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A MAN has died after apparently setting himself on fire just yards from an Oldham primary school. Children at St Stephen and All Martyrs School, Shaw Street, were inside...
Date Published 26/11/2008
A GRANDFATHER who died after a dumper truck overturned in Lees might have been saved if he had been wearing a seatbelt, an inquest has heard. Alphonsus Healy (62), known as...
CHRONICLE Business is delighted to announce the launch of the One Oldham Business Awards, supported by the Oldham Evening Chronicle and Oldham Council, and sponsored by the Royal...
SEVEN Oldham gymnasts claimed a clutch of honours in the North-West Championships in Warrington. The spring-heeled youngsters, who were representing Heywood Sparks Gymnastics...
A SHAW resident has praised the improvements to Newtown Street in the town centre — but blasted the council for leaving redundant signs in place. Harvey Hinchliffe, of...
IT IS pretty much as you were in the Oldham Amateur Snooker League, with the top three all enjoying 4-2 victories. Moss Inn remain two points clear at the top thanks to a 4-2...
OLDHAM Athletic fans are continuing to shame the club by being arrested or banned from games.. Figures released by the Home Office show 18 arrests between August last year and...
THERE was no change at the top of the Saddleworth Snooker league this week, but Greenfield 2 swopped places with Yorkshire Ward 1, beating them 5-1 with R Downend on top form....
FANS have tried and failed — so it was the turn of the pantomime comics to add some drama to Oldham Athletic’s Crossbar Challenge. The contest allows up to six...
Tame Valley’s fourth team were the only victors for the Greenfield club in the latest round of matches in the JJB North West Counties Squash League. They scored a 5-0...
OLDHAM Athletic players marked World Aids Day at last night’s game with Walsall by encouraging people to get tested for HIV. Body Positive North West (BPNW) is marking...
THREE cancer charities have received £5,400, the proceeds of fund-raising activities at Brookdale. Children with Leukaemia and Macmillan Nurses each picked up...
OLDHAM Council will be asked to approve a system of star ratings for taxi companies. Details of the scheme were outlined to the Committee yesterday, when members heard how the...
ENGLAND’S disastrous one-day series against India was continuing in Cuttack today, but there is some good news on the international cricket front. Not only are we...
WHO would have thought it? The top four in the Premier League were all in action on Saturday, yet not one of them managed to score a goal. Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester...
The Salvation Army is fearlessly fighting the credit crunch with the launch of Failsworth’s first debt counselling service. Debt Matters has been set up by husband and...
ORGAN transplants are on the rise at Pennine Acute Trust despite the decision not to change the donor consent system in England. Since July 1, donor co-ordinators have been...
Newbury 12.25 Over Sixty (n.b.) 12.55 Pasco 1.30 Parlesotho 2.05 Tartak (nap) 2.40 Briery Fox 3.15 Kerry’s Girl 3.45 Pepe Simo Uttoxeter...
POLICE arrested 15 people and seized eight untaxed cars in Oldham as part of a forcewide day of action to tackle vehicle crime. High-profile patrols were conducted in hotspots...
A team of cheeky charity fund-raisers turned into Saddleworth’s very own version of the famous Calendar Girls to boost funds. The women posed discreetly behind a poster...
POTENTIAL parents flocked from as far as Lancaster and Cheshire to get information on adopting youngsters in need of a loving home. Oldham Adoption Service was one of the...
Christmas deliveries could be hit by a strike by Oldham postal workers. Their union wants management to agree to improved terms and conditions for sorting staff facing job...
MEMBERS of Werneth Community Council were given an update on regeneration work at last night’s meeting. Council representatives informed residents about work that has...
WORKING hard while bring up a young family almost single-handedly is the secret of one centenarian’s longevity — that and a drop of brandy! High Crompton resident...
PORTABLE urinals are to be installed in Oldham town centre over Christmas and the New Year. Head of Trading Standards Tony Allen said there was quite a problem in Oldham with...
SOME of the firefighters in Mossley might be a little on the small side. But the junior versions at the Fire Station Day Nursery are certainly keen. Their nursery, based...
An artist who has gone back to his roots in a search of inspiration has found enthusiastic buyers for his unique paintings. After eight years as a self-taught painter, Chris...
An Uppermill policeman who ran the New York Marathon wearing his helmet, fought back the pain as the finishing line drew nearer. PC Damieon Pickles had to run the last five...
RED BRICK mills, 1960s concrete constructions, well-loved pubs and modern glass buildings — all have been put forward by residents as worth protecting as part of...
THE jury in the trial of a man accused of killing a 47-year-old welder with a single push will continue its deliberations for a third day. The 11 members, who have been...
