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Business owners in Oldham are warned not to be caught out by people claiming they can help reduce business rates bills. The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has issued new...
Date Published 18/11/2009
K business champion Steve Andrew, from TaxAssist Accountants in Oldham, has launched a Buy Local Campaign to encourage the local community to purchase their goods and services...
OLDHAM’S first business advice webinar takes place tomorrow — hosted by my goodself — and there is still time to register for this exciting event. Free...
OLDHAM Coliseum’s pantomime has all the right ingredients to be a Christmas cracker . . . Oh yes it has! Due to open on Saturday (November 21), the age-old story of “Mother...
CHRIS HAMILTON, who holds talks this evening with a four-strong team from Oldham Council, has promised fans that significant moves are being made behind the scenes regarding the...
Date Published 17/11/2009
A HOST of players on the fringe of Athletic’s first team have the chance to impress boss Dave Penney tonight. With the team currently misfiring up front, the main focus...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: HOSTS FC Halifax Town stand in the way of Mossley and a place in round three of the President’s Cup tonight (kick-off 7.45pm). It is a clash of two...
Late tries fail to take gloss off solid effort AMATEUR RUGBY LEAGUE: WATERHEAD coach Mick Slicker was content with the efforts of his side despite a 24-8 home defeat to...
OLDHAM Rugby Union first team let an early lead slip as they went down 31-7 at home to Workington in the North Lancs/Cumbria division. The game was closer than the score...
DARTS: OLDHAM men’s darts team lost the last four games as they were held to a 5-5 draw at home Bury in the Lancashire GMC Super Eights — but they still hold a narrow...
Sex pest on a bike terrifies women POLICE are hunting a “toothless cyclist” who sexually assaulted two women in Oldham within minutes. They have released an...
TWO Manchester United football stewards have appeared at Trafford Magistrates’ Court accused of breaking the legs of a Manchester City fan. Mark Roberts (46), of George...
TABLE TENNIS: BAE B had a tremendous win in week 10 of the Oldham Table Tennis League season, beating Grotton A 7-3. Star of the show was Eddie Kalinowski who scored a...
Council names bidder PLANS for a massive £130 million investment in new public housing have moved a step closer. Oldham Council has named the Inspiral consortium...
Bowls: REIGNING champions Royle suffered another setback in their bid to retain the Inbev Winter Bowling League ‘A’ Division title at Chadderton Cot when they lost...
OLDHAM MP Phil Woolas has become one of the first people in Greater Manchester to sign up for a Government identity card. The Home Office Minister visited the Identity and...
PUPILS at Kingfisher School have received an early Christmas present — a £29,000 minibus. The new set of wheels was provided for the special school in Foxdenton...
ONE of Saddleworth’s tiniest communities that feared it would be airbrushed off Oldham’s map is planning to raise its profile — with flowers. Residents have...
A GOVERNMENT Minister praised Oldham for leading the way in creating community cohesion and preventing extremism. Communities Minister Shahid Malik visited the Oldham Council...
Permanent warning signs ruled out A COUNCIL boss has refused to put permanent warning signs on a bridge because he believes it would damage a Saddleworth village’s unique...
YOU can forget HD, Freeview and flat screens — for new research shows that 60 Oldhamers still own a black and white TV. The local traditionalists are among 28,000 in the...
Children’s charity Barnado’s is demanding that more should be done to combat organised child-trafficking as part of a crackdown launched today. A hard-hitting...
WINE buffs and gourmets will be given an extra special treat at a tasting session — a sneak preview of a Calendar Girls calendar. The calendar, which features 13...
OLDHAM has been named as one of the UK’s hotspots for crimes against businesses. Statistics compiled by insurers AXA over the first half of the year put the borough...
Speedy building work is being carried out to re-open a cafe at Gallery Oldham in time for Christmas. Oldham Council has accepted a £97,000 tender to re-open the...
Oldham-based First has won a six-month extension to its contract to run Manchester’s pioneering free city centre buses as workers, shoppers, and tourists flock to use the...
LOCAL hero Maxine Moar’s take-no-prisoners attitude has always impressed residents in Hathershaw and Fitton Hill. And now her skills have been noticed by Prime Minister...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for tomorrow’s meetings:
WHEN the going gets tough, Royton soldier Mark Lees certainly gets going. The 22-year-old Lance Corporal from The King’s Royal Hussars took part in Exercise Cambrian...
SADDLEWORTH Male Voice Choir and special guests Ashton Band joined forces for a concert of remembrance. The event, at the civic hall, Uppermill, was attended by the Mayor and...
