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EXTERMINATE, exterminate . . . fiendish creatures usually seen battling Dr Who dropped in to Oldham Library to meet the locals. Dr Who Day saw a raft of characters, including...
Date Published 30/03/2009
THIS was the moment a Ford Focus skidded on a large diesel spill and ploughed into a road sign. Chronicle photographer Anthony Miller captured the dramatic smash on Chadderton...
OLDHAM Council is one of the most frequent users in the country of surveillance powers designed to tackle terrorism — for misbehaviour such as fly tipping and noise...
PLANS are afoot for an Easter extravaganza of fun and frolics for all the family. The action-packed event is being organised by CHARISMA (Campaign for Heritage And Recreation...
HODGE Clough Junior School has been praised as good with outstanding features in a glowing inspection report. The education watchdog Ofsted found that it has made outstanding...
BUDDING artists of the future have brightened up a busy Chadderton road with a stunning mosaic. Teenagers from South Chadderton School have produced the piece to represent the...
AN AREA of wasteland at an Oldham school has been transformed into an oasis of natural splendour — thanks to a bunch of green-fingered volunteers. The Alt Primary School...
Horse-lovers staged a spectacular to raise money for the mountain rescue team yesterday — unaware that some of the team members were involved in a real-life drama. While...
BREAD, milk, crime prevention advice. . . . shoppers at Tesco’s Failsworth store picked up a little extra when the Failsworth and Hollinwood Neighbourhood Policing Team...
ATHLETIC have been dealt a massive injury blow with striker Steven Kabba likely to missing for up to a month. The loss of Kabba, who strained a hamstring in training on...
A DRINK-drive charge against Oldham Athletic’s captain Sean Gregan has been thrown out of court after a CPS blunder. The footballer was due to face trial at Rochdale...
WAYNE Kerr is set to miss up to four Oldham matches through suspension. The powerful prop forward steps in front of the RFL disciplinary panel in Leeds tomorrow night charged...
OLDHAMERS with emotional or psychological difficulties will now find it easier to get advice and support thanks to the launch of a new mental health charity. Mind has...
Leyton Orient 2, Athletic 1 ATHLETIC have every right to feel aggrieved after Saturday’s defeat at Leyton Orient. The result surely extinguished the embers of their bid...
A LOTTERY winner brought some much-needed cheer to children at Moorside Pre-School when he dropped in with free Easter eggs for everyone. Tommy Cone, of Ripponden Road,...
DANIEL JONES believes referee Iain Williamson got all the key decisions wrong in Athletic’s 2-1 defeat at Leyton Orient. The on-loan left back was convinced the...
Oldham 66, Workington 14 THIS was just what the doctor ordered. With nerves jangling among supporters and confidence down among the players – by their own...
CHADDERTON hit bottom-club Ashton Town for six after the Broadway side produced a remarkable second-half display in their Vodkat North West Counties League, first division match....
OLDHAM RUFC returned empty handed from another trip to the Lake District following their 40-12 defeat at Wigton in North Lancs/Cumbria division. As expected it was a...
WATERHEAD produced what coach Mick Slicker described as “the best performance of the season” to defeat Castleford Lock Lane 30-16 away from home. Prior to the...
NEW Werneth professional Roelof van der Merwe produced a starring role on his debut for South Africa in their Twenty20 international victory over Australia in Pretoria last night....
Keith McHugh’s national hunt tips Wetherby 2.00 Keyneema (nap) 2.30 Bow School 3.05 Peters Pride (n.b.) 3.40 Borora 4.15 Ajimorag 4.45 Pairc Na...
A woman is fighting for her life after a 12ft stone wall collapsed on top of her as she walked with a friend to pick up children from a local school. The 50-year-old is in a...
Date Published 27/03/2009
THREE men were rushed to hospital with serious stab wounds following a mass brawl in Yorkshire Street early today. One was slashed in the face, another had a 4in cut to his...
Housing Minister Iain Wright hailed Oldham as a fantastic place after dropping in on a £3.5m homes project. The VIP visitor said he had been blown away — and not...
A university student who was raising funds for a charity which is now at the centre of a terror training investigation has spoken of his relief that he did not send off the cash....
A well-known former beat bobby will get on his bike in Bangladesh to raise money for charity. But first of all, Phil Buckley, who now works as an enforcement officer for...
A FORMER caretaker’s house has undergone a £54,000 overhaul to transform it into a community bungalow. The new facilities at St Anne’s C of E Primary School,...
TWO men have been convicted of causing a crash that left one woman permanently disabled and seriously injured two others. Lee Unwin (37) of Oriel Close, Chadderton was...
HORSE-MAD Les Leech is hoping he will be on to a winner when he launches Saddleworth’s first ever horse and cart spectacular on Sunday. Les (52) is banking on fair...
