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FAMILY'S BID TO REACH IRAQ FOR SUNDAY SHOOTING VERDICT DEAD MAN'S MOTHER REFUTE'S SELF-DEFENCE CLAIMS TAGGART WAITS FOR FA BRAWL DECISION ...there's more
Date Published 17/02/2011
FOUR years after opening a ladies’ hairdressing salon in the former post office at Watersheddings, Abi Hoy has realised her ambition of opening a barber’s shop next...
Date Published 16/02/2011
MAHDLO, the multi-million-pound Oldham Youth Zone Project, will once again benefit from the generosity of guests at the third One Oldham Business Awards. On the day the...
DISGRACED presenter Andy Gray’s comments on female referees have not put off one football-mad teenager. Charlie Evans (14) has proved that girls do understand the...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
FOOTBALL: ROCS under-16s clinched the North Manchester Girls’ League title courtesy of a 6-1 triumph over Moston Juniors. Rhema Mears scored a hat-trick, Angela Fox...
FORTY years ago, a teenage Judith Longden began earning pocket money by taking young children for rides on her pony. Four decades on, Judith runs a stable of 26 horses —...
OLDHAM Council has made savings of nearly half-a-million pounds after signing up to e-auctions for the first time. The auctions — often called reverse auctions or...
FOOTBALL: FAILSWORTH Town under-15s are through to the Manchester FA County Youth Cup semi-finals. They beat Urmston Meadowside on penalties, after a 2-2 draw in which Tom...
TRANSPORT chiefs have defended controversial changes to concessionary bus fares. Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority (GMITA) is increasing prices from April 3 to...
LOVE is in the air for long-lost classmates Jo Morton and Ian Cox who are set to wed following a Valentine’s Day proposal on the internet. The former North Chadderton...
FOOTBALL: OLDHAM under-15s bid to make the last four of the English Schools FA Inter-Association Trophy when they take on Mid-Oxfordshire at Ardley United tomorrow (7pm kick-off)....
A CHADDERTON shop keeper must stick to strict rules after he was caught selling alcohol to an underage girl. Oldham Trading Standards officers conducted a test purchase at...
THE council has performed a U-turn on plans to stop funding lollipop men and women. The Lib-Dem/Conservative coalition is to carry out a safety review of its proposal which...
RUGBY: WATERHEAD under-17s ended their North-West Counties League Premier Division season with a comfortable 30-10 win over Burtonwood Bulldogs. Adam Steeple touched down...
SPECIALIST teachers who are facing the axe as part of council cutbacks went on strike yesterday. They staged a noisy protest outside the civic centre yesterday — and got...
HOCKEY: OLDHAM Ladies earned a 6-3 win at Glossop in the Greater Manchester League Division One. Louise Howard scored a hat-trick for the visitors, while Becky Blair, Laura...
CONTROVERSIAL parking restrictions in Royton should be suspended until a full consultation exercise takes place, a meeting of business owners heard. The meeting attracted a...
LABOUR has pleaded with Lib-Dem and Tory councillors not to make council cuts. In an extraordinary move, Labour leader Councillor Jim McMahon has written to every councillor...
NETBALL: OLDHAM Hulme Grammar School’s under-16s netball side have set their sights on taking the UK by storm. The talented teenagers have won the North-West round of...
OLDHAM Council has attempted to reduce the affect of unprecedented cuts which will hit jobs and services as it plans to slash £41 million from its budget. It has taken...
LATICS may have suffered a blip last night in their quest for the play-offs, but fans are still confident Paul Dickov can steer the club to glory by the end of the season. In...
£2 match a hit, but team gets the jitters LATICS chairman Simon Corney issued 8,546 thank-yous last night — and one massive apology. The thanks were to the Latics faithful...
NETBALL: OLDHAM ran out 51-36 winners in their Premier League Division One clash with Leyton at Walthamstow. The team stalled at the start to find themselves 6-1 down, but...
SWIMMING star Alex Crossland-Robins made it a perfect 10 on his Central Lancashire Preliminary Gala debut. A superb haul of 10 gold medals and personal bests earned Alex (11)...
WATER POLO: A TRIO of siblings are making a big splash in the world of water polo, and are setting their sights on the London 2012 Olympic Games. Dean Smith and his sisters...
NETBALL: Northern Thunder moved to the top of the Fiat Netball Superleague with a fourth successive win, seeing off Team Northumbria 63-24. Thunder failed to get into full...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: CHADDERTON’S Manchester Premier Cup dream was shattered last night when they were beaten 4-1 at home by Ashton United in the quarter-final. Paul...
MANCHESTER City manager Roberto Mancini has challenged Edin Dzeko to raise his game and start scoring. The former Wolfsburg striker was out of luck during the 0–0 away...
Athletic 0, Carlisle 1 Fans answer rallying call, but team fails to deliver FANS flocked to Boundary Park on a night that proved Oldham Athletic can still be a big draw...
