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Snooker: MICHAEL Wild is closing in on a place on the professional snooker tour. The 30-year-old potting machine from Haven Lane, Moorside, has hit sights set on joining the...
Date Published 27/04/2011
SCHALKE 0, MANCHESTER UNITED 2 Ferguson in tribute to United Euro star Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted he is still amazed by the performances of...
Manuel Neuer claimed words of praise from Sir Alex Ferguson were no consolation after Schalke's 2–0 defeat to Manchester United in last night's Champions League...
Left-back problems give boss Dickov a headache ATHLETIC are awaiting the news on Cedric Evina's ankle injury ahead of the trip to face Swindon Town on Saturday. The...
SPORTS CLUB'S MAJOR FUNDING BOOST FOUR-PAGE LOCAL ELECTION SPECIAL OLDHAM LEFT OFF TOURIST MAP ... there's more (click story)
Local news JOIN Oldham Garden Suburbs Over-60s Club at The Pavilion, Green Lane, at 2.30 to 4pm on Thursday for a talk on Industrial Inheritance by Margaret Curry. All...
Date Published 26/04/2011
A NEW organisation has been set up to promote the borough’s history and heritage. Local history and civic societies have created the 7 Townships Heritage Forum. The...
THERE was fun for all the family at the Good Friday Fair at Daisy Nook Country Park. Families basked in glorious sunshine as they enjoyed a host of entertainment, rides and...
“EVERY prayer has been answered,” says Brian Greenwood, former warden of over 20 years at St Mary’s church in Greenfield. The scaffolding and the sheets are...
THE memory of community activist Mabaswir Khan will live on for future generations. The Amana Foundation has been launched to honour the father-of-five, who died in November,...
PARISHIONERS and morris men celebrated Good Friday in glorious sunshine with their traditional Easter events. Saddleworth Churches Together held the annual procession of...
Oldham West and Royton MP Michael Meacher has written to health secretary Andrew Lansley to oppose what he describes as lunatic changes to the NHS which he believes are...
TWO brothers had a trip down memory lane at Greenfield’s traditional Maundy Thursday fair which their grandfather saved from closure. Peter and Paul Winder made an...
Dyslexia proves no barrier for dynamic Danny A DYSLEXIC teenager who already runs his own web design company has triumphed in a major competition. Danny Callan (18), from...
A POLITICAL first-timer is keeping it in the family and joining her grandmother in her quest for parish election success. At the tender age of 21, Natalie Wolstenhulme has...
OLDHAM’S new £5million youth club, Mahdlo, is searching for an enthusiastic team of volunteers to help youngsters from across the borough in a whole host of ways....
AN OLDHAM doctor has taken a stand against a new Government health bill. Dr Steve Watkins, of Parklands, Shaw, delivered a petition of 263,000 signatures to Oldham East and...
RED and white was the order of the day as patriotic Oldhamers celebrated St George’s Day. The Mayor of Oldham, Councillor David Jones, raised the St George’s Flag...
A MAN committed to supporting manufacturing and encouraging young people into business in Oldham has been rewarded with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise. David Benstead, a...
A NEW search for Moors Murder victim Keith Bennett could be the last chance for his mother to find where he is buried after she was diagnosed with cancer. Winnie Johnson (77),...
A former Our Lady’s High School pupil jailed in Iraq for murdering two colleagues had been due to appear in court at home accused of assaulting an Asian man on a train....
SPECIAL REPORT: Chronicle Editor David Whaley joined Councillor Jackie Stanton on a tour of a troubled housing estate IN closed session tomorrow night Oldham Council’s cabinet...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
RUGBY UNION: OLDHAM lost 66-7 to Fleetwood in the North Lancs and Cumbria Division.
CRICKET: WERNETH hit back from their opening-day mauling at the hands of Littleborough to dish out similar treatment to Ashton in the Lake Garage CLL on Sunday. The Coppice...
CRICKET: NEW boy Grant Hodnett burst on to the Armstrongs Office Furniture Saddleworth and District Cricket League scene with a sparkling knock of 200 for Bamford Fieldhouse at...
Rugby League: SADDLEWORTH Rangers lifted the Standard Cup after a 62-12 victory over Folly Lane at Manor Park. Tom Lever produced a hat-trick of tries for Keith Brennan’s...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: MOSSLEY suffered their first defeat under manager Gareth McClelland The team was beaten 1-0 by neighbours Curzon Ashton yesterday in the Evo-Stik League...
Edin Dzeko believes he is on an upward curve with Manchester City after scoring his first goal in 10 attempts in the Barclays Premier League. The Bosnian striker handed his...
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has acknowledged Rio Ferdinand's return to action could not have been better timed. The United defender had been out of action for...
