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GOLF: ANN Smith won the Lady Captain’s Prize at Oldham with a two-round net score of 134. Close behind on 135 was Edith Turner, while the best gross score was 154 by Bev...
Date Published 17/08/2011
GOLF: WERNETH suffered last-green heartbreak in their bid to land the Oldham and District ‘A’ League title. They went down 5-3 to North Manchester in the play-off...
GOLF: CHARLIE Clough came out a major winner after securing the Centenary Trophy at Brookdale — with the club picking up a one-two to boot. Clough's score of 68-5-63 was...
The week-long event offers Newell the chance to bounce back from the defeat he suffered last time out when representing his country in an international, which saw England take...
MOTOR RACING: OLDHAM racer Alex Walker kept his championship campaign alive by scoring fifth, fourth and third place finishes as the InterSteps Championship landed at Thruxton,...
SPORT BETTING: HAVE England been brilliant in the current Test series against India, or have their hosts been as abject as they have been made to look? I suspect the answer...
SCUNTHORPE 1 ATHLETIC 2 Latics off the mark with display of grit and determination A BOLD and determined effort from Athletic earned a first victory of the npower League...
PAUL Dickov paid tribute to super-sub Matt Smith, who responded to being dropped by heading a fine winning goal as Athletic broke their duck at Scunthorpe last night. The...
Oldham RL Club have tied up a second player from their talented reserves squad on a pro contract as they build the team for the next season. Twenty-year-old utility forward...
ATHLETIC chief Paul Dickov slammed hapless referee David Coote after his side’s 2-1 victory at Scunthorpe last night. Coote dismissed Jean-Yves Mvoto via two yellow...
12-PAGE ''THE KNOWLEDGE'' EXAM CHOICES SPECIAL - FREE INSIDE TONIGHT'S CHRONICLE +++PLUS+++ MUM'S SAD TRIBUTE TO 'LITTLE ANGEL' DICKOV JOY AS LATICS GRAB FIRST WIN
It’s happy birthday to Irene Jones, 104 today — who puts her long life down to drinking Guinness every night! Bingo and knitting fan Irene enjoys chatting with her...
Date Published 16/08/2011
A TOTAL of £4,000 was raised at this year’s Failsworth Carnival on July 16 and 17. The money will be distributed to local voluntary and community groups in November....
IT’S 100 not out for keen sportsman George Longster, who today celebrates his centenary. The birthday boy was born in Yorkshire on August 16, 1911 and moved to Delph...
The fire service has a new vehicle to help tackle the difficult-to-reach blazes — the all-terrain amphibious Argocat. The eight-wheeled fire engine, operated by West Yorkshire...
A TEAM of highly-trained nurses to care for Oldham’s poorliest babies is in the process of being formed. The 110-strong team of neonatal nurses will be based at the new...
EVEN more carriages will be needed to reduce overcrowding on Greater Manchester’s “sardine specials.” That’s the view of Councillor Richard Knowles,...
ONE of Britain’s biggest exam board, which has supplied and marked exam papers to schools in Oldham, mistakenly revealed A-level exam marks days before Thursday’s...
A DRIVING instructor is hoping he can help to calm young troublemakers following the recent city riots. Jason Horsfield was left so angry and frustrated watching English...
A DRUNKEN mum spat in a police woman’s face after crashing into the back of another car. Nicola Barnes (32), of Parkfield, Chadderton, had been found sobbing and...
ALARMING figures show the North-West recorded the highest number of people in the country needing hospital treatment resulting from injuries caused by dogs. The region also...
POLICE have seized cannabis worth £100,000. They iscovered just over 500 plants along with cultivating equipment worth around £5,000 at a property in Mersey Road,...
AN inquiry into the cause of last week’s riots across England must be carried out, just like the one after the troubles in Oldham, Labour leader Ed Miliband has urged....
A DETERMINED fundraiser could be heading to the London 2012 Olympics as part of a team of specially-selected volunteers to carry the iconic Olympic torch. Nikki Green, of...
ADMINISTRATORS have been called in to the owners of Royton Assembly Hall in the latest twist for the eyesore building. And a winding up petition against Whispers Developments...
TWO pals are set to run a gruelling four marathons in four days to raise money for Dr Kershaw’s Hospice. David Emanuel and Colin Green have set themselves the tough...
A COUNCILLOR has called on the community to help bring to justice a vandal who went on a digger rampage at Stoneleigh Primary School. The culprit broke into a builder’s...
Too easy for opposition, Dickov tells players PAUL Dickov wants his men to start fighting fire with fire, in order to lift Athletic out of an early-season hole. Successive...
JAMIE Dallimore, a points machine in Oldham RL Club's high-flying reserve team, has pledged his future to the Roughyeds. The first player from John Hough's class of 2011 to be...
FILIPE Morais wants to get back to tormenting his opponents. The winger, who has had a quiet start to the season since returning from a suspension which saw him miss the opener...
