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PARKING bosses have been forced to replace an incorrect restriction sign on a busy main road after a driver had his ticket quashed. But they say that no other motorists have...
Date Published 25/03/2009
NOT good enough: that is the unequivocal verdict of determined Roughyeds prop Richard Mervill on the performance in defeat at Keighley. It was the third successive year that...
Budding mountain rescuers checked out emergency equipment when members of the Oldham team visited their scout group. Boys and girls from the Uppermill Methodist Beaver Scouts...
I WATCHED a DVD of the Keighley game earlier this week and I reckon we are not far off where we need to be. We put together a lot of really good stuff — just not...
MEET Jacky Plant, the woman keen to offer help, advice and encouragement to fund-raisers old and new — and the one who will be picking up the cheque. Jacky has been a...
DR KERSHAW’S Hospice is hitting back as the credit crunch bites by recruiting a community fundraiser to boost support among Oldhamers. Donations to the hospice have...
OLDHAM are hoping their trio of boxers in the battle of the Batley Frontier Club on Wednesday, April 1, will have a good following of Roughyeds fans to urge them on to victory in...
KASKENMOOR head teacher John Alder has been appointed as principal designate of the new academy which will replace his school. He has been given the top job at the Oasis...
THE Oldham and District Golf League is looking to expand to a 12-club two division format for the 2010 season. Currently eight clubs play in the league at both ‘A’...
Oldham’s top public health professional has put his name to a pledge to reduce obesity in the region. Alan Higgins, the director of public health for NHS Oldham, signed...
THE hottest place on earth is not, contrary to popular myth, the newsroom at the Chronicle but, in fact, the Danakil desert in Ethiopia. It’s a place where temperatures regularly...
DAVE PULLEN’S captaincy at Saddleworth coincides with his father Frank serving as president of the club. Indeed, the Pullen family are inexorably linked with Saddleworth...
A ROW has broken out over plans to develop picturesque Crompton Moor and encourage mountain bikers to use it. Residents who use the beauty spot to walk their dogs fear a...
JESSICA LLOYD had a 14th birthday to remember as she swam for England schools in the home internationals at Swansea. The year nine pupil from Saddleworth School, a member of...
THERE had been concerns from dog walkers that a bike trail had already been laid out on Crompton Moor and trees were being chopped to accommodate it. But Oldham Council says...
MARKET traders will meet with councillors to discuss ways of moving forward through the credit crunch. The initiative comes after the council considered a request from traders...
POLICE are continuing to probe a terrifying raid in which a businessman was attacked when a nine-strong gang armed with baseball bats and metal rods burst into a busy factory in...
CHADDERTON Park under-11s, with the players’ hair sprayed yellow and green to match their kit, suffered extra-time heartache in the semi-finals of the County Cup. They...
EMOTIONAL post-mistress Jackie Rodgers choked back the tears as she put up the “closed” sign on a local post office for the last time yesterday. The tiny Denshaw...
HEALTH bosses in Royton are getting ready to usher in a new era for healthcare as work on a new health and well-being centre gets under way. Construction firm Mansell scooped...
OLDHAM is to get a green apprentice to help care for the borough’s parks under a £1 million scheme to boost horticultural skills. The Government handout will...
A Chadderton school pupil is flying the flag for the Royal British Legion after winning a standard bearers’ competition. Corporal Kyle Welby of the North Manchester Air...
OLDHAM Library and Lifelong Learning Centre is gearing up for a galaxy invasion when it hosts a special “Doctor Who Day”. Characters from the TV series, including...
FAILSWORTH Town under-13s are through to the final of the Tameside Sunday League Cup after goals from Dylan Marshall and Cole Simister sealed a 2-0 success over Manchester...
DOZENS of women across Oldham were hospitalised with alcohol poisoning after binge drinking sessions last year. Doctors treated 63 women over the age of 18 and a further seven...
OLDHAM Schools under-14s have the semi-finals of the North-West Woodward Trophy in their sights. Paul Ogden’s side, who are on course for a treble, meet Sefton on...
A ROYTON couple took a trip down memory lane ahead of celebrating their diamond wedding anniversary tomorrow. Frank and Anne Marsden, of Rochdale Road, were treated to a day...
National hunt card tips for tomorrow are as follow: Carlisle 2.25 Garleton (nap) 3.00 Auroras Encore 3.35 Checkerboard 4.10 Marleybow 4.45 Nelliedonethat...
CONGREGATION members at Oldham Family Church have been forced to find a new home after rent at the Honeywell Centre trebled. The group has been based at the centre, in Ashton...
WITH a gritty determination to succeed and a mammoth effort in the gym John Carhart is pulling out all the stops to lose 10lbs in 10 weeks. He signed up for the Get Moving To...
