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A GLODWICK GP is hoping to be a knight in shining armour when he competes in the London Marathon for the fourth time. Dr Alan Nye, a GP at Hopwood House surgery, will tackle...
Date Published 15/04/2009
THE medals of First World War hero James Ashworth have been reunited after an appeal in the Oldham Chronicle. Collector Dave Neild is delighted after the cotton...
WANNABE thespians took the chance to prove just how talented they are at a Gallery Oldham performance. Over the past few months, girls from Grange School have been working...
FORGET Glastonbury, T in the Park and V . . . an Oldham nightclub is hosting its own three-day festival. The Pitfest Weekender at Jackson’s Pit, which will take place...
CHOIR members at a Moorside school can now sing loud and proud thanks to a generous donation. John O’Grady, whose grand-daughter Lucy Smith is a pupil at Our...
Club Call highlights the hard work of community groups in Oldham and surrounding areas. In the latest, reporter BEATRIZ AYALA heads to Limehurst to find out about the Back to Back...
Oops, sorry, it just slipped out. I don’t want to gloat or anything but while you’re supping tea and reading this over your egg and chips, I’m sitting in an...
SPECIALIST medical and sports healthcare group Mobilis Healthcare has been bought by Nottinghamshire-based Homecraft Rolyan. Mobilis, of Shaw Road, Oldham, has become a...
OLDHAM’S best and brightest businessmen and women are in demand — to form a high-calibre business strategy group to help shape and drive the town’s economy over...
AN Oldham business has vowed to become carbon neutral — and the initiative has brought immediate dividends with a major customer. Graphisign, the Bower Street sign...
LEE Crook has been appointed director of business and commercial banking by NatWest and will be heading a team of 11 from refurbished headquarters in Greaves Street, Oldham....
OLDHAM semi-conductor manufacturer Diodes Incorporated, formerly Zetex, has won an Environmental Award at the annual Elektra Awards in Munich, Germany. Now in their sixth...
TWO of Oldham’s oldest legal firms have merged. Partners Michael Norcross and Frances Jolley, from Booth and Middleton, have become consultants at Wrigley Claydon and moved to...
GOALKEEPER Shane Supple could have played the last game of his loan spell with Athletic. The 21-year-old has returned to Ipswich Town after damaging a cartilage in his knee....
Date Published 14/04/2009
TWO youngsters with an incurable genetic disorder are eagerly looking forward to a new tricycle, promised to them by energetic fund-raisers. Cordelia and Oliver Cowsill both...
A 30 YEAR-OLD man is in a critical condition after he was assaulted in Oldham town centre. He was found at the junction of St Mary’s Way and Yorkshire Street at 3.30am...
ROUGHYEDS coach Tony Benson expects to have Tommy Goulden and Paul Highton back in his plans for this weekend’s home match against unbeaten Dewsbury Rams following injury...
Anxious farmers joined fire-fighters to tackle a massive moorland fire which rampaged through 70 acres of heather yesterday. The A635 Greenfield to Holmfirth road was closed...
A COWARDLY would-be robber targeted a pensioner as she carried her shopping home. The 75-year-old victim was grabbed from behind in Eric Street causing her to fall backwards...
Protesters gathered outside Broadway Library yesterday for a bank holiday protest about plans to close it in June. South Chadderton councillor Dave Hibbert has distributed...
Oldham’s gateway to Manchester is to get a £9m makeover after plans for a major £300m commercial redevelopment had to be shelved because of the recession. It...
FIREFIGHTERS from Oldham, Chadderton and Hollins worked through the night to contain a blaze at a Rhodes Bank business. Flames were seen through the first floor window of...
Oldham 1, Crewe 1 ATHLETIC’S second draw over the Easter extended their winless run to nine matches in Coca-Cola League One. But they won’t come much closer to...
FAMILIES flocked to Daisy Nook Country Park for some sunny Easter fun at the weekend. Young and old alike enjoyed thrilling rides including the Rock ’n’ Roll...
THE number of NEETS — young people not in employment, education or training — has fallen by 7 per cent over the last 12 months. Oldham Council’s credit...
Some of Oldham’s most special places will be included on the first ever national survey of England’s conservation areas. English Heritage, which cares for the...
A CHARITY stalwart who helped to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds for Macmillan Cancer Relief over three decades has died aged 70. Thelma Coburn died of breast cancer at...
Rochdale 18 , Oldham 26 NOBODY ever said it was going to be easy. True, Oldham had clocked up 128 points in their previous two games before arriving at Spotland for this...
OLDHAM Cancer Support Centre’s Chris Hoyle is taking a break from his duties behind the desk to slip on a banana skin and run in the Manchester 10k. The 50-year-old...
A SECOND off-licence in Hollinwood has been issued with a fixed penalty £80 fine as part of an underage booze crackdown. A member of staff at California Wines, in...
