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A SHORTLIST was drawn up yesterday to select Oldham Council’s new chief executive.
Date Published 01/07/2008
OLDHAM Council’s much respected financial chief is leaving the authority to take control of a waste disposal contract worth billions of pounds.
Oldham Euro-MP Chris Davies has branded people who throw litter from their cars as dirty pigs — after picking up their rubbish.
INSPIRATIONAL teacher Mike Platt is retiring after chalking up 34 years at Blue Coat CE School.
HEALTH staff are turning their 60th anniversary celebrations into a major fund-raiser.
MYSTERIOUS UFOs have been spotted over Royton — according to one father and son.
A Liberal Democrat councillor launched a stinging attack on Gordon Brown’s first year in office — then blasted local MP Phil Woolas.
ONE of Steven Spielberg’s favourite up-and-coming film directors has completed a classic piece of armchair, barstool, carpet and bath theatre — in Oldham.
“CORONATION Street” favourite Chesney Battersby-Brown has proved a bit of a star with the RSPCA.
A new lease means a new lease of life for Manor Flats at Greenacres, which will be taken over by Greenacres Sports Association.
HAVE you seen the advert “before you think about surgery you should think about using this face cream”?
Hamilton urges Oldham to maintain momentum
Date Published 30/06/2008
Oldham 40 Gateshead 16
AS WERNETH celebrated a win over their neighbours, Oldham had only themselves to blame for yesterday’s four-wicket derby defeat at The Coppice.
CROMPTON maintained their title challenge in The Lake Garage CLL following an impressive seven-wicket win against Clifton at Glebe Street on Saturday.
IF anyone had offered Austerlands a top-five finish in the Armstrongs Office Furniture Saddleworth and District Cricket League season in April, they would have snapped their hands...
IF Heyside do go on to clinch top honours this season, they can reflect on a key weekend in the Armstrongs Office Furniture Saddleworth and District Cricket League season.
TOMORROW’s selections from Chronicle tipster Keith McHugh
FIVE Oldham property sites could be sold off now that Hillstone Developments has gone into administration.
CARNIVAL fever swept Oldham this weekend as a crowds flocked to Alexandra Park for two days of entertainment and activities.
A Failsworth man jailed for organising a £25 million drugs importation scheme — in which cannabis flooded into Manchester from Spain — has failed to convince top judges his...
One thousand private-hire drivers in Oldham will be spared Greater Manchester’s congestion charging — thanks to council leader Howard Sykes.
FREE buses will run in Oldham town centre as a new Tory/Lib-dem administration distances itself from congestion charging plans.
A 39-YEAR-OLD woman who fatally injected her friend with heroin has been jailed for three years.
A 15-year-old joyrider who crashed a powerful Mercedes into Crompton and Royton Golf Club escaped jail on Friday — but only because of his age.
ROAD deaths in Greater Manchester have increased — bucking the national trend.
AN Oldham MP has attacked a Government minister for celebrating the fact that people can become rich in Britain.
A SADDLEWORTH farmer made his final journey on a favourite tractor to his funeral attended by more than 200 people.
TREE-FELLING on a development at a Saddleworth retirement home has angered near-by residents.
