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Our volunteers try their hand - and feet - at Nordic Walking
Date Published 28/01/2009
Profile ont he biggest of our volunteers - Revolution Radion presenter BIG AL
In his second blog from the midst of the Chronicle's Get Moving to Health 2009 campaign, Deputy Editor David Whaley discovers the art of Nordic Walking...
Wednesday - Sprinkling lemon juice on the fat on meat dissolves it
Wednesday - Drink plenty of water
The Chronicle's Get Moving to Health 2009 volunteers have this week been trying Nordic Walking in their efforts to get fit. Here we give you the background to a pastime that is...
COUNCIL tax increases will be kept at 2.5 per cent this year — despite authority chiefs having to plug a £20 million shortfall, according to Oldham’s Liberal...
Date Published 27/01/2009
LATICS captain Sean Gregan will face a trial over a charge of drink-driving. The 34-year-old footballer appeared at Rochdale Magistrates Court yesterday where he pleaded not...
A THUG who attacked a bus driver and two brave witnesses has been jailed. James Cormode (23), of Denshaw Road, Delph, was sentenced to a year in prison for assault and...
Oldham MP Phil Woolas has appealed directly to the Minister of Environment to launch an immediate investigation into a tipping permit at a controversial landfill site. It...
OLDHAM Euro-MP Chris Davies has branded the Government’s decision to upgrade cannabis from Class C to Class B status as ludicrous. The Liberal Democrat said the change...
Youngsters growing plants in aid of a cancer charity have been hit by thieves. Yobs stole seedlings from Premier Pre- School, Clarksfied, along with plants and pots bought to...
OLDHAM’S Labour leader has hit out at the closure of a busy road and asked which others could follow. As revealed by the Evening Chronicle yesterday, Coal Pit Lane,...
A COUNCILLOR faced a blistering attack after claiming the council had not used its quality status to drive progress. In a heated 45-minute session, infuriated colleagues...
Two Oldham Labour councillors who were dropped by their party will appeal tonight to regional officials to be allowed to stand again. Ali Salamat and Asaf Ali failed to be...
THE future is looking bright for a 22-year-old footballer who suffered a heart attack on the pitch. Sam Widdall, of Pennine Avenue, Chadderton, collapsed during a Sunday...
A ROTARY club has pledged its support to Dr Kershaw’s Hospice for the next five years. The Rotary Club of Crompton and Royton will organise a series of fund raising...
Oldham’s £230 million transformation of its crumbling secondary schools has moved a step closer. The council will submit its Building Schools for the Future...
PEOPLE can have their say on Oldham College’s plans to run a new academy school at the former Orb Mill site in Waterhead. The academy will replace Counthill and Breeze...
ATHLETIC manager John Sheridan has given a broad hint that he will send out an unchanged team for tonight’s top-of-the-table clash at Scunthorpe United (7.30). That...
CHRIS BAINES is out of contention for the Barrow Raiders friendly this weekend. The bustling second row man, now into his fourth season with the Roughyeds, impressed with some...
A JOINT operation between the police and Oldham Council is targeting yobs who daub graffiti across the town. Neighbourhood policing teams have been given 34 digital cameras to...
A RAIL firm which operates across Greater Manchester cancelled more services last year than any other train company, new figures have revealed. Figures released by the Liberal...
A SERVICE that offers information, support and counselling to victims of rape and sexual abuse has received a £373,000 funding boost. Manchester Rape Crisis will use the...
Scunthorpe will provide stern test for Athletic JOHN Sheridan’s admiration of tonight’s opponents Scunthorpe United will end at half past seven when Athletic kick off...
PUPILS at St Augustine’s RC School reflected on the suffering experienced by victims of Hitler’s regime to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. Students also used the time...
FRIENDS and family of two pigeon fanciers are flying high after raising more than £10,000 for Oldham’s new radiotherapy centre in their memory. Two Bury men, John...
Paul Scholes insists he will never be prepared just to go through the motions at Manchester United. As a veteran of eight previous title–winning campaigns, Scholes could...
THE regeneration of Failsworth town centre could soon be back on track. An ambitious multi-million pound town centre scheme including the construction of 150 apartments,...
ATHLETIC have exposed an elaborate scam in which overseas players are being duped out of money in return for a trial at Boundary Park. Chief executive Alan Hardy is leading...
