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IT don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing . . . according to two disappointed brothers. Six-year-old Malachi and Luca Pearson (4) were so fed up when the...
Date Published 06/04/2012
A REVOLUTIONARY body of doctors is set to become one of the first clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to bid for authorisation. The Oldham group — which will see the...
Oldham was given the X-Factor when boyband JLS came to visit. Stopping off before the Manchester gig of their sell-out tour heart-throbs Aston, Marvin and Oritse called at...
OLDHAM’S golden girls have proved you are never too old to get into shape — even tackling fitness sessions at the age of 98. Sandra Craddock (74), Eva Gregory (86)...
AN employment nightmare is set to end for a dad-of-three who has been living off bread and coffee. Duncan Brown took a £500 security course and needed its counterpart...
A juvenile who coerced a friend into a wrecking spree at Greenfield marina was yesterday given an eight-month detention training order. The 16-year-old, who cannot be named...
THE Artic gales left two horses homeless after wintry blasts tore down a stables. It was a scene of destruction at Grains Bar farm as overnight gusts tore three stables and a...
SHEILA Antrobus had a drive-in with a difference at Oldham. The new women’s captain — she previously held the role in 1986 — donned an Edwardian costume, used a hickory...
FORMER Premier League referee Paul Harrison will not need to brandish any cards at well-behaved members of Crompton and Royton Golf Club. The 64-year-old will lead a happy...
A TALK from Leeds Rhinos skipper Kevin Sinfield inspired Broadfield School a first win in a rugby competition. The Oldham-born stand-off, with the Super League trophy at his...
campaigners against the Government’s controversial HS2 high-speed rail project — the second phase of which will see a Y-shaped route going north to Leeds and...
IT’S the end of an era for Soroptomist International’s Oldham and District branch. Seven decades of fundraising and support for good causes came to an end when the...
FULL results of the Greater Manchester School Games have now been revealed with Oldham youngsters doing the borough proud. As reported in the Chronicle last week, in swimming,...
AN NHS chief is urging everyone to stock up their medicine cabinets in time for the Easter break and choose their health services wisely. Oldhamers are being encouraged to...
HITTING the bar at half-time comes naturally to Athletic fans who fancy a quick pint. Hitting the crossbar has been a much less regular occurrence. No one had managed it since...
THE former head of Grange Arts Centre has died, aged 73. Tony Allsopp was in charge of the Rochdale Road centre, part of Oldham College, for 20 years from its opening in 1975....
MORE than 7,000 business in Oldham could save £1.6 million of tax by deferring business rates. Businesses can now apply for the rates-deferral scheme which ministers say...
Hard work and dedication have paid off for an ice-hockey star, who today sets off with the Great Britain team to play in the World Championships. Nicole Jackson (19), of...
VISITORS to the home of Lancashire Cricket Club will see a very different Old Trafford this summer. Gone are the old and decaying stands which forced club officials to embark...
ROYTON’S Joe O’Regan is closing in on a place in the Great Britain water polo squad bidding for glory in the London 2012 Olympics. The 21-year-old has built up a solid...
LOCAL ATHLETICS ROYTON Road Runners topped the 45 club members who ran the Vera Hirst 5K in 2011 with a turn-out of 49 this year — 30-per-cent of the total field....
SNOOKER MOORSIDE’S Michael Wild reached the final of the Manchester Open at Riley’s Snooker Club, Belle Vue, with a 4-0 victory over Warrington’s Phil Tsang...
AFTER a March packed with nine fixtures, by the time Easter has been and gone we will have played 13 games in only five-and-a-half weeks. Without making excuses for where we...
ROYTON Town manager Phil Haigh criticised the referee after his side lost to a solitary goal against Hindsford in the Bridgewater Office Supplies Manchester League Premier...
I HAD a weekend to forget despite a draw on the Thornhill AC length of the Thornhill Canal. Rumours of big chub and bream clouded my judgement and I decided to go all out for...
Huddersfield League DIGGLE defeated title-chasing Netherton 3-2 at home in Huddersfield and District League Division One. Diggle broke the deadlock in a tight opening period...
Manchester League AVRO picked up four points in the space of five days — but it should have been a maximum of six according to manager Phil Brown. They beat Prestwich...
THE Oldham Sunday League and the Tameside Sunday League will go head-to-head in the final of the Manchester County FA Sunday Cup on Friday, April 13 at the Regional Athletics...
OLDHAM SUNDAY LEAGUE LIMESIDE King George blasted their way through to the D & J Builders (North-West) Ltd Oldham Sunday League Premier Division Shield final after a 6-3 win...
THE devastated widow of a tragic cancer victim wants the age range for NHS bowel-cancer screening to be lowered after losing her husband to the disease. Janet Kelly is driving...
