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Angling: DARREN Webb hit the ground running in the opening round of the Chadderton Mill AC Winter League on the club water. The Medlock Road AC rod weighed in a 31lb net made...
Date Published 18/11/2011
FOOTBALL: UPPERMILL progressed to the second round of the Huddersfield and District League’s Barlow Cup courtesy of a 3-2 win at Royal Dolphins. Gareth Chew poked home...
FOOTBALL: SPRINGHEAD earned a 1-1 draw against high-flying East Manchester at Ashfield Crescent in the Bridgewater Office Supplies Manchester League Premier Division. After...
FOOTBALL: ANGLERS roared to a shock 5-1 victory at Rifle Range Royle Blues in the D & J Builders (North-West) Ltd Oldham Sunday League Challenge Cup first round. For Andy...
Peter Hook and The Light, The Castle PETER Hook has recently come under some flak with his band The Light for performing Joy Division’s classic tracks. His latest offering...
Date Published 17/11/2011
A TALK on architectural history awaits members of the Crompton Local History Society at Crompton Library from 7.30pm next Thursday. Admission is £1. ENJOY a chat and a...
The work of a celebrated Diggle artist is on show at a prestigious exhibition in London. Three drawings by John Hewitt feature in the ING Discerning Eye exhibition, which runs...
CREATIVE ceramics will be on display at Gallery Oldham’s latest exhibition. The showcase for the Northern Potters Association (NPA) will be at the Greaves Street gallery...
AT least 22,500 North-West residents are estimated to be living with chronic hepatitis C — with the annual cost of treating them now £32million. The figures are...
POSTAL staff have got their work cut out in Oldham this winter as items are set to swell by more the five million. A total of 16.6 million cards and presents are set to be...
HOMES in Oldham are to benefit in a share of £1.3 million for flood protection measures. The Environment Agency has announced the grants for 37 communities in England at...
AN Oldham chief executive who has built his company into a pioneering housing group has been named Lancashire Director of the Year. Ian Perry, from Uppermill, received the...
ONE in 11 Oldham criminals went on to reoffend within three months, latest figures reveal. Ministry of Justice statistics show 3,511 offenders were monitored between July...
LEGENDARY funnyman Ken Dodd will be bringing the house down at the Coliseum — before the theatre closes for refurbishment. The Squire of Knotty Ash will be the final act...
WOLVERHAMPTON 4.15 Little Perisher 4.45 Excellent Aim 5.15 Appeal 5.45 Riczar 6.15 Aerodynamic 6.45 Flamborough Breeze 7.15 Ajdaad 7.45 Time To Play...
RUGBY: OLDHAM St Annes snatched a thrilling 32-30 win over Saddleworth Rangers in the National Conference League Lancashire Alliance, thanks to a last-minute converted try....
UNEMPLOYMENT in Oldham has fallen by 123 in the last month, with 7,569 now out of work. There are 5,089 jobless men, a drop of 90, and 2,480 unemployed women, a fall of 33....
RUGBY: HOLLINWOOD gave high-flying St Helens Wild Boar a shock by racing into a 12-0 lead in their North-West Counties League Division Three encounter. But the visitors were...
OLDHAM actor Michael Le Vell has been rebailed on suspicion of sexually abusing a schoolgirl. The “Coronation Street” star, who plays garage owner Kevin Webster, was arrested...
JUDO: MATTHEW Slattery, from Failsworth, overcame the disappointment of losing out in the British Schools Championships to earn a bronze medal in the judo under-50kg division at...
BOWLERS in Oldham are making sure their views are not swept under the carpet during the current leisure consultation. Over 600 signatures have been collected by keen indoor...
A MAN and a boy will appear at Oldham Magistrates’ Court on Monday charged in connection with a sledgehammer attack on a man in his Saddleworth home. Dario Eastcroft...
RUGBY: SOME familiar faces appeared at Rugby Oldham’s ‘Roughyeds v Kangaroos’ dinner at Oldham St Anne’s. Oldham RL’s class of 1986 congregated...
A LONER who was fed up with his life deliberately started two fires in his flat in Oldham — then walked almost 30 miles over the Pennines, a court heard. The blaze...
BOXING: COMMONWEALTH welterweight champion Denton Vassell of Manchester, who successfully defended his title at Oldham Sports Centre last Saturday, will return to the town on...
TWO friends of jailed identical twins caged for killing a father-of-two on his doorstep, are alleged to have given the fatal instruction to shoot, a jury heard. The trial of...
"WE HAVE turned a corner" is a phrase football managers love to use. It contains the promise that future horizons will be brighter, now that the long-standing problem...
SCANDINAVIAN fans who follow Premier League football are being encouraged to make Athletic their 'second' team in England. A fleet of fans arrive from Sweden, Denmark, Norway,...
FOOTBALL: OLDHAM-born Jordan Rhodes continues to impress in Scotland colours, netting in an fine 2-1 win for the under-21s against the previously-unbeaten Netherlands. The...
Newton at his happiest on Latics’ training ground LEN Shackleton's autobiography famously contained a chapter entitled 'The Average Director's Knowledge of Football'. It...
