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MANCHESTER City captain Vincent Kompany is ready for the talking to stop and the action to start in tonight’s blockbusting derby against Manchester United. Kompany...
Date Published 30/04/2012
Tipster Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s racing: LINGFIELD 2.00 Khubala 2.30 One More Roman 3.00 Irons On Fire 3.30 Esprit Danseur 4.00...
A 51-YEAR-OLD man was attacked from behind in Coldhurst early yesterday. He had just passed two men in Anvil Way, near Sedgemoor Way, when he felt a blow to the back of the...
Date Published 27/04/2012
Complaints about the care given to elderly people at the Royal Oldham Hospital prompted a nursing chief to speak out in yesterday’s Chronicle. Marian Carroll, Director of...
Angling: OLDHAM angler Pete Cuniffe is enjoying a superb season. The Gilders rod is Mr Consistency, and showed off his skills with several high finishes at a variety of...
BOWLS: TONGE had to settle for six winners and the aggregate against the Railway, Congleton, in their second Manchester Premier League fixture of the season. Successful...
RUNNING: IAN McBride, of Royton Road Runners, finished a brilliant 68th in the London Marathon. And his superb performance on the streets of the capital bettered his own...
MEET with Saddleworth Townswomen’s Guild at Uppermill Methodist Centre in Church Road on Wednesday. New members are welcome to the meeting from 2pm. JAZZ fans will be...
FOOTBALL: SPRINGHEAD’S superb second half of the season continued with an emphatic 4-0 destruction of Old Alts in Bridgewater Office Supplies Manchester League Premier...
THE FRIDAY THING: IF you come across lengthy wagon trains of removal vans trying to work out how to get through, round or over Oldham town centre’s satnav-defying traffic...
FOOTBALL: Royton Town 5, Walshaw Sports 3 ROYTON Town's penultimate game of this season in the Premier Division of the Bridgewater Office Supplies Manchester...
Optician Nick Howard, from Greenfield, has been named Contact Lens Practitioner of the Year at the Optician Awards 2012. For the past two years Nick, who has 30 years’...
CRICKET: WOODHOUSES captain Mike Cassidy has set his sights on a top-four finish in Lees Brewery Lancashire County League Division One. The Medlock Road outfit were third...
CRICKET: THIS weekend’s matches in the Versasteel Saddleworth and District Cricket League are OFF. The league’s executive committee made the decision at last...
A CEREBRAL palsy sufferer is shaving her head for her friend who has cancer in a remarkable act of solidarity. Close friends Tracy Marinelli and Andrea Walkden will be bald...
FOOTBALL: CHADDERTON can finish the Vodkat North-West Counties League Division One season in sixth place tomorrow with victory at Atherton Collieries. Paul Buckley’s...
SIR Alex Ferguson has admitted Manchester United old boy Carlos Tevez has already made his presence felt following his return to duty for Manchester City. United boss Ferguson...
Eye-opening statistics provide a glimpse into the borough’s future MORE than half of all children in Coldhurst live in poverty and burglary rates are at their highest in...
SHEFKI Kuqi admits he has not yet made a decision on remaining at Athletic next season. The 16-goal striker's contract runs out in the summer, though a clause will allow him...
WORRIED parents are demanding urgent action to boost safety on a busy road near two schools. A petition was launched by Rachel Beckwith, whose daughter Holly is a pupil at...
SPORTS BETTING: THE match to end all domestic matches may still be five days away but, with excitement already at fever pitch, Off Course makes no apologies for an early look...
A STRONG second-half show was in vain as Oldham St Anne’s ‘A’ were beaten 32-20 at Leyland Warriors on the opening day of the new North-West Men’s Open...
CRICKET: GROUNDSMEN throughout the Lake Garage CLL are bracing themselves for more heavy rain during the build-up to Sunday’s round of fixtures. Last weekend’s...
OLDHAM Owls wheelchair basketball star Sarah McPhee insists Team GB have what it takes to win successive BT Paralympic World Cups. The 32-year-old helped her country to their...
NINE young hopefuls are about to embark on two-year scholarships with Athletic in the hope of becoming the next generation of first-team stars. Most of the new faces have...
PAUL Noone has spoken of the sickening moment at London Skolars on Sunday when he thought he had broken his leg. “I heard a crack and I was sure the fibula was...
FOSTER THE PEOPLE, Manchester Academy WITH just one album which peaked at number 12 in the UK and a single which barely made the top 20 in the UK singles charts — how did...
A musician who has given his best to brass is calling it a day — after 73 years! And Patrick Ward, who celebrated his 80th birthday earlier this year, got a great...
A CONTROVERSIAL plan to build a centre to help disabled people get out into the Saddleworth countryside has been withdrawn. Some residents had objected to the proposals for an...
PLANS for 89 new homes in Fitton Hill have been given the go-ahead. A total of 65 two, three and four-bedroom houses are to be built in Rosary Road and another 24 two and...
