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A 58-YEAR-OLD man on his way home from church ended up in hospital after he was savagely beaten for just £34 yards from his home. Fred Kibblewhite was subjected to a...
Date Published 15/02/2011
AN Oldham taxi driver left partially sighted following a brain tumour, claims his vision could have been saved if doctors had diagnosed him sooner. Babar Bashir (43), of Elgin...
Family demands answers after patient, 66, wanders from ward and then dies in street A GRIEVING family is demanding answers from the Royal Oldham Hospital after a relative was...
HOSPITAL PROBE AS PATIENT FOUND DEAD IN STREET MAN ATTACKED LEAVING CHURCH SPOTLIGHT ON LATICS' £2 GAME ...there's more if you click!
IT is only £2 to watch the Latics v Carlisle United match at Boundary Park tonight (7.45pm) after a group of businessmen subsidised the admission fee in the hope of getting a...
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. ONE of the nation’s finest collection of musicians brought a touch of romance to Manchester with a special...
Date Published 14/02/2011
UNORIGINAL SIN, Lyceum, Oldham WITH so many good plays around, why do small companies like the Lyceum choose bad ones like this? Among the thousands of works in the...
MILLIONS watched the Green Bay Packers win the Super Bowl — but now local players are set for their slice of small screen glory. Oldham members of the Manchester Titans...
More than 400 families in Oldham were threatened with repossession last year. The worrying figures from the Ministry of Justice reveal how families up and down the country are...
THE special role police volunteers play in making our streets safe has been honoured. Greater Manchester Police celebrated their invaluable contribution as part of National...
THE Mayor of Oldham played host for a visit by Mohammed Razzaq Chaudhry, the senior leader of Pakistan People’s Party of Kashmir. It was part of a tour of England and...
OLDHAM has no plans to follow six councils which won their High Court challenge over Government cuts to school building projects. Instead of taking legal action, it is making...
OLDHAM Council is one of 133 local authorities that will qualify for extra Government funding if it sticks to freezing council tax. Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has set...
TEACHERS who provide specialist support in Oldham’s schools will strike tomorrow over plans to axe their jobs. Oldham Council wants to scrap its team of English, maths,...
A COMMUNITY has rallied round to keep a riding school open after a devastating blaze destroyed 15 stables. Husteads Riding School owner Judith Liversidge saved eight horses...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
‘Doing the course makes me so proud’, say 75-year-old Gwen IT’S never too late to learn according to grandmother-of-six Gwen Lindo, who is believed to be one...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: DESPITE delaying kick-off by an hour after the team coach broke down, Chadderton enjoyed a 2-1 win at Holker Old Boys in Vodkat North-West Counties League...
A MOTHER of six from Oldham who wed an illegal immigrant for cash has been jailed for 14 months, after a judge said she could not use her family as “some sort of get out of...
MAN UTD 2, MAN CITY 1 Wayne Rooney provided the most astounding finale to a Manchester derby – then told United's ecstatic fans: "I owe you that." There is...
Bid to cure residents’ headache RESIDENTS in Royton are being given the chance to have their say on parking proposals for car-clogged streets around the new NHS health...
TONY Benson felt his team didn’t help themselves in what was a tough lesson at Halifax. The Championship club took advantage of some slack and ill-disciplined play from...
Halifax 50 Oldham 10 A STEADY flow of penalties and a number of mistakes on both sides of the ball cost Oldham dear at The Shay, in the Northern Rail Cup. Tony...
A HATHERSHAW man has been jailed for life over the murder of an innocent shop worker in Salford. Arfan Rafiq (26), of Villa Road, was sentenced on at Manchester Crown Court...
AN OLDHAM mum who claims her baby daughter was wrongly taken into care has taken her case to the European Courts. The 23-year-old’s two-year-old daughter was taken from...
A FORMER scout leader who abused a number of young children in his care has been jailed for 10 years. David Ferron, who lives on the Chadderton and Middleton border, abused...
ATHLETIC boss Paul Dickov’s delight at claiming a draw from a tough short away trip to Huddersfield was tinged with regret — that the visitors didn’t come away...
BUSINESSES are rising up against plans to scrap all-day parking in district centres. Oldham Council announced that only two or three-hour free stays will be possible in...
Huddersfield 0, Athletic 0 A DERBY as bleak and unforgiving as the barren hills separating these two towns ended with honours even, as Athletic consolidated their play-off spot...
Boss lets me play with freedom — Morais FILIPE Morais can’t wait for the next game to come around. After protracted talks stretching back to last year, Morais...
