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BOWLS: GREATER Manchester have reached the semi-finals of the Endsleigh County Championship following their demolition of North Lancs and Fydle on Sunday. They won by 80...
Date Published 05/07/2011
ANDREW BUCKLEY . . . chasing a third Chronicle title. BOWLS: ANDREW Buckley is the 2-1 favourite to win Saturday’s Oldham Evening Chronicle Handicap and complete a hat-trick...
FOOTBALL: FORMER Oldham Boro club secretary Dave Shepherd has joined their Vodkat North-West Counties League Division One neighbours Chadderton in the same capacity. Shepherd...
CRICKET: IT was like a trip down Memory Lane on Sunday as Royton thrashed Walsden to book their place in the final of the John Willie Lees Wood Cup. With so many other...
Retired Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes claims Sir Alex Ferguson would "not allow" the Old Trafford club to go six years without a trophy, as has happened at...
Carlos Tevez insists he is putting his family first by confirming his intention to leave Manchester City. Tevez broke off from his Copa America campaign with Argentina to...
THREE Court of Appeal judges have given the go–ahead to a multimillion–pound regeneration plan for Old Trafford cricket ground. A property company said a...
COACH Tony Benson will stress to his Oldham RL players that Saturday’s fixture against London Skolars at The Stoop will be harder and more demanding than the game against...
THE words of an Oldham campaigner who has dedicated much of his life to fighting for people addicted to prescription drugs, will be broadcast across the nation next month....
A HOSPITAL worker from Royton who raised concerns about an emergency bleep system at Tameside Hospital has lost her tribunal case. Bringing the action under the Public...
A THIEVING car salesman from Oldham fiddled £11,000 from the company he worked for, because he was too proud to ask his family for financial help Daman Peel (26), a...
SPECIALIST search teams from across Greater Manchester Police descended on Fitton Hill this morning at around 8.30am as part of a police training exercise. A total of 35...
AN OLD entertainment haunt come back to life in a town-centre boost for young people. Different generations know it affectionately by different names — the Gaumont, the...
CROSSING 16 countries and barren deserts in a 10,000-mile charity rally promises to be an amazing adventure. And Colin Bradbury, from Lees, and his team are attempting to...
A STUDENT who juggles her degree with work has won an award. Robyn Stevenson is in the second year of a health and community studies course at University Campus Oldham (UCO)...
A CRUEL postcode lottery that denies help to many elderly people needing care in their own homes must be scrapped, the review on elderly care also demanded. It called for a...
THE massive cost of capping care charges for the elderly at £35,000 will prevent it taking place soon says Councillor Phil Harrison, Oldham’s cabinet member for...
CREATIVE kids at Coppice Primary School weren’t disappointed with their prize in an art competition. Olympic mascot Wenlock made the trip up from his London home to be...
EYE experts claim Oldham cataract sufferers will struggle to receive surgery. Research from the Royal National Institute for the Blind and the Royal College of...
A VICTORIAN law proved costly for drink-driver Anthony Dancer. The 24-year-old was stopped twice in a month for driving his £250 electric moped, which has a top speed of...
Legal proceedings after owners fail to meet council chiefs OLDHAM Council is taking further legal action against Royton Assembly Hall’s owners after they failed to...
Oldham Symphony Orchestra, Hulme Grammar School. WEBER’S Overture to his opera Der Freischutz provided a suitably early period opener for the Orchestra’s concert of...
JOIN Failsworth Townswomen’s Guild tonight for its annual flower show and photography competition from 7.30pm at the Failsworth Library and Lifelong Learning Centre, Oldham...
FESTIVAL fever came to Dobcross on Saturday as residents rocked out at the “Dobcrosstonbury” village fete. This year’s theme focused on the famous Somerset...
Royton and Crompton School pupils dressed to impress when they held their summer prom at the Hotel Smokies Park at Bardsley. The teenagers sparkled and shone as they...
A WATCH commander at Oldham Fire Station who helped extinguish the 1984 Summit Tunnel fire in Rochdale is hanging up his helmet today after 31 years in service. Mark Beswick...
1872 LAW COLLARS DRUNK RIDER ASSEMBLY HALL OWNERS NO-SHOW BARRY WILL BROADCAST TO THE NATION RED LIGHT FOR EYE SURGERY plus much more in tonight's Evening Chronicle....
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards PONTEFRACT 2.30 Fayr Fall 3.00 Adlington 3.30 Lady Royale 4.00 Dark...
Date Published 04/07/2011
CRICKET: DELPH maintained their lead at the top of the Drakes Huddersfield Premiership after sweeping aside Marsden. Grant Jones’ side were all out for 346, with Irfan...
CRICKET: MIDDLETON booked their place against Royton in the final of the Wood Cup with a 72-runs victory over Clifton in their semi-final at Towncroft yesterday. Taking first...
