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OLDHAM’S GP surgeries are in good health says the Care Quality Commission. Of the 12 practices assessed by the health body before May 2015, 11 were rated...
Date Published 16/10/2015
A CHADDERTON woman is furious that recycliing bin of bottles, cans and plastics has been left unemptied since early July. Pamela Kay (49), of St Austell Place, has seen cans...
THE Post Office is proposing to relocate its Holts branch to a new location where it be a modern open-plan layout with extended hours. The new Holts “Post Office...
OLDHAM Council is to consider proposals to help the regeneration of Primrose Bank. A report on Monday will outline plans to develop 17 homes on a plot next to the Primrose Bank...
PLANS to demolish a derelict Failsworth pub and build new homes have been welcomed by a local councillor. The Brookdale, on Coronation Road, will be bulldozed to make way for...
A FORMER call centre is to be turned into a multi-functional building for academic and religious learning and social gathering. Proposals from the UK Islamic Mission...
RUGBY: IT will be action all the way at Waterhead Warriors’ Peach Road ground on November 1 as this year’s Oldham Amateur Rugby League Youth and Junior Cup...
A SUPPORT group for people trying to withdraw from prescribed drugs is appealing for new members. Oldham Tranx, now 26 years old, had been in danger of closing until One...
CYCLING: THE autumn cycle hill-climb season got off to a fine start when Saddleworth Clarion won with an incredible ride of eight minutes three seconds by Kieran...
MORE than 220,000 patients have been cared for at Greater Manchester three walk-in services - one of them in Oldham - since they opened in 2009. The walk-in services at Lindley...
A COMMUNITY stalwart has been recognised for his commitment to the borough with a prestigious award from the Rotary Club of Oldham. Steve Lowe received the Paul Harris award...
Manchester City’s roving reporter writes every week for Chron Sport FOR England to win all 10 of the European Championship qualifying games really was a top...
youths set fire to a bin in George’s Park on Thursday. Anyone with information about the culprits should call police on 101. FRIENDS of Jubilee Colliery are holding a...
Speedway: THE final chequered flag of Belle Vue’s 2015 season signalled the end of speedway racing at the greyhound track on Kirkmanshulme Lane. With the Aces...
ENJOY a cuppa and get new reading recommendations at the free chat and choose sessions at Chadderton Library, Burnley Street, from 2 to 4pm on Thursdays. HELP keep Chadderton...
PETER SCHOFIELD and John Billington racked up 43 Stableford points to win Oldham’s new-look seniors’ open. Runners-up were Mike Moore and Mike Dunkerley on 42,...
A FINANCE company is eyeing up new territory in the battle against late payments after setting up a new HQ in a former Oldham cotton mill. Oxygen Finance Ltd, based in the City...
GOLF: DAVE Whitworth shot a superb 72-9-63 to win the Hall Cup, a major at Crompton and Royton. Second was Michael Healey (82-18-64), followed by Mike Shaw (68-2-66)....
OLDHAM Ladies Hockey Club firsts are growing in confidence after a third win on the spin. Fran Lees’ side weren’t at their best, but still good enough to beat...
A MANUFACTURER and supplier of windows, doors and conservatories is celebrating 30 years of business. Gemini uPVC, based at Westwood Industrial Estate in Oldham, began trading...
BOXING: FIFTEEN-year-old North-West ABA junior champion Aqib Fiaz, from Lees, was in a superb form at the Hillerod Box Cup tournament in Denmark. Aqib, who fights out...
PUPILS at a Chadderton primary school who struggle to use the stairs are closer to having a chairlift to take the strain. The Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation...
Sport Betting: WITH a record of played 10 and won 10 in group matches, you might have expected England to be among the favourites to win Euro 2016. Then again knowing...
NETBALL: LUCY Stevenson, who finished with a stunning 95 per cent success rate, was quick out of the blocks in Oldham Netball Club’s 74-37 defeat of...
AN Oldham mum who took her five children to Syria claims she went only to try to “speak some sense” into her husband who had joined so-called “Islamic...
A 27-YEAR old man has been jailed for repeated sex offences and the rape of a little girl aged under six. Keron Davies, who was 12 when he molested the youngster more than a...
A TERRIFIED Oldham housing officer thought she was going to be attacked and raped when an asylum seeker lured her into his bathroom and bolted the door behind them, a court...
THE driver of this Mercedes Benz found an innovative way of avoiding parking on double yellow lines. He just parked “behind” them - on the pavement The picture...
PUPILS were glad they came when Nathan Sykes — former member of boy band The Wanted — turned up at their school to perform live. Nathan (22) is preparing to release...
An 87-year-old man was targeted by doorstep conmen. A thief knocked on the door of the elderly victim’s home in Stamford Road, Lees, claiming to be concerned about the...
