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OLDHAM RL coach Tony Benson will check on the fitness of several players at training tonight ahead of Sunday’s third-round Carnegie Challenge Cup tie against amateurs...
Date Published 03/03/2011
Club to consider full FA response ATHLETIC are considering their options after the FA fined them £3,500 for the brawl which marred last month’s game against Carlisle...
LATICS AND COUNCIL IN NEW TALKS OLD SPORTS CENTRE FACES DEMOLITION OCL HAILED A SUCCESS OLDHAM BLOOM PLANS GROWING THE REAL X-FILES REVEALED ...for all these...
CARMEN, Lowry, Salford WELL it’s all change on the plains in Spain. For one thing this Carmen seems to have more in common with the US mid-west setting of Matthew...
Date Published 02/03/2011
STAFF at two Oldham salons are celebrating after winning prestigious awards for their exceptional levels of customer service and quality. The Face and Body Shop, in Oldham...
A PIONEERING Oldham scheme to boost recycling has bagged another award. The compostable carrier bag initiative between Oldham Council and the Co-operative has been honoured at...
language services provider Applied Language Solutions (ALS) has acquired Dublin-based Traslan Teoranta Ltd. The acquisition gives the ALS team access to an established...
SOLAR energy is coming to Oldham through Vertical Access Ltd, a business set up 22 years ago by Everest climber Paul Braithwaite, from Delph. VA Solar Solutions is a division...
THE BIG Apple beckoned for a team of singers from Saddleworth as they swapped their quaint villages for New York as part of a once-in-a-lifetime trip. Members of the...
FROM a lucky acting break in a tv drama to fully-fledged film-maker, a former Saddleworth School pupil has come a long way in two years. Sophie Mercer (21) discovered her...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
A GLIDER pilot who survived the horrific battle of Arnhem and became a well-known Oldham figure in supporting ex-servicemen has died. Former chairman of the Parachute Regiment...
AMATEUR RUGBY: SADDLEWORTH Rangers under-16s held league leaders Orrell St James to an 8-8 draw. Rangers have not played much rugby of late due to postponements, and were...
A SPORTING programme for men with low self-esteem aims to kick depression out of Oldham. It’s A Goal was launched at Oldham Athletic yesterday by manager Paul Dickov....
NORTH Manchester Girls’ League outfit ROCS under-14s have been celebrating after winning the Knockout Cup final 1-0 against Heyside Angels. Leah Bickerstaffe hit the...
A charity which provides the disabled with communication aids has scooped the lion’s share of £250,000. ACE Centre North has received two grants from the...
THE good life could soon be beckoning residents in Saddleworth following a move to create several new allotments. More than 40 gardeners at an Uppermill meeting backed the...
REBELLIOUS Royton traders are setting up their own committee and running a consultation following the recent parking fiasco. Businesses near Royton precinct were furious when...
POLICE are hunting a man who may be nicknamed “Pitbull” in connection with a rape. The man, believed to be called either Francisco Lima or Luciano Semedo Dos Reis, is being...
parking strife at Royton Health Centre could soon be eased by using the playground at the former Byron Street School. Royton Councillor Stephen Bashforth says he is pleased a...
Athletes nail colours to running track fight A 200-STRONG crowd packed Uppermill Civic Hall last night as controversy over plans for Churchill playing fields reached fever...
Bogus builder steals £650 from pensioner TRADING Standards officers have issued a stark warning after bogus builders deceived a pensioner and stole £650. The...
FOOTBALL: CHADDERTON Juniors under-13s beat Broadway Celtic 5-0 in the Tameside Sunday League Cup quarter-final. James Larty scored a hat-trick, while Ashley Hartley bagged a...
BUDDING green baize stars were on parade at the Oldham Snooker Academy for a regional tournament organised by the English Amateur Snooker Board. The day-long event featured 26...
SNOOKER: STEVE Bramwell, of Moss Inn B, was the star of the show in the 3-3 draw against hosts Oldham Boro in the Pet Au Purrs Oldham Amateur Snooker League. First up for Boro...
HOCKEY: OLDHAM firsts illustrated their promotion credentials with a 7-0 hammering of visiting Bolton in Division One of the Greater Manchester Hockey League. The local outfit...
Boxing: JACK Ellender has made it through to the National Schoolboy finals. The Oldham Boxing and Personal Development Centre star goes for glory at Cedar Mount Boxing Centre...
NETBALL: OLDHAM, in third place with a game in hand, were pegged back by high-flying Bury YWCA in the Northern League. The hosts had to settle for a 41-41 draw at the...
NETBALL: NORTHERN Thunder made it five wins on the bounce in the Fiat Netball Superleague with a 50-44 defeat of hosts Celtic Dragons. Thunder were slow to start in this...
NETBALL: OLDHAM produced a dominant display to defeat relegation-threatened Bournemouth Sevens Blades 62-42 in the National Premier League. Blades were chasing a third win on...
