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Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards SOUTHWELL 1.00 Safebreaker 1.30 Whiskey Creek 2.00 Charlotte Grey...
Date Published 04/02/2009
A SECOND meeting of Oldham’s fledgling Women in Business Club takes place at Hollinwood Business Centre on Friday. Following the amazingly successful launch at the...
A CORRIE fan who never gets bored celebrated her 102nd birthday yesterday. Failsworth-born Edie Shufflebotham, who now lives in Heywood, puts her longevity down to doing...
WEEK TWO: Bad weather wipes out session with nutritionist AFTER a bumpy start Wide Load team leader Nicola Melvin is full of life and raring to go. The 41-year-old, who is...
IT is probably a couple of decades since I last saw French playwright Marc Camoletti’s farce: until a couple of years ago it had long been consigned to church hall status....
“Legrand Jazz” Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, A taste of grandeur filled the Bridgewater Hall last night, courtesy of the legendary Michel Legrand and his...
THERE’S not much I feel strongly about any more, I’m too old and too lazy these days to go banner waving down The Mall. Live-and-let-live is what I say — if you...
Chronicle Deputy Editor David Whaley files his latest weekly blog from the GMTH09 camp and finds that walking, eating and snow all add up to..not a lot!
Vegan alloo gobi - tender cauliflower and potatoes
Wednesday - 3-day-day dairy
Wednesday - Most of the salt in our diet is added at the table
Schools closed, drivers stranded in worst conditions for 18 years Reporting team: KAREN DOHERTY, KEN BENNETT and JENNIFER HOLLAMBY SNOW and ice brought more misery to Oldham...
Date Published 03/02/2009
TWO teenage burglars have been sent to jail for a total of more than five years after racking up over 50 raids between them. Keiran Flanagan (19) and Andrew Jenkins (18), both...
A ROYTON pensioner is celebrating after Oldham Council backed down on proposals to close the Highbarn Day Centre. The Royton-based facility, which provides front line services...
ATHLETIC rushed through the loan signing of Wolves player Daniel Jones (pictured inset) 15 minutes before the transfer window shut. But a move for another unnamed player broke...
AN Oldham councillor who was taken to court by the local authority for benefit fraud has been taken on as a potential Labour candidate. Councillor Aqeel Ali Salamat originally...
OLDHAM believe that David Allen could be back to full fitness in a matter of days. The former Wigan and Widnes loose forward, who has shown tantalising glimpses of his massive...
MORE than 80 jobs could go at Shop Direct in Oldham, according to a trade union official. David Johnson, a national officer with Usdaw, said the restructuring of the...
ALAN Davies, one of Oldham RL’s all-time greats and a player widely regarded as one of the finest centres ever to have played the game, has died aged 75 in hospital in...
ANYONE who has lied to police about being burgled or robbed has the chance to own up during a month-long amnesty. Those that come forward by using a free phone number (0800...
PEOPLE power has persuaded applicants for a methane stripping plant in Failsworth to put their plans on hold. As revealed in the Evening Chronicle, angry residents feared the...
ATHLETIC are making every effort to ensure Leeds United fans don't buy tickets in home areas for next month's Coca-Cola League One clash at Boundary Park. Despite allocating...
A LEADING GP has hit out at the decision to sell an obesity drug over the counter. Dr Kailash Chand believes patients will get a mixed message if Orlistat is available for...
DEANE Smalley knows he cannot allow his performances to dip if he is to hold on to his place in Athletic’s starting line-up. The 20-year-old from Moston, who has only...
The Environment Agency boss charged with investigating Oldham’s two controversial landfill sites is moving on. Bill Darbyshire, EA manager for Greater Manchester, is to...
HEALTH chiefs across Greater Manchester are calling for the end of cheap alcohol promotions in pubs and clubs. Alan Higgins, director of Public Health for Oldham and lead...
FORMER Athletic striker Nicky Banger, who played in the Premier League for Southampton, is determined to return to the top flight in his new off-the-field job. Banger is...
Oldham Chronicle advertising manager Jim Whittingham died suddenly yesterday. Jim (60) was the newspaper’s longest serving full-time employee, starting in 1964. He was...
HIGH-FLYING Athletic were beaten 1-0 at home by lowly Morecambe in the North-West Conference of the Puma Youth Alliance. It was a disappointing display by an Athletic side so...
AN Italian nurse, who came to Oldham in the 1950s unable to speak a word of English, has died after battling a long illness. Angela Bearpark had no friends or qualifications...
