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A 19-year-old man was due to appear before Oldham magistrates today following an attack which left a man with a fractured skull. Andrew Cook, of Chapel Road, Hollinwood, was...
Date Published 10/03/2009
NARLA, a four-year-old Munster Lander, proved every dog has its day after walking away with a top award at Crufts. Narla was among 25,000 dogs taking part in the Kennel...
OLDHAM’s “Mr Theatre”, veteran actor and director Kenneth Alan Taylor, is battling a catalogue of disasters after he was struck down suffering a heart attack...
TWO would-be thieves who carried out a raid at a Chadderton building society had been waiting at a bus stop prior to the attack. The men, armed with an axe and a kitchen...
A security upgrade is under way at Oldham Civic Centre in the wake of the theft of 17 laptops — which is still being investigated. Staff car park passes are being...
A FASCINATING snapshot into how Oldhamers understand their own health has been captured in the Oldham Public Health Report 2008. It found that for many Oldhamers, health was...
British Waterways is to trial chaperoned trips through Stanedge Tunnel as part of an initiative to improve customer experience. It is part of a package of improvements which...
A FAMILY in Oldham will this week be the first to get a computer through a multi-million-pound Government scheme to ensure every child has access to the internet. Around 8,500...
TONY BUGBY’S weekly look behind the scenes at Boundary Park PERHAPS the Belle Vue episode explains the poor performance on Saturday - and the absence of Chris Taylor....
GOVERNMENT must immediately announce whether it intends to compensate Oldham victims of pleural plaques — or face having a different law in Scotland tomorrow, it has been...
Motivational speaker and mountaineer Joe Simpson has been in Oldham to inspire senior council managers. The climber, best known for the book and film “Touching the...
Diners at a Springhead pub do a double take when they meet genial singing chef Simon Farrow. Because the soothing background music played during their meals at the Spinners...
TONY BUGBY’S weekly look behind the scenes at Boundary Park GOALKEEPER Josh Ollerenshaw pulled off a breathtaking injury-time save to preserve a point for Athletic in a...
TWO teenagers are looking forward to swapping Chadderton for Cambridge after receiving Oxbridge offers. Rebecca Collins has been offered a place at Fitzwilliam College to...
IF there is such a thing as a certainty at a major meeting like the Cheltenham Festival, then Master Minded is surely the horse in question. Steeplechasing’s...
A councillor’s request to have a small Chadderton crest on his letters has been turned down — because it would dilute the new “One Oldham” council...
AN innovative project that unites employers, employees and residents is on the lookout for new members. Business Watch follows the same format as Home Watch and aims to...
MOSSLEY play Ossett Albion for the second time in little over 72 hours tonight in division one north of the UniBond League. The Lilywhites defeated play-off team Albion 5-3 at...
TWO Oldham landlords have bucked the national trend and more than doubled last year’s takings just days after it was announced 16 Oldham pubs have thrown in the towel....
Tomorrow is National No Smoking Day and quitting cigarettes is hard at the best of times — but what if you are pregnant? In Oldham, over a fifth of pregnant women (21.1...
CLUBS in the Lake Garage CLL have voted 14-2 for a change of format to the existing 16-strong league. And the next step will be the formation of a steering committee to...
FOOTBALL stars of the future took part in a Fairtrade football tournament to celebrate the finale of Fairtrade Fortnight. A total of 12 primary schools competed in the...
LIKE father, like son. England bowler Stuart Broad came out earlier this week blaming the umpires and pitches in the West Indies for his team’s woeful inability to grind out...
VIXENS caused a huge shock in the quarter-finals of Chadderton Cot’s Ben Shaws Team Knock-out when they defeated Radcliffe by three chalks. In receipt of 40 points,...
EVERYBODY needs good neighbours — and an Oldham church is trying to unite theirs over breakfast. Oldham Baptist Church, off Chaucer Street, has been providing a...
LET’S get it straight, we don’t agree on anything. Not one thing. I have to say that if we were in a room together I would be standing in one corner and he the other. If...
MARK Ramsbottom won his first ever Open singles title in the Oldham Closed Table Tennis Tournament held at the Radclyffe Sports Centre. He defeated the much-fancied...
CLUB night Rude Oldham has found a new home at one of the town centre’s premier nightspots. As Rude gears up to celebrate its 15th birthday, clubbers can get their house...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
JACK’S Mannequin will play an exclusive gig at Academy 3 in Manchester tomorrow to celebrate the release of new album “The Glass Passenger”. Frontman Andrew...
