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CRICKET: HOLLINWOOD defeated Glodwick last night to clinch a Moore Cup final showdown with Bamford Fieldhouse. Resuming on 134 for one, the Lime Lane outfit reached their...
Date Published 12/07/2011
CRICKET: CROMPTON are out of the CLL’s Twenty20 Competition after losing to Rochdale at home last night. Crompton were restricted to 74 for nine, while the visitors made...
BOXING: ORGANISER Eric Noi hailed the ‘Oldham vs the rest’ amateur boxing show at Queen Elizabeth Hall as the most culturally diverse event he has ever witnessed....
SIR Alex Ferguson has claimed that Samir Nasri has agreed to leave Arsenal – but not to join Manchester United. The United manager made his comments shortly after...
BRAZILIAN giants Corinthians have tabled an offer of 40million euros for Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez. Unsettled Tevez wants to leave City after two years with the...
ATHLETIC have no immediate plans to lure back Bolton striker Tom Eaves to Boundary Park. The lanky hitman departed for the Reebok Stadium last summer for an undisclosed fee...
HIGHLY-RATED scrum-half Brett Greenwood, formerly of Bradford Bulls, will make his Oldham RL debut against Hunslet at the South Leeds Stadium tomorrow (8pm) in an Extended...
THE founder of a charity which has brought hope and help to hundreds of Oldham people with cancer, has stepped down from his leading role. But he has left Oldham Cancer...
FAILSWORTH Carnival weekend starts on Saturday at noon at Lord Lane playing fields, with the carnival parade leaving there at 1pm. Sunday’s family fun day starts at noon and...
WITH a bail out from the banks and the industry in turmoil the plight of HMV, one of the UK’s biggest music retailers, is a well documented one. The effects are none more...
POP: LEWIS JONES chats to a pub landlord who aims to put Oldham top of the music scene ONCE a magnet for top notch stars, Oldham’s music scene may have lost its way a...
RADCLYFFE School pupils were all dressed up with somewhere to go when they celebrated the end of school in style They partied in glamorous outfits at their prom at The Village...
TOUGH economic times haven’t cancelled generous spirit in Saddleworth: fundraisers have toasted their best-ever year. For the first time the Churches Together in Saddleworth...
RURAL properties bordering Dovestone Reservoir, Greenfield, will be connected to mains drinking water following work which started yesterday. Essential work to lay a new water...
POLICE have released images of two men wanted in connection with an attempted burglary at a Hollinwood church. It is the third time that St Margaret’s Church, in Chapel...
HATHERSHAW has become the first area in Oldham to use a “selective licensing scheme” to address anti-social behaviour. Oldham Council will now be able to apply...
Shaw and Crompton Parish Council PLANS to finally transform the old rundown Osram Mill site in Shaw have been unveiled. Last night Oldham Council’s horticultural boss...
PLANS for neighbourhood hubs in each of Oldham’s six districts have been given the go-ahead. The idea is to devolve services to increase accessibility to locals. The...
ST Clement’s Court, the former old people’s sheltered housing, has been sold to a London property developer. The home, off Eldon Street, will be refurbished and...
IMPOVERISHED youngsters in Africa will be showing their true colours thanks to a raft of generous donations from pupils at Failsworth School. Pupils from the school’s Atlanta...
TWO fires at industrial units in Heyside this morning are believed to have been started deliberately. Around 30 firefighters tackled a blaze in a pile of plastic at a...
MURDER victim Junaid Khan wept as he told a pal that he thought he was going to be killed, a court heard. The 21-year-old, of Cotton Mill Crescent, Oldham, was gunned down in...
OLDHAM physicist Brian Cox has caused a Twitter storm after mocking people who believe in ghosts and the afterlife. The Chadderton-born professor and former Hulme Grammar...
WE have lift-off ... well almost! This was the scene in a pub car park in Chadderton as an incredible flying machine got a trial run ahead of a daredevil stunt this weekend....
Discount shops benefit amid tough conditions OLDHAM is bucking the national trend after seeing an increase in town centre store openings, according to new figures. Between...
HUNDREDS of thousands of pounds worth of cannabis resin has been discovered by police at a Shaw industrial estate. At about 1.55am today, an officer on patrol discovered...
CANCER SUPPORT GROUP FOUNDER CHRIS STEPS DOWN POLICE IN CANNABIS FIND LATICS HOPE FOR IMPROVEMENT AT MOSSLEY ... there's more (clcick story)
Bowls: BRIAN Raynor produced the performance of his bowling life to lift the Oldham Evening Chronicle Handicap trophy in front of a crowd of around 200 on Saturday night. The...
Date Published 11/07/2011
CRICKET: EXPERIENCE and youth stood shoulder-to-shoulder to lead Heyside to a thrilling one-wicket victory at Austerlands in the Armstrongs Office Furniture Saddleworth and...
CRICKET: WOODHOUSES roared through to the quarter-finals of the Persimmon Village Cup an impressive victory at Shipston-on-Stour. The Medlock Road side made 267 thanks in no...
