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Your Chronicle supports the Oldham Christie Appeal A touch of glamorous Eastern promise came to Saddleworth . . . and raised a tenth of the total needed for a major...
Date Published 21/07/2009
THE Old Mess House pub, in Yorkshire Street, has won its battle to stop conditions being placed on its current licence. Trading Standards is currently reviewing the licence of...
Oldham Council sent twice as many people to the Local Government Association conference as any other authority, a critic will allege tomorrow. Saddleworth Parish Councillor...
A NEW £4.7 million special school for some of the borough’s most troubled pupils will move a step closer tomorrow. Councillors will be asked to approve the start...
AFTER three days of near constant driving a group of Latics fans have triumphantly arrived back in Oldham with a record under their belts. The eight soccer-mad supporters set...
Spending plans for £2.5 million worth of council funds ranging from Christmas trees to alleygates will be decided tomorrow. They include continuing the Bloom and Grow...
MPs were last night handed help guides on how to deal with any cases of forced marriage over the summer — with many families thinking they can get away with it in the...
ARMED officers swooped on Werneth after a gun was found yards away from where Junaid Khan was gunned down and killed. A car park off Berkshire Place was taped off after the...
THE BNP is attempting to drum up local support by offering organisations a share of their expense accounts and salaries. Constituents across the North-West will be able to...
A CHADDERTON games machine supplier has been found guilty of illegal activity under the Gambling Act 2005. Coinfactory Ltd pleaded guilty at Oldham Magistrates’ Court to...
ADULT night classes at Saddleworth School are being cut from two days a week to one to save money. But Oldham Council insists that the same number will still be available to...
EMOTIONS ran high last night as one Royton councillor referred to Travellers as a “plague of locusts.” Councillor Steven Bashforth made the outburst after Graham...
WET and windy conditions failed to deter hundreds of visitors to Dr Kershaw’s annual garden party. But the event had to be brought indoors with all entertainment...
A BOLTON man is appealing for help to trace his cousin, Terry Holdsworth, following a death in the family. Bernard O’Hara contacted the Evening Chronicle after several...
VANDALS have stolen part of the town centre’s stunning North-West in Bloom entry. They have made off with a giant name tag with Bloom and Grow (pictured) written on it....
TORRENTIAL rain failed to stop determined revellers turning out on Saturday for a day of fun at a street party in Chadderton. Brooklands Avenue was turned into a party scene,...
TWO of Oldham Council’s apprentice gardeners are working against the clock to help create a display to delight thousands of garden-lovers at the Tatton Park flower show....
MOORSIDE youngsters donned their most glamorous party gear to wave goodbye to their junior school. Year 6 students leaving Our Lady’s RC Primary enjoyed a night of fun,...
THE summer holidays have finally arrived — and youngsters won’t have a chance to get bored thanks to an action-packed programme of activities. Oldham...
THREE choirs created perfect harmony at Oldham Festival of Diversity Oldham International, Lazarus and St Chad’s Primary School choirs were joined by professional...
Recently there’s been talk of the new role of women in life. Do working mothers cause family breakdown? Do stay at home mothers bleed the economy dry? Should women...
CORNERSHOP MOHO LIVE, Tib Street, Manchester, Monday Everyone remembers “Brimful of Asha” — the contagious 1997 hit from Leicester groovers Cornershop....
Glint: RUBY LOUNGE GLINT was conceived when New Yorker Jase Blankfort and Brazilian Mateus Tebaldi joined forces to create irresistible electronic rock. Soon after, the...
FRANKMUSIK Deaf Institute, Grosvenor St, Manchester, Sunday Vincent Frank, as his parents call him, is one of Britain’s premier electro-pop musicians. The...
Who? Local bands Where’s Strutter, All The King’s Men, Live Wires, The Vigilantes, Epiphany, Dressed To Kill, The Aerials, Contrasts, The Chaddock Level, Riots,...
TONIGHT: Me vs Hero — Roadhouse; The Leisure Society — Academy 3; Joseph Arthur and The Lonely Astronauts — Deaf Institute; Grammatics — Ruby Lounge...
PENSIONERS got to grips with the latest technology in a bid to keep their minds and bodies active. Regular sessions were organised at locations across the borough to make sure...
A MULTI-MILLION-pound scheme to bring new super-health centres to Werneth and Shaw & Crompton have moved a step closer. Plans for the two state-of-the-art buildings have...
Date Published 20/07/2009
TWO teachers have been suspended from Hathershaw College of Technology and Sport amid allegations that attendance figures were altered. Deputy head teacher Margaret Southwood...
The skies were grey and the rain lashed down — but it didn’t stop 2,600 Oldham women taking part in Race for Life yesterday. Despite the downpours, the sixth...
