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A POLICE sergeant filmed dragging a suspect with a broken arm across a station floor has been cleared of gross misconduct. Richard Miller (45) has also had a final written...
Date Published 27/11/2015
AN Oldham Council executive director has hit out at a report into a failed £5million homes scheme in Rossendale — which accuses her of disregarding concerns — as...
A DRUG dealer has been jailed for four-and-a-half years for supplying crack cocaine. Jawaad Karim (25), of Hanson Street, Greenacres, was found guilty of possession with intent...
A CRACKDOWN on drivers committing offences at the wheel saw dozens of motorists fined and vehicles seized in Oldham yesterday. As part of Greater Manchester Police’s...
FORMER deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has described his party’s by-election candidate Jane Brophy as “an absolute force” within the Liberal Democrats. Mr...
FROM the minute “Romeo and Juliet” fall in love to the moment the poison takes hold and the dagger plunges deep, this production has the audience in its...
A FAMILY who run an exotic animal rescue centre from their home are heartbroken after the RSPCA ordered them to hand over their pet fox. Animal lover Dave Robinson took in...
Date Published 26/11/2015
A PETITION is calling on Greater Manchester Police to step up patrols to prevent any more sexual assaults in student areas. Created by Manchester Metropolitan University...
AN MP has slammed a Government scheme aimed to help hard-pressed employers to recruit staff and apprentices. Debbie Abrahams, MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth, was responding...
WITH another dusting of snow expected this weekend, Oldhamers are reminded to add winter travel plans to their festive checklist. Useful information, including which operator...
TWO of the town’s oldest residents — both named Mary — have died. Great-great-grandmother Mary Beels (101), who put her long life down to a weekly tot of...
HEALTH staff across Oldham have been rolling up their sleeves to protect vulnerable residents by having their flu jab — and have even been sharing pictures of the jab...
OLDHAM East and Saddleworth MP Debbie Abrahams said working people will still be worse off despite George Osborne’s U-turn. She said: “This is a smoke and mirrors Spending...
ASHTON MP Angela Rayner has welcomed George Osborne’s U-turn on tax credits — but warned that looming cuts to local services will hit the most vulnerable. The news...
COMMUNITY stalwart and popular teacher Steve Hill has been presented with a prestigious award. The St Joseph’s Primary School deputy head teacher — well-known for...
A NEW medical director has been appointed for the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. Professor Matthew Makin, who was born and brought up in Manchester, will take up post at...
NOMINATIONS are needed for extraordinary helpers from Oldham. St John’s Ambulance Everyday Heroes awards celebrate inspiring stories of ordinary people who have used...
ASPIRING musicians can take to the stage at monthly Mahdlo’s Open Mic nights, which start this weekend. Mahdlo is working in partnership with Square 1 Studios to launch...
TWO teenage entrepreneurs from Oldham have scooped the top awards in a national competition. Hassan Iqbal (18), a former Peter Jones Enterprise Academy (PJEA) student at Oldham...
DON’T be surprised to see Athletic boss David Dunn pitch striker Jake Cassidy into a basement battle, after an absence of more than three months, on Saturday. Although...
OLDHAM and Huddersfield have again reached a partnership agreement in which the Giants of Super League and the promoted Championship new boys will work in tandem in 2016 for the...
Management team benefit from instant feedback TOM Hart flies down the main stand stairs with his laptop and goes straight into a meeting in the manager’s office. David...
ATHLETIC must have thought they had seen the back of striker Ryan Lowe. A lower-league predator with a fine goalscoring record, Lowe has attracted admiring glances from...
Under -11s Indoor Cricket League ROYTON Trojans took a massive step towards winning the Oldham Cricket Development Group under-11s Indoor League title by defeating nearest rivals...
HOLLINWOOD were unable to follow up their previous week’s victory in Division Three West of the Pennine League. There were mitigating circumstances,...
WAYNE Rooney admits Manchester United must re–discover their killer instinct if they are to avoid an embarrassing early exit from the Champions League. United’s...
MANCHESTER City were left to count the cost after Joe Hart limped off in a doubly damaging Champions League defeat at Juventus. City lost control of Group ‘D’ as...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for tomorrow’s meeting are —
TEMPERS continued to flare between Labour’s Jim McMahon and UKIP’s John Bickley yesterday when five by-election candidates locked horns in a debate. Schools and...
Date Published 25/11/2015
Young people fire the big questions at our candidates YOUNG people from across Oldham came face to face with the by-election candidates to fire questions about the issues which...
