Oldham Council leader Jean Stretton has been schooled in the Jim McMahon practice of presenting facts devoid of economic context where partial truths paint the council in a good light and all sob stories can…
Revelations about the Clarksfield school at the centre of “Trojan Horse” accusations appears to be a case of religiously motivated cultural intimidation rather than an organised plot.I lived in Werneth for around eight years and…
None of the official sources or traditional press are very eager to publicise population density statistics which is not surprising when you consider England is almost twice as densely populated as Germany and three and…
The BBC has used freedom of information requests to create a localised breakdown of votes from nearly half of the local authorities which counted EU referendum ballots last June. To quote the small section on…
The photos below show Oldham’s thriving town centre on a Friday afternoon, as you can see all those many tens of millions spent by the council are yielding dividends as demonstrated by the upbeat retail…
Chronic-Oldham is primarily about local issues so we are not going to elaborate on why we think Donald Trump’s decision on travel restrictions is born out of ignorance and is ultimately self-defeating. We will however…
Something truly arrogant about leaving the voting public completely out of the biggest public service decision in generation to then laud your bid to become mayor as a “genuine exercise in democracy”. Only Salford City…
ONS brexit related statistics released today finally show the disparity between the wildly exaggerated and reported numbers of UK nationals said to be living in the EU and the actual figure. Today’s release reports under…
Just weeks after the Greater Manchester spatial framework rejected Foxdenton as a first phase development site Oldham Council resurrects the long-dormant project, and its vested interest, and finances infrastructure work to commence just before the…
Flagship independent quarter business Scoots, Suits and Boots has announced it will close by the end of January. This comes fast on the heels of news that Frilly’s will close after thirty years in business….
When the Oldham foodbank crowdfunder for a community kitchen reaches its target the local press will no doubt publish a piece about the success of this community project and the generosity of Oldham folk. What…
The asylum statistics you will never see in the Oldham Chronicle or on the Oldham Council website. In the third quarter of 2016 337 (89.2%) of 378 UK local authorites housed between 0 and 10…
Oldham Council press team purposely diverting attention away from spending and policy failure’s.
Once again, and despite “Brexit”, the UK receives a ludicrous net inflow of some 335,000 migrants in the year to June 2016 only 1000 less than last year’s record high. Oldham, England’s most deprived town, once…
Sure most of you are aware of the Jim McMahon & Oldham Chronicle mutual appreciation society but now another disconnected narcissist, Prince Andrew, has joined resident narcissist McMahon, we genuinely view him as such, and…