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ANYONE for tennis, football, rugby, cricket . . . ? Children are enjoying a host of sports at Radclyffe School, Hunt Lane, over the summer holiday period. Set up by Terry...
Date Published 13/08/2009
WHEN I was about 19 or 20 I bought some jeans with embroidery on the back pockets It seemed a good choice at the time but the following day I began to have misgivings and I...
THE CLL under-18s will play the Bolton League in the final of the J W Lees Inter-League Colts Competition. The date and venue has yet to be fixed, but the game is likely to be...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards: NEWBURY 1.20 Pounced (nap) 1.50 Never The Waiter 2.20 Phoenix Flight 2.55...
Soldier ‘lit up our lives’ THOUSANDS of mourners lined the streets and gathered outside the church — far too many to squeeze inside — as fallen soldier...
Date Published 12/08/2009
A former British soldier accused of murdering two colleagues in Iraq was facing a possible jail term in Britain and has a conviction for firearms offences, it emerged today....
Town centre nowhere near as bad as it used to be, say pub managers THE managers of a Yorkshire Street bar have hit out at the maker’s of the BBC’s “Panorama” programme for...
Patients at the Royal Oldham Hospital could soon be paying less on car-parking charges. Plans are in place to reduce the price of a parking ticket throughout the Pennine Acute...
A 44-YEAR-OLD woman was taken to hospital with minor injuries yesterday after she was cut free from the wreckage of a car by firefighters. The Fiat Punto and an articulated...
PRANKSTERS who erected their very own Hollinwood sign — aping the famous sign above Hollywood — on the M60 motorway embankment have been slammed by the Highways...
AN inquest into the death of a pensioner who fell at the Royal Oldham has been adjourned to allow hospital bosses to answer criticisms. John Hooper (77), of Mellalieu Street,...
Talks collapse over 1pc rise MORE than 100 workers at the Remploy factory at Bardsley could take part in industrial action after talks broke down over national pay rises....
A NEW online service which allows patients to rate and compare hospitals prompted more than 30 responses about the Royal Oldham Hospital within hours of its launch. The move,...
A FUND-RAISING walk expected to raise hundreds for the Christie’s at Oldham appeal has reached more than £1,500. Harold Nield (78), from Uppermill, organised the...
This thought-provoking banner will be proudly held aloft by Oldham marchers commemorating the 190th anniversary of the Peterloo massacre on Sunday. It is thought to be an...
A MANCHESTER woman is accused of stealing two Shih Tzu puppies from an Oldham breeder — and trying to fob her off with counterfeit money. Gaynor McDonagh (42), of Greame...
AN 18-year-old faces court in connection with six robbery offences where cars were targeted. Arran Crossnan, of Boarshaw Clough Way, Middleton, has been charged with attempted...
THE family of a 24-year-old man who died following an accident at a notorious blackspot have paid tribute to him. Benjamin Jessop from Barnsley, Yorkshire, died after the...
A CAR was stolen with a five-year-old child still in the back. The thief swooped after a 32-year-old woman left the engine running while she got out of her Vauxhall Astra in...
A talk on one of Lancashire’s romantic radicals will reveal tonight how a former half time mill worker became a socialist author. Oldham Local Studies and Archive in...
A CRACKDOWN on binge drinkers in Oldham town centre came under the spotlight this week. Monday’s “Panorama” programme on BBC1 highlighted the efforts made by...
CAR lovers recalled a golden age of motoring when a fleet of glamorous cars rolled into Uppermill. Corvettes, Cadillacs, Thunderbirds, Hotrods and Dodges all rallied for...
DR Kershaw’s Hospice is celebrating a bumper payday after a Chadderton firm rustled up a £12,000 donation. Staff at Ultimate Products, which supplies furniture,...
A new inspector is leading the Oldham East neighbourhood policing team. Insp Kevin Rankin brings 25 years of policing experience, and spent most of his career in the tactical...
KEEN Coppice footballers will be sponsored by the Army after a presentation of a new kit today. Coppice United under and over 18s teams were presented with their new strip at...
IT was compulsive viewing — half an hour of “Panorama” focusing on the drink culture of Oldham’s Yorkshire Street then straight over to BBC2 for “The...
OVER the past year they have organised everything from ice-skating to camp-outs and chocolate bingo to pancake tossing. And the efforts of the Parent, Teacher and...
A DEDICATED member of The Delph Club has earned a Pride in Oldham nomination for taking care of a team which uses the building. Val Broadbent (54), of Stoneswood Road, Delph,...
OLDHAM’S economy is driven by local businesses working hard for the good of local people. And we want to do everything we can to support local industry and retail...
FACE mapping is a new concept to me, but I am assured by people in the know, and in particular one Melanie Sherrington, that it’s a route to health and beauty. Not that such a...
