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Woolas and Knowles will meet passengers A battling commuters’ champion is taking an MP and a rail expert to meet frustrated passengers on overcrowded trains. Eileen...
Date Published 19/11/2009
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for tomorrow’s meetings:
A police chief has stepped in to calm a community’s fears of reports that convicted paedophile Gary Glitter was house-hunting in Saddleworth. The move comes after agents...
A PROPOSAL to build a 1,500-inmate prison in Chadderton appears to have been killed off — but the row rumbles on. There was outrage in spring after the Ministry of...
Flash-flooding brings chaos and complaints Householders and businesses across the borough are bracing themselves after weather forecasters warned of more torrential rain and...
MORE than 11,000 people in fuel poverty and thousands of victims of domestic violence across Oldham were offered a lifeline last night after Government put them at the heart of...
10-minute dash in A&E as treatment deadline nears THE speed at which patients are dealt with at their local accident and emergency department varies greatly depending on...
A campaign to support people with autism is being backed by local MP Michael Meacher. The Oldham West and Royton MP is behind a National Autistic Society drive to stop...
A ROYTON vicar is retiring after nearly 40 years of service to the church. The Rev David Booth will hold his last service at St Paul’s Church on Sunday at 3.30pm. The...
A MINISTER renowned for his caring pastoral work in Oldham has died aged 81. Mourners bid a fond farewell to the Rev David Williams at his funeral at Oldham Baptist Church,...
Salon raises £3,098 for sick children A STEP back in time, a mammoth bike ride and a sponsored head shave — there’s nothing generous staff at a Failsworth...
THE streets of Oldham will be alive with the sound of music this weekend as the borough’s biggest ever Christmas countdown continues. Shoppers will be entertained by...
FAILSWORTH Carnival royalty came together for a night of presentations, singing and dancing. Members of the carnival committee handed out a total of £5,000 to 48 local...
Chadderton neighbourhood policing team has another set of wheels thanks to a local business. First Security, a security services company, has donated a new bike to the team....
LIBERAL Democrat prospective parliamentary candidate Elwyn Watkins has called for pay rises for service men and women on the poverty line. Mr Watkins, who is to contest the...
THE reality of stoma surgery and living with its effects can be a daunting prospect. Yet many of the hundreds of Oldham people who have a stoma refuse to let it prevent them...
Pav’s Patch: IT’S been quite a few months since I last asked why? So here’s a few more questions I would dearly like to know the answer to. If you like, they are...
ROUGHYEDS boss Chris Hamilton has made a personal plea to Oldham Council for help. The owner, sole shareholder and chief executive of the club — currently with no ground...
Date Published 18/11/2009
No clues for penney in reserves ATHLETIC’S striking hopefuls drew a blank again last night, failing to provide manager Dave Penney with a watertight case for inclusion...
Golf: RACHEL CONNOR has moved a step closer to competing alongside the likes of Paula Creamer, Karrie Webb and Michelle Wie on the prestigious LPGA Tour in America. The...
FOOTBALL: MOSSLEY’S 14-match unbeaten run came to an end when they were beaten 2-1 at FC Halifax Town in round two of the UniBond League President’s Cup last night....
GOLF: TASMANIA is the home of one of the one world’s finest batsman in Australia captain Ricky Ponting. But it is also the winter base for two teenagers from Werneth,...
GOLF: FOUR clubs have joined the Oldham and District Golf League for next season. Blackley, North Manchester, Crompton and Royton and Fairfield will compete in a...
ALAN Squires had a hole in one at the seventh as he teamed up with Mark Statham to win a four-ball better-ball Stableford competition at OLDHAM. The pair racked up 47 points,...
Blue Coat are treble tops CROSS COUNTRY: BLUE COAT recorded a hat-trick of individual wins in the senior girls section of the Oldham Schools Cross-Country Championships at...
SPRINGBANK A pulled out all the stops in the Oldham Amateur Snooker League. A 6-0 whitewash of Oldham Boro A has seen them leap to the top of the table, one point ahead of Stanley...
SQUASH: Tame Valley’s first team raced to a 5-0 win over DW Wigan 1sts to remain unbeaten after seven matches in the North West Counties Squash League. Victory was...
KARATE: DORYOKU Karate Club chief instructor Sensei Irfan Ansari has been awarded his Sixth Dan black belt. Irfan, founder of the club, which is based at Chadderton Sports...
EXPONENTS of karate will be taking part in a huge tournament at Oldham Sports Centre this weekend. Karate Competition’s Children’s Championships takes place at...
UPPERMILL under-11s made it eight wins on the trot with an emphatic 12-0 defeat of Dukinfield Tigers in the Tameside and District Junior League. Callum Faulkner and Jack...
