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OLDHAM RL will take on amateur form team Hunslet Warriors at Whitebank in the third round of the Carnegie Challenge Cup on Sunday, March 6 (3pm). It gives Oldham three home...
Date Published 16/02/2011
ATHLETIC assistant manager Gerry Taggart was sent to the stands on an ultimately-disappointing night on which Athletic fans packed out Boundary Park. Boosted by the...
BIG CROWD BUT LATICS FAIL TO IMPRESS COACH TAGGART IN PUNCHES PROBE COUNCIL RETHINK OVER CUTS .... there's more (click story)
THOUSANDS answered the call to Boundary Park last night - what a pity the team forgot to turn up. A gate of 8,564 paid over £13,000 in receipts in the £2 match to prove that...
Date Published 15/02/2011
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards KEMPTON 5.10 Inquisitress 5.40 Very Well Red 6.10 Island Legend...
BOWLS: NIMBLE Nook clinched the Inbev Winter Bowling League’s ‘B’ Division title after beating Prestwich 10-1. With a game in hand of nearest challengers...
WHEELS will be available for all Oldhamers with the launch of a cycling centre of excellence. Oldham Council is setting up the innovative scheme called Wheels for All at the...
ACTOR Colin Firth has scooped a Bafta and a Golden Globe for his role in the blockbuster film The King’s Speech, and is the hot favourite to land the Best Actor award at the...
Shaw & Crompton Parish Council A PETITION has been launched to keep the Beal Hey Recycling Centre open. Councillor Mark Alcock announced he had set up a Facebook page...
LOCAL Post Office staff are to set to vote on strike action over pay and future security of branches. Around 4,000 employees, including 20 at the Lord Street branch in Oldham,...
TABLE TENNIS: OLDHAM women are celebrating title glory in the Lancashire and Cheshire League. The trio of Mandy Winskill, Doreen Schofield and Karen Hill teamed up to...
A SADDLEWORTH councillor has hit out at developer Phil Wiggett, angered at the state of the former police station in Uppermill. Councillor Phil Renold launched an attack on...
RUGBY UNION: Aspatria 44, Oldham 12 OLDHAM RU went down to a 44-12 defeat at Aspatria, with only 10 of the squad who held Heaton Moor to a draw available for selection....
Babycare appeal backing A HEARTBROKEN couple whose tiny daughter faced a tough battle to cling to life after her twin was stillborn are backing a move to bring specialist...
TRAILBLAZING teacher Steve Hill has been headhunted to act as a national ambassador for his profession. The deputy head of St Joseph’s Primary School, Shaw, got a...
ROYTON great-grandmother Gladys Morris — one of the world’s oldest yoga teachers — has died aged 90. Gladys, who celebrated her birthday last month, died in...
AMATEUR RUGBY: Vital win for Waterhead, but coach demands more DARREN Nixon’s hat-trick helped Waterhead to a comprehensive 34-18 home win over Heworth, easing the...
A rabbit dumped and left to drown was been saved by keen-eyed passers-by. Karen and Colin White, from Shaw, had gone for a stroll up to Bushes Clough on Friday, when they...
AMATEUR RUGBY: OLDHAM St Anne’s ran in 10 tries to end an unwanted four-game losing sequence in style in Division One of the National Conference League. And the...
FORMER Oldham Council staff fear they will be sacked because they are refusing to move to an isolated industrial estate in Rochdale. Call-centre workers are fighting plans to...
The Manchester City kit manager and former Latics star writes every week for Chron Sport MANCHESTER City were beaten by one of the best goals I have ever seen on derby day at...
People applying for a disabled badge will see the price increase five-fold in an attempt to stamp out rogue use of parking. Transport Minister Norman Baker said the maximum...
Oldham’s roads are about to get even busier with almost one in 10 pupils who travel by bus switching to their parents’ cars. Transport chiefs calculate that 9 per...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: CHADDERTON go for glory tonight when they host Curzon Ashton in the Manchester Premier Cup semi-final (7.45pm kick-off). Leon Melia, Adam Brown, Chris...
MANCHESTER City defender Joleon Lescott is determined to end a proud unbeaten record in the Europa League tonight. And he claims his side are not damaged by the derby defeat...
AN Oldham drug dealer has been sentenced to four years in jail for possessing Class A drugs with intent to supply. Sarfaz Nazir (26), of Laburnum Avenue, Chadderton, pleaded...
CARLISLE United's run of form since their last meeting with Athletic has been miserable. Though they recently reached the final of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for a record...
A MOSSLEY man jailed for grooming and raping an 11-year-old girl has launched a bid to appeal against his convictions. Dilal Uddin (38), of Heatherside Avenue, was jailed for...
OLDHAM RL chief Chris Hamilton called for the brakes to be applied to proposals for the restructuring of Championship and Championship One rugby when clubs in those competitions...
One-way is the wrong way, claims councillor BUMPER-TO-BUMPER traffic in Greenfield is causing commuter chaos as drystone wall repair work has closed one of the major routes out...
