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Athletics ATTEMPTING his first full marathon, James Holdaway was the first Royton Road Runner to complete the Edinburgh event in a creditable time of three hours 48 minutes 28...
Date Published 19/06/2009
Fixtures CRICKET Site Electrical North Manchester League, division one: East Lancs PM v Springhead; Fothergill and Harvey v Failsworth Macedonia. Division two: Failsworth...
Here are Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards: NEWMARKET 2.10 Cyflymder 2.40 Tudor Prince 3.15 Cosmopolitan 3.50...
COUNCIL chiefs are to slash on-street car parking charges in Oldham town centre to help businesses and residents fight the credit crunch. The move is a victory for traders who...
A Chadderton man was cleared of manslaughter yesterday following the death of a father-to-be. It took the jury of six men and six women at Manchester Crown Court less than two...
A 37-YEAR-OLD man is in hospital after being shot in the chest in Tameside. Staff at Tameside General Hospital called police at about 2.30am yesterday after a man went in...
Around 50 people gathered in Chadderton to oppose plans for a massage parlour on Broadway. Two petitions already have 200 signatures objecting to the massage parlour which...
THREE men were arrested on suspicion of production of cannabis and handling stolen goods after a cannabis farm worth £150,000 was discovered. Officers from the Oldham...
IN a sweeping turnaround, Oldham’s streets have been declared the most litter-free in Greater Manchester. Residents have previously complained about grotty roads and...
Mysterious cracks have appeared in the newest stretch of Greater Manchester’s motorway ring road through Oldham less than a decade after it opened. Now six miles of the...
AMBULANCE services are taking too long to respond to life-threatening emergencies, according to a new report. Five of the country’s 12 NHS ambulance trusts, including...
Jade’s hat covered in more than 1,000 marshmallows! bCONFECTIONERY crazy Jade Taylor let her love of marshmallows go to her head. The 19-year-old, from Uppermill,...
STYLISH local ladies turned on the glitz to enjoy their very own day at the famous Ascot races — and all without leaving town. Glamour pusses across the borough donned...
Worried families caught in the aftermath of the closure of an upmarket bakers are demanding their money is returned. Problems began when Cake Heaven suddenly ceased trading...
PLANS to build two of the borough’s new academies in Hollins and Waterhead have been lodged with the Oldham planning department. Outline planning applications to build...
A FORMER electrician who died five weeks after a mesothelioma diagnosis gave evidence at his own inquest. Frank Moffatt (69), of Hereford Street, Werneth, died last August...
A DEDICATED teacher who was a deputy head teacher in Oldham for 25 years has died, aged 81. Bernard Grogan, who died in a nursing home on Tuesday after a long illness,...
Oldham Works — a major campaign to boost Oldham, its business, its people MORE than a local store — that’s the motto of business partners Saj Singh and...
AN inspirational special-needs teacher has won a distinction at this year’s Teaching Awards ceremony. Elaine Vicary, deputy head teacher at Kingfisher School,...
The Chronicle’s Friday science feature: this week we focus on missions to the moon, then and possibly now, with the help of Dr Paul Elliott, a lecturer in the School of...
A new flag will be raised over Oldham on Monday ready to celebrate the first Armed Forces Day on June 27. The new event is also shared with Veteran’s Day, which has run...
GREEN-FINGERED residents have been given extra time to enter the borough’s first private gardens competition with a cash prize worth up to £150. The new contest...
THE farmyard is coming to Fitton Hill, thanks to a wide-ranging scheme to help people get back to nature. An unused area of allotments off Dowry Street, Hathershaw, has been...
RESIDENTS are invited to a free day of family fun tomorrow. The Annual Oldham Children and Youth Alliance Fun Day takes place at Alexandra Park from 11am to 4pm, featuring...
Probation staff put their best feet forward in a lunchtime fitness event to encourage healthy lifestyles. The scheme, part of Oldham probation’s health and well-being...
A STAR saxophonist has been enticed back to Shaw to play another gig. It’s just over a year since Snake Davis performed at the Playhouse 2 Theatre and, despite a busy...
THE PIANIST, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester First seen in an atmospheric Manchester International Festival production in a warehouse in the city’s Science and Industry...
Athletic have made former Bristol Rovers player Joe Jacobson their third summer signing. The 22-year-old left back has agreed a two-year contract having been sold the club by...
Date Published 18/06/2009
ATHLETIC full-back Neal Eardley is likely to be ruled out of three early-season games. The 20-year-old’s international commitments with Wales will mean he is set to be...
Drive goes on as cash pot is slashed MORE than 650 private homes will benefit from £2.5 million of investment through Oldham Council’s drive to improve housing...
