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THREE Oldham primary schools have been awarded £1,000 through the 2015 Pupil Premium Awards for their continuing work supporting disadvantaged students. South Failsworth...
Date Published 24/12/2014
MP Debbie Abrahams joined the rest of her party in voting to make law the transparency of equal pay. In a measure put forward by Labour, the Oldham East and Saddleworth MP...
PROPOSALS to increase ambulance target times for reaching some seriously-ill patients have been slammed by the former Chairman of NHS Oldham. Councillor Riaz Ahmad, who served...
A GROUP of pupils at an Oldham primary school could well be giving the Evening Chronicle a run for our money as they have been out and about in the community gathering stories for...
A TEENAGER was handed a six-month referral order at Oldham Magistrates Court yesterday after breaking into High Crompton post office in June. The 14-year-old pleaded guilty to...
OLDHAM Council will close two youth centres as the fight to make savings of £60 million continues. Failsworth Youth Centre and 146 Werneth Youth Centre are the facilities...
FOR Dave Matthews this is the Christmas gift money couldn’t buy. It didn’t need wrapping or fancy bows because this was the gift of a friendship so strong, 46 years...
CENTRAL Lancashire and Saddleworth and District Cricket League officials are continuing to explore all options for a new Greater Manchester pyramid system. Two officials from...
Date Published 23/12/2014
PROLIFIC wicket-taker Carl Taylor will play for Royton in the Lake Garage CLL in 2015. He has decided to take a break from Crompton, the club with which he has been associated...
ANGLING ROYTON-based Martin Taylor, of Halifax Matrix, is enjoying a hot streak. He won the Mirfield Wednesday open on the Mirfield Canal, with seven perch on chopped worm...
TABLE TENNIS THE Glodwick club continue to dominate the title race in Division One of the Oldham and District Table Tennis League. Six points separate the ‘A’...
RUGBY UNION Oldham 2ndS 83, Chorley 1stS 0 THIS was a must-win game for Oldham’s second string and they proved equal to the task thanks to an emphatic...
OLDHAM AT WAR IT had become obvious weeks before the first Christmas of the war that those who predicted the troops would be home before the leaves fell had been unduly...
FULFILLING an old promise led to an emotional journey to Belgium and France for one Oldham family. Keith Chadwick, originally from Springhead, promised his grandmother Bertha...
CAMPAIGNERS are calling for a referendum to see if the people of Greater Manchester are in favour of an elected mayor. The Greater Manchester Association of Trades Union...
TIS the season of goodwill to all men and women, and Voluntary Action Oldham has been spreading a bit of festive cheer to support community groups. The Grotton Residents...
FORMER Oldham Sixth-Form College students were presented with awards and prizes at a special celebration evening. Students who left the college this year received accolades for...
HEARTFELT tributes were paid in Oldham to the people who died in the Pakistan school massacre last week. Residents, both young and old, came together at the Pakistani Community...
MORE than 250 people were arrested during a month of police activity to protect vulnerable children and adults. Operation Patina, led by Greater Manchester Police Public...
A BADLY broken ankle didn’t stop head teacher Mike McGhee making it into school for the last day of term. He was determined to visit Newman College, Broadway, after a...
OLDHAM is several steps closer to becoming Dementia Friendly after the borough overwhelmingly supported a campaign to help those living with the disease — achieving the...
WATERHEAD Academy has become the second Oldham school within a month to be put in special measures. Ofsted inspectors said it is failing to give pupils an acceptable standard...
ANIMAL lovers have launched a bitter attack after two dead horses were dumped on a popular moorland route. The horses were abandoned at the roadside near the Saddleworth border...
RESIDENTS in Fitton Hill are furious at the eyesore of litter that has gathered around the derelict Fytton Arms pub. The Fytton Arms, on Green Estate, has been empty for a...
A FRUSTRATED father who has not seen his children for 18 months protested on top of Oldham County Court yesterday against what he claims are unfair family laws. Dad-of-four...
ATHLETIC manager Lee Johnson feels confident in the backing he has to turn round a sudden, dramatic decline in the team’s fortunes. After gaining a spot in the top six in...
MARK Moisley is thinking outside the box when it comes to planning for Athletic’s future success in a new, four-dimensional era. The club’s new commercial manager...
SIR Alex Ferguson has backed Louis van Gaal to turn Manchester United into world–beaters again. Van Gaal was handed the task of bringing the glory days back to Old...
CHAPMAN’S CORNER CONFIDENCE has been the key to City’s recent success – the players are full of it at the moment. There are a number of high profile stars...
GET OLDHAM WORKING CAMPAIGN THESE apprentices have played a huge part in bringing First Choice Homes Oldham’s brand new headquarters to life. The flagship Union Street...
Date Published 22/12/2014
