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MEET the new Commanding Officer of HMS Eaglet — the Liverpool-based HQ of the Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) in the North-West. Mike Thomason (45), who is a project manager...
Date Published 08/05/2009
GREENACRES youngsters can ride to school in safety thanks to a donation from the National Cycling Academy. To celebrate the success of the Bikeability Cycle Training, run by...
Here are Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards: HAYDOCK 1.20 Ungaro 1.55 Cockney Trucker 2.30 Font 3.05...
Students have boosted their maths and English skills thanks to a joint venture between Oldham College and Latics. Teenagers who don’t work well in the day to day college...
THE Forestry Commission is urging Failsworth and Moston residents to share their views on Moston Brook as plans to improve the area are considered. The commission wants to...
We reveal more secrets of the scientific world with the help of lecturers at UCO’s degree partners at Huddersfield University. Professor Colin Bamford — head of the...
TWO years of hard work by environmentally conscious staff and pupils at Shaw’s Rushcroft Primary School has paid off. The school has been awarded the Green Flag for...
ATHLETIC could be set for a cash windfall if Manchester City decide to sell Micah Richards. Boundary Park officials are closely monitoring the situation as speculation...
Date Published 07/05/2009
LEE GREENWOOD is hoping to claim a slice of glory all of his own this weekend. While Oldham are playing at Gateshead in the fifth round of the Carnegie Challenge Cup, the...
CLUBS could be limited to the number of ex-professionals they can play in the Armstrongs Office Furniture Saddleworth and District Cricket League next season. At present, each...
STRICTER visa regulations are playing havoc with professionals’ arrangements during the early exchanges in this season’s Lake Garage Central Lancashire League....
WITH two matches left to play in the premier division of the Bridgewater Office Supplies Manchester League, it is still mathematically possible for Springhead to clinch the title....
SADDLEWORTH Rangers may be about to procure their first piece of silverware this season, but for coach Keith Brennan it arrives on the back of a campaign tinged with...
Here are Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards: CHESTER 1.45 Mister Hardy (nap) 2.15 Gitano Hernando 2.45 Frozen Fire...
FIRE chiefs are investigating residents’ fears that the causes of a massive mill fire are being repeated. Furious residents say a diesel generator, surrounded by gas...
A man who kept a menagerie of exotic animals in poor health at his Fitton Hill home has been jailed for three months and banned from keeping animals for five years. John Ord...
POLICE arrested three men after finding cannabis in a car suspected of being used in the sale of drugs in Crompton. Officers stopped a white Audi A3 in Rochdale Road and...
A FATHER-of-nine who had his arm amputated after it became trapped in machinery is recovering in hospital. Naya Miah (49) was described as “stable and comfortable”...
GORDON Brown was last night accused of standing in the way of Manchester’s Christie Hospital getting back the £6 million it lost in the Icelandic bank fiasco....
Owners of illegal advertising trailers taking up space in lay-bys are facing a crackdown by Oldham Council. Officers are starting enforcement action against the trailers...
A WOMAN is devastated after her mobile phone containing a video of her late mother was stolen. The 52-year-old was outside Oldham Market Hall, Albion Street, when her Orange...
THE former treasurer of Waterhead Rugby Club has been rebailed again as investigations continue into allegations of false accounting. Tim Kinder had his bail extended...
A 24-YEAR-OLD man was arrested after a cannabis farm was discovered at a house in Moorside. Police searched the address in Hayfield Close just after 8.30am yesterday and found...
A greenhouse at Alt Primary School has been damaged by vandals for the third time in three weeks. Now the whole structure might have to be replaced. Pupils at the school...
AN aspiring art teacher is appealing to Oldhamers to help him trace his lost NVQ artwork — before he has to hand it over to examiners next week. Dominic Oakes (15), who...
THE Saddleworth Summer Show has received a huge boost after securing sponsorship from the operators of the controversial High Moor tip. Veolia Environmental Services has...
A NEW range of military action figures designed to celebrate Britain’s armed forces has been unveiled by Lees-based toy giant Character Options. The company, which is...
OLDHAM is leading the way with an innovative project designed to make life easier for people with learning difficulties. The Accessible Information Made Easy project —...
Oldham Planning Committee reports COUNCILLORS have approved plans to convert a former engineer’s workshop into a water-side detached house. The large building on...
“Antiques Roadshow” expert Paul Atterbury made his first trip through Britain’s longest underground waterway tunnel and declared: “It’s...
