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Saddleworth is bracing itself for a six-week lock-down when the key elements of a £1 million sewer-replacement scheme begin on Monday. Businesses in Uppermill fear road...
Date Published 18/07/2014
KARL Newell spent two weeks kayaking among icebergs in Alaska and wild camping among brown bears. Now he has been appointed head teacher at Crompton House School and he said:...
TV presenter and former Oldham Chronicle journalist John Stapleton has returned to his roots and helped fill potholes around Saddleworth for a new TV challenge. As part of a...
OLDHAM town centre is set to look blooming lovely on Saturday as visitors enjoy the fifth annual Flower Festival. This year the horticultural extravaganza is even bigger with...
A FORMER NBA basketball star dropped in on an Oldham school to deliver a motivational speech. John Amaechi OBE is now a psychologist, a high-performance executive coach and...
GET OLDHAM WORKING AN online craft marketplace has chosen Oldham for its first Craft Entrepreneurship Programme in the UK. Etsy, which was set up in Illinois, America, last...
JACK Pickford is hanging up his baton as director of music at Crompton House School after 24 years. The 58-year-old taught in Derbyshire and at South Chadderton School before...
DEPUTY head teacher Brian Davenport is retiring after chalking up 26 years at Blue Coat School. The 61-year-old taught in South Yorkshire before joining the Church of England...
WIMBLEDON may be over, but Oldhamers can serve up an ace with free sessions to celebrate the Great British Tennis Weekend. Oldham Council has teamed up with tennis clubs across...
A MULTI-million pound boost to broadband in to Greater Manchester’s will benefit thousands of homes and businesses across Oldham. The first Get Digital Faster cabinet was...
Golf: WERNETH ‘A’ have put themselves back in the Oldham and District Golf League play-off picture after an 8-0 victory over Fairfield. And with East Division...
DEFENDING champion Steven Boyle fended off severe back pain to retain his club championship title at Brookdale. He shot rounds of 70 and 69 gross for a total of 139, and...
Golf: EVERGREEN Manchester star Roger Smithies rolled back the years to win the Royton Sword, courtesy of a best-of-the day 67 in the second round. He added it to his opening...
Barlows (UK) Ltd, an electrical and gas company based in Chadderton, beat stiff competition to win a Greater Manchester Skills for Business award in the construction skills...
YOUNG Oldham musicians showcased their talent as part of England’s biggest free music festival. Bands and singers covering electric, acoustic and urban music genres were...
FLY-TIPPERS could soon face harsher penalties under new sentencing laws, the council has warned. The maximum fine for dumping rubbish increased to £3million for companies...
WOODHOUSES Primary School has been classed as “requiring improvement” in its latest Ofsted inspection. The education watchdog found that pupils’ attainment in...
A MAN who is terrified of needles has volunteered for what could well be the worst experience of his life. Martin Jones will go under the needle at Royton’s Brass...
THE victim of a disturbing rape as a 12-year-old is urging youngsters not to visit online chat rooms. Samantha Roberts (20) was raped by Shakil Chowdhury, 36 at the time, when...
A FIRE Brigade Union chief has warned that a new computer system which saves the fire service £900,000 a year is flawed and could end up costing lives. Dave German,...
A drunken man was killed after his pelvis was crushed under the wheel of a bus in Chadderton in December, 2012, an inquest heard. Darren Lee McCann, of Rockcliffe Villa,...
EMILE Heskey will not be coming to Athletic . . . and nor will any other big-name strikers way past their prime. With no fresh faces brought in as an equivalent of last...
ATHLETIC have announced that Richard Taylor has been appointed to the club’s board. An Oxford graduate with a strong background in the world of sport and business, Taylor...
HOOKER Kenny Hughes is out of Oldham’s big game at York on Sunday — and four more players face late fitness checks. Doubtful are Nathan Mason, Jon Ford, Mo Agoro...
AT face value, Oldham’s top-two battle at York is too close to call. The one certainty is this — if it’s half as good as it was when the City Knights were at...
Leeds coach Brian McDermott admits his captain Kevin Sinfield is hurting after being sent off for the first time in his career and called for sympathy over his...
CLEAR by some 49 points with a dozen games left, it is very much Glodwick’s Saddleworth and District Cricket League title to lose. Trying to keep tabs on the high-fliers...
DAMIEN Duff will be the star name on the team sheet when Melbourne City arrive at SportsDirect.com Park tomorrow for an intriguing friendly clash. The former Fulham winger (35)...
CHRONICLE racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for tomorrow’s meetings
A £1MILLION scheme to rejuvenate Oldham town centre could soon be extended to Shaw and Lees. The council launched a new “Independent Quarter” between...
Date Published 17/07/2014
