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VICTIMS of hate crimes who don’t feel comfortable going to a police station can now report incidents at 17 different locations across the borough. Libraries, colleges...
Date Published 06/07/2009
SCHOOLS in Oldham have forged new links with schools in Pakistan in a bid to break down barriers and build greater cultural understanding. Six teachers from the Murree and...
Oldham Works: a major campaign to boost Oldham, its business, and its people Applied Language Solutions, the Delph-based translations company, has teamed up with Google, Royal...
PENSIONER Ethel Murphy is shocked that trees near her house have been axed as an anti-terror measure. She is upset that they have been felled as part of work by United...
WALL-to-wall sunshine greeted Shaw and Crompton residents when they turned out in force to enjoy a family weekend of fun. And parish councillors who hosted the event were...
MEMORIES of a much-loved caretaker will live on at St Anne’s School, Lydgate, following the completion of a Memorial Garden. Yvonne Green, who lived in the school...
VILLAGERS had fun in the sun at Dobcross village fete at Holy Trinity School, on Saturday. Dobcross Youth Band formed part of a procession through the village which led to the...
FREE-AGENT Lee Hughes could be on his way to ambitious Coca-Cola League Two club Notts County. It is understood the 33-year-old striker, whose Athletic contract expired last...
£2,000 worth of kit donated SPORTS equipment worth £2,000 was presented to four community groups to help get more residents fit and active. Footballs, rugby...
OLDHAM have sacked club captain Robert Roberts for unspecified disciplinary reasons. No comment is being made publicly by the club on the reasoning behind the decision, which...
BEAVER scouts from High Crompton were top scorers at the annual five-a-side football tournament for Crompton and Royton District Scout Group. It was held at St Mary’s...
A former Oldham couple flew from their home in Canada to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary with family and friends in Oldham on Saturday. Rosalind and Keith Slater...
Roughyeds recover from Halliwell red card to run in 11 tries Workington 6, Oldham 60 TAKE away Danny Halliwell’s red card and this was a thoroughly slick and...
Former classmates will be celebrating in September — a half-century since they started at Hathershaw Tech. Nigel Marland, Keith Royales, Mike Russell, Graham Sager and...
VISITORS to Uppermill were transported around the country thanks to the magic of miniature railways. About 160 of people got a closer look at four layouts at the annual summer...
ROYTON were the hapless victims as Norden’s South African professional Jean Symes smashed the Lake Garage CLL’s individual batting record. Symes scored an...
Eco-friendly youngsters are campaigning to convert parents and villagers to use special reusable bags for shopping. The move comes in support of a special Green Grass Bag...
AN oasis of countryside in a built-up area of Oldham is being allowed to deteriorate and deter wildlife, according to a former Oldham councillor. Chris Shyne is trying to...
TIMING is everything in cricket — just ask Uppermill’s Andy McVeigh. He had scored a miserly 54 runs in 11 previous innings before yesterday’s Tanner Cup...
The Chronicle _ supporting the Oldham Christie Appeal Golfers went crazy in Saddleworth when a miniature set of nine holes was set up inside the clubhouse. The crazy golf...
CROMPTON’S wounds were entirely self inflicted as they lost by five runs to Rochdale yesterday at Glebe Street in a dramatic semi-final of the John Willie Lees Wood Cup....
TONY HEATON turned back the clock as Heyside scraped home by one wicket against Glodwick in the Armstrongs Office Furniture Saddleworth and District Cricket League on Saturday....
BEAUTIFUL blooms and dazzling displays filled St Margaret’s Church, Hollinwood, during its flower festival. “A Journey in Faith” celebrated the spiritual and...
EVERYBODY LOVES A WINNER, Royal Exchange Theatre for the Manchester International Festival, by Paul Genty Eyes down, and let’s look into terminology. I think...
THE quarter-finals of the John Willie Lees Twenty20 Competition were washed out on Friday. The four matches have been rearranged for this Friday which ought to have been the...
BRUCE CRUSE and Irfan Zahoor shared in an unbroken first-wicket stand of 234 as Delph returned to winning ways in premiership one of the Drakes Huddersfield League. Cruse...
Halle Promenade Concert Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, by Marina Berry SATURDAY was Independence Day in America, and Manchester’s Halle orchestra and choir celebrated in...
Here are Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards: PONTEFRACT 2.30 Bubbelas (nap) 3.00 Dove 3.30 Dispol Grand 4.00 Red Jade...
A head-shake here and a raised eyebrow there... I was sat watching telly when all of a sudden I heard a noise outside. What on earth was that? I got up and opened the door...
ATHLETIC are to make a major push in the coming season to attract young fans to Boundary Park. The club’s American-based owners are keen to get children into the habit...
Date Published 03/07/2009
