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JOB-SEEKERS being helped back into work, with bicycles. The Bike Back to Work scheme, a Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) initiative in partnership with Jobcentre Plus,...
Date Published 09/02/2017
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THE father of a premature baby joined a cancer survivor for a gruelling coast-to-coast cycling challenge, to thank Royal Oldham Hospital. Ryan Smith, whose son was cared for...
PLANS to level a former mill site to make way for 26 houses on Green Belt land have been granted. A recommendation for refusal had previously been made by the Coal Authority...
A FORMER bowling green in Lees will be transformed into community allotments despite residents' fears over parking chaos and food attracting vermin. Oldham Council's planning...
LANCASHIRE Constabulary are appealing for help to find a man wanted in connection with a burglary who they think could be hiding out in Oldham. Officers would like to speak to...
DON'T get distracted while cooking is the message from fire officers after a blaze tore through a bungalow in Uppermill. It is believed the fire in Primrose Avenue on Tuesday,...
A MAN was taken to hospital by air ambulance after a serious collision in Shaw yesterday afternoon. Emergency services were called to Buckstones Road where a car had collided...
OLDHAM newcomer Tuoyo Egodo is relishing the prospect of mixing it with the big boys in his first season of Championship rugby. The 19-year-old Londoner came North last...
THERE is barely ever any let-up for Athletic's highly rated head of analysis Conor Marlin. Sunday, a day of rest for many, is spent in his Royton home mainly on a laptop,...
COVENTRY City manager Russell Slade hopes that his side can carry forward the feel-good factor into a crucial battle at the bottom of the table. A crowd of 11,672 watched on as...
SADDLEWORTH RANGERS are fighting fit for the new season after taking on a tough strength and conditioning fitness regime. Danny Attersall, who is helping first-team coach Craig...
OLDHAM Netball Club's Premier League side, with Gabby Marshall, Amy Clinton and Iona Darroch back in the fold, returned from Guildford boasting a 49-41 win over The Downs. The...
A DISCUSSION on the Lancashire League's expansion plans dominated the first JW Lees Brewery Pennine Cricket League meeting of the year. While delegates aired their views, PCL...
ANDER Herrera believes Manchester United's improvements will have their top-four rivals worried. Nobody looks able to prevent Antonio Conte's Chelsea cantering to the title,...
OLDHAM'S flagship new college is to close just three years since it opened after not a single pupil managed at least a C in both English and maths in last summer's GCSEs. The...
Date Published 08/02/2017
OLDHAM West and Royton MP Jim McMahon said the UTC had represented a "failed experiment" with pupils' futures - and welcomed news of its closure. "Children...
THE development of the newly-named Vestacare Stadium will be something the community can be proud of, the man behind the project says. The stadium, formerly Whitebank Stadium,...
TWO military men are celebrating after more than £81,000 of vital funds were raised to aid the armed forces community. With the help of the borough's young people the Oldham...
THE family of a five-year-old boy who suffered from crippling arthritis say he died after a two-year battle to get him diagnosed. Kaden Hadfield went to hospital 'more than 20...
IF, like me, you love the Lake District but hate the crush of tourists and dawdling day trippers, then I might have found the perfect place to experience the sights, sounds,...
A CHARTERED structural engineer and building surveyor has branched out on his own with the opening of an office in Royton. John Noone has been based in Oldham town centre for...
OLDHAM MP Debbie Abrahams has blasted a Government Minister for their "shoddy, lacklustre and inadequate" response to correspondence, asking what action can be taken to...
OLDHAM MP Jim McMahon has warned that the public will face a "council-tax bombshell" by 2020 as local authorities struggle to pay for social-care services. Mr...
A HEALTH watchdog has praised an NHS trust for its latest rating after it came out of special measures. Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust which oversees...
ACCESS Oldham will reopen in its usual location in the town centre next week following the completion of unplanned repair work. The Oldham Council customer service centre was...
THE Chronicle has launched two new, exciting education magazines to showcase the good work which is happening in Oldham's schools and colleges. The glossy Knowledge and...
AN OLDHAM based arts charity is celebrating a £10,000 boost for a project which honours its quarter of a century existence. Peshkar has been awarded the Heritage Lottery...
A HOME care provider has been told it 'requires improvement' after its first ever inspection. Pennine Social Care Ltd, based in Union Street, was given the rating for safety,...
A CAR was left mangled and a road was blocked after a accident at lunchtime yesterday on Semple Way, Chadderton, at about noon, which saw the front of one of the vehicles ripped...
