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A TOWN-centre car park has become a treacherous assault course for disabled people. The New Radcliffe Street car park, which is run by the council, is full of pot holes making...
Date Published 06/11/2009
A CAMPAIGN to help save lives through stubbing out smoking has been launched in Oldham. The Quit-It campaign targets people across Greater Manchester who are at risk of stroke...
SANTA Claus is coming to town along with Rudolph, a host of cartoon characters and hundreds of street performers for Oldham’s biggest ever Christmas countdown. This...
A kind-hearted team of Delph volunteers answered an urgent call to action to clear up commonwealth war graves. Headed by parish councillor Ken Hulme, the team cut back...
FROM cookery to film-making and day trips to craft sessions. there’s nothing the Inter-generational Group won’t try. The Fitton Hill Fun For All Ages Club was set...
ATHLETIC have boosted the squad for Saturday’s FA Cup first-round tie at home to Leeds United (5.15) by signing Crystal Palace pair Darryl Flahavan and Lee Hills on loan,...
Date Published 05/11/2009
PLAYER of the year Chris Baines has left Oldham to join Keighley Cougars, the side that beat the Roughyeds last month to gain promotion to the Co-operative Championship. The...
ANDREW FLINTOFF has signed a three–year contract to play one–day cricket for Lancashire. The 31–year–old England all–rounder, who retired from...
Diggle 3, Newsome WMC 3 DIGGLE could only manage a point in their Huddersfield and District League top-of-the-table clash with Newsome WMC at Churchill playing fields. The...
THREE wins out of four wasn’t bad as local sides took their first steps on the Bridgewater Office Supplies Manchester League’s Gilgryst Cup trail. Avro, Hollinwood and Royton...
AFTER a difficult start to the season, Uppermill are now going great guns in division one of the Huddersfield and District League. Paul Waterhouse’s side made it three...
CHADDERTONIANS wrecked Howe Bridge Mills’ eight-game unbeaten record in the Lancashire Amateur League premier division. The local outfit, who recorded a fine 3-1 win,...
OLDHAM Victoria gave as good as they got before finally succumbing 7-4 to division two rivals Deans FC in the second round of the Lancashire and Cheshire League’s Rhodes...
AFC ROYTON, thanks to Simon Atkinson’s winner, ruined Whitworth Valley reserves’ unbeaten record in division two of the Rochdale On-line Alliance. The local...
HOLDERS Waterhead will enjoy home advantage when they take on Saddleworth Rangers in the quarter-finals of this season’s Standard Cup, in a repeat of the Good Friday final....
A DEVASTATED couple are taking legal action after their baby was born lifeless following alleged hospital blunders. An inquest at Oldham Magistrates’ Court yesterday...
STRIKING 200ft wall of poppies will be draped across Oldham Civic Centre when it is unveiled at 5.15pm today. Six projectors carry the spectacular image — four on the...
An inquest into the death of a Moorside teenager who suffered a severe reaction after eating a cashew nut was halted yesterday after the family questioned his treatment by an...
OLDHAM St Anne’s, riding high in division two of the National Conference League, are hot on the heels of Saddleworth Rangers in the Rugby Oldham Amateur Club Challenge....
OLDHAM supermarkets will become the first in the country to create alcohol zones and employ extra security as part of a council crackdown on cheap booze. Trading standards...
HIGGINSHAW turned in a fine all-round effort to beat a strong Rochdale Mayfield side 26-4 and move up to second place in division four of the North West Counties League. A...
A THRIVING Chadderton community centre has slashed anti-social behaviour by two-thirds. The Radclyffe Outreach Centre opened every day during the summer holidays keeping...
FAILSWORTH residents will be consulted over Oldham Athletic’s £20 million stadium plans, pledged council chiefs. As revealed in yesterday’s Chronicle,...
OLDHAM Amateur Swimming Club lifted the Bob Foden Memorial Trophy at the Castle Leisure Centre, Bury. It was their first success in the event since 1989. The freestyle...
OLDHAM MP and Immigration Minister Phil Woolas said British troops fighting in Afghanistan are there in part to help control immigration. Giving evidence before a Commons...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for tomorrow’s meetings are:
YOUNGSTERS took centre stage as a £300,000 youth club they helped design was officially opened. They can flock to the Wildmoor Avenue centre in Holts six nights a week...
AN ex-RAF squadron leader has launched a blistering attack on Saddleworth Parish Council, accusing councillors of arrogance. Robert Knotts, a retired university lecturer, sent...
OLDHAM Family Crisis Group is on a mission to collect everyday essentials to help women fleeing domestic violence. The group has teamed up with Oldham Soroptimists and local...
PARISH councillors have unanimously opposed plans to develop the site of Crompton Hall. Crompton Hall Action Group (CHAG) is fighting the proposal to build eight houses at the...
