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Engineers are carrying out emergency repair work after a water main burst on a key bridge in Saddleworth. Locals reported water gushing from a stone arch on the A6052 Dobcross...
Date Published 13/12/2013
CHANGES to the Queen Elizabeth Hall mean the One Oldham Business Awards have been brought forward this year to March 21. WHich means the deadline for entry has been fixed at...
THAT DAY WE SANG, Royal Exchange, Manchester (to January 18) HERE’S a second outing for Victoria Wood’s unashamedly populist 2011 Manchester International Festival...
GET into the Christmas spirit with carols at Chadderton Town Hall at 6pm on Sunday. The free event is organised by South Chadderton Churches Together. PARK Estate holds it...
OLDHAM residents who speak little or no English will benefit from a grant of more than £96,000. Oldham Council and Oldham College have been awarded the money to improve...
A STARTING Oldham seven featuring premier league players Rachel Henry and Kerry Almond was too strong for Deeside in the North-West Premier League. Oldham won each of the four...
Young footballers from Hulme Grammar School have been invited to compete in an international tournament in Qatar! The school’s under-18s were leaving today for the trip...
THE number of people using the Oldham Foodbank has more than tripled over the past year. Around 120 families visit the Clegg Street centre each week, many referred by...
A BRAVE great-grandma who battled back from the brink of death has been named one of 10 “Diamond Champions” around the region. Doreen Smith (82) of Abbeyhills...
West Side Story, Palace, Manchester, to January 4 PERHAPS an unusual choice for Christmas entertainment, but what better to give us at this time of year than one of the...
THAI BOXING: THREE Siam Camp fighters returned from Bali with a cherished medal each after starring at the prestigious President’s Cup competition. Representing the...
CROMPTON House School is celebrating success at the Oldham Schools Cross-Country championships held at Chadderton Hall Park. There were victories for Year seven and Year eight...
AN Oldham business is keen to expunge the past after prosecution for multiple breaches of food hygiene laws. Owner Mohammed Saleem has turned the Taj Palace into a private...
RUGBY: CLUB secretary John Mellor is hoping Higginshaw ARLFC will rise again in the spring after the team was forced to quit the North-West Counties League, Upper Division....
OLDHAM PLANNING COMMITTEE: A SHOLVER nursery will be turned into a block of apartments surounded by anothre 30 houses on the site. Councillors have given planning permission...
RUGBY: HOLLINWOOD will once again be kicking their heels in the Pennine League this weekend. After being unable to raise a team for the trip to Wetherby Bulldogs last...
A 70-year-old Lees daredevil is glad to have his feet firmly back on the ground after falling from 13,000ft in a charity skydive. John O’Mara jumped out of the plane...
LATICS fans can secure their place in the club’s history by buying a brick for the new North Stand. For £100, supporters can bag a brick in the “Legends Wall...
DAVE Ball is walking away from a lifelong involvement in amateur football in disgust at the state of the game. The secretary of AFC Oldham said incidents such as the attack on...
THE DISEMBODIED head of Ray Winstone popped up as usual at around 9pm on Monday night. “The latest live odds are coming up on your screen now,” said the...
AN Oldham school is to oversee a new state-of-the-art £6.25 million town-centre academy that will provide 140 extra places for local autistic children....
FOXDENTON is set to benefit from government money to tackle road congestion under measures announced by Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin today. A £4.4m scheme will...
THREE Oldhamers have been charged in connection with a spate of mobile phone thefts across the region. Atila Varga (25) and Rita Rostas (27), both of Kimberley Street, Oldham,...
A SHUFFLING of the playing pack could take place at Brentford tomorrow as Athletic attempt to claim a victory against a side manager Lee Johnson rates in the top two in the...
ATHLETIC boss Lee Johnson has demanded action be taken to stamp out illegal practices relating to football betting. Six individuals, including Athletic’s Cristian...
MANCHESTER United midfielder Phil Jones admits the players’ confidence may have been shaken by their recent poor run - but insists they have to be professional and just deal...
MANCHESTER City midfielder James Milner admits he doesn’t know the secret behind the team's free–scoring home form – but hopes it continues against Arsenal...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
HEALTH chiefs are investigating confusion over the care available at NHS walk-in services and the Royal Oldham Hospital’s A&E department. The push for a clearer...
Date Published 12/12/2013
THE FAMILY of 22-year-old mum Victoria Adams fought back tears as the man charged with her murder appeared in court yesterday. Andre Bright (29), of Falmouth Street, Oldham,...
