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BAE B are through to the semi-finals of the Oldham Table Tennis League Division 1 Handicap Cup after a nerve-jangling five-point win over champions-elect Glodwick. The...
Date Published 24/02/2009
SINGER/songwriter Jonatha Brooke has been making folk pop classics for almost 20 years. She was one half of duo Story along with Jennifer Kimball and signed to Green Linnet in...
ROYTON had an excellent win in the first round of the Manchester & District Team Swimming galas at Hindley. The 9/10 year boys team, made up of Charlie Baird, Samuel...
JUST when you think you have heard it all, along comes a new FIFA proposal so daft it has sprouted bristles and swept away the little sense left in the world of football. FIFA...
Manchester Apollo (supporting The Ting Tings), Thursday. VV, who will support Take That on their forthcoming stadium tour, is this year’s must hear songstress. Critics...
WATERLOO & Taunton showed no mercy in beating Lees & Springhead 10-1 and relegating them back to Division B after a year in the top flight of the Inbev Winter Bowls League...
REVELLERS can embrace the past thanks to a brand new retro night at Oldham’s Castle nightclub. The 60s night will take place on the last Saturday of each month —...
What is it about facial hair? Not on women of course — we know what to do with it. We wax it and pluck it, we epilate it and bleach it. I mean men’s facial hair....
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
MASKED men armed with a sword stabbed a 56-year-old grandfather three times on a busy Failsworth street. The pair, wearing ski masks, ran across morning rush-hour traffic on...
Date Published 23/02/2009
THE Liberal Democrats will relinquish power and throw Oldham Council into chaos if the Tories force through a council tax freeze. In a bombshell announcement, Councillor...
AN investigation will be launched today into why anti-tipping posters were torn from gardens near a controversial landfill site. The yellow posters were among more than 400...
THE safety bar failed on a funfair ride three days before a mother-of-five was taken to hospital after a similar incident, it has been claimed. As reported in the Chronicle,...
ALMOST 1,500 criminals across Greater Manchester were added to the national DNA database in the first three weeks of January, new figures have revealed. According to...
A CHADDERTON man who was injured in a drive-by shooting has been ordered to pay £320,000 from the proceeds of his drugs crimes. Thirty wraps of heroin were found in the...
THE number of families in Oldham on the brink of losing their homes has soared by more than 40 per cent, new figures have revealed. According to the Ministry of Justice, there...
A leaked document which claims Saddleworth could lose its full-time postmen and three sorting offices was denied today by Royal Mail. The bombshell internal note, sent to a...
A SADDLEWORTH Parish Councillor has hit out at Oldham Council for failing to keep its pledge to establish a school safety zone near Delph primary. Councillor Ken Hulme said...
OLDHAM Athletic have begun their big countdown to their “Come on you Pinks” fund-raising live televised clash with Leeds United. The two clubs meet at Boundary Park under the...
THE Greater Manchester Police Force has appointed a new deputy chief constable. Simon Byrne, currently Assistant Chief Constable at Merseyside, was selected from six...
AMBITIOUS plans to make moorland above Dovestone Reservoir the northern gateway to the Peak District National Park have been revealed. United Utilities (UU) and the Royal...
Lines of communication are being drawn up so that police can talk to council officers in Oldham’s CCTV control room. The security upgrade — licensed by the Cabinet...
A GREATER Manchester Hospice is urging Oldhamers to make a will as part of a campaign to raise money for a good cause and stop the Government getting its hands on our valuable...
BUDDING journalists at Blue Coat school have been busy reporting on breaking news in preparation for a BBC take-over. The Year 7 and 8 pupils spent a day covering stories such...
A FOOTBALL league that brings communities together is back by popular demand. After last year’s huge success, and requests from the residents and schools that took part,...
RESIDENTS in Glodwick were given valuable information about the services available in the borough. The Regenda group passed on advice about council-run services such as...
Club Call highlights the hard work of community organisations and groups in Oldham and surrounding areas. In the latest, reporter USMA RAJA visits Shaw and Springhead to highlight...
A FORMER mill girl turned teacher is giving local art-lovers an insight into a textile industry which is fast disappearing. In “Not Just Run of the Mill” at...
FAIRTRADE Fortnight is launched across the UK today with schools and organisations across the country joining in the fun. From Fairtrade coffee mornings to cake baking...
MEMBERS of the Garden Suburb Over-60s Club certainly don’t do things by halves. The group, which meets at the Pavilion on Green Lane, celebrated Christmas for a third...
