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SPORTS BETTING: ATHLETIC have been improving steadily in recent weeks — and that progress has not gone unnoticed by the bookies. Paul Dickov’s men have been...
Date Published 23/11/2011
A SIXTH man has been arrested as part of a major crackdown on organised crime. The 24-year-old, from Oldham, was arrested yesterday on suspicion of possession of Class A and B...
ROLLER DERBY: IN their first home bout at the Thunderdome, the Rainy City Roller Girls proudly took to the track to face London Roller Girls Brawl Saints in arguably their...
TWO bungling supermarket thieves were caught when they forgot to put petrol in their getaway car. Rose Devlin (59) and Denise Egan (52) stole £400 of alcohol from Asda...
World Cup chance for City Girls ROLLER DERBY: TWO of Oldham’s Rainy City Roller Girls are chasing Roller Derby World Cup glory with England next month. Kerrie Wilson...
PREMIER League footballer Shaun Wright-Phillips failed to attend Oldham Magistrates’ Court yesterday to face a driving charge. The Queens Park Rangers winger (30) is...
A woman has died after an incident on a bus in Oldham. Muriel Naylor (79) was injured when the bus braked suddenly in King Street, near to Oldham Magistrates’ Court at...
FOOTBALL: MOSSLEY were beaten 3-0 at Bamber Bridge in Evo-Stik League Division One North last night. The Lilywhites fell behind in the 13th minute through a Ryan Salmon...
SNOOKER: PROFESSIONAL potter Nigel Bond was in sparkling form during an exhibition at Oldham Snooker Academy. Bond, runner-up to Stephen Hendry in the 1995 World...
ROUGHYEDS’ Terry Bridge has been jailed for 10 months for possessing steroids with intent to supply. The sentence comes only a day after it was announced the winger had been...
NETBALL: OLDHAM emerged from a long journey to claim a 51-44 win against bogey team Bournemouth Sevens Blades in the National Premier League. Finding shooter Krista...
NETBALL: NORTHERN Thunder director of netball Tracy Neville is targeting a strong start in the forthcoming season. Neville, who took over the reins last month, has named a...
MOTORISTS are being warned to expect major changes when the historic Mumps roundabout is transformed into a traffic-light controlled junction at the weekend. Sunday will see...
MANCHESTER United boss Sir Alex Ferguson was upbeat in his assessment of his team's display against Benfica — despite seeing them held to a 2–2 draw in their Champions...
MANCHESTER City manager Roberto Mancini refused to give up on his side's Champions League hopes despite a shattering 2-1 defeat at Napoli. City must now beat Bayern Munich in...
Oldham will continue to buck the finance-hit trend by fielding three teams in the coming rugby league season. The RFL demand to know by Friday which Championship and...
Shrimpers provide second-round test TABLE-topping League Two side Southend will provide Athletic with a serious test in the second round of the FA Cup. The Shrimpers made it...
IT'S ALL CHANGE AT MUMPS POLICE LAUNCH NEW 101 NUMBER RL PLAYER JAILED OVER STEROIDS ... there's more (click story)
JOIN Failsworth Townswomen’s Guild tonight at Failsworth Town Hall, Oldham Road, at 7.30pm for a fundraising event for guild charity Help For Heroes. The award-winning...
Date Published 22/11/2011
KEMPTON 4.05 Cliffords Reprieve 4.35 Nially Noo 5.05 Sand Skier 5.35 Elegant Flight 6.05 Woop Woop 6.35 Clinical 7.05 Regency Art LINGFIELD 12.35...
MARTYN MEETS... Jane Clarke, Oldham Sixth Form College principal JAYNE Clarke is here to stay — and after spending an afternoon in the company of the Oldham Sixth Form...
TABLE TENNIS: SADDLEWORTH CC ‘A’ extended their record to 10 wins out of 10 with a 6-4 defeat of BAE in Division One of the Oldham and District Table Tennis League....
Hawcoat Park Firsts 21, Oldham Firsts 14 RUGBY UNION: AN Oldham side lacking several regulars came close to achieving their first victory in Cumbria for more than two years in...
PUPILS at St Chad’s Primary School have jumped at the chance to help children in an area of rural Namibia devastated by flooding. They donated 120 second-hand school...
TENNIS; TITLES were like buses for Clarksfield Tennis Club — wait an eternity for one and all of a sudden three come along. After finishing as runners-up in 2009 and...
THE proud family of a Derker man who guarded war criminals during the Nuremberg trials are to be presented with his war medals — over 60 years late. Private Ernest...
CRICKET: THE Ashton and Oldham Cricket Alliance is disbanding due to a lack of teams. St Mary’s, High Crompton and Greengate ‘A’ informed officials they...
The City kit manager and former Latics star writes every week for Chron Sport MICAH Richards has to be in the next England squad. He was overlooked for the recent friendlies...
THE former licensee of the Church Hotel, Hollinwood, and a Normandy veteran, Sydney Green, has died. He was 87. Mr Green made history with his wife when the couple became the...
NON-LEAGUE FOTBALL: MOSSLEY visit Bamber Bridge in Evo-Stik League Division One North tomorrow. Gareth McClelland’s side, who sit 16th in the table, have drawn three of...
