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A BENEFIT cheat who falsely claimed more than £45,000 has been spared prison. Paul Lowe, of Dobcross New Road, Dobcross, pleaded guilty to dishonestly failing to notify...
Date Published 09/10/2008
A NEW Oldham RLFC Supporters’ Club was launched when fans attended a meeting at Waterhead ARLFC, called by the Roughyeds’ commercial manager Michael Bradshaw. The...
AN Oldham soldier accused of 16 counts of taking indecent photos of a child and one charge of possessing an indecent photograph will appear at Manchester’s Minshull Street...
AFTER a particularly ineffective 2007, Adam Walker is beginning to put some form together for Manchester Phoenix. This season he has already scored four points and that has...
A HEAD teacher says claims that £35,000 was spent on moving her office are wrong. And Trish O’Donnell, from Clarksfield Primary School, said any suggestion that...
A DRUG dealer has been banned from driving taxis after being convicted of trying to conceal his offences. Oldham Council’s Licensing Panel has revoked the licence of...
OLDHAM screen and stage star Dora Bryan is mourning the death of her husband Bill Lawton, who has died aged 88. The couple met in 1940 when she was a favourite actress at...
OLDHAM’S Lib-Dem Euro-MP has won 10 billion euro (£7.8 billion) in a bid to fight climate change. Chris Davies’s proposals for the development of carbon...
STUART LOMAS, the manager of High Crompton CC, was relieved to see his side finally get off the mark in the D&J Builders (North West) Ltd Oldham Sunday League Jack Abbott...
FORMER Blue Coat teacher Mike Platt was inspired by an ex-pupil and her young son to give up his leaving presents for a research charity. He raised around £1,400 when...
A SEVEN-YEAR search for premises to house a rescue centre could be reaching an end for an Oldham animal charity. Pennine Pen Animal Rescue runs a fundraising shop in Ashton...
A CLARKSFIELD mum is urging parents to check the labels of baby food jars after she almost fed her son a meal that was 15 months out of date. Tricia Noone, of Balfour Street,...
OLDHAM FULL COUNCIL Reporting team: Beatriz Ayala, Marina Berry and Jennifer Hollamby A 40-MINUTE debate on congestion charges ended in stalemate when an attempt by the Labour...
LEADERS of the main political parties in Oldham will take part in a major debate in Delph tomorrow over the proposed congestion charge. Millgate Arts Centre will host the...
NEW-LOOK Metrolink trams have been ordered and are costing just over £2 million each. They will run on the existing Metrolink network, as well as new lines to Oldham and...
A DOG that bit a councillor in Wales has been granted a stay of execution — and its Oldham owner spared jail. Former security guard Michael Butler (51), of Hollins Road,...
KEITH BRENNAN, the Saddleworth Rangers coach, is determined his side won’t make the same mistakes again after they slipped to their first defeat of the season in the...
OLDHAM Council has a new interim director of finance, IT and resources. Peter Timmins takes up the post following the move of John Bland to Greater Manchester Waste Disposal...
OCTOBER is breast cancer awareness month, and the Royal Oldham Hospital’s Link4Pink appeal has thrown out a challenge for local people to help it reach its target. The...
THE battle for the North West Cyclo-Cross League continues this weekend with two events in the Manchester area which look set to test the riders’ skills and stamina....
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
MOTHER and daughter Caroline Murray and Jean Hill have found a new lease of life thanks to a friendship club. The pair make a weekly trip to Abbeyhills Community Centre to...
A CHURCH which closed and then reopened has been shortlisted for a national prize. Sandy Lane Congregational Community Church, Dobcross, is in line for an Inspiring Church...
GLORIOUS fledgling footballers have hit the back of the net for a fourth time after scoring a national award for excellence. The Football Association has a charter standard...
DON’T you just love trying to get sense out of utility companies? The endless hours waiting on the phone listening to a non-stop sequence of messages telling you...
IRISH defender Richie Byrne has signed a new short-term contract at Boundary Park. Byrne agreed a second one-month deal and is set to keep his place in the starting XI for...
Date Published 08/10/2008
BROTHERLY love is heading to Oldham as their squad-building programme continues for their third term in National League Two. Thomas Coyle, younger brother of James, has been...
MOSSLEY produced a fantastic fightback to draw 2-2 at home to Bamber Bridge in last night’s top-of-the-table clash in UniBond League first division north, writes TONY BUGBY....
THE Lake Garage CLL has vetoed a proposal to become an ‘open’ league which would remove suspicions of illegal payments to players. The management committee has...
WERNETH’S final major of the season saw Arnold Parker lift The Grasshopper Trophy. He had a return of 83-18-65 which was one shot clear of second-placed John Suttie...
