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A DAUGHTER whose beloved dad died of cancer before he could get a life-extending drug has called on the Government to make the treatment available to others. Terence O'Brien...
Date Published 29/11/2016
LAST month, magazine racks were lined with covers promoting breast cancer awareness - refreshing to see in an age where people are starting to put their health first....
MASTER bakers from Oldham have mingled with royalty after being invited to help make a 10ft high cake in Vienna. Jean and Frank Andrew were called upon by a former apprentice...
INSPECTORS said a Watersheddings care home requires improvements after an unannounced inspection was carried out. "Hazards" and "immediate risks" were...
A SEX predator who preyed on a vulnerable young Oldham teenager he contacted on a social networking site has been jailed for 15 months. Simon Fawcett (45) opened an account in...
A CAT owner called on Oldham Council to scan micro-chipped cats after she was told by three representatives that the service was not offered. Concerns were raised by Ann Cooper...
A FORMER landfill site in Oldham that's being transformed into a community woodland will blossom with a tree-planting party on Saturday. As reported in the Chronicle, Snipe...
THE premature end of Haseeb Hameed's tour added to England captain Alastair Cook's frustration after the third Test defeat to India. The hosts beat England by eight wickets in...
A LEADING UK skin cancer charity has slammed recent social media "challenges" for failing to inspire real action to help beat the disease. Gillian Nuttall, chief...
MAINTAIN the current standards and Athletic will steer themselves away from trouble in Sky Bet League One season. That is the verdict of Ryan Flynn, who joined Athletic in the...
STAFF from Innovative Technology won this year's Oldham Corporate Quiz, which raised funds for Dr Kershaw's Hospice and forms part of the Oldham Business Awards calendar of...
ONE of the country's leading surgeons will repair Oldham RL centre Danny Grimshaw's damaged groin in Leicester on December 9. The same surgeon, no stranger to Leicester City...
UKIP MEP Paul Nuttall has been elected the party's leader in a contest to replace Nigel Farage. The election was the second in the space of a few months, following previous...
A ROW ensued among Saddleworth parish councillors over the presence of convicted councillor Mike Buckley at a meeting last night. Four fellow councillors again refused to sit...
MANCHESTER City's players really had to dig in for an ugly, scrappy win at Burnley, but it was a well-deserved victory. As I said last week, Burnley are a very tough side to...
A 15-YEAR-OLD schoolboy was taken to hospital after his bike collided with a car near The Weavers Arms in Ripponden Road shortly before 3.15pm yesterday. The teenager suffered...
OLDHAM RUFC firsts battled hard in their latest North Lancs and Cumbria League clash at Manor Park - but it was Fleetwood who pocketed the points courtesy of a 13-10...
THERE is a notion that you just don't realise how great, or how loved, someone is until they've gone. That has certainly been borne out this last week given the overwhelming...
THERE was no quarter given at Saddleworth in Division One of the Oldham and District Table Tennis League. The hosts' 'B' team, in third place, faced Birley Moss, who were two...
ANDER Herrera claims Manchester United are overdue a run of victories. United have made their worst start to a league campaign for 17 years after collecting just 20 points from...
CHADDERTON lad and lifelong pal Rob McCoy has launched a campaign to get Inspiral Carpets hit 'Saturn 5' to the Christmas top spot in the charts, in memory of Craig Gill. The...
POLICE are appealing for information after an Oldham man fell victim to a burglary and a terrifying armed robbery within two days. The 61-year-old man's house was broken into...
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Date Published 28/11/2016
A CARE home in Failsworth has been placed in special measures after officers found no manager and unsafe services. Brierfields Residential Care, in Brierley Avenue, was branded...
OLDHAM's first fuel bank scheme which will give food bank users financial support to pay for gas and electricity launched on Friday morning. Launched at Oldham Food bank in the...
THERE was a festive feeling across the borough on Friday evening when the Christmas lights came on in Chadderton, Failsworth and Shaw. Chadderton Town Hall was lit up with...
YOUNG soccer stars dreaming of making it big in the beautiful game can now let PFA (Pro Football Academy) steer them towards sporting success as it opens its latest academy in...
A MAN who has been constantly battling the department of work and pensions (DWP) for his benefits since 2014 has now been told he cannot claim because he doesn't have the right to...
A BRAVE Oldham school pupil is backing a special award to honour young cancer survivors. Oldham College pupil Melissa Sutton (17) formerly received cancer treatment for Ewing's...
LITTLE Millie Moran got to play real life shops - and her first customer was none other then gold medal Olympian Nicola White! Millie was invited into Tesco Oldham Extra as the...
