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Today’s Friday science feature looks into... glass! Its properties, strengths and weaknesses are explored by Dr Roger Jewsbury, head of department of chemical and biological...
Date Published 24/07/2009
A BUMPER crop of complaints were aired at first meeting of the Medlock Vale Partners and Communities Together (PACT) at the Honeywell Centre, Hathershaw. Insp Alan Humphries,...
VISITORS flocked to a fund-raising cottage garden to raise cash for the Oshandi AIDS Trust in Namibia. The Open Garden Weekend, in Long Lane, Dobcross, allowed green-fingered...
Coroner questions police response time in pensioner’s death riddle THE life of a sociable and independent pensioner may have been saved if police had acted sooner, an...
Date Published 23/07/2009
FORMER soap star Sarah Lancashire donned her cap and gown this morning to receive an honorary doctorate of letters from University Campus Oldham. Sarah (44), originally from...
OLDHAM Athletic’s plans to relocate to a £20 million stadium in Failsworth have moved a step closer following Oldham Council Cabinet’s decision to lease the club...
POLICE are taking to the streets to find the killer of Junaid Khan who was gunned down in Chadderton two weeks ago. The 21-year-old was shot several times in the car park of...
MICHELLE Steel is appealing for the return of photographs taken on her brother’s wedding day. Robert featured in the Evening Chronicle after he turned up to marry...
Time for action over £4.80 fare for eight-minute hop A MEASLY eight-minute train journey from Greenfield to Marsden could be one of the biggest rip-offs in Britain,...
Oldham has been granted the lion’s share of a £45 million bid for road repairs to continue essential work on retaining walls. Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside and...
Rail travel will eventually get easier for Oldhamers as plans are laid to electrify the world’s first inter-city passenger line. Bringing power to George...
OLDHAM’S recycling rate has more than doubled over the last four years making the borough greener, cleaner and more eco-friendly. And the council’s efforts could...
FOUR women had to be cut free from a car after a collision with a bus in Chadderton yesterday. Four fire engines from Oldham and Chadderton were called to Lansdowne Road at...
THE congregation at Oldham town’s oldest church building will celebrate its 180th year in September. But St James’s Church, in Barry Street, Derker, is also...
Oldham Council Cabinet reports by Richard Hooton RESIDENTS claim building a Bank Top Playscape at Leesbrook Nature Park will destroy a beautiful area and drive away wildlife....
OLDHAM’S Pupil Referral Unit swept the board with “outstanding” grades in its recent inspection report. Reporter Karen Doherty found out why the unit which...
A 20-Strong team of dedicated Saddleworth women have turned their hobby into a stunning piece of public art. After 240 hours of painstaking work spread over six months, the...
A kind-hearted team of fund-raisers scored a glittering success with its first event. Now the special events team for the NSPCC in Oldham is seeking ideas to raise even more...
A GROUP of Oldham youngsters went on a fact-finding mission to Belfast to discover how terrorism affects people’s lives. Members of the Greater Manchester Police...
AN accident blackspot has claimed another two vehicles this month — and a former councillor suspects the road surface may be to blame. John Anchor, who lives in...
LOCAL author Carl Spiers digs out his platforms and flares to step back in style to a time when Oldham was great town to grow up in. His latest book “A Teenage...
Firefighters and housing staff took time off to bowl a few overs when Oldham fire crews were challenged by Great Places Housing Group to play cricket. The match was played at...
A new play nurtured at the Oldham Coliseum’s writing group took to Manchester’s Printworks this week. Psychological thriller “The Person Without” is...
YOU can still send your CV to prospective employers by post, but these days many employers prefer you to e-mail it. The application process is so much faster when you use the...
ATHLETIC’S signing of the versatile Andy Holdsworth could pave the way for Wales international defender Neal Eardley to leave the club. Holdsworth, who can play...
ROUGHYEDS chief executive Chris Hamilton is to seek talks with Oldham Council over Athletic’s proposed new £20million stadium in Failsworth. The plans for the...
Oldham Euro-MP Chris Davies has a bee in his bonnet about the endangered insects. He used his first question of the new term at the European Parliament to highlight the...
SIX green-fingered gardeners have been named winners of the Saddleworth In Bloom competition. The judging was carried out by the chairman of the Parish Council Mrs Alma...
ROYTON are hoping it will be three and easy in the Lake Garage CLL this weekend. The Paddock men, for whom professional Luke Procter is expected to be fit following a groin...
TROUBLESOME teenagers must be given “exciting things to do” on Friday and Saturday nights to stop anti-social behaviour, Oldham Council was told today. In a...
