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LOCAL Conservative leader Jack Hulme is recovering in hospital after suffering a heart attack. The Chadderton North councillor, who took his seat last year, was taken ill...
Date Published 15/07/2009
SADDLEWORTH defeated nearest rivals Moorside to clinch their place in the final of the Saddleworth and District Cricket League under-13s cup. Moorside were hoping for revenge...
PARALYMPIC double gold medalist Jody Cundy and rugby league legend Paul Sculthorpe dropped in to inspire pupils at Failsworth School. They were the guests of honour at the...
NEW plans to outlaw boozy pub crawls, impose a crackdown on “all you can drink” promotions, and swop plastic pots for glasses and bottles have been drawn up by the...
TAKE to your feet and save your health is the message from walkit. campaigners this week. Oldham Council is working with walkit.com — the urban walking route planner...
THERE are certain things I spend my life avoiding. Those that rile me — like automatic tills at the supermarket. I argue back when they tell blatant lies about what...
A contract to rebuild part of the historic Chester city walls, which collapsed last year, has been won by a specialist restoration company in Oldham. A 30-metre section of the...
WITH the help of a girl from Oldham, a Manchester firm has become the first outside London to be named Agency of The Year by the Institute of Sales Promotion. Blue Chip...
OLDHAM Schools under-11s threw away a winning opportunity against Tameside in the Lancashire Schools’ Merit League. The town team suffered a second successive defeat at the...
LEGALLY BOUND TWO inquiries I have received in recent weeks give mixed messages about the state of Oldham’s economy. One client, who had to make some employees...
Royton Road Runners will stage their annual Royton Trail event around Tandle Hill tonight (7.30pm). Over 100 runners are expected to take part in the multi-terrain race,...
Russell Bateman, who made a name for himself with Manchester law firm Berg Legal, has joined the 15-strong team Pearson Hinchliffe Commercial Law. His appointment to the...
ZEN Internet, one of the UK’s leading Internet Service Providers (ISP), has appointed a former Oldham Athletic apprentice footballer as its new voice product manager....
Here are Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards: LEICESTER 2.10 Transfixed 2.40 Izuizorizuain’t 3.15 Sweet...
FIRMS are showing signs of “rekindled confidence” in their prospects for the rest of the year, although profits could still fall. A study of 2,500 companies by...
THE distraught family of Junaid Khan who was gunned down in Chadderton have appealed to his killers to surrender. At an emotional press conference, the 21-year-old...
Date Published 14/07/2009
AN 88-YEAR-OLD man has died after being dragged under a caravan while crossing a road yesterday. The drama unfolded shortly after noon as the pensioner left Royton Post Office...
AN angry Delph homeowner tried to ruin a firm of estate agents in a hoax letter campaign after he blamed them for being gazumped in a house sale 11 years earlier, a court heard...
THE first of many Metrolink trams has arrived in Manchester after a marathon journey from Vienna. The M5000 unit made the final leg of its journey from the manufacturing site...
PEDESTRIANS were left puzzled when clouds of steam billowed up from underneath a grass verge on Horsedge Street. The strange occurrence happened over the weekend and...
ONLY 61 per cent of occupied care home beds in Oldham are publicly funded, according to a new report. The borough is languishing in 19th place out of 22 districts in the...
DOZENS of caravans appeared on Oldham Edge as travellers once again set up camp in the town. In 2009 groups of travellers have pitched up at Haggate in Royton, Tweedale Way in...
OLDHAMERS were treated to a taste of the Tatton Flower Show thanks to a stunning floral display with a real wow factor. The council’s award-winning florist Graeme Gibson...
A touching discovery of two Oldham Tank Regiment members who were united in death has been made by a one-time Oldham College principal in Egypt. John Lewis, formerly of Ronald...
A HISTORIC walk from Oldham to Manchester will be recreated to mark the 190th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre. Fourteen people died in 1819 when the militia charged on a...
A GROUP of Latics fans aiming to set a record by driving to all 92 football grounds in the country in less than three days will hit the road on Friday. The eight supporters...
LITTLE Freya Baxter is blooming marvellous when it comes to supporting Marie Curie Cancer Care. The four-year-old’s decorated daffodil pot in aid of the charity was...
A leading Oldham solicitor has been elected to represent over 34,000 litigation lawyers at the Law Society. Keith Etherington, of Oldham firm Mellor and Jackson, will...
OLDHAM Roughyeds are in turmoil after the Rugby Football League ruled that Bill Quinn is no longer allowed to be chairman of the club. The 43-year-old - the club’s main...
A MASTER of the Russian button accordion will play for a special Oldham audience this month. Russian vocalist and musician Serguei Pachnine is performing on behalf of Music in...
