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CHRISTMAS arrived early for the McKay family when they won the chance to shop until they dropped at a Hollinwood furniture store. Paul and Rhonda entered a Chronicle...
Date Published 24/12/2008
DON’T you just love Christmas shopping? Fighting for the last tray of already-wrapped-in-bacon chipolata sausages in the supermarket. If it was you who won them, well...
THIS was the scene minutes after a suspected gas explosion ripped through a semi-detached house in Byland Avenue, Roundthorn this afternoon, One man was miraculously pulled...
Date Published 23/12/2008
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from Boxing Day’s cards
Innocent tenants are victims of the crunch TENANTS renting their houses have returned home to find bailiffs have changed the locks because their landlords have failed to pay...
A FORMER Royal butler from Stalybridge who served the Queen has been jailed for child abuse offences. Paul Kidd (55), of Grasscroft Road, pleaded guilty to 29 charges,...
ABSENT parents in Oldham owe almost £7million to their children in support payments, new figures have revealed. According to Government figures, absent mothers or...
Council appoints new all-woman management team GIRL power is coming to Oldham Council with the introduction of a new all-woman management team which will cut £200,000...
CLOSURE dates have now been confirmed for Woolworth’s stores in Oldham and Shaw. The Shaw branch on Market Street will shut first on January 2 with the Oldham branch on...
A DRUNK driver from Oldham who defied a road ban and drove into a roundabout after developing an “obsession” with cars has been sent to jail. Mohammed Ibraham...
Ken calls it a day — and warns that town’s nightlife is ‘finished’ THE flame of Oldham’s famous Candlelight Club will be snuffed out for the...
GREATER Manchester’s resounding rejection of the congestion charge scheme means £2.8bn of public transport improvements have been derailed. In Oldham, the...
TWELVE Chronicle readers have a bounty of goodies for Christmas after winning a fabulous festive food selection from Greenhalgh’s. The Evening Chronicle teamed up with...
ARSONISTS started a blaze which destroyed two cars and damaged a building at Newton Heath police station. A Ford Fiesta was set alight at 1am yesterday in a yard. The blaze...
OLDHAM Council has removed a 20ft Christmas tree from Failsworth Pole because of safety reasons. The decision was made yesterday afternoon after fears the giant tree, which...
ATHLETIC will have extra firepower available the week after next when in-form striker Craig Davies returns from a loan spell at Stockport County. Manager John Sheridan has...
OLDHAM Roughyeds head into the Christmas break after tonight’s training session with everyone at the club pleased with the progress made so far. Having been working hard...
YOUNG people are being warned not to take risks with their sexual health during the party season after an outbreak of potentially fatal syphilis. GPs across Greater Manchester...
MARK HUGHES is understood to have a £40million war chest to spend in the January transfer window as he sets out to transform the fortunes of relegation-threatened Manchester...
TONY BUGBY’S weekly look behind the scenes at Boundary Park PENALTY specialist Greg Fleming believes he got lucky in saving spot kicks in consecutive matches against...
TONY BUGBY’S weekly look behind the scenes at Boundary Park JOHN Sheridan has hailed fox in the box Lee Hughes as the best striker in Coca-Cola League One. The...
THE Government has announced a £2 million recruitment drive for specialists to teach teenagers to cook. Teaching assistants are to be employed at every secondary school...
TONY BUGBY’S weekly look behind the scenes at Boundary Park ALAN Hardy, Athletic’s chief executive, has helped the Football League to formulate a new policy...
TONY BUGBY’S weekly look behind the scenes at Boundary Park ATHLETIC’S Kickz project has scored an important goal in being given £95,000 by the Football...
MICK JEWITT has devoted his life to Higginshaw Rugby League club — at considerable cost to his body. The 42-year-old, who has an association with the club that stretches...
UPPERMILL Rockettes under-16s produced one of the great recoveries in the Oldham Girls League to book their place in next month’s Knock-out Cup final. Trailing 5-0 at...
Saddleworth Male Voice Choir, augmented by female voices from other local choirs, gave its annual performance of Handel’s “Messiah” in the Civic Hall, Uppermill. Such...
Top tips for the new season, by Keith McHugh The latest generation of horses to catch my eye in recent weeks includes these names to watch: ATOUCHBETWEENACARA (trained by...
THE top two teams in Division 1 of the Oldham & District Table Tennis League met, with reigning champions Glodwick beating OTTC A 7-3, thanks mainly to Mick Moir (3) and Andy...
AFTER waiting most of the season to get off the mark, Vixens registered their second successive victory in the ‘B’ Division of Chadderton Cot’s Inbev Winter...
