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NETBALL: OLDHAM Netball Club achieved what Oldham Athletic were unable to do — beat Bury. The local side overcame a tardy start to record a 61-43 victory in the Northern...
Date Published 09/11/2012
OLDHAM Evening Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh - currently leading the Racing Post Naps Table for tipsters nationwide - reveals his 10 jumpers to follow over the...
WE WEREN'T at the races in the first half against Bury — and it probably cost us the match. Our passing game just didn't get going. It was a scrap. I thought at the time...
DEAN Furman has not wavered during his period of frustration on the substitutes' bench. Athletic's captain travels to South Africa following the Tranmere game for the home...
OLDHAM Youth Council is the first in the country to be recognised with constitutional rights. The historic move means youth councillors are now able to have a greater say in...
Oldham Council PARTY leaders clashed over suggestion to ditch having a leader and cabinet. Lib-Dem leader Howard Sykes said he would prefer a return to the committee-based...
LONG-SERVING councillor and Mayor Richard Knowles has been awarded the title of honorary Alderman after a 36-year career serving the borough. Mayor of Oldham last year, the...
A LONG-AWAITED film detailing the story of 28 local men who changed the face of history will make its TV debut on Sunday. “The Rochdale Pioneers” follows the men...
TICKETS are now on sale for Dr Kershaw’s Christmas concert on Thursday, November 22. From 7.15pm, tenor Martin Toal will be at Oldham Parish Church with special guests...
A scheme that aims to improve the lives and quality of care for dementia sufferers will be celebrated at the House of Lords on Monday. The Life Story Network helps to compact...
Delph became a ghost village this week - as the living dead descended. No cause for alarm though: they were BBC actors filming a new three-part zombie drama. “In The...
AN Oldham-raised policewoman has turned her 30-year police career on its head — by becoming an actress. And the first big role won by former Detective Chief...
AN Oldham takeaway was covered in mouse droppings, a court heard yesterday. Kebab Hut, which operated on Tommyfield Market, was visited by environmental health officers last...
SERIAL award winner Craig Dean of Web Applications UK Ltd, has been named Rising Star of the Year at the Travolution Awards, a national recognition event for the travel-technology...
METAL-detection equipment manufacturer Lock Inspection Systems Ltd has been bought by USA industrial giant Illinois Tool Works (ITW) Inc in a deal that will further the Oldham...
OLIVER!, Oldham Coliseum, to Saturday CONGRESS Players returned to the revitalised Coliseum for their second production of the year and what better show than one that has been a...
TUCK into goodies and raise money at a Thornton’s Chocolate Night organised by the Chadderton and Oldham committee of Cancer Research UK. It takes place at Werneth...
WORK to bring Metrolink to Oldham town centre is rumbling on. Major excavation was needed to create tunnels under John Street to carry tram tracks to the edge of the town...
A MAN who breached an anti-social behaviour order only days after it had been imposed was conditionally discharged by Oldham magistrates yesterday. Darren McCann (39) of...
A WAR veteran has finally received his military medals - more than 65 years after being demobbed. Albert Mellor (92) who was wounded five times in World War Two, was awarded...
Controversial plans to build a business and living accommodation for a disabled man on green belt land have been rejected by Saddleworth parish councillors. Local residents...
PLANS to replace a run-down sports field with an all-weather pitch at Crompton House School has been unanimously recommended for refusal by parish councillors. Members of Shaw...
A SEA of paper poppies have been planted in the grounds of an Oldham school as teenagers pay their respects to Britain’s fallen heroes. Around 800 youngsters at...
Four pals who have worked for the NHS for a combined 96 years have bowed out of their trade and into retirement. Jim Greenwood, Barry Edwards, Alan Collins and Tom Cullinan...
OLDHAMERS are being urged to shut the door on cold callers. Oldham Council is supporting the theme of this year’s Trading Standards National Consumer Week: “Cold...
A GROUP of young professionals from the Philippines are enjoying a whistlestop tour of Oldham. The group, which includes a TV presenter, a lawyer, a dentist and a policeman,...
PARTICIPANTS of all ages and abilities ran, walked and wheeled to raise money for Oldham charity ACE Centre North. For the second year, FC United held its Minithon Challenge...
AS Britain fights its way through recession and mass unemployment, proud Oldhamer Richard Outram is doing his bit to keep Oldham afloat. Richard set up the Oldham Work Club...
BUS fares in Oldham are being slashed by up to 28 per cent. It will save passengers as much as £5 a week and is a result of the council’s Fare’s Fair...
A CORNET player who has sounded The Last Post on Remembrance Sunday for four decades has been honoured by Oldham Council. Stan Whiteman joined the Royal British Legion band 40...
