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THE cost of dying is set to rise as Oldham Council increase cremation costs by 20 per cent. Fees for the service will be £550 from Friday, up from £460 in...
Date Published 30/03/2011
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
A PRIVATE-HIRE driver caught plying for hire claimed he had only been trying to help someone who was ill. After being flagged down in the road, Zafar Iqbal (58), of Morris...
BASKETBALL: OLDHAM Titans under-16s bounced back to winning ways by seeing off Trees Valley Mohawks 81-72 in the English Basketball National League play-offs first round. It...
Last-gasp plea for volunteers to save event A LAST-DITCH att-empt to save the Lees Whit Friday Band Contest has been launched by organisers who are desperate for people to...
NETBALL: WHAT a nail-biter! Oldham Hulme Grammar Schools’ under-13s netball team hosted and won the Greater Manchester tournament. But it was a close call. After beating...
Society for Blind offers social events OLDHAMERS with sight problems are being encouraged to boost their social life by joining a friendly community group. The Oldham...
RUGBY LEAGUE: SADDLEWORTH Rangers under-16s kept their title challenge on track with a 24-20 victory over Bold Miners. A win for Bold could have led to these two sides sharing...
FAILSWORTH teenager Olivia Devlin met a host of VIPs as she helped Manchester Deaf Centre celebrate its 165th anniversary. The 15-year-old, who regularly attends a youth club...
OLDHAM under-15s reached the semi-finals of the Greater Manchester Schools’ Woodhead Cup courtesy of a 2-0 victory over Trafford at Ashton-on-Mersey School. Ben Turner...
SNOOKER: HIGH Crompton CC caused a surprise in the Pet Au Purrs Oldham Amateur Snooker League when they defeated runaway pacesetters Little Cot ‘A’ 5-1. The...
...And all from a back garden in Oldham YOU won’t quite see man’s footsteps on the moon, but this is about as close as you will get to nearest celestial neighbour......
MEET THE NEW CLUB CAPTAINS: BROOKDALE SIX years after joining Brookdale, 51-year-old Ray Deacon has become captain. Married to Donna and with two daughters, Dionne (25) and...
MYSTERY surrounds the sudden death of a fit and healthy Chadderton mother the day after a family party. Diane Rowland (50), of Chadderton Park Road, complained of a severe...
Sewage works blamed for waterway pollution A SEWAGE works has been blamed for turning a once pristine river into a filthy mess. Farmer Ben Lancaster says sludge has been...
MEET THE NEW CLUB CAPTAINS: CROMPTON AND ROYTON GOLF: GORDON Lamb insists his 12 months as club captain will be the highlight of his 24-year association with the club....
AN Oldham actor has landed a lead role in a prestigious theatre production in London’s West End. Jack Monaghan (22), a former pupil at Mossley Hollins High School and...
GOLF: WERNETH’S new captain and vice-captain Quentin Cartwright and Lee Rowbotham proved themselves a formidable pairing on their first outing at the club’s...
THERE are worries over the labelling of prescription drug side effects after an Oldham man killed himself while taking anti-depressants. Coroner Simon Nelson has warned...
NETBALL: A POOR shot completion rate in the third quarter cost Oldham dear as they slumped to a 43-41 defeat at local rivals Tameside in the Northern League. Despite a strong...
Magistrates: It must have been a living hell A NEIGHBOUR from hell has been fined after playing his music so loud that complainants described it as “torture”....
HOCKEY: OLDHAM Hockey Club’s first team completed an unbeaten season in Manchester League Division One with a convincing 5-1 victory at bottom club Bolton. They trailed...
A WOMAN who reported a politician to a benefits hotline has appeared in court herself, accused of benefit fraud. Rebecca McGladdery (44), of Galland Street, Greenacres, faces...
Chadderton actress Suranne Jones will be hitched up with Dr Who in the new BBC series this year. The former Coronation Street actress is confirmed to be in episode four...
Latics have more than enough to avoid drop, say bookmakers GOAL-SHY Athletic may have fallen from a League One play-off place to a precarious spot just above the relegation...
FEARS are growing over the welfare of a missing Oldham teenager. Police have appealed for the public’s help in finding Ciaron Nuttall (19), who was last seen on Cardigan...
Bus operators are predicting chaos at school gates in Oldham next week when new concessionary fares are introduced. Pupils have enjoyed flat-fare concessions for almost four...
SIXTEEN people were arrested in dawn drugs raids across Oldham today. More than 100 officers were involved in the 6am raids on 16 addresses in a bid to target dealers. The...
NETBALL: ALL good things must come to an end . . . just ask the players, officials and supporters of Northern Thunder. After a run of nine consecutive wins, Thunder suffered a...
FOOTBALL: OLDHAM Boro fell to a last-gasp home defeat at the hands of Atherton Collieries in the Vodkat North-West Counties League Division One last night. Paul Atherton...
