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BURGLARS across Greater Manchester felt the full force of the police during a crackdown which resulted in 140 arrests. Operation Storm, a force-wide week of action by Greater...
Date Published 27/07/2009
Your Chronicle — backing the £100,000 Christie appeal A £100,000 plea by the Christie Hospital for Oldhamers to help to equip the borough’s new...
TWO Oldham charities have received a windfall from the organisers of the hugely-successful Saddleworth Summer Show. They are the first to benefit from the event which devotes...
A student who staged a sit-down protest over a bus pass bungle feared he would be arrested over his 80p fare when police arrived. Although term has now finished, IT student...
TRANSPORT secretary Lord Adonis is to meet Greater Manchester’s MPs before Parliament returns to discuss Oldham’s growing train overcrowding crisis. The MPs are...
A MUSICAL masterclass by accordionist Serguei Pachnine was held at the Rock Street Resource Centre as part of this year’s Festival of Diversity. The Russian vocalist and...
A FAMILY including a nine-year-old child were rescued after being accidentally locked in a Mossley caravan park yesterday. Fire crews used a hydraulic platform to rescue the...
SHOCKED visitors to an Oldham school’s website have been redirected to a swingers’ page featuring explicit images. Hathershaw College of Technology and Sport has...
OLDHAM-BORN “Coronation Street” star Anne Kirkbride was forced to flee her holiday villa in Spain after it was threatened by bush fires. Raging wildfires have been...
OLDHAM ended a miserable sequence of results in the Lake Garage CLL with a fine nine-runs victory over high-flying Walsden at the Pollards on Saturday. Chris McDonnell hit the...
Today marks 100 days to the digital TV switchover in Oldham, with a free guide going to every household in the borough. Digital UK is urging viewers to get ready for November...
COMMUNITY ambassadors in Hathershaw and Fitton Hill have been officially recognised at a glittering awards ceremony at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. The New Deal for Communities...
ROYTON and Werneth’s dreams of John Willie Lees Twenty20 Competition glory were blown out of the water on Friday night. Royton lost by eight wickets at an Adil...
ELDERLY folk in Royton will be a “wii” bit sportier and healthier thanks to a far-sighted donation. For a local opticians has given a Nintendo Wii to residents at Tandle Hill...
A Royal Oldham Hospital ward has benefited from gifts worth £500. The hospital’s League of Friends, a voluntary fund-raising organisation, donated a table tennis...
BIRTHDAY celebrations filled the town centre on Saturday as Oldham’s fifth Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Pride parade took to the streets. A pink limousine, giant...
TEA must have tasted pretty good for the Austerlands players in the Armstrongs Office Furniture Saddleworth and District Cricket League on Saturday. They had limited Bamford...
A QUARTET of talented showjumpers are hoping to gallop off with first prize at a national competition. The riders from Foxdenton Riding School and Livery Yard in Chadderton,...
ASIF IQBAL struck a maiden century for Hollinwood as they climbed to second place in the Armstrongs Office Furniture Saddleworth and District Cricket League. The Pakistani...
SEVEN green spaces in Oldham have been handed the national award for the best green area. Each year, The Green Flag Award recognises the nicest green open spaces and parks...
ATHLETIC’S golden oldies were beaten North West finalists for the second successive year in the Screwfix Masters Cup. After a valiant effort, in which they topped a...
OLDHAMERS can access doctors and dentists right on their doorstep thanks to a host of new community healthcare facilities. Patients in Hathershaw and Fitton Hill are the first...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards:
A five-strong band of middle-aged men eager to banish the blues of a mid-life crisis have won a national award for their charity efforts. The musicians, who together make up...
A TEAM of dedicated volunteers work tirelessly to make sure every detail of the document they are typing up is correct. They scrutinise the Internet for relevant photographs...
Small crimes and anti-social behaviour can be festering problems which build to a major incident if they are not nipped in the bud. Strategies like alleygating are one tool...
PAMPERED pooches of all breeds lined up on the Evening Chronicle car park at the weekend as their proud owners showed off their talents. The occasion was the RSPCA’s...
When photography first became popular in the mid 1800s, it must have left people in awe. The idea that their image could be frozen in time and held for posterity would have...
Last Night of the Halle Proms, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, THE programme of last night’s concert seemed an unusual choice for a proms concert. I had been expecting...
STRIKER Keigan Parker has completed his move to Boundary Park and will take his place in the starting line-up when Athletic entertain Sunderland tomorrow (3pm). It will be the...
Date Published 24/07/2009
