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Oldhamers live in the best region for public transport — and that is even before Metrolink arrives. The Campaign for Better Transport pressure group has studied more...
Date Published 16/09/2009
PEOPLE who want to use the new library service at Turf Lane Community Centre at night will have to ring the front door bell and hope someone answers. That’s because it...
PAUL GLOVER captured WERNETH’S final major of the season as he lifted the Fairway Cup. But it was a nerve-jangling victory as he only won on the card after his return of...
THE Government has pledged to fund 200 new jobs for unemployed youngsters at Football League clubs. Every one of the 72 clubs in the Championship, League One and League Two...
VETERAN golfer Eric Smith has not been bunkered by age as the 83-year-old, from Hathershaw, recently proved by beating the club’s top players in a medal competition. And...
REPLACING the Trident weapons system would cost Oldham taxpayers a staggering £183 million, according to anti-nuclear campaigners. Saddleworth Peace Movement heard from...
SHEILA Waterhouse won the Grandmothers Trophy at WERNETH by a five-shot margin. She shot 97-26-71 to triumph and also win a second prize as the event doubled up as an EWGA...
Mossley suffered a disappointing 2-0 defeat at Ossett Albion last night in the Unibond League first division north. Goals from Gareth Hamlet and Duncan Bray in the last 20...
Michael Wild played a starring role for England in their triumph in snooker’s Home Internationals at Pontins, Prestatyn. The Moorside ace won five of his six three-frame...
Limehurst Youth Centre will rise like a phoenix from the ashes after it was destroyed in a fire in January last year in what was believed to be an arson attack. But now Oldham...
Nimble Nook’s Gary Ellis booked his place in the last eight of the Waterloo in Blackpool after a 21-16 win over Dean Ferris (Stoke). Ferris had earlier put out another...
THE future of Shaw’s Dunwood Park is looking bright as refurbishment plans to celebrate its centenary year gather pace. Residents can look at the latest plans at the...
Your Chronicle: backing the £100,000 Christies Oldham Appeal SILVER wedding couple Michele and Andrew Warburton wanted to share the happiness of renewing their marriage...
International visitors dropped into Daisy Nook in their search for Britain’s finest garden centres. The International Garden Centre Association, made up of garden centre...
Organisers of Delph’s famous Party in the Park today issued a warning to music lovers: “If you don’t have tickets, don’t come.” A record turn-out...
ONE hundred lucky motorists who leave their cars at home for the day will be able to ride the bus for free thanks to a Government initiative. First Manchester is giving away...
Champion bands will be playing their best pieces at a concert at Boarshurst Band Club on Sunday. Two local competitors at this year’s national brass band finals in...
OLDHAMERS can take advantage of free advice on how to plan for the future after Cancer Research UK teamed up with financial planning experts. One-to-one advice on retirement...
Ten acres of land is being bought by Oldham Council to extend the Crompton Moor site, identified as a potential regional outdoor attraction. The land at Whiteside is a grazing...
THE WALWORTH FARCE, Lowry, Salford, by Paul Genty ENDA Walsh’s extraordinary, not to say very strange, play has been round the world since it was first seen in Ireland...
A CARING team of 20 district nurses has been nominated for a Pride in Oldham award for hard work and professionalism. The District Nursing Team based at Royton Health Centre...
AN Oldham businessman has diversified his engineering company into a recycling centre — producing carbon-neutral fuel. Craig Fitch, from Grasscroft, has established...
A BREAK of 33 from Ian Kirkham gave Nimble Nook the third frame and put them 2-1 up as they played hosts to St Paul’s. However, Nick Broadbent replied in the fourth...
YEARS of hard work at college and getting a foothold in the industry were proving frustrating for beauty therapist Nikki-Leigh Morris. Not any more — the 19-year-old is...
A manufacturing company with an office in Delph collected two prizes at the sixth annual Yorkshire Productivity Awards. Texecom, based at the Bizspace Saddleworth Business...
Proposed changes to the way the majority of builders are taxed threaten to hamper the recovery of the UK’s beleaguered construction industry. A planned crackdown on the...
MATTY Kapica was in seventh heaven for Heyside Juniors under-15s in the North Bury League. The young sharp-shooter struck seven times in the 10-2 win romp over Prestwich Heys....
Customers continue to cause headaches for many small and medium-sized enterprises in the UK by offering elaborate and far-fetched excuses for the non-payment of outstanding...
CHADDERTON Juniors FC under-13s are firing on all cylinders in the Rochdale and Oldham Youth League. They put nine past Chadderton Park without reply — Shaun Middleton...
Tameside and District Mini-Soccer League RESULTS and scorers from the Tameside and District Mini-Soccer League are — UNDER-NINES: Uppermill ‘A’ 1,...
