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FIRST Choice Homes Oldham has been shortlisted in the national Responsible Business Awards 2015 for a staff health project. The housing organisation is one of nine North-West...
Date Published 08/05/2015
OLDHAM firms are invited to take part in a month-long celebration of business. The Oldham Festival for Business has a range of events offering information, advice, discussion...
PUPILS from North Chadderton School, Chadderton Hall Road, are competing at the Greater Manchester Young enterprise final at Manchester Metropolitan University today. Its...
A NEW inquiry into mental health has added an Oldhamer to its team. The Youth Select Committee - a British Youth Council initiative - will explore issues of awareness,...
OLDHAM Northstars baseball team suffered consecutive defeats against Manchester A’s at Royton and Crompton. The home side took the lead in the second innings of game one...
A MAN was arrested on Saturday after being seen entering several gardens and trying house and shed doors on Park Street, Oak Street and Beal Lane. TAKE a stroll through...
RUGBY: CRAIG Farrimond is hoping his Saddleworth Rangers side can replicate their performance against Rochdale Mayfield in two key fixtures. Rangers suffered an...
STAFF at Hathershaw College are on their marks for a special diamond jubilee 10k challenge. Sixty of them will take part in the Great Manchester Run on Sunday as part of the...
THERE were trophies galore for youngsters in fine voice at Oldham’s 31st Choral Speaking Festival. Pupils from across the borough took to the stage in chorus to perform...
CRICKET: WITH three defeats in their opening three matches, it hasn’t been the start to the Saddleworth and District Cricket League season that Droylsden captain...
A DOBCROSS eatery will be the waterside setting for Marsden-based Mikron Theatre Company’s latest tale. “One of Each” is about the nation’s favourite...
CRICKET: WERNETH are a club in need of a lift - and they hope to get it this weekend. Contracted professional Kaushalya Gajasinghe has his visa and is already booked...
NEW first-team coach Mick Worrall says his players must earn the right to pull on the Oldham St Anne’s jersey. The proud ex-Oldham RL and Great Britain forward...
THE FRIDAY THING: BY the time my reader is reading this (assuming he reads it before nipping out to the pub) the election “excitement” — acres and acres and...
FOOTBALL: THE talented reserve team at 3D Dynamos have added the Gee Cup to their Huddersfield League Reserves Division Three title thanks to a 3-1 final win against...
CRICKET: HEYSIDE will be looking to establish some local bragging rights when they contest two Lake Garage CLL Championship derby matches this weekend. Tomorrow, they...
LOVE Lydgate’s monthly talk on Monday focuses on making energy from Saddleworth’s rain. Tony Bywater and Alison Brittle will provide illustrated detail on the...
CRICKET: KANE Fullalove laid down the law after his Shaw team blew a winning position against Wythenshawe in the SWB Commercials Saddleworth and District Cricket...
UNSUNG heroes have received money after pitching at a “Dragons’ Den”-style event. Organised by the Rotary Club of Saddleworth, six local groups were selected...
OLDHAM College has appointed two new student governors to oversee the way the college is run. Mike Hyde, who lives in Denton, studies at University Campus Oldham and Zobia...
FOOTBALL: MIDAS Plumbing and Heating Oldham Sunday League Jack Abbott Premier Division champions Rifle ‘A’ have marched to two more victories as they continue...
A SADDLEWORTH law student has been crowned a national mooting champion at London’s Supreme Court. Holly Saunders (20), from Diggle, won the United Kingdom Law...
FOOTBALL: JOHN GILDER Coppice Utd 0, Failsworth Athletic 3 NIALL Sultan just can’t stop scoring - as he proved with a hat-trick of goals for Failsworth Athletic...
TALENTED physics student Alice Howarth will swap Oldham for Australia as one of only five teenagers from the UK chosen to take part in an international science school. Alice,...
A DAUGHTER has received more than £20,000 in repaid care home fees after an Oldham law firm successfully challenged an NHS decision to withdraw payments. Judith Lamb...
A HIDDEN talent that has helped a Royton man through the darkest days of an incurable illness has finally given him the chance to shine. Garry Holt (38) has had a daunting...
A CONFERENCE in Oldham tomorrow aims to raise awareness of child sexual exploitation within Muslim communities. “Our Children; Our Future” is at the Nusratul Islam...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
OLDHAM Council leader Jim McMahon has retained his seat in Failsworth East with a 1,453 majority over his nearest rival, UKIP’s Graham Whitehead. Councillor McMahon polled...
DEBBIE Abrahams held her Oldham East and Saddleworth seat with 17,529 votes - increasing her majority from 3,558 in 2011 to 6,002. Despite a disastrous night nationally for...
