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SUPERMARKETS in Oldham are being forced to fit security tags to their shopping baskets as shoppers are opting to steal them rather than pay 5p for a carrier bag. Tesco in...
Date Published 14/10/2015
OLDHAM MP Debbie Abrahams has called on the Government to drop the clause in its Welfare Reform and Work Bill which would mean disabled people found not fit to work will have...
OLDHAM will have two representatives in the UK Snooker Championship at York’s Barbican Centre. Moorside’s Michael Wild will be there, joined by a newcomer to...
MACK AND MABEL, Opera House, Manchester, to October 24 AS I have observed before, Jerry Herman and Michael Stewart’s musical bio of silent movie legend Mack Sennett...
OLDHAM Netball Club’s National Premier League team let slip a nine-goal half-time lead as they were held to 43-43 draw at home to The Downs. The hosts made a strong...
CHRONICLE racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for tomorrow’s meetings are - CHELMSFORD 5.45 Hope Cove 6.15 Elltaaf 6.45 Gold Trade 7.15...
A FAILSWORTH ward councillor is calling on Oldham Council to get rid of a huge tree making a terminally ill woman’s life a misery. Karen Zelem (52) moved into her...
A MUSIC lover with Oldham roots is hitting the right notes in the United Arab Emirates. Ismat “Izzy” Abidi, who now lives in Dubai, has been shortlisted in the...
BOWLING: TONGE’S Matt Gillies may have missed out on team success in the Greater Manchester Cup, but individual victory in the Pendleton Open and a £300 pay...
Date Published 13/10/2015
TABLE TENNIS: WITH 672 appearances for Manchester United, Ryan Giggs is displayed as a Premier League legend — but what brings the same status in the Oldham and...
DARTS: Mark McGeeney was again the star of the show for Oldham men’s team as they roared to victory against Wigan. Playing their first Lancashire GMC Elite Super...
MUSIC EXTRA: GODA Tungl are gearing up for their appearance at the eagerly-anticipated Carefully Planned Festival in Manchester this weekend. The four-strong Oldham electro...
TICKETS are selling fast for 80s synth popsters Heaven 17’s show at the Manchester Academy 2 on October 31. And you and a friend could be in the audience free by entering...
Oldham RUFC 20, Upper Eden 22 Oldham suffered a reality check with this North Lancashire and Cumbria League home-defeat thriller. Having fought back from 17-8 down to lead...
OLDHAM St Anne’s 24, Millom 49 MILLOM secured the Kingstone Press National Conference League Division Two title with victory over bottom side St...
A NEW volunteer is needed to help out with the 1st Failsworth Rainbows team. Meetings take place Tuesday evenings and training and support will be provided. Anyone interested...
NETBALL: THERE is a strong Oldham contingent in new Manchester Thunder coach Dan Ryan’s 17-player Vitality Superleague long squad. Eleven of the players selected...
ST Paul’s Church of England Primary School in Royton raised £249 as part of the Macmillan coffee morning fundraising appeal. SPEAK to local councillors about...
Oldham blood donors have been recognised by NHS Blood and Transplant for their loyalty and commitment. William Whitehead (65), Linda Fitzpatrick (67) and Peter Smithies (66)...
AN early payment initiative devised by Oldham Council and since adopted by many other councils has helped boost the local economy by £75 million. Suppliers to the council...
AN Oldham doctor has hit out at Government plans to introduce seven-day access to GP appointments as "wasteful, unachievable and downright dangerous to patients”. Dr...
THE former High Moor landfill site at Scouthead has been transformed from battle ground to a beauty spot. After years of bitter battles in which residents and conservationists...
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An urgent review has revealed the trust that runs the Royal Oldham Hospital has found 400 cases of misdiagnosis. The review, by Pennine Acute NHS Trust, found that 105 cases...
BUSINESS owners at a Failsworth industrial estate say they have been kept in the dark over demolition to make way for housing. In March 2014 Oldham planning committee approved...
OLDHAM’S two constituency Labour parties remain in “special measures” — allowing the national party to ensure undue influence doesn’t affect...
AROUND a third of Oldham jobs pay less than the living wage, a new report says.. The Office for National Statistics reports just over 33 per cent of jobs pay less than the...
ONE of Shaw’s most engaging characters, Harry Andrew, will be given a huge send-off this week after dying peacefully at his care home, aged 78 Harry had lived at...
RICARDO Fuller is set to boost Athletic’s front line options by signing for the club ahead of the big Sheffield United game this weekend. The powerful, 35-year-old...
POLICE in Chadderton took to social media yesterday to see the funny side of an attempted theft from a supermarket. A man was arrested in Sainsbury’s, Union Street, at...
