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CRICKET: If we can get through this next season, it will be a success — like winning a trophy - chairman FRIARMERE Cricket Club, one of the founder members of the...
Date Published 08/02/2012
A COLDHURST resident disturbed her neighbour day and night with loud music, singing and shouting. Oldham Council successfully prosecuted Claire Leanne Haney, of Siddall...
COUNCIL chiefs have come out fighting after a national newspaper suggested that they had refused to publish the salaries of top earners. Instead, they say that they meet the...
AROUND 20 residents were evacuated when a blaze ripped through three terrace houses in Watersheddings last night. The fire started in a house in Herbert Street shortly after...
neighbourhoods across the borough where youth unemployment has reached an “emergency” have been revealed today. Alexandra, Coldhurst and St Mary’s are included...
RUSTY senior members of Oldham RL Club’s first team squad could finally get the chance to shake the dust off their boots on Friday in a reserves game at Featherstone Rovers...
SIX men and two women have been arrested as part of a targeted crackdown on drug dealing in Oldham. They were held on suspicion of drugs offences after 6am raids in Chadderton...
Latics captain eyes return SKIPPER Dean Furman is expected to be welcomed back into the ranks as Athletic bid to inject life into their season this weekend. The absence of...
And that’s where Steven is staying thanks to campaign A HEARTBROKEN widower has spoken of his relief after a U-turn decision will allow him to stay in the home he shared...
WIDOWER DELIGHT AT HOME U-TURN DAWN DRUGS RAIDS - 8 ARRESTS CRICKET CLUB'S FUTURE IN DOUBT ...there's more (click story)
KEMPTON 2.20 Replicator 2.50 Prickles (nap) 3.25 Gin Twist 3.55 Satwa Laird (nb) 4.30 Discoverer 5.00 Astroscarlet 5.30 Rightcar 6.00 Katmai River...
Date Published 07/02/2012
BOWLS: DESPITE the big freeze, the Inbev Winter Bowling League ‘A’ Division title race is hotting up. Before Saturday’s fixtures, Waterloo and Taunton...
TABLE TENNIS: THE battle between Honeywell ‘B’ and Rosehill ‘B’ in Division One of the Oldham Table Tennis League ended honours even at 5-5. The result...
DARTS: “SHE’S a legend, you know. It’s her choice to play against the men, because she’s that good.” That is how local darts expert Graham...
The City kit boss and former latics star writes every week for Chron Sport MANCHESTER City’s 3-0 home victory over Fulham in the Barclays Premier League was about as...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: OLDHAM Boro entertain Daisy Hill tonight in the Vodkat North-West Counties League Division One (7.45pm kick-off), weather permitting.
SIR Alex Ferguson has warned the Football Association that Fabio Capello must remain the most important man connected to the England team. Capello is due to meet FA chairman...
PAUL Black admits he was “devastated” to have missed out on Athletic’s biggest trip of the season — and the biggest game of his career to date. The...
OLDHAM RL Club coach Tony Benson hopes his players’ dedication to the cause is rewarded by swelled attendances at Whitebank. The Roughyeds’ encouraging 28-18 home...
RESIDENTS are invited to Hollinwood PACT meeting tomorrow at Walkers Road Tenant’s Hall, Walkers Road, Hollinwood, 7pm-9pm. Talk to local councillors, neighbourhood...
Martyn meets... a former Royal driver, private detective and former lighthouse dweller Mike Cumiskey IF you go down to the park today there won’t be a big surprise... just...
A dog walker was yesterday cleared of accusations that he exposed himself to a woman while standing outside her Royton home. Stephen Hall (43) of Shaw Road, Royton, denied the...
Members of two local dance schools have wiped the floor with the competition to become regional champions. Competing in the International Dance Teachers Association cup at The...
A COMMUNITY is rallying to help a little boy whose devastating diagnosis sent shockwaves through his family. Four-year-old Shane Keating, from High Crompton, was diagnosed...
YOUNG footballer Milo Garratt-Simpson built his own dug-out when his match was cancelled due to the snow. The star player with the under-12s Eagles at Chadderton Park FC...
THERE’S no business like snow business for Oldham Council. It says staff have been working round the clock to keep things moving since Saturday’s heavy snowfall...
EMPLOYEES of Warburtons Shaw bakery are marching to say goodbye to the town. Over 170 employees were transferred or lost their jobs when the 73-year-old factory closed at the...
DIFFICULT decisions lie ahead in finding cuts to council tax benefits in Oldham according to council leader Jim McMahon. The Labour councillor has waded into the debate on...
A MOTHER who has undergone tests for a suspected leaking breast implant says she has been left in limbo after being told she is unlikely to have a rupture. Andrea Hornby had...
CHADDERTON Town crier Reg Lord reads out a proclamation to mark the start of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations yesterday. The event, at Chadderton Town Hall, was...