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MOTORISTS will face disruption in Delph when High Street and part of King Street are closed for two days. Repairs to a defective underground electricity cable on Delph Bridge...
Date Published 19/03/2009
A group of wannabe drug dealers who used one of their parents’ houses to secretly process £3,000 worth of cocaine have been locked up for a total of over seven years....
Another result for police as UEFA tally reaches 20 TWO more Glasgow Rangers fans have been arrested in the round up of suspected football hooligans who ran riot during last...
THE chairman of one of Oldham’s academy sponsors has quit after his trust misspent around £70,000. East African-born businessman Lord Amir Bhatia has resigned from...
MORE than 8,500 school children across Oldham do not speak English as their first language. According to Government figures, 5,397 of the 17,950 primary school children do not...
SADDLEWORTH Rangers chairman Terry Flanagan is calling on supporters to turn out in force for next Wednesday’s Ace Insurance (Europe) BARLA National Cup quarter-final tie at...
Crane used to demonstrate controversial tower plan A CRANE is to be hoisted up to tower over Shaw — to demonstrate the height of a controversial development....
BOLLYWOOD met Lancashire when the stars of the Coliseum’s latest show took a tour of Saddleworth. The tragic tale of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights is famously...
DELPH will boast Aaron Lilley and Carl Jump among their ranks as preparations for the 2009 Drakes Huddersfield League season gather momentum. Teenager Lilley, an off-spin...
An appeal has gone out across Saddleworth villages after a spate of random burglaries. Last weekend, five attacks on property were reported and now Royce Franklin, chair of...
Plain-speaking Councillor Howard Sykes wants Oldham Council to make its messages crystal clear. So he’s ordering a report on how to cut jargon and gobbledegook from the local...
North-West Euro-MP Chris Davies wants to keep some of Britain’s dirtiest power stations working rather than build new coal-fired plants. The Liberal Democrat says living...
Northern Thunder finished their Superleague season with a convincing 52-35 win over Glasgow Wildcats, resulting in a seventh-place finish - a massive improvement on last season...
Group sends out appeal for help BATTLING Royton scouts are sending out an SOS for funds to help replace their crumbling scout hut. The 3rd Royton scouts have lodged a...
FUTURE police officers took to the streets of Oldham to experience life on the beat. The students were put through their paces in the Oldham East and West areas in a bid to...
New school buses see fall in anti-social behaviour YELLOW school buses are cutting anti-social behaviour and saving parents from rush-hour traffic, according to Greater...
THREE local swimming pools are among the best in the country. Crompton Pool, Saddleworth Pool and Glodwick Pool scored 74 per cent, 75 per cent and 76 per cent respectively in...
FANS of the Flat will soon be in their element, with the William Hill Lincoln Handicap at Doncaster only nine days away. But as the Cheltenham Festival remains fresh in the...
STAFF and pupils at Saddleworth School welcomed friends from the Far East this week as part of a Chinese fact-finding mission into how British schools are run — then vowed...
CYCLISTS are being urged to get on their bikes to find out more about new plans for Chadderton Hall Park. An event is being held in the park on April 8 to outline proposals...
Mike Potter was the only winner as Tame Valley were plunged back into relegation trouble by a 4-1 defeat to Lancs Health & Racquets 1st in Division 2 Central of the JJB North...
Dedication and outstanding service praised A FAMILY firm that has given a comforting service to generations of grieving Oldhamers has won a top award. Funeral directors G...
THE Leesbrook Nature Park is getting a £95,700 upgrade, with new tracks, bridges and steps. The first phase will take in the area around Constantine Street, Oldham,...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
YOUNGSTERS across Oldham are lacing up their football boots to kick out bad behaviour for good. The Kickz project is a national programme which uses football to help young...
STARS of BBC hit show “Waterloo Road”, a fictitious comprehensive school in Rochdale, took a day off filming to open the new St James Children’s Centre....
PENSIONERS who like to jive, waltz and rhumba are invited to indulge in their passion at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. The future of regular dancing sessions was in doubt at the...
ROYTON musician Billy Horan put his nimble fingers to good use when he plucked the strings of his mandolin to raise cash for charity. Billy is a member of a six-strong Celtic...
A GENEROUS family have made two local charities richer following a collection in memory of a loved one. Cindy Carroll and her family regularly plant trees in memory of their...
HAVE you ever visited the Friends Reunited website? I used to be on it but then deleted myself — so to speak — because everyone seemed to have done so much better in life than me....
