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MARTIAL ARTS: KARATE kid Nathan Chan is getting a real kick out of the sport after defending a prestigious title. He won the FEKO Open National Championships in...
Date Published 20/10/2010
HOCKEY: FOR the first time in their history, Oldham Hockey Club occupy the top two places in Greater Manchester League Division One. The first team posted a convincing 5-0...
GOLF: OLDHAM claimed the team trophy in the Oldham and District Captain’s end-of-season weekend, played on the championship courses at Slaley Hall. Their quartet of Ian...
GOLF, more than most other sports, has been hit hard by the economic downturn of the last two years. Clubs are struggling to keep hold of existing members, while attracting...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards KEMPTON 5.40 Second Encore 6.10 Boogie Waltzer 6.40 Bakongo 7.10...
TRAINER Eric Noi is helping to bring along the next generation of boxing stars. Noi, who has been nominated for a Pride in Oldham award in the sports administrator category,...
NETBALL: OLDHAM under-16s cruised to a 58-23 win over close rivals Tameside. Alice Travis was again to the fore, with a 96-per-cent return and missing only two shots in the...
Lilywhites fall at the first hurdle NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: MOSSLEY crashed out of the Manchester Premier Cup in the first round after a 3-2 defeat at home to Curzon Ashton....
SPORTS BETTING: SO it really is true. Wayne Rooney wants to leave Manchester United, arguably the world’s most famous club and certainly the most successful British team of...
DANNY Whitmore, Oldham’s young hooker, will be back for his second season in a Roughyeds’ jersey in 2011 . . . older, wiser and ready to impress. The 21-year-old...
DJENY Bembo-Leta has gone back to hospital for a check on his injured right leg. The 18-year-old Athletic striker sustained a serious injury in a training-ground accident a...
OLDHAM Netball claimed Roses bragging rights with a thrilling 57-49 victory over Leeds Carnegie in Division One of the Northern League. The fixture at Hathershaw looked a...
REAL Madrid boss Jose Mourinho has indicated an interest in signing Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney if the player cannot be persuaded to stay at Old Trafford. United...
SEAN Gregan believes his career at Athletic is over. The 36-year-old, outstanding last season, has been frozen out of the first-team picture this time around. Manager Paul...
A ROYTON furniture company is facing a large bill after refusing to pay fines for fly-posting. Oldham Council successfully prosecuted the owners of Cheers Furniture Showrooms...
AN initiative has been hailed for slashing knife crime in Oldham. The number of incidents has been halved after a drive to tackle youth violence and persuade people not to...
STAFF at a takeaway in Chadderton were threatened by a robber with a knife who stole the till. Officers have issued CCTV images of a man they want to speak to in connection...
POLICE have released another image of a man wanted after a stolen car mounted the pavement and drove at revellers outside a Rochdale nightclub. Detectives are hunting for Lee...
‘I’m devastated and angry with this decision’ — union official Workers today fear for their jobs at the BAE Systems site in Chadderton after the...
AN 87-year-old husband and wife have been robbed by two men posing as gas board officials. The grandparents were targeted when they answered the door at their Hathershaw home....
THE millionaire peer who founded one of Oldham’s academy sponsors faces a lengthy suspension from parliament. Cross-bencher Lord Bhatia has also paid back £27,446...
YOUNG people have teamed up to help kick anti-social behaviour out of Oldham. Kickz is a national project that uses football to encourage young people to develop social skills...
A ZERO-tolerance stance will be taken against private-hire drivers parking illegally in Lees. Oldham Council is cracking down on the disruption and danger caused by illegally...
A PROJECT has been launched at Oldham Magistrates’ Court to cut re-offending. It is one of the first courts to open a public help desk which will be manned by...
MORE than 8,000 people on social-housing waiting lists across Oldham will be stuck in limbo if the coalition Government slashes the housing budget by more than half, an MP has...
CHANNEL HOPPING: WILDCARDS — they’re all the rage. Simon Cowell’s using them, American billionaire John W Henry is himself a big one for Liverpool Football Club...
Dawn Marsden with the last of the local actors who have made Coronation Street a great place to visit over the past 50 years Our Sarah put Oldham on map as Corrie’s...
ENRON, Lowry, Salford IF I had seen this play three years ago it would have seemed remarkable and outrageous that a company of cheats and fantasists could lose over $30 billion...
OLDHAM’s pioneering City Learning Centre is gearing up for life after Government cuts. The educational resource, in Hollinwood Avenue, Chadderton, opened seven years ago...
OLDHAM’S small business community was out in force at the Oldham2oldham event organised by Oldham Council. A series of seminars and meetings with the council’s...
