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A SERIES of public meetings will give people the chance to find out more about Metrolink coming to Oldham. Oldham’s rail loop line is now closed with work well under way...
Date Published 12/11/2009
IT was back to school for two members of the top Northern Thunder netball squad when they held a training session in Oldham in the build-up to the new season. Former Hulme...
MORE than 20,000 social housing tenants in Oldham are to be given new legal rights under Government plans to help them get a better service from their landlords. From next...
AN OLDHAM law firm has helped a client win £575,000 compensation for a hospital blunder that left him without a job and dependent on care. The former employment adviser...
BRITAIN joined NATO, the gas industry was nationalised and the UK’s first comprehensive school was opened. And 1949 was also the year that Royton lovebirds Derek and...
PLAY time is about to go from good to super at a Chadderton school thanks to a £4,000 boost. Christ Church Primary has received funding from the RBS Supergrounds scheme...
THE number of people claiming unemployment benefit in Oldham has fallen by almost 200 in the last month. Official monthly figures released yesterday show in October there were...
AN army of lifesavers who have donated hundreds of pints of blood have been nominated for a Pride in Oldham Award. Oldham Sixth Form College’s blood donation sessions were set...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for tomorrow’s meetings are:
HOT-SHOT Tom Eaves will aim to fire his way into manager Dave Penney’s thinking once again tonight. The free-scoring striker, in the first team squad for the first time...
Date Published 11/11/2009
OLDHAM Roughyeds expect to find out today whether they will face Leigh or Gateshead in the Co-operative Championship One next season. The RFL is set to make a final decision...
A “pregnant” shoplifter had more than a bun in the oven after she visited a Chadderton electronics and convenience store. The young woman, whose bump was covered...
NOW you see it, now you don’t . . . mindless vandals used heavy duty cutting equipment to destroy a treasured Lees landmark. The Owl and Fox sculpture has become a...
A CAR stolen by two drunken thieves, who dragged the driver out and attacked him, has been recovered in Chadderton. Police have issued images of the two men wanted in...
Three teenagers who got lost in the dark in the Indian’s Head area above Greenfield have been saved by Oldham Mountain Rescue Team. Twenty-five team members and a search...
AN OLDHAM MP has become the first to speak out in defence of the Prime Minister who is under fire for mis-spelling a soldiers’ name in a condolence letter to his mother....
Don’t miss the Chronicle’s First Class supplement — a snapshot of the reception classes in Oldham primary schools 2009-10. Pictured here are Corpus Christ...
AN Oldham coroner has warned parents of the dangers of sharing a bed with infants following the death of a two-month-old baby. Lewis Wheatcroft-Tomlin was found in bed next to...
Step up to the Challenge — and double your charity money. That’s the promise from the Oldham Evening Chronicle and Oldham Metro Rotary Club which today launch a new...
MORE than 4,400 innocent people in Greater Manchester have been added to the national DNA database since a court ruled the Government’s policy was in breach of human rights,...
HOLDERS Bernard Andrew and Glyn Dixon fell at the final hurdle in their bid to retain the Oldham and District Golf League’s pairs matchplay trophy. The Saddleworth pair...
The stories of local men who died in the First World War have been brought to life by Greenacres School pupils preparing for Armistice Day. The primary class researched Harold...
Facebook is helping Greater Manchester Police fight crime and more than 25,300 computer users have signed up to receive regular updates in the last year. The Facebook...
COUNCILS in Greater Manchester have been declared “top of the twits” — with Oldham leading the way. But far from being derogatory, the local authorities have...
A SUCCESSFUL vehicle repair business — owned and run by an Oldham family — has won a prestigious national award for the second successive year. Contract Commercial...
A FRIENDLY face and caring attitude has earned a group of bus drivers a Pride in Oldham award nomination. Sheila Murphy (67), from Carlton Avenue, Watersheddings, decided to...
A TEAM of specialist staff who help children with special needs have been nominated for a Pride in Oldham award by grateful parents. The Quality and Effectiveness Support Team...
A PROJECT to break down barriers between different generations in Oldham is in line for another accolade. The Age Exchange project at Radclyffe School has already received the...
A funding officer who has helped hundreds of voluntary groups access vital revenue has been nominated for a Pride in Oldham award. Although Janet Maloney’s role as a...
A CARING mum-of-five who always puts other people first has been nominated for a Pride in Oldham Award. Ann Brooks (51), from Denton Lane, Chadderton, has worked as a night...
