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SHADOW Home Secretary Ed Balls has lashed out at the Con-Dem coalition and said that communities in Oldham will be hit hard by planned police cuts. Taking part in the...
Date Published 10/01/2011
BBC political heavyweight John Pienaar brought his Radio Five Live show to town last night. The broadcaster, widely respected in the corridors of power at Westminster,...
A CLOSE win is what Chris Huhne, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, predicts for Liberal Democrat candidate Elwyn Watkins at Thursday’s by-election. Mr Huhne,...
Politicians and the media bandwagon go into campaign overdrive THE eyes of the nation were on Oldham at the weekend as a string of political heavyweights made their 11th-hour...
BUSY WEEKEND ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL HODGE CLOUGH SCHOOL MERGER BOOST LATICS EYE RICHARDS CASH WINDFALL ...there's more (click story)
THE FRIDAY THING: HAS the Coalition declared war on all kids? It is not only the would-be bright sparks whose future prospects have been dimmed by savage increases in...
Date Published 07/01/2011
As cold as cold gets... Over the last month we have been experiencing some of the coldest weather in living memory, with temperatures in many parts of the UK dropping as low...
Accountant helped clergy throughout the borough THE Rev Eric Ogden, who had a 34-year association with St Anne’s Church, Lydgate, and visited almost every church in...
SCOUTHEAD singer Jodie Connor is hoping for chart success as she releases her first solo single. The former Saddleworth School pupil spent three weeks at the top of the charts...
OLDHAM’S three academies are among 407 now open in England. Eleven per cent of the country’s schools are now run by sponsors. The number of academies has doubled...
EXTRA critical-care beds are needed at the Royal Oldham Hospital to cope with the surge in flu admissions. Hospital across the region are being urged to create more emergency...
TIGGER the tom cat is on the lookout for a new home after he was abandoned just before Christmas. The three-year-old moggy was left in a box at the RSPCA centre in Rhodes...
MP and minister clash over future of NHS projects LABOUR MP Michael Meacher has slammed the coalition Government for halting progress on new health centres in the borough....
Ex-postie backs Debbie to deliver... SHADOW chancellor Alan Johnson slammed the VAT rise when he dropped into Shaw. The former postman was in town to back Labour candidate...
Chronicle reporter HELEN KORN got a front-row seat when the Cameron bandwagon rolled into Oldham. Here she describes what happens when the country’s most powerful man drops in......
Prime Minister comes out fighting in whistle-stop tour David Cameron broke with tradition to become the first Prime Minister in more than a decade to hit the by-election...
Candidates clash at Chronicle Question Time TENSIONS ran high as voters were given the chance to grill election candidates a week before going to the polls. Labour’s...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards LINGFIELD 11.50 Mighty Clarets 12.20 Duke Of Florence 12.50...
Angling: CHADDERTON angler Alan Dawson is in the form of his life. The Gilders rod managed two wins from three visits to Brookside Fisheries over the festive period....
ATHLETICS: ROYTON Road Runners celebrated a memorable season by crowning two new club champions at their annual presentation night. Carole Madden produced impressive...
RUGBY UNION: FORMER Oldham RU captain John Lewis-Badgett has died, aged 69. A second-row forward, he was an integral part of the club’s successful team of the 1970s....
RUGBY UNION: BOUYED by a three-game unbeaten run, Oldham RU visit St Benedicts tomorrow in the North Lancs and Cumbria Division. But the Manor Park outfit, who are looking...
Latics’ assistant manager writes every Friday for Chron Sport SUPPORTERS will inevitably look at teamsheets and wonder why certain players are not in the side. We can only...
RUGBY LEAGUE: SADDLEWORTH Rangers, Oldham St Anne’s and Waterhead return to National Conference League action tomorrow, weather permitting. Saints, who are away to...
AMATEUR FOOTBALL: JOHN GILDER focuses on two sides hoping for improved fortunes in 2011 LOCAL sides Hollinwood and Failsworth Athletic will be hoping for a happy and...
Non-league: PAUL Buckley is promising his Chadderton team will go all-out for victory in the top-of-the-table clash at high-flying AFC Blackpool tomorrow (3pm). A point...
Nemanja Vidic is acutely aware of the importance of wearing the skipper’s armband for United this weekend. The Serbian was Sir Alex Ferguson's surprise choice as skipper...
KOLO Toure maintains Manchester City can build their Barclays Premier League title challenge on defensive performances. Big–spending City, who look set to complete the...
PAUL Dickov believes the good times are just around the corner for Athletic. The first successive defeats of the season coincided with a return to action in 2011 following an...
ATHLETIC are still looking to extend the loan deals of Aidan White and Cedric Evina after the Boundary Park outfit secured the services of Neal Trotman until the end of the...
