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OLDHAM RUFC have a rearranged league game in North Lancs/Cumbria division tomorrow against Fleetwood at Manor Park (2.15pm). And after last Saturday’s home defeat...
Date Published 06/02/2009
MAN-OF-THE-MOMENT John Pearson once again dominated proceedings in the Chadderton Mill AC match on the club lodge. He used the tried and tested maggot feeder approach for an...
LOCAL transport leaders are calling on the Government to fund a maximum 50p bus fare for children across the UK. Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority (GMPTA) is...
ANABEL TERRY will be flying the flag for Great Britain at the World Organisation Martial Arts Games in August. The 11-year-old is a member of the GB team which will head off...
An Oldham man faced his most frightening case when he came face to face with a big panther-style cat in the centre of town. Praful Kalyan stopped in his tracks in Woodstock...
Without the kind sponsorship of the following businesses the awards wouldn’t have been launched and the organising committee would like to thank them all for their support. In...
ROYTON Road Runners were represented by 22 athletes in the popular Dewsbury 10k, the first race in the club’s championship series for 2009. Stuart Carroll led the way in...
OLDHAM children battled through the snow to take part in a sizzling dance marathon. More than 650 pupils from 23 primary and secondary schools across Oldham gathered at the...
AN angry councillor claimed the postal service to his village during snow 60 years ago was better than this week. Locals in Denshaw contacted ward councillor Alan Roughley...
OLDHAM Sixth Form College has been hailed as the highest rated educational employer in this year’s prestigious Best Companies Awards. The college once again achieved a...
AN Oldham solicitor who specialises in clinical negligence has welcomed an increase in successful cases resulting in claimants winning damages. John Pollitt, a partner at...
NATIONAL targets on patient waiting times at accident and emergency departments are still being missed. The target is for 98per cent of patients to wait no longer than four...
TRAIN bosses were branded as unpopular as the bankers in a stinging attack on their huge New Year fare hikes by a committee of MPs. Virgin, which runs the flagship West Coast...
THE closure of Oldham’s legendary Candlelight Club on Boxing Day, 2008, marked the end of an era. Owner Ken Naylor was responsible for bringing some of the top...
CAMPAIGNERS say public pledges are needed to save a hero of the Cold War — or the Chadderton-built Vulcan bomber will have flown its final flight. In 2007, Vulcan XH558...
Local sport: bowls round up ROYLE’S ‘A’ division title challenge in the Inbev Winter Bowling League has stuttered in recent weeks, but the Rochdale outfit...
FOOTBALL Bridgewater Office Supplies Manchester League, premier division: Elton Vale v Hindsford; Leigh Athletic v Wythenshawe Amateurs; Pennington v Breightmet United;...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
The Activate project is aimed at providing FREE cycle sessions for people in the Oldham area as well as encouraging people to attend our health walks. There are several health...
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January 2009 Delight Spice Peel Street, Chadderton
A schoolboy died in his father’s arms as he prepared to open his 12th birthday presents and cards. Our Lady’s RC School pupil Martin Christopher Glazier-Macrae...
Date Published 05/02/2009
OLDHAM led the way in paying tribute to the 12 people killed in the M62 coach bombing by the IRA 35 years ago. With the borough suffering the most fatalities in the atrocity,...
Oldham Council meeting reports by RICHARD HOOTON, JENNIFER HOLLAMBY and MARINA BERRY COUNCIL chiefs are set to urge the Government to fund trams through Oldham town centre as...
POLICE are having to deal with unruly behaviour every two minutes across Greater Manchester, new figures show. According to Government statistics, there were 252,656 incidents...
AN investigation has been launched after the family of a pensioner, who died after contracting an infection in hospital, alleged her bed was dirty. Mary Alice Foy (94), who...
A 26-year-old man has been arrested and bailed after a cannabis farm was found at a house in Oldham. Plants up to 6ft-tall were recovered after a police raid on Terrace...
This bonny little King Charles spaniel is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, but is believed to have been stolen and brought to Oldham. Distraught owner Julie Greener is desperate to...
PARENTS can have their say on plans to shake up provision for pupils with severe and complex communication difficulties such as autism. Oldham Council wants to replace the...
