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The number of heroin and cocaine addicts has fallen this year in England for the first time in many years according to a report published this month by the NHS. The National...
Date Published 22/10/2010
AMATEUR FOOTBALL: High Crompton CC 3, Rifle Range Reds 3 IN school life, we are taught the three 'R' s as the basis of our education. But it was another set of three...
Carmen brings students to visit borough AN Oldham ex-pat is forging links between the town and Germany. Carmen Yates is a librarian at the Engelbert-Kaempfer-Gymnasium in...
AMATEUR FOOTBALL: HOLLINWOOD finally earned their first victory of the season in the Bridgewater Office Supplies Manchester League Premier Division with a 3-2 triumph over...
Metrolink fares are to rise by almost six per cent in the new year. The decision was taken behind closed doors at an emergency meeting of Greater Manchester Integrated...
RUGY UNION: OLDHAM RU, with only one win to their name this season, face another tough away trip in the North Lancs and Cumbria Division tomorrow. Guy Lovegreen’s...
16 get on their bikes for tribute trip FAMILY and friends will pay tribute to a much-loved Oldhamer and raise funds for Dr Kershaw’s Hospice in the process. Jason...
RUGBY LEAGUE: SADDLEWORTH Rangers are preparing for a table-top challenge in the National Conference League Premier Division. Keith Brennan’s side welcome Leigh...
MOSSLEY go into tomorrow’s FA Cup fourth qualifying round clash with Darlington knowing they are only one victory away from a potential glamour tie with a League One or Two...
Latics’ assistant manager writes every Friday for Chronicle Sport OUR finishing let us down against Colchester. Sometimes, it just boils down to pure inexperience and...
THE only highlights Dean Brill wants reminding of are of balls hitting the back of the opposition net. The 24-year-old Athletic goalkeeper was the unwitting subject of tabloid...
ON a night when Wayne Rooney was the main topic of conversation, Emmanuel Adebayor reminded everyone of what he can do by firing Manchester City to a Europa League victory with...
ATHLETIC players could be making moves out of Boundary Park in the next few days. Joe Jacobson, Jon Worthington, Rob Purdie, Kelvin Lomax and Greg Fleming were all transfer...
OLDHAM RL boss Tony Benson believes young forward Chris Clarke will make a name for himself in rugby league. Lauding him as a player of "huge potential", Benson said...
ATHLETIC are aiming high for their big test at Southampton tomorrow. Given the size of Saints as a club, the fixture at St Mary's was one many Athletic fans will have looked...
THE millionaire peer who founded one of Oldham’s academy sponsors has been suspended from Parliament. Lord Bhatia has been suspended for eight months for wrongly...
Aim is to become most effective UK force GREATER Manchester has seen the biggest reduction in crime across the North-West and is falling twice as fast as the rest of the...
Oldham’s Conservative leader Jack Hulme is backing his boss David Cameron and the Chancellor George Osborne over Wednesday’s spending cuts saying they are...
Row over plans to solve playing field flooding ANGRY members of the Greenfield and Grasscroft Residents’ Association have hit out at a decision to sideline its proposal...
SADDLEWORTH Lib-Dem councillor Derek Heffernan said he is very disappointed that he will not represent the party at next year’s local elections. The councillor, who has...
THE father of a 10-year-old champion swimmer has taken his son out of school swimming lessons — because his teachers won’t let him wear goggles! Alex...
Job losses will hit shops —union warning SWINGEING cuts to council jobs will have a knock-on effect that will turn Oldham into a ghost town, claim unions. Fewer...
A samaritan who helped a man who was attacked and robbed as he walked to an Oldham car boot sale is being sought by police. The victim suffered a fractured cheek bone, broken...
Brave Claire on bag-snatch ordeal A FITNESS fanatic has revealed how she had just done a gruelling two-hour session of ab crunches and fitness training before wrestling a...
POLICE have stepped up patrols after a woman attempted to abduct a Diggle schoolgirl from the playground by offering her sweets. Officers have praised the seven-year-old for...
Council’s green team scoops national prize OLDHAM’S council gardeners are bursting with pride after a blooming marvellous win in the 2010 North West in Bloom...
OLDHAM'S BRITAIN IN BLOOM STUNNER METRO FARES RISE BLOW ATTACK WOMAN SPEAKS OUT TOP TOTS WINNERS REVEALED ...and click for more!
A TUTOR at Oldham Sixth-Form College who swopped hard drives for healthy lifestyles has been nominated for a Pride in Oldham award. Shirley Rainey (42), from Dobcross, is an...
Date Published 21/10/2010
PAV’S PATCH: DON’T know if you’ve ever watched any of the American wrestling — WWE — which is splashed all over Sky’s various channels, but...
TALENTED players are sharpening up their ball skills at Oldham College’s new football centre of excellence. The 22 students who are studying sports courses have been...
