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A DERELICT school targeted by arsonists and vandals is to make way for a gated development of luxury custom-built homes. Oldham-based property developer UDUNK bought the...
Date Published 10/01/2014
NIGEL McQuoid is to step down as principal of Waterhead Academy. The 53 year old joined the school as acting principal in September 2011, following the resignation of David...
RUGBY: SADDLEWORTH Rangers will tonight discover their first-round opponents in this season’s Tetley’s Challenge Cup. The draw for the opening stage will be...
SPORTS BETTING: ANDY Murray missed the chance to pick up the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award in front of his British fans because of his intensive training regime....
BELEAGUERED Manchester United boss David Moyes insists Sir Alex Ferguson’s shadow is not looming over him as he attempts to revive the club’s season. Moyes’...
THE FRIDAY THING: HAVE you seen the pictures of that vast army of nutters who stand on top of sea walls waiting for 60-foot waves to crash down on them? It has the look of a...
GREENFIELD and Grasscroft Residents’ Association holds its annual meeting on Thursday at 7pm, followed by the monthly meeting, at the Satellite Centre in Wellington Road....
BOXING: BEN Lancaster might not have been able to box as a youngster, but the popular head coach at the Boarshaw Amateur Boxing Club has more than made up for that disappointment...
Karting: AFTER clinching the MBKC Minimax crown in the North-West, young karting star Jack Harwood is putting the pedal to the metal in the 2014 Junior Max British Championships....
‘It’s been an honour and a privilege’ WHEN Oldham Council’s outgoing chief executive Charlie Parker, arrived in the borough for the first time five years...
WITH the new year comes a new-look website for the 2014 One Oldham Business Awards. The month also see the final push for awards nominations, which close on January 31....
Oldham MP Michael Meacher has slammed the Government for cutting a fund aimed at providing support to those in crisis. The Oldham West and Royton MP said axing the Social Fund...
MANAGER David Moyes will be praying Manchester United don’t lose when Swansea return to Old Trafford tomorrow. United haven’t lost four games in a row in the...
FOOTBALL: Heyside 3, Kirkheaton Rovers 3 JASON Titterington’s late strike secured a point for Heyside in Division Two of the Huddersfield and District League at Royton...
BOXING: OLDHAM brothers Ronnie and Mark Heffron are set to return to ring action. Light-middleweight Ronnie will bid to extend his pro record to 15 wins from 16 fights...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: CHADDERTON’S Matty Russell has continued his excellent season by being named the North-West Counties League First Division’s player of the...
INTERNATIONAL hip hop star Joe Motley is returning to his roots this weekend to inspire a young generation of rappers. The world-renowned artist, originally from Oldham, has...
A parish councillor who quit the Lib-Dems over their support for moving Saddleworth school to a new site in Diggle claims a door-to-door campaign is gaining massive support....
A COMMUNITY’S fight to have traffic lights installed at the notorious crossing at which 12-year-old Annalise Holt died before Christmas is set to be cranked up....
A tiny Saddleworth hamlet has become a movie-makers’ delight. At least once a year, crews from major TV companies or movie trek the narrow, winding lane to the iconic...
Football: KEN Evans ought to be known as “Mr Hollinwood FC”. After almost 30 years of dedicated service to the Manchester League outfit, Ken is still going...
RUGBY: Ince Rose Bridge 24, Oldham St Anne’s 24 OLDHAM St Anne’s staged a superb second-half comeback to snatch a share of the points at Ince Rose Bridge....
“WE thought the youngsters gave their all and didn’t stop trying, but in the end experience proved too much for us.” You might imagine those words coming from the mouth of Lee...
MANCHESTER City boss Manuel Pellegrini believes in–form striker Alvaro Negredo has proved a perfect addition to the squad. Negredo took his goal tally for the season to...
A POPULAR teacher and amazing mother has died just hours after her unborn baby. Cath Moston, of Shaw, was taken to the Royal Oldham Hospital at 37 weeks pregnant after...
A CHARITY which helps young people with learning difficulties feels it is being mocked after being left with just 55p by athief. Pennine Mencap discovered it had been left...
CHRONICLE readers have overwhelmingly backed calls from a leading motoring organisation for transport chiefs to reconsider the road layout at one of the town centre’s...
A FORMER recruitment manager from Oldham banned from the nation’s leisure centres for stealing from lockers, has been sent to jail. Jeanette Fidler (41) was given the...
A FATHER of three could have his benefits stopped after missing an appointment — because he was at the hospital for the birth of his child. Richard Allt (32), who claims...
ATHLETIC are only three percentage points away from being as good as League One frontrunners Brentford, says manager Lee Johnson Johnson has analysed statistics from matches...
