You are Here: Home » News » News Archives
Welcome to the News Archives.
You can browse all our archived articles using the list below or use the following search form.
Looking for newer articles? Try the Recent News Search.
63158 Article(s) Found
THE future of Dovestones Reservoir is up for debate as residents are invited to share their views. Public meetings have been organised by United Utilities and the Royal...
Date Published 02/09/2009
Stars of the book world gather for local festival BOOKWORMS can meet bestselling authors, discover up and coming writers and help bring stories to life during Oldham...
A SKIN cancer charity is backing moves for a clampdown on the use of sunbeds. National Skin charity, the Skin Care Campaign, is petitioning the Government to ban the use of...
THE search is on for a worthy man to take the Man of Oldham crown from this year’s title-holder, Chris Hamilton. The Oldham Roughyeds chief executive scooped the coveted title...
POLICE are searching for the owner of jewellery that is believed to have been stolen in Oldham. Officers from the Volume Crime Team seized three items of jewellery from a...
THREE out of five heart attack survivors in the North-West are missing out on a lifesaving service. They are failing to attend a cardiac rehabilitation programme, according to...
SCORES of beer-lovers will share top flight ales at Saddleworth’s Beer Festival on Friday and Saturday. Organised by The Friends of Saddleworth Museum and Art Gallery,...
WHILE many will be ecstatic about Channel 4’s announcement to axe “Big Brother” next year, some of its most loyal fans will be disheartened at the news. Another series of...
Radio rewinds to 1939 WARTIME memories and music will pervade the airwaves across the borough tomorrow as part of a special 24-hour broadcast from Oldham Community Radio....
The British Lung Foundation has set up new online support for people with a lung condition. One in seven people have a respiratory condition, and the charity is offering them...
SHOPPERS were transported from the aisles to a sunshine isle when they popped into their local Co-op store. Staff at the branch in Owl Mill Street, Lees, donned shorts,...
Your Chronicle — backing the £100,000 Oldham Christie Appeal DOG lovers and their four-legged friends took to the runway during a doggy beauty pageant in aid of...
YOU do your best, don’t you? Give birth — and not always at the most convenient time, either. When daughter number one decided to make her debut — impatient as always— I...
A FORMER gym owner has invested heavily in a new business — enabling older people to continue to live independently. Mick Sheehan and his wife Jenny, from Uppermill,...
Oldham Works A SADDLEWORTH business is at the heart of a national campaign to recruit fostering families. Safehouses North, at Calf Hey Barn, Oldham Road, Denshaw, founded...
OLDHAM Council leader Councillor Howard Sykes has given the seal of approval to the Windsor Works mill project at Mumps. He enjoyed a tour of the former two-storey mill...
Chancellor Alistair Darling was quizzed by Manchester business leaders during a private meeting at Greater Manchester Chamber. The main issues raised were the reluctance of...
FATBOY Trims, a new business set up by hairdresser Emrys Hallin 12 months ago, has cut it so well that turnover has doubled. Emrys, who used to be in Oldham centre before...
Family shaken after chimney collapse A FAMILY have spoken of their shock after part of next-door’s chimney came crashing down in their back yard. The Tupmans, of...
Date Published 01/09/2009
Inner torment of wedding couple The blissful smiles of an Oldham couple tying the knot at their Spanish beach wedding hide a tragic loss. The groom’s father, who...
MOVE over Carol Vorderman. Little maths whizzkid Aline Shahid is making headlines after scooping a GCSE... at the age of 10! Alina, a pupil at Knowsley Junior School,...
Victim’s warning after falling for phone con A SHAW pensioner is warning others to be on the guard after heartless scammers fleeced her out of more than £500....
MINDLESS vandals have destroyed a school football pitch just days before the new term starts. The synthetic pitch at Breeze Hill School is also used by Oldham Community...
A BUSINESSMAN says he has been let down by police after they failed to respond to a theft — despite having CCTV footage and a crucial lead. Security cameras captured the...
FOUR Greater Manchester Police officers and one member of police staff will face charges of misconduct in public office following allegations of the use of excessive force and...
GLASS bottles have been banned at a Yorkshire Street bar as the campaign to make Oldham town centre safer continues. Jayne Ganley, licensee at Vogue, has agreed to stop...
MOTORISTS are being warned to expect lane closures on the M62 while vital work to improve the central reservation and verge safety fence takes place. The work, which will...
A NATIONAL drive has been launched to attract more male primary school teachers. With the start of the new term this week reporter Karen Doherty looks at one Chadderton school...
YOUNG theatre stars took audiences through a whirlwind of West End musicals during an all- singing, all-dancing extravaganza. The talented youngsters spent a week developing...
Latics chief blasts trophy rule DAVE PENNEY has hit out at football chiefs in the build up to Athletic’s Johnstone’s Paint Trophy tie against Accrington Stanley at...
