by Oldham Council will find out more about the authority’s new commissioning system this month. The council is changing...
What Kati did next: The Christmas tree is well and truly packed away for another year, the last of the mince pies have been forced down our necks and we have eventually...
The Woman in Black, Lowry, Janice Barker SPINE chilling, tingling, frightening, shocking . . . it should have been all these and more. Excellent lighting, sound effects, a...
BEATS: REVAMPED Manchester music venue Band on the Wall will welcome legendary performer Nitin Sawhney for a 10-day DJ residency. The 45-year-old musician, producer and...
BEATS: GLASSJAW Manchester Academy, Sunday The post-hardcore New York quartet formed in 1993 when vocalist Daryl Palumbo met guitarist Justin Beck and picked...
BEATS: CALIFORNIA rockers Thrice have ditched their stale old rule book to do what comes naturally. The lads forgot their usual formulaic approach to writing for new album...
BEATS: CARDIFF trio Future of the Left go to great lengths to ensure that every single bit of their image, music and performance is spot on. The lads label themselves as...
BEATS: TONIGHT: Laura Veirs — Club Academy; Fyfe Dangerfield — Deaf Institute; Future of the Left — Ruby Lounge; The John Escreet Project — Band on the Wall TOMORROW:...
Mia rescued after three days under rubble TWO Oldham firefighters battling to save lives in quake-hit Haiti were part of a team which rescued three people, including a...
Date Published 18/01/2010
A WATERHEAD mother and her boyfriend, both accused of murdering her 15-month-old daughter, Violet Mullen, were due to appear before Oldham magistrates today. Violet’s mother,...
MORE than 200 Oldhamers are being hospitalised every month for serious alcohol problems. Accident and Emergency departments admitted 2,531 Oldham residents in 2008-09 for...
A 46-year-old man suffered a broken leg and a 39-year-old woman sustained head and chest injuries in the 25-vehicle crash that closed the A627M at Chadderton in Friday’s...
