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A FREESTYLE dancer enjoyed success in two routines at an international contest in Norway. Courtney Burns (14), from Holts, is a student at the Pure Dance Academy in Cromford...
Date Published 06/10/2015
MUSIC EXTRA 2: OLDHAM legends Inspiral Carpets are busy preparing for three back-to-back live dates at the beginning of next month. On November 4 Steve, Clint, Graham,...
Rejuvenated Cupids are bidding to make a big name for themselves on their first nationwide tour. The tour comes after the lads — Jake Fletcher, Sid Cooper, James Cardus and...
WORSHIPPERS at St John’s Church, Failsworth, raised £376 at a Macmillan coffee morning. The church also collected 45 bags of essentials for an aid convoy that...
KIND-HEARTED cricketers hosted a tournament to raise over £4,000 for refugees. The eight-a-side slog was held at Oldham Cricket Club with a barbecue, stalls and...
A NEW community group aiming to improve life for residents in the OL1 area has been launched, with the help of the Mayor of Oldham. The OL1 Group welcomed Councillor Ateeque...
LECTURER Dave Robinson is swapping Oldham for a red carpet premiere in Hollywood. He flies to Los Angeles tomorrow after students from University Campus Oldham (UCO) and Oldham...
FUNDING of over £100,000 will help an estimated 50 Oldham households get gas central heating for the first time. Oldham Council won a share of a £25 million fund...
ATHLETIC manager David Dunn has been backed to prosper in the job by one of the club’s all-time greats. Unbeaten four games into his tenure as interim boss, the former...
Oldham have signed 24-year-old former Salford, Barrow and Halifax forward Jack Spencer - son of Oldham’s assistant coach Lee Spencer - for next year’s Championship...
SIR Alex Ferguson has insisted Manchester United didn’t make a mistake appointing David Moyes as his successor. Moyes left Everton to take charge at Old Trafford...
Manchester City’s roving reporter writes every week for Chron Sport SERGIO Aguero must be up alongside the best strikers on the planet after his five-goal demolition of...
CHRONICLE racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for tomorrow’s meetings are - NOTTINGHAM 1.30 Sanaadh 2.00 Like No Other 2.30 Spike 3.05...
Newspapers across the region today come together to demand a fair devolution deal for Greater Manchester. Following Chancellor George Osborne’s address to the Tory...
THE Devolution Agreement aims to transfer power and responsibilities to Greater Manchester to drive economic growth, reform public services and benefit people who live and work in...
Oldham Council leader Jim McMahon It’s a movement that shows no sign of slowing down. As cities and counties line up for devolution, the Chancellor is casting himself in...
Michael Meacher, MP for Oldham West & Royton I AM strongly in support of devolution but we have to look at the finer details. I want devolution to go ahead and each of...
Debbie Abrahams, MP for Oldham East & Saddleworth Labour supports the principles of devolution. However there are a number of issues and unanswered questions to what the...
Angela Rayner, MP for Failsworth I want to see genuine devolution where power and decision making is in the hands of the people, through their accountable and elected...
FOOTBALLER Ched Evans’s conviction for raping a 19-year-old woman has been referred to the Court of Appeal, reports the Criminal Cases Review Commission. Evans (26) was...
LOCAL campaigners have welcomed the resumption of the electrification of the trans-Pennine railway route between Leeds and Manchester - but have called on the Government to go...
AN inspirational teacher who dedicated more than 40 years of his life to educating youngsters in Oldham has died. Glyn Jones (83) first came to Oldham in 1954 from Bangor, North...
THE group which organises Oldham Carnival and Rootz Festival deserves a Pride in Oldham award for helping to bring the community together. That’s the view of Chronicle...
Date Published 05/10/2015
VOLUNTEERS who bring the past to life at George Street Chapel have been nominated for a Pride in Oldham Award. The 15 Age UK helpers act as story-tellers and guides at the...
WHEN cancer tore Sarah Swindell’s life apart, she chanced on a fellow Shaw women who helped her piece it back together. That person was Gill Nuttall who is the founder of...
TODAY the Oldham Chronicle can exclusively reveal the first designs and location for the new Maggie’s cancer support centre in Oldham. Maggie’s, the charity that...
DAVID Dunn fielded two new full-backs in the enterprising draw at Gillingham — and he believes the loan pair from Burnley instantly gave his side a new dimension. Right-back...
A 19-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted rape following an incident in Oldham town centre. Shortly before 10.50pm on Sunday, September 27, a 45-year-old...
AN Oldham window cleaner saw red after his girlfriend threw him out and dumped his belongings in the street when she found out he had been cheating on her. Dale Quinlan (27)...
Jeremy Corbyn is expected to address a crowd of hundreds at a protest event in Manchester during the Conservative Party conference. Leaders of the main parties traditionally...
