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Alice Holt, the woman who inspired Oldham’s pioneering Life Story initiative for older people with dementia, has died aged 86. Life Story was designed by her husband Ken, from...
Date Published 10/07/2008
OLDHAM victims of an asbestos-related condition will receive compensation of up to £5,000 to bypass a shock court ruling, under plans set out yesterday. A Government consultation...
A LEGAL chief reckons an Oldham estate agent is lucky to have escaped unscathed after it was targeted by a mystery hoaxer. Police are still on the hunt for the rogue who claimed...
A FEATHERED friend in Failsworth, whose distinctive wake-up calls have been giving the community a headache, has been rehomed. Residents contacted the council’s Environmental...
A CURIOUS pup got more than it bargained for when it got stuck in a narrow gap. The seven-month-old bulldog was exploring the back of a house yesterday to the rear of Brookland...
FED-UP neighbours are demanding that HGVs and lorries are banned from a residential rat run after years of complaints. They brandished placards and staged a protest in a bid to...
A WARNING has been issued about a tax refund scam aimed at obtaining personal bank and credit card information. Chartered accountants in Greater Manchester are alerting people...
ANGRY residents hit out at a company’s controversial plans to expand. More than 30 members of the public were allowed to speak against Fulfilment Logistics’ proposals to build a...
NOT one of the 300 British athletes gearing up for this summer’s Beijing Olympics will be bidding for glory at table tennis. Team GB has failed to qualify for the singles and team...
TALENTED musicians at St Hugh’s Primary School in Holts can blow their own trumpet after scooping a prestigious music award. Young players and singers joined pupils from 51...
THE stars were shining when council staff who go beyond the call of duty were honoured. Oldham’s Special Thanks and Recognition (STAR) Awards recognise workers who provide an...
AN open day aimed at finding future musicians has been hailed a huge success. The session held at the Link Centre, Oldham, was organised by music mogul and project manager, Ron...
HIGH Crompton has its fingers crossed for dry weather as it prepares for its annual fun weekend. Because of heavy rain, last year’s event had to be postponed until September. Once...
SHOCKING new figures show that almost one in 10 children is obese when starting school. However, Oldham’s schools are making sure that their pupils grow up healthy — not just...
GENEROUS Oldhamers joined forces with a local tyre shop to set the wheels in motion for a bumper charity pay day. Sinead Hernen’s father, Paul Lennon, suffers from Parkinson’s...
SOME years ago, I knew a commercial manager in non-league football who did all his business by nagging so badly that people would sign a cheque just to get rid of him. But he...
THE loss of two major sponsors will blow a huge hole in Athletic’s budget for the new season. Hillstone Developments and Horners Motor Group have both entered into...
Date Published 09/07/2008
BILL QUINN believes that Oldham’s new all-pink kit won’t stop the team packing a punch. The specially commissioned one-off strip, which will be worn a week on Thursday for the...
MANCHESTER City have been dealt a blow with new Brazilian signing Jo to miss the start of the Premier League season. The striker, City’s club record buy, has been selected to...
CHRIS Baines is hoping he can help Oldham blast National League Two wide open this weekend. With eight games left in the regular season, in-form Roughyeds are currently...
MICK Nanyn's hat-trick at Workington moved him to the top of the Roughyeds' try scoring chart. Ironically, it wasn't one of the prolific centre's most polished performances in...
ROUGHYEDS coach Steve Deakin isn't sure how Barrow will respond to their first setback of the season. Raiders’ 15-10 loss at lowly Hunslet brought to an end a 13-match...
THE future of Chadderton Football Club could finally be resolved tomorrow following a summer of turmoil after owners Tony Bhatti and Craig Halliwell withdrew their financial...
AFTER knocking on the door in two recent local majors, it was a case of third time lucky as Chris Rabbich landed the Oldham and District Championship. The 36-hole event at...
A FRUSTRATED saver launched a one-woman protest outside the Bradford and Bingley bank in Oldham after her savings were left in limbo. Linda Grime has been unable to touch the...
A TEENAGER was viciously attacked by a 15-strong gang as he walked through Clarksfield with his girl friend. The 16-year-old victim was thrown to the ground and repeatedly kicked...
JUST when it looked like Brookdale ‘A’ were faltering, they have made a decisive surge clear at the top of the Oldham Golf League. Having been held to a 4-4 home draw the...
MANCHESTER United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was mobbed by pupils as he opened the £30 million Radclyffe School. The Reds boss spent around an hour at the Chadderton site yesterday...
CROMPTON House became the fourth different school to win the Chronicle Schools Golf Challenge Trophy after an emphatic 13-shot victory at centenary club Crompton and Royton....
THE President’s Salver, an open mixed foursomes, at CROMPTON AND ROYTON saw Brookdale’s Doug Unsworth and Angela Hunter emerge the victors after a three-way card play-off....
