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TWO lorries heading eastbound on the M62 were involved in a collision between junction 21 and 22 at 3.39am today, leaving one vehicle on fire and the other on its side. The...
Date Published 23/03/2011
A DISQUALIFIED driver who led police on a desperate seven-minute chase through Oldham at speeds of up to 60mph has been jailed. Roofer Alexander Matthews (30) panicked when he...
BUS lanes on Huddersfield Road are to be suspended to ease congestion. Oldham Council has decided to scrap the restrictions on both sides of the A62, between Cross Street and...
A WOMAN has told how she was attacked in an Oldham pub while awaiting radical new surgery for a life-threatening facial disfigurement. Chantelle Richardson, who revealed on TV...
THE body of a man has been found inside a blazing car. Firefighters made the horrific discovery as they tackled the fire in Failsworth last night. The man, believed to be...
Hospice’s champion fundraiser Brian to retire THE man known throughout the borough as the face of Dr Kershaw’s Hospice is about to put up his feet and bow out of...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards SOUTHWELL 2.00 Backfromthecongo 2.30 Double The Trouble 3.00...
SNOOKER: DOBCROSS clinched top honours in the 2010-11 Saddleworth Snooker League despite losing 4-2 against Austerlands 2, who were inspired by G Wheeler on the final day of...
GOLF: OLDHAM Golf Club boasts a thriving junior section, thanks in no small part to the hard work of professional James Rowlands. Rowlands, who for the past two years has...
RUGBY LEAGUE: OLDHAM St Anne’s under-13s gained promotion to the North-West Counties League Premier Division courtesy of a comprehensive 40-0 defeat of Rochdale...
BASKETBALL: OLDHAM Titans under-16s had to settle for Second spot in the North-West Conference after slipping to a 90-71 defeat to Stockport Spartans, who were crowned...
NETBALL: MISSION accomplished! Oldham Hulme Grammar School’s under-16s netball side headed to the South Coast with a point to prove and did not disappoint, clinching...
FOOTBALL: HEYSIDE Juniors saw off Moston Reds 7-1 in the Manchester Youth and Mini-Soccer League, as Jack Dunkerley led the way with two. Lewis Berry, Will McFaul, Kai...
BOXING: JOHN Newell begins the defence of his ABA junior title tomorrow. Months of hard work at Shannon and Ancoats gym, geared towards achieving greater power, will be...
HOCKEY: OLDHAM firsts sealed the Greater Manchester League Division One title with an emphatic 5-1 win at Manto of Bolton. The hosts were the only side to deny Oldham...
NETBALL: OLDHAM, with only seven players because of multiple fixtures, were beaten 49-35 by Newcastle team Seatonians in the Northern League. It was a decent performance...
NETBALL: OLDHAM’S Premier League campaign ended with a 49-36 defeat at the Academy of Middlesex. It was always going to be a tough ask for Oldham, against a side who...
NETBALL: NORTHERN Thunder made it seven wins out of seven in the Fiat Superleague with a 69-36 victory at Team Northumbria. The hosts recruited a new shooter in a bid to...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: OLDHAM Boro slipped to a 3-1 defeat at Daisy Hill last night in the Vodkat North-West Counties League Division One. The hosts took the lead after just...
Colchester 1, Athletic 0 WHEN Cedric Evina’s cross was calmly collected by goalkeeper Ben Williams late in the second half, the reaction from the visitors’ dug-out...
OLDHAM RL Club’s fourth-round Carnegie Challenge Cup tie at Hull will be played at the KC Stadium on Saturday, May 7, with a 1pm kick-off. Hull’s army of...
PAUL Dickov is seriously contemplating a return to first team action after seeing his Athletic side slip to a 1-0 defeat at Colchester last night — their 11th game without a...
HOSPICE CHAMPION BOWS OUT BODY FOUND IN BLAZING CAR BUS LANES ARE SCRAPPED BANNED DRIVER SENT TO JAIL There's more if you click! . . . plus much more in...
TONIGHT: Katy Perry - Apollo; Westlife - Arena; Sonata Arctica — Academy 2; Nodzzz and The Mantles, Gold Teeth — Deaf Institute; Rhys Chatham’s Guitar Trio...
Date Published 22/03/2011
BURY band Elbow started life in a backstreet pub in Rossendale in 1990 and have retained their original line up ever since. The five piece have released five top 20 albums and...
THE sound of thousands of women swooning will be heard in Manchester as Irish boy band Westlife come to town for a two-night stint at the Manchester Arena, tonight and tomorrow...
THE WORLD AT WAR, Halle Orchestra, Bridgewater Hall WAR seems such a macabre subject for a Saturday evening concert — even when the musicians are as supremely talented as...
JEKYLL AND HYDE, Palace, Manchester THERE are two types of people who go to musicals like this: those who want to see the show, and those who want to see their favourite pop...
Greater Manchester needs to spell out the misery of overcrowding on its commuter trains more clearly to the Government. That’s the view of a leading Oldham councillor...
GTD Primary Care is to take over the running of Oldham’s flagship Walk-in Centre from NHS Oldham on April 1. The service at Oldham Integrated Care Centre will join...
