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IF you are over the age of 55 and like to chat, Hollinwood Friendship Club could be the place for you. The group was set up in 1991, and has more than 20 members, who meet...
Date Published 03/06/2009
NEW management has given a new look to one of Oldham’s well-known businesses. Paul Curran’s recruitment has seen the emergence of Prestige Allparts Ltd as a major...
XPRESS Solutions has become an Oldham success story only four years after founder Sarah Sanderson set up the recruitment business. In a period that has seen a number of...
EMPLOYEES who resign from their jobs to join a rival company could end up in trouble with the law. In most cases, of course, firms are perfectly entitled to poach employees...
Crompton collect schools title double CROMPTON HOUSE dominated the Oldham Schools Athletic Championships, hosted by Radclyffe School, as they claimed the overall titles for...
A LANDMARK office development that benfited from “significant” Oldham Economic Development Zone funds will transform the face of Oldham office accommodation. That...
A workshop designed to help businesses combat the credit crunch and deal with its effects takes place next Wednesday (June 10) from 5.30pm at the Mercure Norton Grange Hotel,...
THE ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO (Lowry Lyric) OPERA North’s new English-language production of this early Mozart masterpiece is quite a worlds-in-collision affair....
SHAW Rhinos are celebrating again after the club’s under-15s claimed the North-West Counties division three title. At present, the side is the only one in rugby league...
DON’T put your daughter on the stage Mrs Worthington. Or, in this case, Mrs Steel. It’s not that 10-year-old Holly was rubbish. Far from it, she sang like an angel...
IT may not be a competition for the purists, but for sheer thrills and spills cricket's Twenty20 World Cup takes some beating. England is staging the latest renewal, which...
JAMIE SYMONDS has become the second Glodwick player to record a hat-trick in the under-13s division of the Saddleworth and District Cricket League this season. Following on...
Here are Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards:
OLDHAM’S giant new Tesco store has left struggling near-by shops facing a David and Goliath-style battle to survive. Independent businesses along Huddersfield Road say...
Date Published 02/06/2009
THE organisers of Saddleworth’s “greatest free show on earth” have launched an appeal to find sponsorship funding for next year’s top prizes. Bob...
Oldham Mountain Rescue Team turned out twice yesterday to answer dramatic emergencies. Day trippers watched as the team rushed to Dovestone at Greenfield after a man in his...
Plans to build a mosque and community centre on public open space opposite Werneth Park have been recommended for approval. Planning officers have given the thumbs up to the...
A DOG owner was left devastated after a wrangle left his pedigree Staffordshire bull terrier locked up for a month. Stephen Hogg’s 15-month-old pet, Wilson, went missing...
Susan May, the Royton woman fighting her murder conviction, is also battling cancer, she revealed today. Mrs May has breast cancer and has just finished a course of...
AN MP has written to the Secretary of State and Planning Inspectorate warning of substantial and serious risks of tipping inert waste at a quarry. Phil Woolas, MP for Oldham...
OBJECTIONS to the use of the former Orb Mill site as the location for a new academy were repeated last night as proposals to go before the borough’s planning committee in...
ONE of Oldham’s academy sponsors has re-advertised the job for its principal. Edutrust failed to appoint a head for the 1,200-place academy — which will replace...
BATHING beauty Nick Warburton was prepared to “goo” the extra mile to make sure that cancer patents don’t have to. Sprightly pensioners pulled him around...
PARKS were full all across the borough yesterday as Oldhamers basked in temperatures of 24C (75F). Young and old alike made for the great outdoors in their droves, as the...
TWO former postmen have been reunited —thanks to a silver-surfers internet course. Geoffrey Dixon (63), of Clarksfield, and Peter Jackson (76), from Oldham, took part in...
IT’S a new look for local police officers as they showcase their revamped uniform. Police officers and PCSOs made the change this week following a successful trial this...
BUDDING amateur photographers inspired by Oldham wildlife can get creative as part of a Groundwork Oldham and Rochdale photographic competition. With the help of residents and...
A brass band enthusiast is making a 400-mile nostalgic trip to Saddleworth for the annual brass band contests this weekend. Graham Capper grew up in Mossley and played in...
AN iconic coach company is having one of its newest vehicles re-created as a limited edition model. Yelloways, based in Chadderton and now owned by Courtesy Coaches, has been...
YOUNG people are carrying knives because they fear police and parents cannot protect them, a report warns today. According to the Commons powerful Home Affairs Select...
