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RUGBY: FORMER Oldham boss Mike Ford has left his England RU post. Defence coach for the national side, he departs along with forwardssupremo John Wells. Martin...
Date Published 22/12/2011
MANCHESTER City are top of the table on Christmas Day for the first time since 1929. Sergio Aguero’s double, either side of an Adam Johnson effort, secured a 3–0...
CRICKET: ALL four local teams have been handed tough draws in the first round of next year’s John Willie Lees Wood Cup. The Lake Garage CLL’s flagship...
YOUNG rugby league talent Isaac Noi is hoping to give his rivals the run-around. The 15-year-old loose forward has put pen to paper on scholarship forms at Wigan Warriors and...
AT the peak of his powers as a professional footballer, David McNiven taught his opponents a few footballing lessons. These days the 33 year old’s job is precisely that: he...
OLDHAM RL Club have arranged to play Featherstone Rovers away on Sunday, February 5 (3pm kick-off) in their third warm-up game ahead of the 2012 Co-operative Championship One...
A CLUB record run of home form won't have been ruled an implausibility within Hartlepool United's hierarchy at the end of the summer. Buoyed by a cut-price season ticket...
DIFFICULT second-season syndrome may have hit Filipe Morais this term, but he insists it will not stop him supporting his Athletic team-mates. The Portuguese, who has been in...
Latics confident of sell-out ATHLETIC are already halfway towards selling their ticket allocation for the FA Cup third-round tie at Liverpool. A steady flow of business is...
RUGBY: HOLLINWOOD gave as good as they got against Eccleston Lions who had beaten the local club by 60 points earlier in the season. The scoreline, 16-8 in the...
HOW COULD THEY? THEFT FROM TODDLER'S GRAVE SILENT TRIBUTE AT NELLIE FAREWELL VOUCHERS NEXT FOR ANFIELD TICKETS ...there's more (click story)
Saddleworth Male Voice Choir performed Handel’s Messiah to a full-house at Uppermill Civic Hall. For those wanting a traditional large-scale performance the evening...
Date Published 21/12/2011
St Matthew’s Church, Mill Brow, is holding a crib service at 6pm on Christmas Eve followed by midnight Eucharist at 11.30pm. MAKE a New Year resolution to help cut...
A TALENTED student from Royton has set up a fledgling business designed to get more Latics fans to away games. Athletic supporter Adam Chapman (20) has established Latics...
BUSINESS bosses and enterprising young starters are being encouraged to spend the festive break thinking about success in 2012. Entries are coming in for the fourth year of...
OLDHAM Council’s accounts preparation has been recognised as the best in the country by the Audit Commission . The commission’s annual audit report examines the...
FROM rescuing parrots to wading waist-deep in silage, it’s been a varied career for a dedicated firefighter from Oldham. Watch Commander Peter Shaw (50) has spent 30...
FRUSTRATED residents have complained after seeing motorists take grit from bins across Oldham during the recent snowfall. The driver of a white van was spotted loading up by...
SOUTHWELL 12.00 Spartilla 12.30 Cheyenne Red 1.00 Argentine 1.30 Bold Cuffs 2.00 Moon Over Water 2.30 Quite A Catch 3.00 Carnac 3.30 Locum...
RED cards are usually doled out on the football pitch, but no-nonsense bar workers in Oldham will be adopting a similar approach this Christmas. Bartenders will be handing out...
FOOTBALL: ON-SONG Heyside Angels dominated the North Manchester Girls’ League Knock-out Cup finals, with five of their teams clinching the silverware and three others...
A partygoer was knocked unconscious in a vicious assault — because he innocently referred to his attacker as “kiddo.” Mark Nolan (20) had his jaw broken in...
CROSS COUNTRY: ST JOSEPH’S and Hodge Clough primary schools celebrated victory in the Oldham Schools Cross-Country Championships. The Shaw-based youngsters, of St...
AN Oldham student has Christmas all wrapped up after launching an entrepreneurial venture. Rohin Aojula (16) is head of design of CaseM, a company he has established with four...
SWIMMING: OLDHAM swimmer Alex Crossland-Robins came away from the Snow Frills long course event at Ponds Forge, Sheffield, with nine medals. The 11-year-old Royton and...
SNOOKER: A WHITEWASH of Royton Band returned Little Cot ‘A’ to the top of the Pet Au Purrs Oldham Amateur Snooker League. And breaks of 50 from D Reece and 35...
OLDHAM-BORN wing wizard Andrew Driver looks set to hit the road in the January transfer window after revealing he wants to leave Scottish Premier League outfit Hearts. The...
COMMUTERS face further fare fury after bus company First became the latest to announce an increase in ticket prices. Passengers will see an average rise of six per cent across...
SPORTS BETTING: ATHLETIC are on their way to Wembley. It’s not me saying what all Latics fans want to hear, but hard-nosed bookies. Athletic are 4-6 to beat...
THE future of Warburtons’ Shaw bakery will be known before the end of the year. Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) revealed there will be a final meeting on...
