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A FEAST of the borough’s finest musical talents will entertain revellers at the Oldham Sings Again event at Oldham Parish Church on Sunday, March 8, featuring Oldham Choir...
Date Published 04/03/2009
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
PUPILS at Crompton House School toasted Fairtrade fortnight by welcoming a guest all the way from Colombia. The school, which recently become the first Fairtrade school in the...
OAKBANK Youth Centre in North Chadderton is to close, it has been revealed. However, South Chadderton Youth Centre in Lancaster Street has been saved from the chop under a...
RESIDENTS and councillors have again opposed plans to open an holistic therapy centre in Shaw. Eight neighbours voiced their objections to the proposal for the two-storey...
FUTURE Ricky Hattons could be boxing clever if they get help to quit the habit from the specialist stop smoking service. NHS Oldham has stepped into the ring to help members...
Get Moving to Health 09 - week six DAWN ECKERSLEY — with our volunteers every step of the way — reports at the halfway point in the programme AFTER securing an early lead...
A delegation of Kosovan Albanians paid a visit to the Mayor of Oldham, Councillor Shoab Akhtar, to remember the friendship and shelter shown by local people during the war in...
THE beautiful game is helping to bring children from different communities together. The Sports in the Community Football League has returned for a second year with all...
OLDHAM company Broughton Controls has designed and built a unique and innovative high-security anti-terrorist automatic gate which has been recognised at the Security Excellence...
A NEW Oldham company has started trading in decorative light switches offering a range of colourful, imaginative alternatives to the traditional white, brass and chrome models....
OPTICIANS group Specsavers has opened a new branch in Royton with Rod Fullalove, a Royton man who already has responsibility for the Curzon Street, Oldham, store, in charge....
A Chamber networking lunch takes place at The Bower Hotel, Hollinwood Avenue, Hollinwood, on March 19 between noon and 2pm. Registration is from noon. After the first course...
EVERY week I buy a lottery ticket. Random numbers, just one line. I won £10 in 2001. Since then, nothing. Am I heartbroken as I check my losing numbers? No, I am not....
MOST people know Jack Shepherd as an actor, most notably as TV’s “Wycliffe”. But he is also the writer of several plays and that, allied to his general...
LEGENDARY local cricketer and avid Latics fan Cec Wright was tickled pink with his new hair do. The veteran bowler, from Royton, who is still playing Saddleworth League...
Date Published 03/03/2009
A POORLY pensioner says she has spent 16 years trying to get a disabled parking space outside her home — but Oldham Council can’t afford the paint. Violet Smith...
A DOG walker discovered the body of a man in the River Medlock in Failsworth. Police are appealing for witnesses who may have seen the man, who is believed to be 59 and died as...
FROM candyfloss-coloured wigs to fuschia face paint Latics fans went the extra mile to show their support for the club’s Link4Pink campaign. Latics became the first club...
GREATER Manchester’s armed police are being deployed to incidents up to 10 times a week. Figures published yesterday by the Home Office show there were 497 authorised...
THE family of a university student who died following a collision involving a car carrying three people and a bus in Miles Platting have paid tribute to him. Asam Zulqurnain...
CRIME maps were unveiled at the beginning of the year to keep residents informed — and the latest update already shows crime on the up in Oldham. Richard Hooton looks at the...
Homes marooned by giant ditches Frustrated residents today listed a catalogue of misery which has turned their road into “Beirut.” Homes and bungalows on Belmont...
OLDHAM Council’s credit crunch “war cabinet” has hit the ground running in its fight to help Old-hamers through the recession. Oldham Council and partner...
A 20-year-old man has been arrested after police found 120 bags of cannabis (pictured left) at his home in Fitton Hill. The police swooped on his house in McKie Close as part...
ATHLETIC’S bid for promotion from Coca-Cola League One is in danger of being disrupted by suspension to two key players. Rueben Hazell picked up his 10th booking of the...
COUNCIL tenants living in properties with communal heating systems are facing a 15 per cent rise in heating bills. First Choice Homes Oldham, which manages Oldham...
ROUGHYEDS hooker Stevie Gibbons will undergo a scan on his injured shoulder on Friday. The Ireland international (25) was hurt on his Oldham debut against Widnes Vikings last...
Royal Mail has declined an invitation to attend a public meeting to discuss concerns surrounding three Saddleworth sorting offices and mail deliveries. Protests grew after two...
Ryan Giggs insists there will be no complacency from Manchester United in the Barclays Premier League title race. After pocketing the Carling Cup at Wembley on Sunday, United...
