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PILES of products have arrived and the shelves are being stacked as Tesco staff prepare for the opening of the largest store of its kind in the North-West. The new store opens...
Date Published 01/05/2009
340 businesses given extra time to pay HUNDREDS of struggling local businesses have been given extra time to pay their tax bills under a Government scheme to help them survive...
THE Government should be ashamed of its handling of the bungled college building programmes according to the Tories. Plans to redevelop both Oldham Sixth Form College and...
In the latest in our series of Friday features, we unlock another of the secrets in the scientific world with the help of lecturers at UCO’s degree partners at Huddersfield...
FIXTURES FOOTBALL Bridgewater Office Supplies Manchester League, premier division: Breightmet United v Gregorians; Elton Vale v Avro; Pennington v Wythenshawe Amateurs;...
A middle-aged man who had fallen on hard times in the credit crunch was caught stealing booze from a supermarket. William Davies (52), of School Road, Oldham walked into...
Design scoops People’s Choice award A POSTCARD designed by an Oldham art teacher has been voted the best representation of Manchester’s spirit. Sandy Gardner,...
Here are Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards:
UNION representatives came together for a moving ceremony to remember all those who have been killed during the course of their work. Representatives from GMB, T&G Unite,...
MOTORISTS are being urged to steer clear of car crime with a special clinic on Sunday. Officers from the Failsworth and Hollinwood Neighbourhood Policing Team will be at Tesco...
Latics set to announce new boss DAVE PENNEY will be unveiled as Athletic’s new manager today. Athletic’s owners have acted swiftly in their search for a...
Date Published 30/04/2009
OLDHAM will go on the hunt for a big points total when facing London Skolars in the capital on Saturday afternoon (3pm kick off). Defeat to Dewsbury and a late rally in...
SIR Alex Ferguson has pledged to make wholesale changes to his Manchester United line–up for Saturday's Premier League trip to Middlesbrough. United find themselves...
JOHN O’SHEA emerged Manchester United’s unlikely and unsung hero in last night’s Champions League, semi-final victory against Arsenal at Old Trafford....
MOSSLEY produced a gallant display in their 2-1 defeat by Droylsden in the Manchester Premier Cup final at Boundary Park last night. The Lilywhites had the better of the...
Halfway House 6, Springbank 1 THE race for the Ashton Sunday League’s premier division title will go right down to the wire, with Halfway House and Bridge the contenders...
SPRINGHEAD are aiming for a top-two finish in the Bridgewater Office Supplies Manchester League premier division. A comprehensive midweek win over Rochdale Sacred Heart has...
SADDLEWORTH Rangers suffered a 27-10 home defeat to Bradford Dudley Hill at Shaw Hall Bank Road last night, a result which means Keith Brennan’s side have one more chance...
Residents celebrating double victory HUNDREDS of residents across Oldham are celebrating after council chiefs emphatically rejected controversial plans for two landfill tips....
AT A time when many local cricket clubs have been struggling to secure a regular professional, CLL high-fliers Werneth must be feeling rather smug. Pierre Joubert is the paid...
OPPOSITION is mounting to Chadderton being named as a potential site for a 1,500-inmate prison — after it emerged Oldham Council knew nothing about the plans. Local...
THE boss of a controversial landfill has offered to back residents in their battle to veto a new tip alongside the site. Bryan Pinder, UK landfill manager for Veolia...
A generator at the centre of investigations into the Maple Mill inferno — which continues to burn nine days on — has been removed by police. Firefighters are still...
A DRIVER walked away unscathed from this spectacular crash in Oldham Road, Delph. The Vauxhall flipped over on to its roof in a collision with a parked Skoda, which was pushed...
AN investigation has been launched after milk that was nine months out of date was sold at a Hathershaw shop — leaving two newborn babies seriously ill. Emma Cummings,...
No takers for former workshop means worst fears could be confirmed for campaigners A former engineer’s workshop will become a waterside detached house, just as angry...
AN OLDHAM factory has been fined £10,000 after a member of staff had the tops of two fingers sliced off. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Ribble...
THE number of animals dumped across the North of England has soared by 67 per cent as the credit crunch bites. RSPCA centres, including Oldham’s Rhodes Bank branch,...
Times are hard for some of Oldham’s richest people as their overall wealth slumps, according to the Sunday Times Rich List. The annual survey of the nation’s...
