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The second part of our Martyn Meets feature on the extraordinaray career of special educatin specialist Mel Farrar EXTRAORDINARY times and challenges call for extraordinary...
Date Published 15/10/2013
CANCER patients can get their chemotherpay closer to home thanks to the Christie hospital’s new £700,000 mobile unit. The specially-built treatment facility will...
VOLUNTEERS are needed to take a tour of Oldham’s Grade-II listed structures. Working with other heritage bodies, English Heritage is asking for volunteers to survey...
A POLICEMAN is preparing to run Oldham’s Milltown to Moors Half Marathon pushing a wheelbarrow to collect cash. PC Damieon Pickles, a beat officer covering Werneth and...
THE number of people on First Choice Homes’ waiting list has increased by over 2,500 to almost 11,000 in a year, according to its new annual report. At the same time the...
LEARN all about the fascinating history of Oldham Coliseum with an illustrated talk by David Rustidge at Royton Local History Society tonight at 7.30. The talk takes place...
A DANCE school is joining thousands of tap-tap-tappers nationwide in an attempt to break a world record for synchronised tap dancing. The Pauline G School of Dance in Lees is...
THE Peak District National Park is appealing for exemption from planning reforms that could affect a key local beauty spot and tourist haven. Dovestone and Saddleworth moor...
A SADDLEWORTH schoolboy has become the youngest person to captain an aircraft in the UK - and will soon become one of the youngest to captain a helicopter. Jack Frodsham, a...
AN Oldham curry chef has been voted chef of the year at the Curry Life awards in London. Jamal Uddin of the Westwood East Restaurant in Eleanor Street, was one of 44 chefs to...
MEMBERS of a lottery-funded Oldham community cookery scheme will appear on TV tomorrow. The Fairtrade in Oldham cookery group will star in a primetime ITV advert as part of a...
PARKING restrictions in Boundary Park Road have caused uproar among residents. One 20-year resident claims the council hasn’t thought the changes through. The...
OLDHAM East and Saddleworth MP Debbie Abrahams has slammed the Work Capability Assessment as “not fit for purpose”. In a passionate speech at Westminster, Mrs...
BOBBY Mimms’ association with Mark Oxley goes back to when the loaned Hull City man was in primary school in South Yorkshire. But he has no favourites. The spotlight...
CRICKET: THE Tanner Cup, won this year by Uppermill after a replay, could feature bowl-outs and super overs in future seasons. These are some of the proposals for approval at...
GRANT Hodnett is ready to raise the bar, on and off the field. The former Gloucestershire opener has set himself a new challenge by signing as Moorside’s professional in...
BOXING: BEN Lancaster’s team of six boxers did his Boarshaw Gym proud when they travelled to Poland for five days for a prestigious amateur tournament. The Boarshaw...
CHADDERTON’S Ben Pearson scored twice for England Under-19s on Saturday night as they crushed Andorra 7-0 in a UEFA European Championship qualifier in Ptuj, Slovenia....
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: OLDHAM Boro last night took their first North-West Counties First Division victory since August. A goal in each half from Adam Alwill and Matt Wilson...
ATHLETIC manager Lee Johnson sees opportunity in the club’s current league status. Athletic are perched four positions lower than 15th-place visitors Carlisle - and...
ALAN Groves is the people’s choice to be permanently commemorated as part of Athletic’s new North Stand. The wing wizard, whose displays wowed supporters at...
FOLLOWING Neil Roden’s retirement, prop-forward Jason Boults will provide the old head in a young Oldham RL squad next season. Boults (30) has signed a new deal to spend...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
RUGBY: ALL options remain on the table for relegation candidates Waterhead and Saddleworth Rangers Both teams are still in with a shot of avoiding the drop from National...
COUNCIL chiefs have handed the keys of the former Oldham town hall to contractors who will turn it into the town’s new cinema and restaurant complex. Construction and...
A POLICE sergeant has been charged with common assault following an incident at Chadderton Police station in May. Anthony Isaacs (47) of Oldham has been put on restricted...
NEW evidence may help to clear the name of convicted murderer Susan May, who went to prison 20 years ago. May (68) served 12 years for killing her elderly aunt, Hilda...
ATHLETIC may have a sniff of Wembley in their nostrils - but they’re not alone in that ambition. After being paired with Notts County at home in the northern...
Date Published 14/10/2013
LIKE most owners and chairmen outside Super League, Oldham chief Chris Hamilton is backing the RFL in a power struggle that threatens to split the sport down the middle....
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: A STIRRING second-half comeback earned Mossley a point as they hosted New Mills in Evo-Stik Division One North on Saturday. Staring down the barrel at 3-1...
