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Sports betting CRICKET’S Twenty20 World Cup has reached the Super 8s stage and South Africa – England’s opponents tomorrow – have leapt to the top of...
Date Published 10/06/2009
ANSA, the Oldham-based drain-cleaning and insurance outsourcing business, has been sold by listed parent company Mavinwood PLC in a move worth up to £19.5million. LDC,...
Football HEYSIDE Juniors under-15s, from the Tameside Sunday League, require new players for next season. For more details, call Martin on 07882 927412. CHADDERTON...
ANDREW Himelfield has joined Failsworth and Mossley commercial solicitors Harold Stock and Co. Formerly with Thompson and Cooke in Stalybridge, Mr Himelfield (58), of...
Cricket BEATEN finalists last year, the Saddleworth and District Cricket League are aiming to go one better in this season’s Inter-League Colts Trophy. The under-18s...
Chadderton-based civil engineering specialist Westshield is celebrating receiving its seventh consecutive RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Award and its second consecutive...
AN Oldham businessman has transformed a once-notorious Mossley pub into a family-friendly venue. Kevin Smith, the managing director of Megatrack, Royton, has spent around...
Cricket HEYSIDE ‘A’ are hot on the heels of Shaw ‘A’ at the top of the under-15s division in the Saddleworth and District Cricket League. The...
Confidence among employers about future job prospects remains at its lowest level for 17 years. Confidence is “weak”, although four out of five said they will hold...
There they were, confident as you like and happy to be talking about creative projects like websites for reviewing the latest computer games, developing new games, creating music...
With men playing rather butch women, the odd expletive and extra line added to the original text and even a couple of lively flatulence jokes, this version of Shakespeare’s...
Netball Home fans have plenty to smile about OLDHAM Netball Club tasted double joy at their very own tournament. More than 50 teams, some from Birmingham and Nottingham,...
The mayors of Oldham and Rochdale sat beside each other on Sunday for a partnership that brought together a fine Oldham choir with Rochdale’s equally fine new venue. If...
LITTLE sis popped over from Amsterdam last week. It was nice to see her — when we were younger we were inseparable, indeed, most people couldn’t tell us apart....
Rugby MATT JACKSON scored a hat-trick for Saddleworth’s Year Seven side, who defeated Blue Coat 48-0 in the Oldham schools’ rugby final at Manor Park. Other scorers for...
Here are Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards: NEWBURY 1.35 Party Doctor 2.10 Bouggie Daize 2.40 Apple Charlotte (next-best)...
We look for the brighter side of Oldham life... THE Oldham Chronicle tonight launches “Oldham Works” — a long-running campaign to highlight success stories, celebrate good...
Date Published 09/06/2009
BRAVE Alicia Stott took a trip to London Zoo to salute the courage of child cancer sufferers. The eight-year-old, from Shaw, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia...
NORTH-WEST Euro-MP Chris Davies claims those who failed to vote played a big part in the British National Party gaining its first European seat. Nick Griffin, leader of the...
PHIL Woolas has kept his job in a Government reshuffle which sees Gordon Brown fighting for his political life. The Oldham East and Saddleworth MP now faces an even tougher...
DEALERS, users and suppliers beware — police are staging a week of hard-hitting action to clamp down on drug crime. Officers will carry out drug raids, target known...
NHS North West will give the Christie Hospital the £6.5 million that was lost during the Icelandic banking crisis. The strategic health authority has found a solution...
Plan to open gallery and library on Sundays GALLERY Oldham and the library will open on Sundays as part of £2.5 million plans to brighten up Oldham town centre and boost...
AN Oldham woman owes her life to the swift action of a teenager who fortunately was trained in first aid and who was on hand to prevent her from choking to death in an Oldham...
A DOG-LOVER who rescued a bitch and her two pups who were thrown out of a car into the road is incredulous at the heartless action. Michael Dyer spotted the dogs near his home...
OLDHAM actress Suranne Jones is to make her debut at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre at Christmas in Noel Coward’s comedy “Blithe Spirit” Best...
A MAN and a woman have been jailed for growing hundreds of cannabis plants in a house in Werneth. Thanh Trung Le (52), of Spender Lane, Cheetham Hill, admitted production of...
AN OLDHAM man has been remanded in custody after an alleged assault that has left a 38-year-old man in a critical condition in hospital. Around 40 people crowded into Oldham...
A FUND-RAISING event to mark the first anniversary of tragic Emma Holt’s death has been hailed a huge success. The bubbly and popular 21-year-old pharmacy assistant,...
A THREE-YEAR action plan to upgrade housing in Oldham aims to cut the number of empty homes, improve neighbourhoods and reduce inequalities. The Oldham Partnership Housing...
