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BOWLS: THREE members of Manchester Premier League leaders Tonge were today bidding for glory in the Waterloo Bowling Handicap in Blackpool. Gary Ellis, winner for the last two...
Date Published 15/09/2010
A PIECE of history will be excavated on the site of one of Oldham’s new academies before the builders move in. An old brick kiln at the site of Oasis Academy in...
betting: MANCHESTER United are out to 9-1 for Champions League glory following an indifferent start to their campaign against Rangers last night. Manager Sir Alex...
A BUMPER crop of vibrant vegetables and beautiful blooms were on show at the Fernhurst Allotments annual show. Green-fingered gardeners from the Chadderton allotments produced...
OLDHAM’S teenagers are to be the first to receive smart cards for public transport. It will allow them to ride on school buses and trams for the concessionary fare of...
GOLF: LEE Newsome is hunting down a prize of more than £250,000. The 38-year-old, a member at Oldham Golf Club, has qualified for the final of the UK Long Drive Series...
NETBALL: OLDHAM Netball Club made a disappointing start to the new Premier League season, losing 51-39 at home to Bath Toucans. The local outfit were up against it from the...
BOREDOM sets in for many youngsters over the summer holidays and children often spend the last couple of weeks looking forward to getting back to the classroom. With childcare...
THE SILVER TASSIE, Lowry, Salford SEAN O’Casey’s “great” anti-war work was famously rejected by WB Yeats for the Abbey Theatre in Dublin on the...
CHANNEL HOPPING: ALL cold turkey and no crack makes Phil from “EastEnders” not so much a dull boy — but more of a Jack Nicholson in disguise . . . just ask poor...
CELEBRATING ten years in business, Web Applications UK Ltd. has announced three contract wins worth in excess of £2 million. Established in 2000 by software developers...
OLDHAM’s largest industrial and commercial property management portfolio has changed hands. Neal Salomon has succeeded John Williams, who has managed the Falcon...
RUGBY UNION: A TRY from man-of-the-match Dom Hall set the ball rolling as Oldham Vets defeated Ashton-under-Lyne 36-5. Hall’s effort was converted by Jim Forster, who...
SNOOKER: LEADERS Little Cot ‘A’ and nearest rivals CBC shared the spoils in a 3-3 draw in the Oldham Amateur Snooker League. Danny Balcerzack recorded a break of...
FOOTBALL: UPPERMILL under-17s roared to an 8-0 win over Netherton in the Huddersfield and District Junior League. Elliot Fielding scored four, James Jowle got three and Luke...
AN event designed to help Oldham business leaders understand the process by which Oldham Council must manage its procurement takes place on Thursday, October 14. Oldham2oldham...
RUGBY LEAGUE: SADDLEWORTH Rangers under-16s raced to a 36-4 victory over Folly Lane. Scott Booth scored and Danny Richardson’s try was converted by Ben White. Ryan...
CRICKET: SADDLEWORTH ‘A’ under-13s enjoyed a super season in the Saddleworth and District Cricket League. Unbeaten throughout the campaign, they lifted the title...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
FOLLOWING the huge success of the Chronicle’s Meet the Editor breakfast at Talking Point, Scouthead, a second is taking place aimed specifically — but not exclusively...
A SEMINAR and networking event intended to demystify the finance function of business, takes place tomorrow at Hotel Smokies Park, Bardsley, between noon and 2pm. Entitled...
ELECTION TRIAL 1 AN Oldham MP made reckless false statements in a risky strategy to win an election he feared he would lose, a historic court case heard. Ex-Immigration...
Date Published 14/09/2010
ELECTION TRIAL 2 PHIL Woolas took the witness stand to insist his election publications did not contain deceits. The Labour MP accepted that he took full...
ELECTION TRIAL 3 ELWYN Watkins effectively bankrolled his election campaign because the local Lib-Dem party was skint, it was claimed. Gavin Millar QC, for Mr Woolas,...
POLICE have issued an e-fit of a man wanted in connection with an assault outside an Alt takeaway. The 41-year-old victim was punched and kicked by a gang of youths who asked...
MORE than 7,000 children across Oldham would have qualified for free school meals under plans by the previous Government to extend the scheme. The Labour Government wanted to...
Town centre chiefs slam doom and gloom merchants OLDHAM town centre bosses have hit back at figures which suggest Oldham is struggling to lift itself out of the economic...
Mum and tot unit to be built on historic site History will be made when Oldham’s new £44 million women and children’s supercentre comes to the Royal Oldham...
Oldham TV stars Suranne Jones and Kelvin Fletcher are backing a new young people’s theatre company being run by their old tutor. Oldham Theatre Workshop founder David Johnson...
THESE bobbies are locking up the more than one person a day as they tackle drugs, gangs and anti-social behaviour in Oldham. Since January dedicated officers from the...
