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Oldham men will be among the first in the country to benefit from new life-saving screening. The simple ultrasound scan takes around ten minutes and could halve death rates...
Date Published 06/09/2010
A BUNCH of bobbies will don their medical scrubs for a charity walk with a difference. PC Damieon Pickles and 13 of his colleagues will push a bed from Oldham Police Station...
Athletic 1, Bristol Rovers 1 WARMING up for this trip to Boundary Park, many fans’ routines will have taken in a certain football magazine programme which airs around...
GUERILLA handyman Stephen Rimmer is passing on his skills to others. Ex-serviceman Steve hit the headlines after he was unmasked by the Chronicle as the good Samaritan who...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: MOSSLEY earned their first point of the Evo-Stik League Division One North campaign courtesy of a 1-1 draw with Warrington Town at Seel Park. Ben...
OLDHAM Mountain Rescue team has received a £40,000 boost to the kitty. They were presented with the money by the East Lancashire Mark of Masons during a family fun day...
The land where the foundry for Platt Brothers engineering works once forged Oldham’s industrial revolution is now the site of a new industry — waste. The Arkwright...
BOXING: MARK Heffron plucked up some Dutch courage to earn victory on his professional debut. The welterweight flew out to the Netherlands to face Torsten Roof of Germany, who...
CRICKET: SHAW and Droylsden, from the Armstrongs Office Furniture Saddleworth and District Cricket League, look set to slug it out for the final qualifying place in next...
A neglected alley off Ripponden Road has become a place for neighbours to enjoy after residents, council staff and young offenders all mucked in to lend a hand. The alley,...
CRICKET: MOHAMMED Zaman Khan made a triumphant return to Glebe Street, albeit in unfortunate circumstances, as bottom club Crompton secured victory in their penultimate Lake...
THE Art of PICKING YOUR NOSE: There are some things in this life that everyone does on occasion even though they wouldn’t like to admit it. To be accused of such a...
CRICKET: ROYTON CC professional Luke Procter made a maiden half-century for Lancashire to steer the Red Rose county to a four-wicket Clydesdale Bank 40 victory over Worcestershire...
SADDLEWORTH care business owner and former fitness professional Mick Sheehan has been providing personal training sessions to two women about to take part in the Great North Run....
BOWLS: GREATER Manchester will have to wait at least another year to reclaim the Endsleigh County Championship crown following their four-chalks defeat to Warwick and Worcester in...
WORK by Uppermill scouts to transform a piece of scrubland into a blooming local beauty spot have resulted in a Pride in Oldham nomination for the dedicated youngsters....
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
Kes, Oldham Coliseum. THE gritty Northern play “Kes,” currently on stage at the Oldham Coliseum Theatre, evokes a whirlpool of emotions — in turn whipping up...
PAUL Dickov is backing his misfiring strikers to resume normal goalscoring service in tomorrow’s npower League One clash with Bristol Rovers at Boundary Park. And that...
Date Published 03/09/2010
ATHLETIC forward Dean Kelly has set himself a target of 10 goals in npower League One this season. The confident Irish marksman (24), who started Tuesday night’s game...
BRISTOL Rovers face a race against time to bring Mikkel Andersen to Boundary Park for tomorrow’s game, writes MATTHEW CHAMBERS. The goalkeeper is on loan from Reading, and...
CRICKET: WERNETH’S chance of clinching a top-five place and qualification for next season’s LCB Cup may have gone, but the Coppice outfit will be determined to...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: MOSSLEY travel to Warrington Town in search of their first Evo-Stik League Division One North victory of the season. Shaun Higgins’ new-look...
Latics’ assistant manager’s views, every Friday of the season THERE is more incentive than ever for us to go on a run in the FA Cup following our Johnstone’s...
FOOTBALL: MATT Gilks is set to complete the remarkable path from Heyside Juniors to the international stage. The Blackpool goalkeeper (28) has been drafted in to Craig...
FOOTBALL: TWELVE new teams have joined the D and J Builders (North West) Ltd Oldham Sunday League for the new 2010-11 season, which starts in full this weekend. This comes...
AMATEUR RUGBY LEAGUE: BUOYED by an excellent win over Siddal, Keith Brennan takes his Saddleworth Rangers side to Hull Dockers tomorrow for a National Conference League...
RUGBY UNION: OLDHAM RUFC kick off their North Lancs and Cumbria Division One campaign at Blackburn tomorrow (3pm). With influential captain Gareth Barber out until the end...
CRICKET: THINGS didn’t entirely go to plan for Uppermill in the Armstrongs Office Furniture Saddleworth and District Cricket League last weekend. Defeat by Droylsden...
BOWLS: GREATER Manchester captain Andrew Buckley has called for local bowls enthusiasts to rally to the county’s cause in their Crosfield Cup final showdown with Warwick...
