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The Elite Ice Hockey League will follow its counterparts in the NHL with an All-Star game in the New Year. Hosted at Coventry's SkyDome, Manchester Phoenix and the other nine...
Date Published 03/12/2008
LATICS star Kelvin Lomax teamed up with video journalists to showcase their skills on both sides of the camera. The Oldham Athletic defender dazzled shoppers at Tommyfield...
DONS pair Nick Weston and Pete Ramsden helped their side to a 10-5 win at Whitworth Alpha A in the first division of the Oldham and Rochdale Badminton League. The away side...
Traditional Oldham endearments such as “love” and “sweetheart” will be banned from hospital wards from today under new guidelines from the Nursing and...
RARE winter visitors have been causing a flap at Oldham College. Twitchers flocked to the Rochdale Road campus eager to catch a glimpse of 17 waxwings roosting in the college...
OLDHAMERS will get the chance to have their say on the future of local health services at a one-off drop-in event. The public are invited to visit the Going the Extra Mile...
RESIDENTS and councillors have opposed plans to open an holistic therapy centre in Shaw. They were concerned that the proposal would mean a business being created in an...
MOSS INN extended their unbeaten run in the Oldham Amateur Snooker league to nine games with a 4-2 victory over Chadderton Reform. R Gilder and N Price got Reform off to a...
HUNDREDS of Chadderton residents bathed in a festive glow as the Firwood Park Estate kicked off its Christmas countdown with a big lights switch-on. Huge local crowds wrapped...
IF you ask most teenagers about career options, I bet very few would put down football referee as a first choice. However, with officials in the Premier League now full time...
PUPILS were given an insight into military life when a tank rolled into Our Lady’s High School, Royton. The Challenger 2 tank from the King’s Royal Hussars was the...
TAME Valley’s second team were the only winners for the Greenfield club in the latest round of fixtures in the JJB Sports North West Counties Squash League. They...
Children at Oldham’s smallest school — Christ Church Primary in Denshaw —packed up their troubles in their old school bags and really did smile, smile, smile. ....
ENTERTAINERS battled freezing temperatures as Victorian-themed performers took to the town centre streets. The Hilton Arcade Christmas Experience show attracted more than 300...
THE former Litten Tree pub in Union Street will reopen as a J D Wetherspoon’s on December 12. J D Wetherspoon pubs will open in Minehead, Bodmin, Doncaster and Sutton on...
SADDLEWORTH School Year Nines are setting their sights on the English Schools’ FA Cup. The teenagers are through to the last 64 in their very first attempt at winning...
ON the surface it might appear that I’m a pretty easy-going old stick. And it’s certainly true that I don’t get involved in rows as a general rule. But...
DESPITE arriving at the home of Leigh East with only 12 fit players, Oldham St Anne’s under-15s managed to squeeze an 18-16 victory. Saints took the game to their...
HOLLINWOOD business Web Applications became a formal sponsor of the eagerly anticipated One Oldham Chronicle Business Awards at the official launch. I was able to announce to...
A SHAW firm has been named the top dealer in Britain by catering equipment manufacturer Rational. Normanton Catering Equipment Technicians Ltd, which has consistently been...
Moonraker’s, a networking business club which meets in Middleton, has more than a million reasons to be cheerful. Part of a world-renowned business networking...
SHAW scooped three of the six team awards at the 2008 Saddleworth and District Cricket League junior section presentation evening held at Uppermill CC. The club’s...
SIR Alex Ferguson must have a spring in his stride following the latest batch of Premier League fixtures. A 1-0 win for his Manchester United side against derby rivals City...
AS challenges go, this was was one of the most formidable I have faced in 60 years knockin’ about on this green and pleasant land that is Oldham. Being asked to help set up...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
HUNDREDS of rush hour drivers were stranded this morning as Oldham faced white out misery. Traffic slithered to a halt on routes across the borough as frustrated commuters...
Date Published 02/12/2008
A CHARITY chosen to run one of Oldham’s new academy schools has been accused of mismanaging contracts. The Government has ordered an inquiry into Edutrust following...
Alicia’s an inspiration to us all
OLDHAM is set to benefit from an extra £120,000 investment for community transport schemes. The money has been pledged by Greater Manchester Passenger Transport...
DISGRUNTLED train passengers claimed they have been left out in the cold because of delays refurbishing their local station. Greenfield station should have fully opened...
