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NETBALL OLDHAM Netball Club’s Premier League side suffered their first defeat in more than two years when they visited Twickenham-based outfit the Downs. It was a...
Date Published 20/11/2013
National Hunt meeting selections from Chronicle racing correspondent keith McHugh CHEPSTOW 12.40 Reverb 1.10 Le Grand Chene 1.40 Tigresse Bleue 2.15 Alborz...
A COUNCIL chief has promised a review after a car-park wrangle led to its closure. Delph Methodist Church fenced off the car park behind its church hall because of issues...
Date Published 19/11/2013
IT was an evening of gardening glamour for Oldham’s green-fingered enthusiasts. Hosted by First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO) and Oldham Council, the annual gardening...
AN Oldham MP is backing a new campaign to encourage young people to take a closer look at poverty. Debbie Abrahams is supporting the Children’s Commission on Poverty...
OLDHAM Council has won praise for its commitment to helping small local businesses by offering three hours of free parking in the town centre. The council is one of 27 local...
DELIGHTED staff and pupils are celebrating after landing a £9,000 windfall for a new outdoor learning space at their school. Kingfisher Community School in Foxdenton...
WHEN your other half says that you’d look good wearing a bin bag, its not often they mean it literally. But with Recycle for Greater Manchester’s award-winning...
AN Oldham couple had a lucky escape after being caught up in Typhoon Haiyan in the disaster-hit Philippines. Philip and Susan Sykes survived the largest typhoon to hit land in...
OLDHAM is among the top-ranked councils featured in a national online map highlighting care services. The Department of Health map shows the public how effective care services...
Villagers have rushed to support their local sub-postmistress after two customers made official complaints they could not collect parcels because her premises were shut following...
FAMILY and friends of Harry Andrew packed into Hotel Smokies Park to raise money for the Shaw Cricket Club stalwart. Harry (pictured, inset) was paralysed when falling from a...
Ruffles, corsets and the suffragettes came back to Oldham in an evening of nostalgia to mark the centenary of Chadderton Town Hall. The town hall was officially opened on...
OLDHAM’S third team were in brilliant form as they beat previously-undefeated Honest Estate Agent Division Four East leaders Sedgley Park fourths 29-12. Early running...
THE head of Saddleworth School has vowed to get the best new school for his pupils, as a tussle develops over its location. Matthew Millburn was speaking for the first time at...
TABLE TENNIS COLDHURST ‘B’ claimed club bragging rights in Division Three of the Oldham and District Table Tennis League — but they were pushed all the way by...
AN independent schools adjudication officer will look at plans to merge an infant and junior school, Oldham Council’s cabinet agreed last night. The proposed...
OLDHAM town centre’s regeneration has enjoyed a further boost with the announcement of a £1 million support package for new, independent shops and businesses....
TRADE union members have called on Oldham Council to halt a “damaging attack” on staff pay and conditions, as it seeks to make government-required cuts of £23...
POLICE are investigating after a woman was raped by an intruder in Oldham. Officers were called to an address in the Hollins Road area following a report of a woman being...
A MAN who raped and indecently assaulted two young girls from Oldham has been jailed for 17 years and ordered to sign the Sex Offenders’ Register for life. John Paul Lee...
A COUPLE who run a convenience store fought a gang of robbers who stole beer and attempted to break open their cash till during a morning raid. Sahibzada Kamran received...
MARK Oxley will get his place back for tonight’s FA Cup replay at Wolves — but manager Lee Johnson has warned it would be unwise for the current first-choice...
SIMON Corney has confirmed that there will be NO deal to sell up to Dr Marwan Koukash and move Athletic away from Boundary Park, with the imminent construction of the new...
KOREY Smith was only six years old when he formed part of the fabric of the sort of underdog tale that underpins the enduring romance of the FA Cup. Mark Smith, the uncle of...
CHAPMAN’S CORNER I NOTICED that Luiz Felipe Scolari was saying yesterday that he fancied England to do well at the World Cup in Brazil, and I believe he might be right....
A SCHOOL expects to donate a huge £10,000 to Children in Need and another £2,500 for the Philippines disaster fund thanks partly to pupils’ donations through a...
Date Published 18/11/2013
BOB the Builder was called to Oldham town centre yesterday as hundreds of families turned out for the Christmas lights switch-on. The children’s favourite —...
CONNOR Brown could make his first starting appearance for Athletic in nearly three months at Molineux tomorrow. The right-back, out with a knee injury which required surgery,...
Bethesda Chapel, Royton, was packed as friends and neighbours went to pay their respects to Susan May who died died last month while fighting to overturn her 1993 murder...
