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AFTER bagging Athletic’s first hat-trick for three years, striker Robbie Simpson hopes he can go even better before signing off his loan spell next month. Out in the...
Date Published 21/11/2011
HOSPITALS are cutting post-operation follow–up appointments in a bid to save money, research suggests. The ratio of follow–up appointments to operations at Pennine...
OLDHAM-BORN opera singer Martin Toal has joined local schoolchildren to produce a Christmas CD in aid of Dr Kershaw’s Hospice. It will be launched in a blaze of glory...
TWO men accused of plotting in the murder of a young man were caught on CCTV talking about “the job” hours before it happened, a court heard. Amran...
COUNCIL chiefs have slashed their contribution to the Coliseum’s refurbishment by almost a third in the latest funding blow to hit the theatre. But Oldham Council leader...
A JAMAICAN national will face trial over the death of a man who died two days after a fight in Oldham. Garlett Brown (44), of Shaw Street, Oldham Edge, appeared before...
Pair held in 6.30am police storm TWO men have been arrested during dawn raids to crack down on organised crime. Police stormed addresses in Cambridge Street and Worcester...
A POPULAR butcher’s shop has been crowned scotch-egg champion in a contest comparing products from 40 rivals. The Albion Farm Shop in Oldham Road, Delph, came out on top at a...
Date Published 18/11/2011
OLDHAM West and Royton MP Michael Meacher has pledged his support in helping probation staff tackle offender behaviour. The Labour MP visited Oldham probation service’s...
A POLICE hunt is on for a teenager who escaped from Oldham Magistrates’ Court after he was sentenced to eight weeks in prison. James Badby (18), of Keswick Avenue,...
OLDHAM dance students will dazzle rugby league fans when they perform at the Four Nations tournament final at Elland Road tomorrow. Twenty-five pupils from Crompton House...
NORTH Chadderton School pupil Poppy Lang was crowned the borough’s app superstar by soccer legend Paul Scholes. The 15-year-old won an Oldham “App-rentice” competition to...
Film and TV stars Wallace and Gromit switch on Oldham’s Christmas lights o Sunday — and it promises to be a cracking event! The big countdown will be heralded by a...
THE FRIDAY THING: SETTING up a web site to give the public – that’s you and me, the taxpayers – a voice in the running of the country seemed like a good idea at...
Saddleworth Historical Society meets at Saddleworth Museum in Uppermill on Thursday, November 24, from 7.30pm. Alan Petford will deliver a talk about the making and meaning of the...
A Chadderton social club is to close at the end of December. And the closure of the Little Cot in Whiteley Street will be final: a planning application has been submitted to...
A MAN accused of attempting to con Oldham Council with a bogus injury claim has been cleared of committing any offence. Ryan Walker (35) was discharged from the dock after a...
GLAMOUR model Michelle Marsh has returned home to back Dr Kershaw’s. The TV personality is the new patron of the hospice - and has pledged to help any way she can....
FOOTAGE of a meeting allegedly staged to arrange the shooting of Oldham dad Amran Khan was screened in court yesterday. Jurors in the murder trial were shown CCTV clips of a...
FIRE crews were today still damping down following a towering blaze which ravaged a mill in Saddleworth last night. At the height of the blaze, flames reached 40ft into the...
THE owner of Oldham’s newest boxing club is fighting his corner after being refused affiliation to the Amateur Boxing Association. Pro boxer Marvin Greaves, who runs...
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Midfielder Darren Fletcher is preparing for a "real challenge" as champions Manchester United travel to Swansea tomorrow. The promoted Swans have made a solid start...
THE RED pens will have been out in force in the town of Chesterfield at the start of the season. With no less than EIGHT employees of the newly-promoted Spireites formerly...
CLUB comes firmly before country for Zander Diamond. Athletic’s confident Scottish centre-back — fancied by Rangers for a million-pound move when a teenager...
ALL three of Athletic’s fit first-team strikers are arguably in the form of their careers at present. While Shefki Kuqi continues to rattle home the goals, though, ably...
Latics’ assistant manager writes every week for Chron Sport I PERSONALLY view tomorrow’s npower League One showdown with Chesterfield at Boundary Park as a derby....
RUGBY: OLDHAM Rugby Union firsts make the long trip to face Barrow side Hawcoat Park tomorrow in North Lancashire Division One. Captain Gareth, Mark Brocklehurst and Jordan...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: OLDHAM Boro are poised to hand a debut to new signing Jordan Leech when they entertain Atherton Collieries tomorrow in Vodkat North-West Counties League...
Match of the Day: Hollinwood 3, Leigh Athletic 11 Football: HOLLINWOOD secretary Ken Evans has leapt to the defence of team manager Fred Hardicre in the wake of a humiliating...
