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TWO health services have been set up to make it easier for the public to access confidential sexual health support and advice. A one-stop sexual health clinic has been started...
Date Published 12/08/2008
CADET Corporal Hannah Heywood-Taala is celebrating after successfully completing an Air Cadet gliding scholarship. The 17-year-old of 2200 (Oldham) Squadron Air Training Corps...
Drivers of huge, classic American cars may be feeling the pinch as their six-litre engines gobble up petrol at the rate of 10 miles to the gallon. But that didn’t stop...
SUMMER might have arrived but people are being urged to dig out the winter woollies to help orphans in Eastern Europe. Chadderton couple Chris and Barry Waterworth of Moray...
OLDHAM’S most vulnerable residents will be given extra help to keep warm this winter, with a special cash top-up to the existing Warm Front scheme. Warm Front, part of...
I crashed the car the other week. Twice. On the same day. In the same place. I know what you’re thinking. Women drivers. And in a way you’d be right but I’d...
ATHLETIC’S move for Stoke City winger Demar Phillips is on the brink of falling through. Despite lengthy negotiations, the clubs have still failed to agree financial...
WITH only eight players physically able to run in training last night, Roughyeds coach Steve Deakin has given his players a day off in a bid to ready bodies for the end-of-season...
MARK Hughes may walk away from Manchester City just days before the start of the Premier League season. The Welshman is angry that the Eastlands club attempted to force...
PENALTY king Andy Liddell has revealed it’s no accident that he holds a 100-per-cent record from the spot during his time at Boundary Park. Liddell breathed life into...
LATICS fans are keeping alive the memory of Ernie Cooksey with a special flag which is going on tour around England . . . and the world. The Ernie flag will be displayed at...
ONLY one match into the league campaign, Lewis Alessandra is already staking a major claim to be part of Athletic’s starting line-up. The striker came off the bench to...
LOCAL company Leesfield Developments has joined forces with the Chronicle to back the 2008/09 Star Man award. Leesfield – specialists in windows, conservatories,...
SWIMMER Keri-Anne Payne failed in her second attempt to reach an Olympic Games final. The 20-year-old, who scraped into the semi-finals of the 200m individual medley, never...
ROCHDALE side Church Inn caused a big upset in the final of the Saddleworth League’s Law Swallow Cup when they defeated hot favourites Springbank ‘A’ at...
THE appeal of the Beijing Olympics so far is the thought that even ordinary people could compete in a few of the events given enough practise. Of course, ‘could’...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
CRIME has soared after residents were forced to take down their alleygates in a row over a right of way. People who live in Hathershaw Street, Oldham, say the removal of their...
Date Published 11/08/2008
AN Oldham bus company is bringing in a £33 million fleet of 200 new double deckers to improve reliability. First Manchester, which has its headquarters in Wallshaw...
AN Oldham man was one of two kayakers rescued after being swept into a notorious whirlpool off the coast of Scotland. Lifeboat crews were scrambled on Saturday after the...
CASH for community groups is up for grabs through a brand new pot of money called the Grassroots Fund. The Community Foundation for Greater Manchester is now accepting...
OLDHAM Council has suspended four taxi drivers in its continuing crackdown on rogue taxi operators. Its licensing panel heard applications to review their private-hire...
Equal pay claims will cost Oldham Council almost £9 million. The authority’s newly published accounts show that £8.87 million was included in 2007/8 for...
A NEW row has broken out among business leaders over the alternatives to bringing in a congestion charge for travel into central Manchester. The charge would pay for £3...
HEAVY downpours failed to dampen the wartime spirit as Saddleworth was decked out in patriotic red, white and blue. Hundreds stepped back in time for Saddleworth Wartime...
A MAN dragged from a burning building rewarded his rescuers with a torrent of abuse. The man, believed to be in his thirties, was arrested by police for breach of the peace...
ANOTHER stealth tax may be on the cards, according to the UK Independence Party. It claims that the European Commission is looking into the possibility of removing the...
YOU can hardly open a newspaper these days without reading about how childhood is under threat. Here, Jim Leivers, chairman of the Oldham Local Safeguarding Children Board...
OLDHAMERS hoping to kick the drugs and booze got into the competitive spirit with a special It’s A Knockout competition for drug and alcohol service users across Greater...
GOLFERS in Oldham are being urged to swing into action to help to keep a hospital appeal on course. Manchester Golf Club, in Rochdale Road, Middleton, is hosting a Golf...
