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FIND out more about the work done at the Donkey Sanctuary with a talk at Royton Townswomen’s Guild on Tuesday, September 8. The event, at Royton Town Hall, starts at...
Date Published 01/09/2015
IT’S back! The Chronicle’s annual search to find Oldham’s top tot is under way. Professional photographer Gaynor Wilson will be snapping under-fives in Tesco,...
MENTAL health campaigner Angela Rayner MP is demanding that major cuts to services are reversed immediately. The Failsworth MP is patron of the Labour Mental Health campaign...
OLDHAMERS are being invited to saddle up and take part in a cycling challenge. Transport for Greater Manchester wants volunteers to sign up for the Life on 2 Wheels Cycle...
THE number of Year Six pupils leaving Oldham’s primary schools with the expected standard of reading, writing and maths has remained static. Eighty per cent of 11 year...
PUPILS have been getting a look at their new £6.25m school ahead of its opening on Wednesday. Around 50 reception, primary and secondary pupils will join Hollinwood...
BOWLS: NIMBLE Nook’s Frank Cassidy won the Oldham Veterans League’s President’s Cup, played at Royton Cricket Club. Cassidy beat his Nook team-mate,...
BOWLS: GARY Ellis landed a major prize on Saturday night – then suffered near-miss heartbreak 24 hours later. The Nimble Nook and Tonge star underlined his...
YORKSHIRE stone paving slabs were stolen from behind Chloe’s Health Studio in Oldham Road, last Thursday afternoon. Two men in a white Fiat van were spotted at the...
IT’S the end of an era for members of an Oldham chronic pain support group. Helen Proctor founded Back to Back in the early 1990s after struggling to cope with her own...
THE Glodwick community took to the crease at the weekend in a charity cricket tournament to honour a former player. The tournament at Glodwick Cricket Club was in memory of...
ONE of the Oldham men who died in a road crash in Scotland was engaged to be married. Tosief Ahmed (21), of Brewerton Road, Clarksfield, was killed in the smash on the A74(M)...
OLDHAM MP Debbie Abrahams has reacted angrily to new figures that reveal almost 10,000 people have died after being denied full sickness benefits. The figures also show a...
A BULIMIA sufferer who shared her story in the hope of raising money for life-saving treatment has been overwhelmed by public support Charlene Roberts (28) has battled...
SCOTT and Bailey star Suranne Jones has revealed her first TV crush was on fellow Oldhamer Phillip Schofield. “What wouldn’t you love about someone in a broom...
A SHAW man is taking on an eye-watering challenge to raise money for Cancer Research UK to celebrate his friend’s freedom from the disease. Connor Inman has challenged...
Sisters bagged toys worth nearly £400 for seriously-ill children in a trolley dash at an Oldham toy shop. Alisha-Paige and Carmen-Amy Harrison had a minute each to grab...
ATHLETIC are busy working on two fronts ahead of tonight — but don’t be fooled into thinking focus will drift away from the task at Shrewsbury. The transfer...
MUSIC EXTRA: AS they prepare for the release of new single “Put Out The Fire”, Saddleworth indie hopefuls The Velocetas have opted for a switch in focus to win over...
MANCHESTER United insist Real Madrid are to blame for the shock 11th–hour collapse of David de Gea's proposed move to the Bernabeu. United and Madrid agreed a deal worth...
SHREWSBURY boss Micky Mellon is hopeful he can get through today without fielding a single enquiry about star midfield anchor Ryan Woods. The 21-year-old youth team product...
Cricket: THE unstoppable juggernaut that is Saddleworth tasted Twenty20 Competition success at Greenfield’s Ladhill Lane ground. Tanner Cup winners and Saddleworth and...
Boxing: ANTHONY Crolla will face Darleys Perez in a rematch for the WBA World Lightweight title at the Manchester Arena on November 21. The duo clashed in July, when Perez...
RUGBY: Saddleworth Rangers secretary Peter Townsend was “tired but euphoric” after his club’s unofficial world record attempt at the longest game of...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards LINGFIELD 2.00 Cautious Optimism 2.30 Komedy 3.00 Final Spring 3.30...
PROMOTION SOUTHPORT AIR SHOW Saturday 19th September £22 per person Pick up 8:30am | Back approx. 6:30pm Southport Air show is a two-day annual event held every year at...
MASKED men tried to blow up a cash machine in Shaw before hacking the front door of a bank with power tools. People leaving a nearby pub dialled 999 after they spotted them...
Date Published 31/08/2015
TWO men from Oldham have died in a car crash in Scotland. The pair, aged 21 and 22, are believed to be from Glodwick and Clarksfield and died following the collision near...
A HIT and run driver left a 52-year-old man for dead on a mini roundabout in Failsworth. The man suffered life-threatening head injuries when thrown through the air at the...
FIRE-fighters discovered a cannabis farm in a smoke-filled building in Oldham. They had to force their way through a steel security door in the basement of a shop in Union...
