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Date Published 01/03/2017
OLDHAM College has been told it "requires improvement" across the board, according to its latest Ofsted inspection. Following a four-day visit, all inspection...
MILLIONS of pounds could be saved as electric vehicles are introduced to the North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust fleet. Electrically-powered rapid response vehicles will be...
RESIDENTS had the chance to find out more information about proposals to construct a new filling station in Shaw during a drop-in session. Asda, on Greenfield Lane, wants to...
THE brother of a missing Moors Murders victim has broken his silence after a TV report highlighting the discovery of a shotgun. Alan Bennett was responding to a Channel 5 item...
OLDHAM'S Liberal Democrats have called for Ofsted to inspect a primary following allegations of a "Trojan Horse" plot to promote "conservative Islamic values"...
EMERGENCY services attended a collision near to Morrisons and the Victoria Hotel in Chadderton yesterday just before 3pm. Police sealed off the junction where traffic turns right...
EMERGENCY services turned out to Rhodes Hill, Holts Estate, at 10am yesterday where a bus became stuck across the road. Police closed the road in both directions for a short...
A "CALLOUS" gang who killed a great-grandmother in a cash-for-crash scam were jailed for more than 30 years. Betty Laird, 88, was horrifically injured after the car...
A BATHROOMS business which is celebrating its 40th anniversary welcomed the Mayor of Oldham for a guided tour. Dale Bathrooms gave Councillor Derek Heffernan and other...
GREATER Manchester Chamber of Commerce is once again holding a competition for emerging contemporary artists. The GM Arts Prize was launched last year, thanks to a grant from...
ELEVEN games are left and an increasingly wide pool of teams are being drawn into the battle to stay up. Few can be better equipped for the task ahead than the side John...
DANNY Wright ought to head into his next professional fight on March 24 in tip-top shape having sparred with some of the country's elite fighters. Failsworth welterweight...
OLDHAM will be primed to tackle giant-killers when they face Haydock Amateurs, from St Helens, at Bower Fold in the fourth round of the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup. The only...
PEP Guardiola will make a late decision on which goalkeeper to play in Manchester City's FA Cup fifth-round replay against Huddersfield. City must take on the Championship...
NORTHAMPTON 1, ATHLETIC 2 LEE Erwin's late goal earned Athletic three huge points at Sixfields. The substitute struck a 90th-minute winner with his left foot from 18 yards...
Date Published 28/02/2017
A GRADE-II listed Glodwick landmark is at "immediate risk" unless £1million can be sourced to restore it. St Mark with Christ Church was once a hive of activity...
FIVE daring fundraisers are preparing to battle heat and tough conditions as they train for the Palestine Marathon and half marathon next month. The five friends, Atiff Mazhar,...
AN animal charity says it is being targeted after its Limeside shop was vandalised three times in a week. In the latest break-in, criminals tried to force their way into the...
MILLIONS of album sales recorded while signed to major record labels Parlophone, EMI, Polydor and more, it's little wonder John Lees and Barclay James Harvest ought to be...
JOHN Sheridan won't be fixated on a 'sliding doors' moment tonight, as he takes Athletic to a club he could have joined. Anthony Gerrard is back from suspension and likely to...
RESIDENTS will be given seven-day access to GPs in Greater Manchester after a £41 million plan was given the go-ahead. The move will make it easier for patients to access...
WATERHEAD Academy pupils have helped to make visiting hospital a brighter experience for patients. The Year 11 art and graphics students worked with a professional graphic...
YOUNG actors from Blue Coat School are taking to the stage today and tomorrow to perform a new play as part of National Theatre Connections, a nationwide celebration of new plays...
STUDENTS and staff at Oldham Sixth Form College became the first college in the town to sign up to a more peaceful future. Principal Jayne Clark was joined by the country's...
A MAN was taken to hospital following a car crash last night. Police and ambulance were called to the junction of Cross Street and Shaw Road, Oldham, to reports of a collision...
A SENIOR police officer who bared her breast at the height of an hour-long drunken rant against a junior colleague's boob job is now working with Oldham Council. In November,...
SIGNS advising motorists to drive at 20mph on a dead end street in Oldham have now been removed by Oldham Council. Earlier this month the Oldham Chronicle featured the signs at...
THREE men involved in a "cash for crash" scam which killed an 88-year-old woman in Leeds have been convicted. Mr Justice Goss returned verdicts with no jury after...
