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A GROUNDBREAKING scheme to encourage more young people to get involved in local politics was launched by Labour Party General Secretary Iain McNicol and Oldham councillors...
Date Published 06/03/2013
A GAS leak forced Diggle Primary to close its doors to its 191 pupils yesterday. Staff and children were evacuated to near-by Kiln Green Church when gas was detected near a...
Keith McHugh’s selections for tomorrow’s jumps meetings are - CARLISLE 2.10 Karinga Dandy 2.40 Wild Geese 3.15 Witness In Court 3.45 Beau Dandy...
ATHLETIC were handed a timely boost when Cristian Montano returned to action following two months out injured. The 21-year-old winger, snapped up from West Ham in July, hasn’t...
THE men smashed 48-12 in North Wales are determined to put right the wrongs of Wrexham, says Oldham RL coach Scott Naylor. His defensively dodgy Roughyeds conceded eight tries...
Sir Alex Ferguson gagged himself for his own good at Old Trafford last night. The Manchester United manager was raging at Turkish referee Cuneyt Cakir's controversial decision...
NETBALL: OLDHAM Netball Club are determined to see out the 2012-13 Premier League One season unbeaten. The high-flyers sit seven points clear at the top after a 60-35...
A POLL has revealed that bus services in the North-West are in need of major changes and has called on the Department of Transport to make improvements. Experiences of...
Date Published 05/03/2013
CHADWICK Middleton devoted his life to the people of Oldham, tirelessly campaigning and volunteering in the town. Born in Oldham in 1910, Mr Middleton started a career in...
It’s 250 years since the birth of William Cobbett, the man who was to become Oldham’s first Member of Parliament. Elected as a Radical, he was known as a fighter for...
A local reservoir has been given a huge funding boost to restore its picturesque surroundings. RSPB Dovestone has received £92,000 from SITA Trust, the ethical funding...
OLDHAM East and Saddleworth MP Debbie Abrahams dropped into Oldham Foodbank to show her support for the volunteers who carry out vital work in the community. Labour MP Mrs...
IT’S always nice to be mistaken for a famous footballer. Manchester United fan David Dudson was stunned when he kept getting kissed, hugged and congratulated in an Oldham...
DELIGHTED traders on a local market are celebrtating another successful day of selling home-made and vintage items on their unique stalls. The latest craft and creators market...
A DANCE troupe which risked losing its hard-earned tour bus after struggling to find it a home has got an offer of help, thanks to publicity by the Oldham Evening Chronicle....
HAVING no fixture in midweek will hand Athletic’s players a significant boost as they begin to close in on a crucial final 12 games of the npower League One season. Tony...
BOWLS WILLIAM Booth, known fondly throughout the Oldham bowling community as Bill, has died at his home in Poulton-le-Fylde at the age of 67. Bill was a stalwart at...
Racing Correspondent KEITH McHUGH on the Cheltenham trail BACKERS of hot favourite Hurricane Fly in next Tuesday’s Champion Hurdle may get their fingers burned....
TABLE TENNIS ANDY Hey broke his duck for the campaign in style as Unison ‘A’ defeated Werneth ‘B’ 7-3 in Division One of the Oldham and District Table...
ELDERLY patients were left waiting more than nine hours for ambulances to take them home from the Royal Oldham Hospital. They include an elderly blind woman whose disgusted...
POLICE have released an image of a man wanted in connection with an unprovoked attack on two men in Oldham town centre in January. The assaults happened outside the Chinese...
STAFF at Oldham Sixth Form College helped raise awareness for National Brain Tumour Month by wearing a bandana for a day. Run by The Brain Tumour Charity, the month-long...
COMMUNITY stalwart Warren Bates is angry that a carved wooden owl has been stolen from outside the Failsworth Metrolink Station. He was stunned to see it had been cut from its...
ATHLETIC’S giant striker Matt Smith is the latest winner of the FA Cup with Budweiser’s player-of-the-round award. Smith’s heroics in scoring in both...
OLDHAM St Anne’s were unable to keep Askam down as they started life in Division Two of the National Conference League with a 26-18 defeat. For long periods of the game...
SADDLEWORTH Rangers made an encouraging start to their opening-day clash against Wigan St Judes in Division One of the National Conference League. But, like OIdham St...
Oldham RUFC 52, North Manchester 3 AFTER going behind to an early penalty, Oldham never looked back and scored 52 unanswered points for an emphatic victory in North Lancashire...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s jumps cards are: CATTERICK 2.20 King Fingal (n.b.) 2.50 D'Gigi 3.20 Va'vite...
AN Oldham solicitor has spoken of his shock at claims that people feel overcharged by family lawyers — and that unscrupulous firms exploit acrimonious divorces. A...
Date Published 04/03/2013
FORMER Latics star Andy Holt has made a drastic career transfer to a Manchester-based marketing company. The 34-year-old played for the club between 1995 and 2001 but will be...
