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Children affected by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster can return to Oldham — after Oldham East and Saddleworth MP Phil Woolas confirmed a row with Belarus had been...
Date Published 16/06/2009
The number of ladettes fined for being drunk has risen by nearly a third in Greater Manchester in just three years — whereas young men are curbing their drinking....
An Army staff sergeant from Oldham has received an MBE — awarded in the New Year’s Honours List —for services to sport. Raymond Burke, originally from...
Millions of pounds raised from developments in Failsworth must be ringfenced for the district centre, Oldham’s chief executive Charlie Parker has been told. But the call...
Oldham history is woven into the sale of contents of a Regency mansion house, once owned by a local mill magnate, at an auction this month. Furniture, clocks, pictures,...
OLDHAMERS are being offered cash to bring their bright ideas to life. A new pot of money worth £70,000 is available to support a whole range of exciting activities and...
MOTORISTS are advised to avoid the M60 between junctions 19 at Middleton and 23 at Ashton for the next six weekends. Several lanes will be closed while resurfacing work is...
Scouts from St Thomas’s Church, Moorside, put fear to one side for a visit to an old crypt. They enjoyed an evening exploring the caverns at Oldham Parish Church. The...
A skirt, a shoe, socks, a washing up bowl and footballs were picked up from Limehurst Estate when neighbours collected 40 bags of rubbish. They got together for European...
A FAILSWORTH student has proved himself to be one of the borough’s top creative talents after winning a new initiative. Sam Jones, from Hulmes Road, is one of 10...
Carbone in Latics link BENITO Carbone has confirmed Athletic are one of four clubs interested in signing the veteran Italian. The 37-year-old, who has played in the...
OLDHAM are in the process of seeking alternative training pitches for the next three weeks. Tony Benson’s squad, who will start to build up towards next week’s...
REUNIONS — everyone is doing it, from Take That to Blue to The Spice Girls to NKOTB. Irish boy band Boyzone filled the gap in many a teenage girl’s heart when Take...
LIVERPOOL’S hardest working post-punk rock band are ready to hit the road once again. The Assassination Of... will play Satan’s Hollow in Manchester on Sunday as...
Club has plenty to celebrate Table tennis OLDHAM Table Tennis Club have won two promotions in national competitions during a highly successful season. They entered the...
THE concept is very simple — middle aged Catholic Priests who sing. But it’s a concept that has seen The Priests sell two million albums worldwide and sell out...
Ice hockey MANCHESTER Phoenix will kick off their English Premier League ice hockey campaign on the weekend of September 19. The 54-game season will culminate in the...
OLDHAM indie club Babysub is getting set to celebrate its six-month birthday and everyone’s invited. The growing clubnight will take over King Street pub Whittles on...
SPORT-MAD youngster Aaron Longley has had a week to remember. In the space of seven days, the talented 12-year-old won two football competitions, picked up three medals at an...
TONIGHT: The Priests — Arena; Bill Bailey — Palace Theatre; We Were Promised Jetpacks — Night and Day TOMORROW: Britney Spears — Arena; Jon Allen...
CRISTIANO Ronaldo is to leave Manchester United and join Real Madrid in an £80million deal. There are probably only one or two people in the entire world who have yet to have...
Is there a demise in family values? Should all women stay at home and look after the children? Should women be paid the same as men if they do the same job? Can women have...
Bowls THE third round of the Saddleworth Bowling League’s Law Swallow Cup will be held on Thursday (7pm) when the draw is: Peels Arms v Nimble Nook at Moorside;...
Here are Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards: ROYAL ASCOT 2.30 Loch Linnhe 3.05 Lush Lashes 3.45 Vision...
A 15-YEAR-OLD boy has died after being struck by a car — the eighth victim on “death-mile”, a notorious stretch of Lees Road, Salem. Chris Dale was crossing...
Date Published 15/06/2009
TWO Werneth men have been charged with abducting two girls previously reported missing from home. Imran Esham (21), of Derby Street, was also charged with inciting a child to...
A 28-YEAR-OLD man has been charged with assault and firearms offences after a brutal knife attack on a bus passenger and man in Werneth. The 33-year-old victim was on the...
Organisers of Saddleworth’s flagship summer show were today celebrating a bonanza turn-out. Thousands poured on to Churchill playing fields at Greenfield to enjoy the...
THOMAS COYLE is in line to make a quicker-than-expected return to the Roughyeds ranks against York next week. The 21-year-old scrum-half or hooker is waiting on the delivery...
Over 300 jobs are at risk at a Chadderton company which has lost the contract to print new British biometric passports. 3M Security Printing and Systems — which used to...
