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GREATER Manchester’s rail commuters pay more for their season tickets than anywhere else in the country outside London. And so complicated are Britain’s train...
Date Published 19/02/2009
Meet Oldham’s true men of grit . . . the dedicated team who kept the borough’s key roads open during the snow. Councillor’s and senior managers at Oldham...
OPPOSITION leader Jim McMahon is seeing red over a green scheme in Failsworth which he reckons has been short-changed by around £14,000. He claims that only a fraction...
A LEADING GP is urging parents to make sure their children are protected by the MMR vaccine, amid reports of soaring numbers of measles cases. Dr Kailash Chand, secretary of...
IT MAY not be the big pay-day of yesteryear, but few at Saddleworth Rangers are complaining too much after landing a plum Carnegie Challenge Cup third round draw away at Widnes...
Elderly and disabled residents in a Chadderton cul-de-sac say selfish drivers are blocking the only path to their homes. The Canal Street householders want a hatched area...
LOCAL fans of the hit TV show “Hollyoaks” had stars in their eyes when one of its cast members dropped into Oldham Coliseum to highlight a new theatre initiative for...
OLDHAM St Anne's survived a forwards barrage to move past a large, physical West Bank Bears side and into the quarter-finals of the BARLA National Cup. Saints matched up well...
A LOCAL squadron of the Air Training Corps is flying high after receiving a grant and praise from the Lord Lieutenant of Greater Manchester. The 2200 (Oldham) Squadron Air...
STARS of “Emmerdale” are set to put their dancing shoes on for charity. The soap favourites have teamed up with the Madd! For Dance school in Shaw and will have go...
UPPERMILL edged out Woodhouses by the narrowest of margins in the Oldham Cricket Development Group under-11s Indoor League. The Leafields outfit scraped home by one run in the...
THE SWINGING ’60s were back in fashion for a group of friends reunited after 40 years by the same works of art. The pals, who all worked at the former Oldham Library...
Oldham Mayor, Councillor Shoab Akhtar, will help kick-start Fairtrade Fortnight when he welcomes two Columbian coffee growers to his parlour. Fairtrade is the system of...
OLDHAM’S pharmacy services are having a check-up — and residents can get involved in dispensing the right treatment. Over the next few weeks NHS Oldham — the...
Club Call highlights hard work by a variety of community groups in Oldham and surrounding areas. In the latest of the series, reporter Jennifer Hollamby speaks to Eva Hall, leader...
IT’S comforting to know that at every major stage of the earth’s development, since it cooled and crusted 4,500 million years ago, ice dance has been there to capture...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
I HAVE long believed that women come from a parallel universe, but that belief has been strengthened over the last few weeks while I have been helping out as a car-park attendant....
A DETERMINED dad-of-three who fought a catalogue of disabilities to qualify as a driving instructor is now on the road to helping others. Wayne Gresty (31) suffers from...
Date Published 18/02/2009
THE majority of Oldham residents will see their Council Tax bills rise to £1,009.39 from April. The figure for people living in a Band A property is up by £24.63...
A PAIR of campaigning grandmothers from Chadderton are helping to put a stop to the modern-day slave trade, the buying and selling of people for work, profit and sex. Jean...
DELAYS to the Government’s programme to rebuild or refurbish every secondary school in England will not hit Oldham’s ambitious education overhaul. That’s the...
THE Environment Agency’s new manager has stressed that the controversial High Moor tip remains a priority after his first visit to the landfill site. Gordon Whitaker,...
A man, with connections in Greater Manchester, is wanted by police investigating child sex attacks. Colin Molloy (44) was last known to be working in Blackpool in 2007, but...
A road-rage driver who mowed down a cyclist in a “moment of madness” and left him injured on the street has been spared jail. Mark Slack (44), of Stakehill Lane,...
A CONVICTED Internet pervert from Oldham has escaped jail again after being caught accessing more indecent images of children on the web. Laurence Perry (57) — who was...
STUDENTS at a school in Oldham have until the end of the month to turn a £10 loan from one of the stars of “Dragon’s Den” into profit. St Augustine of...
A PARISH councillor is demanding an investigation after the redevelopment of pensioners’ homes in Delph were “plagued by delays and mistakes”. Councillor Ken...
A former mole catcher who lost his business because of new EU rules, is appealing to the European Ombudsman for justice. Peter Brown, from Shaw, says the banning of strychnine...
SHOCK figures have revealed that Oldham Council has had to foot the the bill for 13 so-called pauper’s funerals so far this financial year. As national trends point to...
