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RESTORED furniture proved a moneyspinner for a local homeless charity after a sale in Paris raised £4,000. The international charity Emmaus, which has a branch in Mossley,...
Date Published 14/07/2008
WHILE some of us are packing suitcases ready to jet off to sunnier climes, a large percentage of Oldhamers are missing out on holidays. New research by Age Concern has shown that...
A COMMUNITY matron and her team dubbed “the real angels of the north” have been nominated for a special award. Sue Mills and her colleagues have earned a Pride in Oldham...
CARL SPIERS believes his Royton home was burgled because of a highly-publicised fund-raising event. The break-in came hours after he had raised £2,000 for the family of Ernie...
PENNINE Acute Trust death rates are within the expected range, a new report says. It is the first time mortality rates for hip replacements, knee replacements, planned repair of...
THE number of people admitted to the Royal Oldham Hospital with heart attacks is rising as numbers fall across the country. According to Department of Health, 21 people were...
A CHAMPION of education in Oldham, who taught in schools across the borough, has died aged 86. Desmond McMahon began teaching immediately after the Second World War and held jobs...
THE Saddleworth Special Needs Playgroup, which meets in Cooper Street, Springhead, is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Saddleworth Women’s Institute originally helped to fund it,...
A midwife accused of serious misconduct over her management of a woman’s labour at the Royal Oldham Hospital has been suspended until after Christmas by a High Court judge. Sonya...
ATHLETIC have completed the signing of former Manchester United striker David Williams. The 17-year-old, who was released by the Old Trafford club in February, has agreed a...
Date Published 11/07/2008
ROUGHYEDS chief executive Chris Hamilton isn’t keen to over-play the significance of tonight’s Barrow match. Oldham travel to Craven Park in the knowledge that should come...
MANCHESTER City are ready to make a £2.5million move for Blackburn Rovers goalkeeper Brad Friedel. The 37-year-old American has been told by new Rovers manager Paul Ince his...
GARETH LANGLEY is backing his team-mates to once again raise the performance level ahead of a huge test. Oldham travel to face Barrow Raiders tonight (7.30pm kick off), a team...
CROMPTON continue their push for Lake Garage CLL title honours with a trip to Middleton tomorrow. Simon Wright’s side have endured a frustrating time in the John Willie Lees...
ALL eyes will be on Armstrongs Office Furniture Saddleworth and District Cricket League leaders Heyside this weekend. After last weekend’s shock nine-wicket defeat at lowly...
BOWLERS who performed the draw for the finals of this year’s Oldham Evening Chronicle Handicap clearly had a sense of theatre. Top of the list of possible clashes in the final...
A BUSY weekend of competition finals gets under way at Walmersley Conservative Club, Bury, tomorrow (1pm) when the £2,360 Daniel Thwaites Trophy will be played to a conclusion....
HAVE you done your bit to try to save your local post office? Today we give post office customers one last chance to join the campaign to save any of the post offices on the...
A FAILSWORTH councillor is prepared to stand down from the planning committee over a controversial application. Conservative councillor Ian Barker, of Failsworth West, said he...
ONE pupil is shown the yellow card every 33 minutes across Oldham’s schools — but the number of suspensions in secondary schools has gone down. According to figures released...
OLDHAM’S train service will be replaced with trams twice as frequent when the new Metrolink line reaches the borough. The Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority is...
WORRIED neighbours in Westminster Road, Failsworth, said vehicles mounting the pavement are putting lives at risk. Residents said impatient drivers are mounting the kerb and...
AN investigation has been launched by Greater Manchester Police after an officer was caught reading at the wheel in Oldham. A keen-eyed motorist spotted the gaffe on Monday...
A MOSSLEY fell runner has climbed a mountain to conquer the biggest challenge in his sport and raise a stack of cash for Macmillan nurses. Colin Bishop (37) tackled the...
SADDLEWORTH School pupils have struck gold with a trip-of-a-lifetime to next month’s Beijing Olympics. Eight Year 10 classmates from the specialist language college where...
A FORMER pupil has donated 25 innovative Vigo skateboards to Kaskenmoor School and, in the words of head teacher John Alder, they were so popular “we struggled to get the pupils...
OLYMPIC 400 metres bronze-medallist Katherine Merry dropped in to Failsworth School to present sports awards. Andrea Atkinson, director of sport, said: “The ceremony was...
OLDHAM has escaped a rise in noise complaints after smokers were forced outside pubs and clubs to light up. Nationally, some areas have seen complaints about noise soar since...
HEALTH watchdogs have seized more than 40kg of what they suspect is illegally imported dried fish from 40 grocers in Oldham. And residents are being warned not to eat the...
THIS year’s festival of diversity is expected to be bigger and better than ever, with five weeks of community celebrations including the Oldham mela. The event will be...
