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YOUNG and old stood side by side to mark the anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Veterans, civilians, cadets and shoppers joined in the annual service, organised by the...
Date Published 16/09/2014
METROLINK bosses have ordered 16 new trams worth £34 million. Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) used money from the Government’s Local Growth Fund to order...
A Chadderton guitarist and his fellow band members have been named London’s best buskers. Aaron Murphy (23) moved to London last year to pursue a music career with best...
PUPILS at Firwood Manor preparatory school in Chadderton were in for a surprise when they saw who had been invited to open their new classrooms. Former Manchester United ace...
WORLD-renowned stained-glass artist Brian Clarke is to open the new £2.7 million building named after him at Blue Coat School. Brian, who designed the roof of the...
ROYTON Cricket Ladies Charity Fundraisers will hold a family fun day and cricket tournament on Saturday. The event, taking place from 11am until late, will include a barbecue,...
Mossley Amateur Operatic Society is to become the UK’s first amateur company to stage the Rice-Lloyd Webber classic musical “Evita”. Permission to stage the...
A STORY of crime, capers and budgies is the order of the day for Hard Graft Theatre’s new comedy. And like their comedy “I Love Oldham” last year, this...
THE mother of murdered police woman Nicola Hughes has praised her local community for supporting an event in her daughter’s memory. Scores of families took part in a day...
OLDHAM East and Saddleworth MP Debbie Abrahams is backing a Mencap campaign to give people with a learning disability the chance to make their voice heard. Hear My Voice aims...
Drivers have been given a 14-day reprieve from parking fines after months of upheaval in Uppermill. From today car park users in Uppermill will receive a warning notice if they...
DARTS: REIGNING champions Oldham hit the ground running in the Lancashire GMC Super Eights Elite League. The town team opened their campaign with a trip to Lune Valley —...
Oldham 31, Thornton Cleveleys 3 RUGBY UNION: OLDHAM secured a big North Lancs Division One win against Thornton Cleveleys at Manor Park. Oldham made the early running. Max...
RUGBY: OLDHAM St Anne’s wrapped up their Kingstone Press National Conference League campaign with a powerful team performance in defeating Stanley Rangers 40-24 at...
RUGBY: A STRONG first-half show set Saddleworth Rangers on their way to a 42-30 victory at Milford Marlins and NCL Division One survival. With Millom already doomed, four clubs...
The City website reporter’s weekly column for Chron Sport WHAT a massive week it promises to be for City, with Bayern Munich on Wednesday then Chelsea in the Premier...
MIDFIELDER James Milner believes Manchester City are capable of making a big impression in the Champions League. City begin their latest challenge in Europe’s elite...
BOWLS: NIMBLE Nook pair Gary Ellis and Matt Gillies were today bidding to reach the last 16 of the Waterloo Bowling Handicap in Blackpool. Ellis, chasing a fifth Waterloo...
CRICKET: IT was very much a case of sweet and sour for Werneth on Saturday night. Matt Taylor’s men registered a maximum points win at Royton - but no sooner had...
Boxing: MATCHROOM Boxing chief Eddie Hearn has promised Anthony Crolla a world title shot - despite the Chadderton-based lightweight ace having to settle for a frustrating...
CRICKET: DELPH concluded their Drakes Huddersfield League Premiership campaign with a disappointing two-run defeat at Barkisland. Taking first knock, the hosts scored 126 all...
Non-league football: MITCHELL Bryant was Mossley’s hero again with two goals towards his side’s 3-2 Evo-Stik League Division One North victory at Kendal Town. The...
CRICKET: IF Carlsberg did finals, they wouldn’t be as good as Uppermill. The previous three involving the club’s first XI – two tension-filled duels against...
MANCHESTER City manager Manuel Pellegrini was furious with referee Mark Clattenburg, believing he got three key decisions wrong against Arsenal at the Emirates. The champions...
LOUIS van Gaal has told his Manchester United players there’s plenty of room for improvement - despite their impressive 4–0 win over QPR. Sixty days after his...
AN Oldham man took his own life only six days before his arranged marriage, an inquest heard yesterday. Mohammed Ashraf Ali (28) was found dead in the shower of his parent’s...
MORE than 6,000 people have watched an Oldham Council video outlining ways to tackle a £60 million budget cut. The council website video - ‘Let’s talk budget:...
Residents have reacted angrily to a planning application to turn a former residential home into private “Simple Living” rooms. Over 250 locals signed a petition...
Twenty people have now claimed they were victims of sexual abuse by former Rochdale MP Sir Cyril Smith. At least one victim has told detectives he was raped by the 29-stone...
THE Christie has appointed a Failsworth radiographer to lead its revolutionary Proton Beam Therapy Centre in Manchester in 2018. Hazel Pennington (40) trained more than 20...
