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A SADDLEWORTH filmmaker is exploring the “hidden” truth about the wartime atomic bombs that devastated Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki for his latest...
Date Published 20/01/2015
VILLAGERS have been warned of the threat from a “significant development” in a conservation area in green belt land. Oldham councillor Derek Heffernan believes...
COMMUTERS at the Shaw and Crompton Metrolink stop could soon benefit from extra parking spaces The 50 spaces will be on the former Talentum building site. Plans will go before...
KIND-HEARTED Lisa Schofield was delighted to find out she would be receiving a beautiful bouquet of flowers every month this year after being nominated for the prize by a close...
THE owners of Surosa Cycles will meet this week as the company heads for liquidation. The popular Huddersfield Road bike shop closed suddenly earlier this month, without...
ONE of the main roads into Oldham centre will be closed at weekends for a month while a vandalised footbridge is demolished. The walkway, over Manchester Road, was closed by...
Saddleworth Festival of the Arts will make a spectacular return this year. The nine-day event will again feature international, national and local talent. Originally begun...
A PIONEERING sewing academy has moved from Middleton to Oldham following the closure of its founding partner-business. The academy was opened by Oldham College in 2013 with...
Tributes have flooded in for Coronation Street star and Oldham-born actress Anne Kirkbride following her death after a short illness. Anne (60) who starred as Deirdre Barlow...
A TEENAGER is critically ill in hospital after he took contaminated drugs at a party in Springhead. Police were called to Ivygreen Drive at 5am on Sunday following reports an...
MURDER suspect Andre Bright admitted he had killed a young mum in Fitton Hill - but cried in the dock as he denied intending to do it. Victoria Adams (22) was found with stab...
COMMUNITY groups are urging Oldham Council chiefs to think again over the proposal to build a new £17million school in Diggle. Mark Brooks, who was appointed chair of...
THE death of a Failsworth man who drove his car into a lamp post was the result of a brain injury, an inquest has determined. Frederick Moores (77), of Ravenoak Drive, had a...
Manager Lee Johnson is unlikely to be too disheartened by the postponement of tonight’s derby clash with Rochdale. The forecast of sub-zero temperatures during today and...
LEWIS Palfrey’s hernia surgery went well and the Oldham skipper remains on track to be fit for the start of the 2015 season in early March. Coach Scott Naylor said:...
RICHARD Taylor has officially resigned as a director at Athletic — exactly six months since stepping on to the board for the first time. As revealed here last week,...
VINCENT Kompany insists Manchester City’s title hopes are still alive despite a disappointing defeat by Arsenal. City will fall eight points behind league leaders Chelsea...
FOOTBALL: CHADDERTON officials have urged supporters to check before setting off for tonight’s rearranged FA Carlsberg Vase fourth round tie at home against AFC...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards AYR 12.40 Ubaltique 1.15 Streets Of Promise (nap) 1.50 Westend...
Boxing: ANDY Kremner is hoping not taking himself too seriously will prove the secret to future success. The 22-year-old Delph light-welterweight prospect has started his...
Athletic manager Lee Johnson believes Carl Winchester has Premier League class following his superb strike at Fleetwood to help push Athletic back into the top half of the...
Date Published 19/01/2015
Athletic manager Lee Johnson's face was white after a battering by the cold air of Fleetwood, but his team’s performance put a glow in his heart. Superb second-half goals...
LOUIS van Gaal insists he can’t listen to the opinion of every Manchester United fan after hearing a number of supporters vent their frustrations at his tactics against...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards SOUTHWELL 1.25 Dubawi Diamond 2.00 Falcon’s Reign 2.30 Zac...
SADDLEWORTH School is on the move from Uppermill to Diggle following a decision by education chiefs. The Education Funding Agency (EFA) carried out a feasibility study on four...
A CAMPAIGNING councillor today warned the plan to build a new £17million school in Diggle will be “neither speedy or straightforward.” Mike Buckley of the...
THE decision to build a new Saddleworth School in Diggle has brought fears of increased traffic. Independent Saddleworth parish councillor Robert Knotts, a retired RAF...
A knifeman subjected staff and customers to a terrifying ordeal as he tried to rob a convenience store, Manchester Crown Court has heard. Thomas Rosser (19) burst into the shop...
SIX members of a drugs gang responsible for importing hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of heroin and crack cocaine have been jailed for a total of 41 years. The six men...
POLICE have released an e-fit of a man wanted in connection with a violent assault with a machete in which two men barged into the home of an elderly couple. The Birch Avenue,...
