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AN impassioned plea was made to save an organisation which helps to provide much-needed activities for children across the borough. Oldham Play Action Group (OPAG) faces...
Date Published 17/12/2008
THE treacherous winter weather spelled double trouble for one unlucky family, after a mum and her son both slipped and broke an ankle within three days of each other. Richard...
A RETIRED university lecturer has been joined by an MP in challenging plans to allow tipping in Austerlands — a mile away from Oldham’s most controversial landfill...
FESTIVE spirit was out in force during two Christmas light switch-ons in Failsworth and Hollinwood. Crowds braved the cold and gathered at the former Roxy cinema site in front...
THE last four of the North-West Counties Cup awaits Saddleworth Rangers under-14s following a convincing 40-12 win at Ince Rose Bridge. A rampaging run from Jack Connor sent...
HORSE riders saddled up for a carol service with a difference when they enjoyed a festive sing-song on horseback. Riders who regularly use the Friezland Arena returned to the...
THE University Centre Oldham is on the ball with Oldham Athletic after the two organisations announced a new partnership. UCO will become a sponsor of the Coca-Cola League One...
A TOURING team from Australia was taught a footballing lesson by Year 11 pupils from Failsworth School and Sports College. Waverley College, from New South Wales, were beaten...
ACADEMY concerns around Oldham’s £230 million schools transformation are “resolvable”. That’s the message from education bosses as they prepare...
THE number of homes being built across Greater Manchester is falling month on month — despite the need for the construction of thousands more by 2020. Only 614 new...
THE Government was today coming under renewed pressure to make an announcement over a Lords decision which stripped Oldham sufferers of pleural plaque of compensation. Last...
COUNCIL chiefs are offering a cash incentive to encourage people living in large family homes to downsize. A shortage of family properties has led to a large waiting list but...
ROYTON BAND have hit the top of the Oldham Amateur Snooker League at the halfway point of the season. Wins from A Hopkinson jnr, S Callaghan and Colin Hopkinson gave them a...
A NEW helpline has been launched to offer support to residents who are suffering financial difficulties and are threatened with losing their home. Operated by First Choice...
PARENTS of children who are due to start school next year are being reminded to submit their primary school application forms by the Fridy deadline. Help is available from the...
COUNCIL chiefs are offering help to people left homeless this Christmas. With temperatures falling, Oldham Council has been working to put additional measures in place for...
AN OUTLINE plan for a mixture of offices, a 100-bed hotel, a pub and conference facilities has been submitted for land in Hollinwood. Oldham Council’s regeneration...
A FAMILY firm in every sense of the word is celebrating 50 years of business. Hedley Jackson Funeral Directors has been trading in Shaw since 1958 when the man who gave the...
BATE Welding and Saw Supplies has been taken over by Metconnect. The Drury Lane, Hollinwood, business was bought from the administrators by Tony and Nadia Syddall, who see...
MICHELLE Walker has been appointed managing director, with immediate effect, of Rochdale-based Commercial Contract Engineers. The company, which last year celebrated 25 years...
CROMPTON House all but swept the board as they were crowned overall Oldham Schools’ Cross-Country champions once again. Only Blue Coat, with victory in the girls Year...
Mary Poppins at the Palace, Manchester NO question which is the region’s biggest and best show this Christmas. Despite the glitter and scale of other local attractions,...
PUNTERS up and down the country went Strictly Bananas on Saturday night when the BBC elected to move the goalposts on its Saturday night show. The semi-final of the...
’Allo ’Ållo at the Lowry AUDIENCES stepped back in time for the touring stage show of this popular TV sit-com. And although plotlines and jokes were a blast...
The "2008 Engage Super League Review" (Vertical, £16.99) does exactly what it says on the cover, as Mike 'Stevo' Stephenson of Sky Sports fame guides the reader...
FORMER newsreader Anna Ford has been labelled ageist after calling for drivers to re-sit their tests at 70. Age Concern and Help the Aged were quick to criticise the comments...
Tame Valley’s first team was unable to arrest the slide, slipping to a worrying fifth successive defeat in division two central of the JJB North West Counties Squash League....
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
LIFE’S made up of a series of little disappointments isn’t it? Not the gut-wrenching whammies like being left at the altar or discovering there was no second layer in...
A GROUP of battling Derker residents who failed in their High Court bid to save their homes from demolition are to appeal. The Derker Action group says it is disgusted with...
Date Published 16/12/2008
