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Royal thanksgiving at church THE Lord Lieutenant of Greater Manchester and the Bishop of Manchester are holding a special service in Oldham to round off the Queen’s...
Date Published 22/06/2012
A £40,000 cannabis farm has been found in an empty house in Chapel Road, Hollinwood. GMP is also advising landlords to make regular visits to their properties....
Long-term unemployment across Oldham has more than doubled in the past year — but latest monthly figures show dole queues continuing to fall. Figures show 7,911 now...
OLDHAM’S £10 million Regional Science Centre has won a national honour. The Oldham Sixth Form College building which opened last year scooped an S-Lab (safe,...
OLDHAM’S outgoing youth mayor has won an award for the positive impact she made during her year in office. Chantel Birtwistle was presented with the British Youth...
LUXURY log cabins in Saddleworth have been approved despite concerns being raised over access to the new camping facilities. Plans to bring plush cabins and pitches for...
Oldham Council Planning Committee THE historic Lancaster Club will be converted into nine new homes and a community centre. Oldham’s planning committee approved the change...
A CHEF has been commended for his quick thinking in stopping a potentially fatal fire in an Uppermill flat. Chris Johnson (28) awoke in the early hours of Saturday to discover...
ANGLING: KEN Power and his grandson Jamie Cantello (both Tri-Cast Highfield) had a cracker of a weekend in the Old Hough Farm Open and, 24 hours later, on the Trent and...
BOWLS: TONGE’S comeback kings earned the Manchester Premier League champions a dramatic victory over Stockport outfit Nursery Inn. Matt Gillies trailed Keith McHugh 18-9...
ATHLETICS: THREE Oldham youngsters clinched gold in the Greater Manchester Track and Field Championships at Longford Park. Waterhead pupil Adam Howard led the way in the...
CRICKET: DELPH are hoping for home comforts this weekend in the Drakes Huddersfield Premiership. The first of their two home encounters comes tomorrow against struggling...
CRICKET: LEADERS Uppermill look to extend their promising start to the Versasteel Saddleworth and District League Division One season tomorrow when they entertain Greenfield....
Rugby: RANGERS: SADDLEWORTH Rangers have a difficult task tomorrow, but will be full of confidence that they can turn the tables and inflict a rare defeat on Ince Rose Bridge at...
CRICKET: CHRIS McDonnell is expecting some lively banter on Sunday when, for the first time in a competitive match, he faces the club with which he was associated for more...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards ROYAL ASCOT 2.30 Move To Strike 3.05 Aiken 3.45 Black Caviar...
Monster found guilty of 30 child-rape charges The Oldham ringleader of a gang of Asian men who groomed young white girls for sex can finally be unmasked - following guilty...
DESPITE being warned by trial judge Mushtaq Khokhar not to reveal his previous convictions to the jury, Shabir Ahmed ignored the advice. Throughout the trial Ahmed ranted at...
RAPIST Shabir Ahmed was the unnamed ringleader of the gang that shocked the country in the recent child sexual-exploitation case. Due to the separate rape trial having not...
Organisers have called off this weekend’s Oldham “People’s” Carnival - due to recent downpours and the likelihood of more heavy rain during the event. The carnival parade was...
ATHLETIC'S strike options for the coming season are not yet finalised, but manager Paul Dickov is at least sure of one thing he will get from new boy Dan Taylor: hard graft....
A LOT will be riding on the young shoulders of Oldham new boys Daniel Smith and Colton Roche in Sunday's big rugby league derby clash at Whitebank. Front-row forward Smith...
THE Oldham man at the centre of the Rochdale child-sex case can finally be named following his conviction in a separate case yesterday. We have all the details. Click the story...
THE woman who gave birth to the world’s first test-tube baby has died. Lesley Brown brought the global spotlight on Oldham in July 1978, when her daughter Louise was...
Date Published 21/06/2012
An Oldhan mother has been accused of preparingterrorist acts with her husband after being “radicalised” by extremist Muslim literature on the internet. Mohammed Sajid Khan was...
Canine star redeems himself after going AWOL BOB the Oldham Mountain Rescue dog sparked a full scale search himself when he went missing. The border collie was found...
ATHLETIC hope to finalise deals for three of their main targets soon. One of them is Robbie Simpson, but manager Paul Dickov is keeping the other names secret for fear other...
VETERAN stand-off Graham Holroyd will take a back seat at Oldham RL following Neil Roden's return to fitness. Holroyd (36), the former Leeds and Halifax star, was playing...
RUGBY: JOSH Johnson, the Saddleworth Rangers and Waterhead prospect who is at Huddersfield Giants, is in the England Academy squad for next month’s tour of Australia....
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards ROYAL ASCOT 2.30 Newfangled (nb) 3.05 Thomas Chippendale 3.45...
