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OLDHAM Council has dramatically cut down its use of covert surveillance to tackle petty crime such as fly-tipping. Two years ago the council was named one of the most frequent...
Date Published 24/08/2012
THE British Heart Foundation has contributed to the purchase of 15 automatic external defibrillators for the Oldham area. The AEDs will be placed in health centres across the...
THE wife of a Greater Manchester Muslim man diagnosed as suffering a persistent vegetative state has told a High Court judge that he “sniffed” a perfume from Mecca....
AN Oldham-born soap star is hoping brotherly support will help him win a million for charity. Kelvin Fletcher, who plays Andy Sugden in “Emmerdale”, is to appear...
Vandals have caused thousands of pounds of damage at a special allotment used by vulnerable people. It was the second attack in a fortnight for the Wildbrook Community...
CRICKET: SEVEN more Lake Garage CLL fixtures will determine Royton’s Premier Division fate. Having barged their way into the top eight – a finishing spot which...
CRICKET: HEYSIDE hope to put the disappointment of last season’s Twenty20 Iain Johnston Trophy defeat behind them by winning the competition on Bank Holiday Monday....
RUGBY: CENTRE Richard Ward, a first-year scholar with Oldham Rugby League Club, won top prize at the under-18s end-of-season presentations when he was named coach Phil...
AN all-day concert and fun day is taking place in Royton in aid of Dr Kershaw’s Hospice. Absent Friends are holding their sixth event of its kind from noon until midnight at...
RUGBY: OLDHAM St Anne’s ‘A’ went down to a last-gasp 29-28 home loss at the hands of neighbours Rochdale Mayfield ‘A’ in North-West Men’s...
MOSSLEY artist Magnus Quaife could be in line for a prestigious art prize. The 36-year-old was surprised to learn he had made it to the last 21 of the Northern Art Prize, and...
COACH Paul Ashton took the philosophical view of his Oldham side's heavy defeat in the Reserve Championship (under-23s) play-off final at Featherstone. A year ago, with Ashton...
MANCHESTER City manager Roberto Mancini is relieved the injury to star player Sergio Aguero's knee isn’t as bad as first feared. The Argentinian striker is expected back...
A group of South Chadderton pupils will be visiting their former school on Tuesday to - pick up a brick! The building became part of Oasis Academy Oldham in last September and...
OUTRAGED Oldhamers have slammed BT after being left without phone or internet service for more than a week. The company said 350 people in Springhead were affected when a...
The Latics star writes every week for Chron Sport PLENTY has been said about the MK Dons game and there is no doubt it was a real battle with their two centre-backs. They...
LEE Croft can't quite get his head around Athletic's poor fortunes so far this season. As the club gears up to try and claim a first victory against Stevenage on Saturday, the...
RESIDENTS disturbed by foul-mouthed sports-lovers fear the problem is set to get worse, after councillors rubber-stamped plans for an all-weather pitch last night. Locals...
DISABLED workers were dealt a devastating blow as Oldham’s Remploy factory closed its doors for good yesterday. Production ground to a halt at the Bardsley plant —...
The case of a severely brain-damaged Muslim man from Greater Manchester at the centre of a High Court battle over his treatment has been adjourned for his doctors to consider...
ALMOST two years ago Jesmin Begum was on a life-support machine at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. But she made a miraculous recovery and yesterday achieved a...
RESULTS day was extra nerve-racking for one Oldham pupil - who opened her GCSE results watched by millions of people on national TV. But Hulme Grammar School’s Naomi Higginson...
GCSE RESULTS: THOMAS Harrison had chemotherapy the day before he sat his IT GCSE exam — and still managed to get a top A* grade. And he notched up another six As and four Bs...
THE ancient monument of Stonehenge has bounced its way to Oldham — but just for today. But rather than moving the ancient stone circle from Salisbury Plain, this...
JORDAN Slew has been backed to be an Athletic success - provided the team starts to play to his strengths. The loaned Blackburn striker (20) will face his former club...
FOUR players ordered from the field when fighting broke out in the 80th minute of last Sunday's Oldham-Workington game at Whitebank have been charged by the Rugby Football League....
Athletic's management will not take the Stevenage opposition for granted at Boundary Park tomorrow. Dickov knows Stevenage — last year's unexpected play-off...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards YORK 2.00 Dimension 2.30 Sir Graham Wade 3.05 Saddler’s Rock...
A METROLINK area of Oldham has become a no-go zone after a string of violent attacks on passengers. A “footpath of fear”, which runs close to Oldham Mumps tram station and has...
Date Published 23/08/2012
GCSE RESULTS: SUPER students are celebrating outstanding GCSE results and inspirational individual achievements. Head teachers have paid tribute to the successes of pupils who...
