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A hair salon owner whose business was attacked by burglars has praised police for stemming a series of break-ins across Saddleworth villages. Jo Ferns, who has a business in...
Date Published 22/03/2016
ONLY a week after Oldham Council’s plea to residents to clean up their act, fly-tippers have struck again - on land recently cleared of rubbish. A week after the Evening...
OLDHAM Town Centre’s Hobson Street car park will be demolished and replaced with a new 100-space surface car park The stricture has been closed since December 2014...
TWO employees had a special reason to join in the 35th anniversary celebrations of Town Square shopping centre. Suzanne Kershaw - a pharmacist technician at Boots - and Eric...
PLANS to save Chadderton’s Foxdenton Hall have been revealed to local residents. Dozens of interested residents and organisations heard more about refurbishment plans for...
PLANS to transform a former nightclub into a new digital enterprise hub at the heart of Oldham’s Independent Quarter have been approved by Oldham Council’s cabinet...
THERE’s no shortage of activities at the Daisy Nook Garden Centre over the Easter holidays. On Easter Monday magician Merlin will be in store from noon-4pm. And on...
MUSIC EXTRA: Cupids joint-frontman Jake Fletcher reckons the band could be on the verge of something big with new single “Kickin’ In”. The raucous new track...
EDDI Reader fans are in for a real treat on April 1 when the popular singer/songwriter plays Uppermill Civic Hall. The bulk of what promises to be a terrific set on the night...
ATHLETIC face being without key players for the crucial double-header against Burton and Chesterfield. Burton loan duo Matt Palmer and Timmy Thiele are both ineligible for the...
WITH the injury backlog slowly clearing at Huddersfield Giants, Oldham RL coach Scott Naylor is set for a dual-registration boost for the busy Easter programme. The Roughyeds...
MANCHESTER City fans are considering walkout protests over ticket prices for the forthcoming Champions League quarter–final clash with Paris St Germain. The club claims...
SPEEDWAY: FURIOUS Belle Vue chief executive officer David Gordon has hit back at criticism over the disastrous abandonment of Saturday’s inaugural meeting at the new...
MANCHESTER Thunder laboured to a 54-51 Superleague win over Celtic Dragons in Cardiff. Thunder displayed patches of fluid and dominant form, but failed to make it count; they...
Manchester City’s roving reporter writes every week for Chron Sport It was a hugely disappointing result for Manchester City in the derby game at the weekend, and I think...
DARTS: A DEPLETED Oldham team drew 5-5 away at St Helens in the Lancashire GMC Elite Super Eights League. In the battle of the third versus second-placed teams in the table,...
RUGBY: OLDHAM St Anne’s gained local bragging rights after seeing off Waterhead 26-12 on their own patch after a fiercely contested battle. Up against determined hosts at...
RUGBY: A LONG trip to Whitehaven proved fruitless for Oldham as they were beaten by North Lancashire and Cumbria League high-fliers St Benedict’s. St Benedict’s are...
CHRONICLE racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for tomorrow’s meetings:
OLDHAM has been named as the most deprived town in England. A study into housing and poverty by the Office of National Statistics found Oldham had the highest proportion of...
Date Published 21/03/2016
AN Oldham woman given an open-ended jail term for stabbing her cousin in a row over a man has failed in an appeal against her sentence. Kelly Georgina Diveney (40) stabbed...
Oldham council is closing in on deals to bring two major restaurant chains into the Old Town Hall cinema and entertainment complex. Officers have been talking to a range of...
FOSTER parents Anne and Lloyd Morgan are looking forward to a well-deserved reirement. Together the pair have fostered 97 children and have adopted three youngsters who were...
A FATHER OF TWO alleged to have sexually assaulted a 10-year-old girl has been cleared by a jury after a four-day trial. Derek Dissington (57) was unanimously cleared on all...
A FATHER-OF-TWO tragically died by accident following a change in work practices at an Oldham company, a jury concluded on Friday. Last April Frank Dunne (52), of Alston...
A HEROIN addict who robbed a young Oldham College student at knifepoint in the town centre has been jailed. David Storer (33), diagnosed as Hepatitis C-positive, also bit his...
KIND-HEARTED Oldhamers pushed themselves to the limit with sponsored bike rides, running races and endurance tests in a bid to raise money for SportRelief. Pupils at Broadfield...
BRAVE volunteers hot-footed it across scorching coals in a bid to raise money for Mahdlo Youth Zone. The fund-raising challenge, now in its second year, made around...
OLDHAM Coliseum house manager David Rustidge bade farewell to friends and colleagues yesterday — but he won’t be going very far from theatres in retirement. The...
SADDLEWORTH has been named in the list of the best places to live in Britain by the Sunday Times. The survey, published yesterday, combines data and statistics such as crime...
