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WHEN gallons of water began flooding into the basement of a home in Grotton, its owners didn’t know where to turn. Nick Froggatt (57) and his son Chris (25) were left in...
Date Published 09/06/2015
RAISING aspirations and helping young Oldhamers reach their potential . . . these are the aims of a new campaign designed to make the borough a better place. The Grow Oldham...
A group of young volunteers is being recruited by Labour MP Debbie Abrahams for her second Get Oldham Working summer school. Following the success of her inaugural summer...
A CRIME-FIGHTING unit, set up to make Greater Manchester’s buses and trams safer, has enjoyed significant success in its first two months. Under the three-year pilot...
Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Lloyd has welcomed a National Audit Office report which accuses the Home Office of making ill-informed cuts to policing. Following an...
HUNDREDS of children in care in Greater Manchester are being moved out of the area they know and feel comfortable in according to a new report by The Children’s...
A TALENTED musician is picking up his guitar once again to raise money for Dr Kershaw’s hospice - this time by playing 24 gigs in 24 hours. Kieran McMahon is hoping to raise as...
PHARMACIES and parents in Oldham are being warned to be extra vigilant following the rise in popularity of a dangerous social media challenge. The paracetamol challenge sees...
A RETIRED engineer from Shaw attended a special event at the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill — a man whose legacy gave him the “opportunity of a...
DOCTORS, nurses and healthcare professionals at the Royal Oldham Hospital are preparing for “The Perfect Week for Patients”, starting tomorrow. The week is part of...
WHAT better way to enjoy some rare sunshine than a get together with the community over a spot of lunch? The Oldham Academy North Sports Centre hosted The Big Lunch on Sunday...
A WOMAN who had to be taken to hospital after her hand was glued to her front door handle has spoken of her ordeal. Fiona Crabb (28), of Tentercroft, returned from a...
THE beaming chairman of Saddleworth Parish Council had plenty to smile about at his inaugral service. Councillor Neil Allsopp, accompanied by his wife Carol, and speaking after...
THERE’LL be double trouble on new reality TV show “Love Island” if Greenfield twins Tony and John Alberti have anything to do with it. The 29-year-olds jetted...
PEOPLE power helped to shift 10 tonnes of rubbish from the streets of Clarksfield and Glodwick in only six hours. More than 100 residents and ward councillors took part in the...
Opened in 2011 and built in the grounds of Nottingham’s City Hospital, the Maggie’s centre has the appearance of almost floating among the trees with its unique vivid...
A pretty conservation village has become a hotbed in an escalating war of words over the new £19 million Saddleworth School. Concerns increased in Dobcross after Oldham...
A MAN involved in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine was jailed at Minshull Street Crown Court. Emmanuel Richards (36), of Union Street West, was sentenced to four years...
A FORMER member of the Nigerian Olympic boxing team who was locked up in an immigration detention centre, has been reunited with his heavily pregnant wife — but his fight to...
A LORRY driver is fighting for his life in hospital after a horror smash on the M62 yesterday. The lorry, carrying 44 tonnes of butter, smashed into the central reservation on...
A VAN driver charged with causing the death of a 12 -year old schoolgirl on a notorious zebra crossing has been cleared by a jury after a week-long trial. Annalise Holt...
SIX hours of training paid off handsomely as eight members of Shaw Karate Club achieved first Dan black belts. The octet were put through their paces at the UK’s Shukokai...
BOWLS: GREATER Manchester have a chance to qualify for the semi- finals of the Endsleigh County Championship after beating Cheshire by 32 chalks. Victory was achieved thanks...
OLDHAM table tennis sensation Amir Hussain just missed out on two national titles at the weekend. The 11-year-old, a pupil at Greenacres Primary School, was seeded second in...
25 from 25 JOHN SHERIDAN RECALLING his days as an apprentice at Leeds, David Batty said it best when expressing the admiration he had for future Athletic midfield wizard...
CRICKET: PLANS are being put in place for the ‘Pennine Cricket League’ — an amalgamation of the Central Lancashire League and Saddleworth and District Cricket...
TOM Ashton, Oldham RL Club's young centre, was all smiles after receiving the latest prognosis on his knee ligament injury. He was fearing the worst and expecting to be told...
ATHLETIC are aiming to add a further “three or four” first-team players to the squad over the course of the summer. Manager Darren Kelly indicated that he may well...
CHRONICLE racing correspondent Keith McHugh's selections for tomorrow's meetings are -
THEY might be the youngest band on the Oldham block at present as the eldest member is 16, but the Recreation are “buzzing” to be part of the town’s current exciting scene. The...
