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EFFORTS by employers to train workers in readiness for an economic upturn are being thwarted by an acute shortage of funding in the Government’s biggest skills programme, a...
Date Published 23/09/2009
Cricket: AUSTERLANDS under-17s completed the Saddleworth and District Cricket League double in front of their own supporters. The teenagers from Thorpe Lane added the Romida...
Tickets to the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce annual gala dinner, this year to be held at Clough Manor, Rochdale Road, Denshaw, on Friday, November 6, are now available...
You have to hand it to Mossley AODS: apparently foolhardy was their decision to stage Michael Frayn’s notoriously difficult Eighties farce, but they pull it off better than...
TOP bods at the Beeb have been accused of ruining Saturday night after pitting Strictly Come Dancing against The X-Factor. Shame on them. Critics even accused the corporation...
CRICKET: JOHN RHODES smashed two sixes and a four to lead Saddleworth ‘A’ to double glory. The talented all-rounder finished unbeaten on 24 as the home side...
FOOTBALL: MEGAN TINDALL scored all four goals as Oldham Athletic under-11s started their North Manchester Girls League season in style. The young sharp-shooter was the star of...
DARTS: LOCAL player Janet Fox has won a recall to the Lancashire county ‘A’ team at the age of 63. And the Oldham grandmother will play alongside daughter Shereen...
Racing Correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for tomorrow:
Drugs help service is leading the way A model of good practice — that’s the verdict of health minister Gillian Merron after visiting Oldham’s specialist...
Date Published 22/09/2009
FEARS GROWING OVER ORGANISED DRUG GANGS THE third murder involving Oldham in three months has raised fears of a deadly gang war raging in the borough. Amran Khan (29) was...
A GROUP branded as far-right fascists has formed in Oldham sparking fears of a return to racial clashes. The branch of the English Defence League — recently involved in...
A MAN who was left fighting for his life when a stolen car ploughed into a lamp-post has died. The 20-year-old was seriously injured in the smash on Oldham Road, Denshaw, in...
A MAN is in hospital after being stabbed in the back in Royton. Police were called to the junction of Broadway with Oldham Road at 5.15pm yesterday following reports of a...
POLICE have uncovered a huge cannabis farm in a Royton house containing 400 plants worth £100,000. Nearly every room of the three-bedroom property in Rochdale Road, just...
Police are growing increasingly concerned about a Shaw teenager who has been missing from home for nine days. Jodie Arnold (15) was last seen at her home at 9.45am on...
TERRITORIAL Army Royal Engineers took part in a charity truck pull and heaved a 16-ton military dump truck from Oldham to Manchester. Soldiers of the 75 Engineer Regiment took...
MEP’s opinion of politicians who fiddle expenses OLDHAM Euro-MP Chris Davies has launched a scathing attack on politicians who abuse the expenses system, branding them...
SCHOOLS in Oldham will not be able to get into serious financial trouble because of current council measures. That’s the view of Councillor Kay Knox, Cabinet member for...
Community leaders took a tour of the new £17 million Christie radiotherapy centre which will bring treatment closer to home for Oldham cancer patients. The centre, which...
OLDHAM cancer patient Jamie Hynes welcomed the Lord Mayor of Manchester to the award-winning teenage cancer unit at The Christie. Councillor Alison Firth visited the Didsbury...
Eight men have appeared in court in connection with the theft of passports worth £2.5 million from a van in Chadderton. Boxes containing more than 3,000 blank passports...
OLDHAM’S council housing waiting list could be halved if the Government built on unused land it owned and empty houses were brought back into use, according to the Lib-Dems....
DON’T suffer in silence — that’s the message to abuse victims as police crack down on domestic violence. Research has highlighted an increase in incidents...
Residents fight back against yobs Police say newly-installed alleygates are helping to cut anti-social behaviour in Royton. The wrought-iron gates, at Royton precinct...
Sun shines on Games finale Saddleworth Village Olympics began in a downpour but ended in glorious sunshine at Churchill Playing Fields. The final matches of netball and...
Oldhamers will ride into the heart of Manchester on a new £110m Metrolink line through the city. As revealed by the Chronicle last month, transport bosses have decided...
A new survey will find out just how bad Oldham’s crumbling town hall has become. It has been called for by a team, set up by Oldham Council Chief Executive Charlie...
Overcrowding, poor conditions, and lack of access to suitable housing will be tackled by a new strategy for Oldham’s privately-owned homes. The high level of cramped...
Wearing their trademark sunflowers, three of the original Calendar Girls visited Saddleworth to raise money at a major charity fund-raiser. The ladies, who shot to fame after...
