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A 35-YEAR-OLD taxi driver from Primrose Bank is to face trial at Manchester Crown Court accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl after picking her up in his cab. Abdul...
Date Published 30/10/2009
Oldham register office’s move to Chadderton Town Hall is paying off after it was described as one of the best in the country. The operation, which upped sticks from its...
IT’S out with the old and in with the new as Oldham’s railway line is ripped up to be replaced by tram tracks at Mumps. Work is well under way in converting the...
ATHLETIC manager Dave Penney has an increasing number of options open to him for the visit of Huddersfield Town to Boundary Park on Sunday (2pm kick-off). Deane Smalley came...
NHS chiefs are urging at-risk Oldhamers to take up the offer of a swine flu jab as a second wave of the pandemic looks set to sweep in. The first wave peaked in July with 200...
YOUNG people (above) from the Holts and Alts area were treated to a day at Alton Towers this week, courtesy of their local community. The free tickets, worth over £1,000...
EXCITED children set off to the seaside thanks to help from a local charity. For some it was their first trip to Blackpool, where they saw the famous illuminations. Key To...
TWO Chadderton teenagers will make history today by debating in the House of Commons. It will be the first time in 300 years anyone other than MPs have debated in the chamber....
ATHLETIC have no less than four of Huddersfield's squad from last season on their books, but it is an Oldham-born striker who will be setting out to wreck his home-town club's...
DRUGS worth more than £100,000 were found when police raided a house in Chadderton. Seven people aged between 19 and 28 were arrested on suspicion of possessing Class A...
HOMEOWNERS on district heating schemes who underpaid bills last year will have their charges waived to bring them into line with council tenants. First Choice Homes Oldham...
SADDLEWORTH Rangers coach Keith Brennan isn’t about to get distracted by his side’s lofty league position. Sitting top of National Conference League division one...
THE Highways Agency has moved to scupper a businessman’s dreams of putting Oldham on the world map with a touch of Hollywood glamour. Only hours after scoring a...
THE victim of a pair of Limeside thugs who were sentenced this week for an unprovoked attack said justice has not been done. The 36-year-old victim, who does not want to be...
LIVERPOOL football star Jamie Carragher and Paralympic bronze medalist Jamie Burdekin were on hand to present the awards for the 2009 Formby Cycles Sefton Triathlon in which St...
A MAN who threw tiles at people and cars in Brompton Street, Oldham, has been charged with burglary. He was spotted at 9.30pm on Wednesday when police were called after...
DAVE WHITE made it two wins out of two with victory in the Border Anglers winter series on Hollingrove Dam. Using the pole at 10 and 11 metres with bronze maggot on the hook,...
HERE are our award-winning Chronicle racing tipster Keith McHugh’s top selections from tomorrow’s cards Ayr 12.30 Tipperrary Boutique 1.05 Demonstrative 1.40...
NEW-BOY James Curley will go straight into the Chadderton line-up for tomorrow’s Vodkat North-West Counties League division one clash at leaders Stone Dominoes. The...
FOR a team and manager under fire from their critics, Manchester United are doing rather nicely. Second in the Premier League, virtually through to the knock-out stages of the...
HOSPITAL admissions for obese people in Oldham have more than doubled in the past year, according to new figures. The Royal Oldham Hospital saw 27 admissions in 2008-09,...
MORE than a quarter of Oldham pupils start secondary school with poor English. The results of teacher assessments of 11-year-olds are the joint 12th worst in England with 74...
MANCHESTER City may be building for the future, but faltering performances from rival Premier League clubs suggest the Eastlands outfit should be striving to achieve their goals...
OLDHAM RUFC have a crucial home game tomorrow (3pm) against Netherall in the North Lancs/Cumbria division. The visitors are joint bottom of the table, without a point from...
A FAILSWORTH man has been charged with making threats to kill. Peter Thornley (31), of Mather Street, appeared at Oldham Magistrates’ Court on Monday and was granted...
FOOTBALL Bridgewater Office Supplies Manchester League, premier division: Atherton Town v Dukinfield Town. Gilgryst Cup, round one (kick-offs 1.30pm): Chapel Town v Old Alts;...
Phil Woolas last night vowed to sell his home if told to under new rules to crack down on expenses if the people of Oldham re-elected him as their MP. The Kelly inquiry, set...
Fewer seats to ‘increase comfort’ in rush hour Now for the good news . . . there will be 30 fewer seats on Metrolink’s new trams which will carry Oldham passengers within two...
Date Published 29/10/2009
DREAMS of putting Oldham on the world map with a touch of Hollywood glamour are sensationally still alive. Councillors have approved a scheme to re-create the world-famous...
