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OLDHAM shoppers have probably noticed our town centre has become decidedly more colourful recently. Pretty paintings now adorn the once tatty old town hall and new trees and...
Date Published 08/07/2009
YOU know you’re getting old when you take Him Indoors away for a romantic weekend and you both end up falling asleep on the ginormous bed while watching — of all...
VICTORY is a must for the Saddleworth and District Cricket League on Sunday if they are to keep alive their Inter-League Colts Trophy hopes. After losing their opening group...
AN Oldham-based company is helping revive the world-famous Woolworths brand. Shop Direct, part of the giant Littlewoods home shopping group, which has its distribution and...
WITH a new corporate identity and a suite of new marketing materials, Oldham-based consulting engineers Robert Whetham Associates (RWA) is embarking on a major new business drive...
Trans-Web, a recognised leader in the design and manufacture of textile lifting and lashing systems and personal protection equipment when working at heights, has appointed Lee...
MORE than 20 businesses were represented at the Greater Manchester Chamber networking lunch in Hollinwood, hosted by BizSpace at the Business Centre in Albert Street. The...
AVRO Juniors are looking to build on last season’s success which brought them a bundle of silverware. The highlight was the under-12s’ victory in the County Cup...
and stakeholder engagement campaign from Pelican PR. The Uppermill-based agency helped increase attendance at the Futuresource 2009 exhibition by 30 per cent on the 2008...
Here are Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards: NEWMARKET 1.30 Free Agent 2.00 Arcano 2.35 Class Is Class (nap) 3.10...
ARMED police with riot shields cordoned off a Chadderton street on Saturday, in connection with the murder of a shopworker in Salford. Thirty armed officers flooded into Drury...
Date Published 07/07/2009
AROUND 30 fire fighters tackled a blaze which ripped through a derelict block of flats on Primrose Bank. Youths are believed to have started three fires in the four-storey...
A CLEANER at an Oldham secondary school has been suspended from his job amid allegations that he indecently exposed himself in school. Police are investigating after the...
A drunken thug who beat a man into a coma following an argument over a mobile phone failed to convince top judges he was wrongly convicted yesterday. Stephen David Woolfall...
A STRIKING monument to the 52 people killed in the July 7 bombings has been described as “truly incredible”. The memorial, which cost nearly £1 million, was...
A suspected case of swine flu at a Greenfield primary has proved to be a false alarm. A midday supervisor at St Mary’s School, Manchester Road, who became ill last Monday,...
Tributes paid to music centre’s retiring director A dedicated teacher whose life has been devoted to bringing harmony to Oldham’s young people retires next month....
A bridge dubbed “the bridge of sighs” has reopened after undergoing repairs — bringing to an end more than a year of traffic misery in parts of Saddleworth....
CHADDERTON housing office has closed and its Sholver counterpart will shut on July 20. Two other housing offices‚ Holts Village and Holt Street in Greenacres, are also...
COMMUNITY groups and sports clubs could be awarded £5,000 each from a pot of money. Around £70,000 is available to support a whole range of activities and...
THREE police officers will face charges of assault and conspiring to pervert the course of justice at Oldham Magistrates’ Court next week. The criminal charges follow an...
HOSPITAL bosses have made an appeal for relatives of the late Kenneth Hulse to contact them. Mr Hulse died in the Royal Oldham Hospital last Thursday, at the age of 67. He...
A move by the Peak District National Park to include Saddleworth residents in a major survey has been welcomed. The Peak District National Park Authority is sending out...
The Chronicle’s Top Dog contest has prompted over 100 owners to give their pet a moment in the spotlight for a personal portrait to remember. And we’re picturing them tonight in...
LEES Library marked a new chapter with a family fun day. Youngsters enjoyed everything from face painting to kite making at Saturday’s bash to celebrate the...
PRE-school teacher Mary Hassell bid farewell to her 32-year career saying she would not have changed a single day. The retiring grandmother said she had thoroughly enjoyed her...
THIS pupil was once reprimanded for sticking pencils in his hair but now he’s using the same idea to raise funds for a teacher’s charity trip to Kilimanjaro....
FANS have reacted with anger and disbelief at Simon Corney’s shock disclosure that Athletic’s owners are exploring proposals that could see the football club based...
A TALENTED student who travelled half-way around the world in search of eye-catching materials has had her designs shown on a top London catwalk. Sarah Bullock (22), who has a...
CHECKS will be made on injured pair Phil Joseph and Jamie I’Anson at training tonight as Oldham prepare for the Northern Rail Nines in Blackpool – a competition that...
