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Oldham is not going in at the deep end over plans for free swimming for the over-60s. Instead, the council will wade cautiously through the Government scheme to remove charges...
Date Published 01/10/2008
PAUL O’CONNOR virtually flawless at full-back throughout the campaign, is the Chronicle’s player of the year for the 2008 season. Small in stature but more than...
WHEN the Grand Final got underway at the weekend, James Coyle completed a record of playing in every single competitive game in the season. The 22-year-old scrum-half turned...
AN OLDHAM-based charity is celebrating after the Premier League donated £4,000 as part of a community initiative. ACE Centre North, based at Hollinwood Business Centre,...
MICHAEL Bradshaw - ‘Braddy’ to everyone on the local rugby league circuit - is inviting Roughyeds’ supporters to an open meeting at Waterhead ARL tomorrow (7pm...
A SHAW apprentice has had a face to face meeting with the Minister in charge of apprenticeships. David Schofield, First Bus apprentice of the year, met with John Denham,...
SADDLEWORTH’S all-conquering juniors have won through to the final of the Manchester Alliance’s Williams BMW Challenge. Their latest success came in the semi-final...
BROOKDALE have landed a double in the Oldham and District Rabbits League. They have followed their success in the Cup with victory in the end-of-season Rose Bowl, a...
SADDLEWORTH’S Sonia Dunn was the winner of the Oldham Ladies’ Golf Association past-captain’s event which was held at Werneth. She scored 27 points in the...
OWLS have had a major recruitment campaign, signing eight new players in a bid to regain former glories in the forthcoming Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball League. And...
BRIDES-TO-BE can bag themselves a bargain wedding dress and win a honeymoon to boot at the RSPCA’s charity fashion show. The event, at the Tokyo Project, Roscoe Street,...
STANLEY Road have joined CBC at the top of the Oldham Amateur Snooker League thanks to a 6-0 whitewash of North Chadderton. Steve Hubbert Jnr got the home side off to a...
OLDHAM RUFC Colts ended Wigan’s 100-per-cent record after holding them to an 8-8 draw in their top-of-the-table clash at Manor Park. Michael Ward set up a try for Josh...
Tame Valley’s first team is finding it tough after being promoted to division two central of the JJB North West Counties Squash League. They have still to win a game...
A SCHOOL celebrated the breaking of the fast of Ramadan on Monday. Families were invited to join in the event at Alexandra Park Junior School, and teacher Shazia Ashraf said:...
North Bury Junior League YOUNG hot-shot Martin Kenny had a debut to remember for Chaddy Hoppers under-13s Red in the North Bury Junior League Cup. He became an instant...
OLDHAM’S community dental team has been nominated for a national award for its fight to prevent tooth decay. The service has been shortlisted in the Health Service...
Oldham people top the poll for watching the most hours of TV, according to new research. One in 10 people in Oldham will spend more than 14 years in front of their tellies...
MEMBERS of Oldham Mountain Rescue Team were put through their emergency drills on the hills around Diggle — with the help of the RAF. Pretend casualties were winched to...
THERE is something exhilarating about making a discovery. Exhilarating and reassuring. Not that I’m prone to making earth-shattering discoveries like how to split the atom...
LOVE and hate, passion and tragedy breathe life once again into the special 50th anniversary production of West Side Story. Based on Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”, the film...
KYLE Saunders set the tone as Oldham St Anne’s under-13s swept aside Golbourne Parkside 32-8 in the first round of the Lancashire Cup. Positive play from the youngster...
Small businesses in Oldham are failing to claim more than £1.3million in business rate rebates. And Leaseholder United say that businesses are losing on three years of...
MAZDA Oldham has changed hands in a management buyout by leading dealership Lythgoe, led by director Mark Beach. Lythgoe is now one of the biggest dealerships in the...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards AYR 2.20 The Little Fizzer 2.55 Scenic Pass 3.30 Box Office 4.05...
AFTER a quiet couple of weeks I have been mad busy — Blackburn and Manchester being ports of call for your correspondent these past few days. By far the most interesting...
Plan for new town centre youth club AN ambitious £5million bid to create a world-class town centre lads’ and girls’ club for Oldham has taken its final step....
Date Published 30/09/2008
THE future of plans to bring trams to Oldham town centre was thrown into confusion when the Tories pledged to break the link between the Transport Innovation Fund (TIF) and...
PARENTS taking their children to play football and rugby at a Chadderton playing field are making life a misery for residents. More than 100 neighbours of Cathedral Road have...
Little Eva Burke has been left in tears after losing her beloved cuddly toy. Eva, (2), of Grotton, had been inseparable from her Scaredy Cat toy since it was bought as a...
