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KITCHEN business man Vance Miller claimed “I am innocent” during a heated defence of his character at Manchester Crown Court. Miller, who is defending himself after he and...
Date Published 05/10/2009
PAMPERED pets were treated to a health MOT as the RSPCA opened the doors to its mobile clinic. The £50,000 van is fully kitted out as a veterinary surgery and can handle...
OLDHAM residents faced a TV “Dragons’ Den” style panel to pitch ideas they believe will improve the health and wellbeing of older people in the community. As...
THE search is on to find the country’s most inspiring adult learners. Nominations are open for the 2010 Adult Learners’ Week Awards — whose previous winners...
EIGHTEEN brave members of Oldham Youth Council stepped over the edge to raise money to help young people across the borough. The intrepid fund-raisers climbed into safety...
A NEW arts project is set to help young Oldhamers build careers in the creative industries. Oldham Council is to receive a National Lottery award from the Arts Council of...
PLANS for 100 high quality new homes have been drawn up in a bid to transform Werneth. Keepmoat Homes has revealed proposals for a mix of two, three, four and five bedroom...
A TORY councillor and his wife arrested over allegations of inappropriate e-mails have been rebailed. Failsworth West Councillor Ian Barker and his wife Jennifer, a part-time...
THIS cute trio have been crowned as Oldham’s top tots, thanks to nearly 3,000 voters who picked out their favourites in a Chronicle competition. Gorgeous Sarah Jayne...
TWO former Denshaw schoolboy friends have made a really big splash for charity by swimming Lake Windermere. John Haywood and Nick Roughley completed the mile-long swim and,...
NEW Deal for Communities continues to be a success story. Over the last 15 months, the NDC team in Hathershaw and Fitton Hill has worked tirelessly to help create a confident...
FUN and fitness to music was the order of the day when Freddie Fit paid a visit to St Joseph’s School in Shaw. Children from the nursery class to Year 6 enjoyed a full...
FORMER Oldham Athletic frontman Jordan Robertson has been jailed for 32 months for killing a father-of-five in a car crash on Christmas Day, last year. The 21-year-old...
A LOVE of dance and the willingness to have fun brought this group together on the dance floor. Twelve months on, they have improved their footwork enough to venture out on...
ATHLETIC have dismissed reports linking them with a loan move for Hull City midfield player Bryan Hughes. Assistant manager Martin Gray believes it came about because he and...
Date Published 02/10/2009
STAYING cool, calm and collected is the order of the day for Roughyeds coach Tony Benson ahead of the play-off final. Three wins in knockout rugby, the latter two against...
CONFIDENCE is sky-high as Oldham aim for the stars this weekend. A third successive play-off final awaits, with Keighley Cougars providing stiff opposition in the Co-operative...
JEAN-PAUL Kalala will be among a contingent of ex-Athletic players returning to Boundary Park tomorrow on a mission to end their former club’s winning run. The Yeovil...
OLDHAM RUFC will be bidding to build on last Saturday’s first league win of the season when they travel to Fleetwood tomorrow. After losing their first three matches in...
SADDLEWORTH Rangers aim up for six wins from six when the team travels to play Normanton Knights tomorrow (2.30pm kick off). Having seen off Thatto Heath 16-12 at Shaw Hall...
MOSSLEY and Oldham Town are on the Wembley trail tomorrow . . . in different competitions. Mossley kick off their FA Trophy campaign with a home preliminary-round tie against...
OLDHAM Schools under-15s were on the back foot from the word go as they went down to Rossendale in the final of the Greater Manchester Schools League’s Ainsworth Trophy at...
PETER CUNIFFE showed his class in the last of the Medlock Bridge AC open matches on the Park Lake. Situated on peg four, the Gilders rod opted for a hemp and caster approach...
TONGE have finished joint third in the Manchester Premier League following two away defeats this week. They completed their campaign in crown green bowling’s most...
STUDENTS created a hard-hitting wall of debt as part of a campaign against plans to lift the cap on tuition fees. They left their painted hand prints on the wall at University...
FOUR companies are competing for the multi-million-pound contract to build Oldham’s three academies to replace five schools. Balfour Beatty, Carillion, Kier and Wilmot...
Saddleworth and Lees District Partnership TOURISTS may soon be able to spend a penny in many more locations thanks to a pioneering public toilet project being piloted in...
THREE Oldham and Royton Harriers athletes returned from the Northern Vets Championships with nine gold medals. Paula Booth struck gold in the javelin, triple jump and 300m...
Signalman John Halstead’s long career comes to an end tomorrow along with more than 150 years of railway history. For when the Oldham loop line closes after the last...
AN Oldham man who had major surgery for cancer reckons that his new job is the best medicine he’s ever taken. Dennis Richmond (62), from Derker, is delighted to be...
