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This robber used a chocolate muffin to help himself to the takings from the till of the One Stop Shop in Butler Green, Chadderton. The man, who had just left the store after...
Date Published 22/09/2010
GOLF: ALAN Squires produced an inspired display for England in the ninth Senior Home Inter-nationals — but the team had to settle for second place behind Ireland. The...
OLDHAM company Ultimate Products, the country’s largest Far East sourcing group, has reported a 28 per cent increase in sales to £78.3million for the year ending July...
CYCLING: Saddleworth School pupil Jacob Ragan is enjoying a fine run of form. He won double gold in team time trial and criterium and silver on the road in the UK School...
FOOTBALL: JORDAN Holt hit a hat-trick for Heyside Juniors under-16s in a 5-3 triumph over Boundary Park in the Rochdale and Oldham Youth League. Kyle Townsend got the other goals...
A FAMILY engineering business has come through the recession and is looking to build turnover back to pre-2008 levels. Dawson Precision Components, of Shaw, makes the tiny,...
ONE AWARDS: TWO more sponsors have added their support to the growing list of companies and organisations wishing to be involved in the One Oldham Business Awards....
FOOTBALL: CHADDERTON FC Juniors beat Manchester Macabbi 9-0 in the Tameside Sunday League Challenge Cup. Michael Gill scored four, James Larty and Danny Miller both hit two,...
FOOTBALL: AVRO boss Rob Fuller has to admit his daughter is a little devil! A Red Devil to be precise, because talented Maisie has been selected to play for Manchester United...
BOUNCERS, George Lawton Hall, Mossley THERE was a time, way back in the Seventies, when the play that made John Godber’s reputation was nothing less than a vision of...
Rugby League: SADDLEWORTH Rangers under-15s progressed to the second round of the North-West Counties Cup courtesy of a hard-fought 16-12 victory at Widnes Moorfield. Despite...
Cricket: THE Saddleworth League under-13 team lost in the final of the Peak Trophy against Derby and Cheshire League at Hawk Green. Saddleworth scored 119 for nine off 35...
CHANNEL HOPPING: AS ITV prepares to celebrate an incredible 50 years of Britain’s longest-running soap in December, there was an early Christmas treat for Corrie...
NETBALL: HULME made the perfect start to the new netball season with four wins out of four against Loreto Grammar School, from Altrincham. After a nip and tuck opening, the...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
TO say ping-pong princess Abigail Griffith is ahead of the game would be an understatement. The 11-year-old table tennis star, who was part of the national side which...
An outspoken campaigner against homophobia has been nominated for a Pride in Oldham award. Paul Burgess is co-founder of the Pink Triangle Theatre Company and a member of the...
OLDHAM Roughyeds have joined forces with the council and Keep Britain Tidy to clampdown on dog owners who don’t clean up after their pets. The Co-operative Championship...
Date Published 21/09/2010
A WOMAN was attacked with a hammer and then assaulted outside an off-licence in Hathershaw. The 28-year-old victim was first attacked at a house in Copsterhill Road on...
THE family of a 14-year-old girl who was knocked down by a lorry are to campaign for safer crossings near Oldham schools. A campaign is already under way to find a lollipop...
A PERSONAL injury lawyer has called on authorities to take immediate action to tackle accident blackspots. The call follows two inquests last week into deaths on the A672...
A TEACHING union is mounting a “vigorous” campaign to oppose plans to create more academies in Oldham. Blue Coat School has already applied to become one of the...
Oldham’s crumbling former town hall in Yorkshire Street has been cleared of debris by specialist contractors, following a visit by councillors and officers last year which...
Revised £23m scheme will secure jobs PLANS by JD Williams to build a £23 million warehouse development in Shaw, which will secure 1,000 jobs and create 120 new...
ATHLETIC striker Warren Feeney is rated as a big doubt for the trip to Brighton. The 29-year-old turned his ankle late in the victory over Bournemouth. Feeney has made only...
OLDHAM prop David Ellison has “loved every minute” of his first season at the club. In fact he doesn’t want it to end. And the former Swinton and London...
NEARLY two thousand people turned out to enjoy music, fireworks and fun in what is fast becoming one of the highlights of the year in Delph. Party in the Park, held on...
BONGO drums, vuvuzelas and dancing are not the first images that come to mind when one thinks of rugby league. But that taste of Africa is a big part of the Roughyeds...
Oldham Council is dropping plans to buy the derelict Hartford mill in Werneth — but wants the owner to secure and improve the building. Government cuts and the recession...
Manchester’s Christie’s hospital could start providing a treatment currently unavailable in the UK. During a visit to the hospital, Lib-Dem Care Minister Paul...
