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CROMPTON Stage Society has celebrated half a century of entertaining audiences at Shaw's Playhouse 2 theatre. The theatrical society was actually formed in 1934 but was...
Date Published 14/12/2016
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A TALENTED 10-year-old musician from Uppermill has hit the high notes after scooping four top trophies. Manchester Grammar School pupil Sam Fitzsimons performed exceptionally...
A FORMER Oldham college student who moved here from a remote part of Scotland has won a start-up business award. Gavin Bell (22) studied at the Peter Jones Enterprise Academy...
HORSE RIDERS saddled up for sounds of the season on Saturday. Around 100 people on horse back and on foot took part in the Horseman's Christmas Carol Service at Friezland Arena...
A TRUST which provides healthcare services across Oldham was found to "require improvement" in its latest review. It follows an unannounced inspection of the mental...
CRANE and lifting equipment manufacturer GGR Group was presented with its Queen's Award for Enterprise when Greater Manchester's Lord Lieutenant visited the firm's Chadderton...
STEPHEN Robinson credited an injection of energy at half-time as providing the boost Athletic needed to make it into the next stage of the Checkatrade Trophy. Goals from...
BREWERY, pub and restaurant operator JW Lees has completed the purchase of four pubs from Greene King. The firm has acquired The Bear's Paw in Chester, The Crown in Lymm, The...
THE DREAM of strolling down Wembley Way, past vendors offering Reading under-21s friendship scarves, is alive. Thanks to this impressive dissection of talented opposition,...
ALADDIN Opera House, Manchester (to January 8) FROM his first entrance as what looks like a tin of biscuits to his walkdown, done up in the (very strong) colours of a Jaffa...
THE boil water notice had been lifted across parts of Saddleworth and Tameside. 17,000 homeowners had to boil their tap water as a precaution after a fault at a treatment...
MOTORISTS faced delays after an accident on Ripponden Road yesterday morning - hours after an earlier incident. There was a collision between a Vauxhall Corsa and a Toyota...
THE latest Oldham Primary Schools' Cross-Country Championship races were staged in favourable conditions at Chadderton Hall Park. Hulme emerged victorious overall after winning...
COMMUTERS faced chaos this morning when the traffic lights on Oldham Way at the junction of Prince Street failed, creating a rush-hour snarl-up
ROYTON Trojans preserved their 100-per-cent record to carry off the Oldham Cricket Development Group under-11s Indoor Cricket League title. The made it a perfect 10 by...
OLDHAM Netball Club's Premier League side ended 2016 on a big high after defeating reigning champions, Academy, 59-44. The top-of-the-table meeting at Oldham Sports Centre saw...
MANCHESTER City's home clash against Watford tonight is a must-win game as far as I'm concerned. The disappointing result at Leicester at the weekend means City really need the...
JOSE Mourinho claims fit-again and in-form Manchester United defender Phil Jones could be back on track to regain his place in the England squad. Jones made the last of his 20...
WALSALL 1, ATHLETIC 3 LEE Croft, Cameron Burgess and Lee Erwin were the scorers as Athletic landed a date at Mansfield in the Checkatrade Trophy thanks to a second-half...
Date Published 13/12/2016
THE Mayoress of Oldham returned from a much-needed sunshine holiday - by air ambulance after a devastating fall. But sitting up in a hospital bed, plucky 81-year-old Di...
MOTORISTS are ignoring traffic signs as they flout new road arrangements in Oldham town centre. As reported in the Chronicle, the reopening of Greaves Street has seen Oldham...
A SURPRISING haul of mud-clad waste has been uncovered from the depths of Uppermill's canals. While important lock repairs are underway between Moorgate bridge and Lime Kiln...
OLDHAM East and Saddleworth MP Debbie Abrahams has expressed concerns about services for local passengers, after figures showed that the numbers of people using Greenfield station...
A FORMER Oldham Athletic player who was forced in to early retirement after a traumatic head injury has graduated as a physiotherapist. John Thompson (35), who played for...
HOUSEHOLDERS in Saddleworth and Mossley are being reminded that the boil water notice stays in force today. United Utilities thanked customers affected for "their patience...
OLDHAM Council will be carrying out its Christmas holidays closure scheme again this year. As in previous years many of the public services and facilities run by the local...
A CHADDERTON mum-of-two who disappeared on her Christmas night out has been found safe and well. As reported in yesterday's Chronicle, Louise Maloney had last been seen in Sugar...
COUNCILLORS will vote on fire safety measures in schools after requirements to install sprinklers were removed by government. Labour councillor Chris Goodwin will ask fellow...
