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Honeywell Trust is next step RESIDENTS in Hathershaw and Fitton Hill can learn about a new project to begin once funding for the New Deal for Communities (NDC) programme ends....
Date Published 08/09/2009
Springhead Community Centre will be used as a pilot for passing council assets over to local people, if councillors agree next week. The Ashes Lane building almost closed in...
A letter of protest about the alleged blatant promotion of the EU during the “Last Night of the Proms” in the Royal Albert Hall has been sent to the BBC’s...
Oldham Works: A Chronicle campaign to boost Oldham, its business and its people THE Mayor of Oldham, Councillor Jim McArdle, raised a glass to business success in Oldham as he...
Mark delves into the underworld GANGS, knives, art and theatre will all come together when Springhead writer Mark Whiteley presents his new play at the Lowry next year....
Blustery wet weather did not deter 40 teams from tackling Saddleworth Runners’ annual Cross Keys relay race. The event, starting at the Cross Keys pub in Uppermill,...
THE former owner of Wild and Brierley funeral directors has died aged 92. Robert Fletcher Wild died in a nursing home in Devon on September 2. His great-grandfather...
The all-girl team at May’s chip shop and cafe in Shaw has been serving up success for almost five years. Their excellent food, hygiene standards and care for their...
THE MISER, Royal Exchange, Manchester NOW this is more like it: we are indebted to translators and adapters Braham Murray and Robert Cogo-Fawcett for this bit of Moliere...
What Kati Did next - Didn’t win the lottery this weekend. Didn’t win it last weekend either or the weekend before that. In fact, I have never won a penny on the...
A HOST of musical superstars have pooled their talents to record a stunning track for award winning charity War Child. The single — “I Got Soul”, a reworked...
Don’t miss: Hed Kandi presents Stereo Sushi Where? The Castle, Union St When? Saturday Stereo Sushi is Hed Kandi’s little sister and was created seven...
Former Stone Roses frontman Ian Brown will play Manchester Arena on December 19 to celebrate the release of his sixth studio album. “Stellify” — the lead...
West London quartet Mumford and Sons will perform live at Manchester’s Ruby Lounge on Monday. Their gutsy, old-time sound marries the magic of Crosby, Stills, Nash and...
TONIGHT: Neo Asylum, Loebeat, The Christophers — Roadhouse TOMORROW: The Blow Monkeys — Ruby Lounge; Peter Broderick — Academy 3; Downdog, Sickboy,...
A 30-YEAR-OLD petrol station attendant suffered a fractured skull after armed robbers attacked him with a metal bar and made off with nothing more than chocolate bars. The...
Date Published 07/09/2009
A 31-YEAR-OLD man was fighting for his life in hospital after a serious road traffic collision in the early hours of this morning. A black Porsche Cayenne overturned after it...
THE frustrated organiser of the Saddleworth Village Olympics has lashed out over waterlogged conditions at the event site. Torrential rain had flooded parts of the field...
AN investigation has been launched following a blaze in a three-storey house in Blakelock Street, Crompton, at 12.13pm yesterday. Fire crews from Oldham and Chadderton were...
THE first of two events to let Saddleworth residents have their say about the future of Dovestone reservoir was held at Uppermill Civic Hall on Friday. The event outlined some...
TEN Oldham charities and voluntary organisations will share a £191,000 handout to support local people battling the recession. The money will help deal with the extra...
AN 11th-hour bid to save Broadway Library was turned down, it has emerged. The Chronicle revealed 11 days ago that the battle to save the building had been lost, with...
OLDHAM’S primary school kitchens are to get a £245,000 overhaul. The Government grant comes as new figures show that at least one in five primary schools...
THE jewel in Alexandra Park’s crown is to be restored thanks to a £93,000 revamp. A 10-week repair programme will see the Edwardian conservatory have its rotting...
WASHOUT weather failed to hamper a summertime Beach Party held to raise funds for the Christie at Oldham appeal. MORE than 200 revellers joined in the fun and fancy dress at...
From church’s superb stained glass windows to the maths genius who timed the tides Some of Oldham’s 18th century heritage will be on show when St Margaret’s...
SHAW town centre has been given a boost — almost eight months to the day after its Woolies closed. Shoppers queued to splash the cash at its new Ethel Austin store which...
THE number of new swine flu cases continues to fall in the North as the national panic over the virus dies down. The GP consultation rate per 100,000 of the population for...
PEOPLE choosing to laze about cost health bosses in Oldham more than £4 million last year. According to the Department of Health (DoH) physical inactivity cost NHS...
OLDHAM’S Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Forum (LGBT) scooped the walking entry category at the Manchester Pride Parade. The group was cheered along the parade route as...
