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OLDHAM probation is trailblazing a unique scheme it believes will protect the public and rehabilitate high-risk criminals. The borough has been named as the second best...
Date Published 30/08/2010
OLDHAM youngsters did the borough proud as they picked up honours in a regional sports competition. Young people from across the region flocked to Manchester’s Sportcity...
THE ART OF GETTING SOME PEACE: I lay on a bed in the caravan with the bedroom door shut and I smiled inside. My wife had obviously explained to the children what I was...
ONE in a million — that’s how friends and neighbours of Amanda Brown describe her. The 41-year-old, of Henley Street in Chadderton, has been nominated for a Pride...
ATHLETIC manager Paul Dickov expects every bit as good a performance from his side tomorrow as he got at Charlton. Shorn of the suspended Jason Jarrett — Jean -Yves...
Date Published 27/08/2010
PROP Jason Boults, who has a groin injury, misses only his second game of the season at London Skolars tonight when Oldham drop the curtain on their 2010 Co-operative Championship...
Yeovil face a new, vibrant Latics FORGET The Exorcist, Hellraiser or any of the Freddy Krueger films. If you are searching for that look-away moment or for a shiver to be...
OLDHAM Roughyeds players face their final Co-operative Championship One game of the season at London Skolars tonight (6.30pm kick-off). And though the game makes no difference...
MANCHESTER United entertain West Ham in the Premier League tomorrow with a ringing endorsement from chief executive David Gill. Victory at home to Newcastle and a draw at...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: MOSSLEY host Witton Albion in the FA Cup Preliminary Round tomorrow as The Lilywhites look to bounce back from two defeats on the trot. Bank Holiday...
Uppermill fired up to battle powerful Bamford CRICKET: UPPERMILL skipper Alex Griffiths goes into the Tanner Cup final against Bamford Fieldhouse on Sunday (1.30pm) admitting...
Tories call for shake-up over parking ‘misery’ RADICAL reforms to the borough’s parking rules have been proposed in a bid to clamp down on “out of...
CRICKET: MEL Whittle’s impending retirement from cricket has added extra spice to Sunday’s derby match between Oldham and Crompton. The 63-year-old has only four...
CRICKET: A DELPH double-header is on its way this weekend in the Drakes Huddersfield League Premiership. Grant Jones’s team host Skelmanthorpe tomorrow before travelling...
SADDLEWORTH artist David Ford yesterday put the finishing touches to a painting which captures the end of an era for Oldham. David set up his easel on the approach to Mumps...
More than £33million in court fines remain unpaid across Greater Manchester. A judge or magistrate can order a fine as the whole or part of a sentence for a wide range...
Latics assistant manager gives his thoughts every Friday throughout the season DEAN Furman has been one of our shining lights so far and he is starting to reap the rewards of...
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a woman was threatened with a knife as robbers stole her car from a petrol forecourt. The 22-year-old parked her Vauxhall Corsa at the...
FOOTBALL: AVRO shook off their stuttering start to the season in the Bridgewater Office Supplies Manchester League Premier Division with a 4-0 win at Royton Town. Rob...
A distraught dog owner is pleading for help after fears her beloved 11-year-old Yorkshire terrier has been dog-napped. Jessica, a miniature Yorkie, was last seen by Elaine...
WHAT a result! Less than a week after the Chronicle highlighted the poor state of the goalposts on Clayton Playing Fields and Heyside they have now been spruced up. Acting...
ONE of Britain’s first woman brain surgeons, Carys Bannister, has died at the age of 76. Miss Bannister was the region’s first female neurosurgeon, and operated on...
BOWLS: TONGE have one hand on the Manchester Premier League trophy following their 11-3 (200-141) victory over Longwood. Gary Ellis led the way with a 21-6 success. Tonge...
OLDHAM was at the centre of a massive rescue operation with dozens of firefighters took part in a vital training exercise. Eighty people including UK Search and Rescue teams...
Lecturer in chemistry at the University of Huddersfield. OUR sun is the giver of life and provides much of our energy. Its glow heats the Earth’s surface to a...
LIFE AND OTHER BITS: THERE was a time when just popping out for half a dozen eggs meant that a breakfast fry up or toast soldiers was on the menu. The eggs came back in a...
Angling: IT’S all go at Twingates Angling Club, with plenty of gripping action resulting in some fine captures. The pensioners’ match fished on the top lodge saw...
ATHLETICS: TWO local runners took a step in a different direction by competing in the first ever UK Backward Running Championships. David Emanuel from Littleborough and...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
FIT-AGAIN Warren Feeney is following his manager's ethos to the letter. One of the hallmarks of Paul Dickov's so-far successful reign at Athletic has been that he has refused...
Date Published 26/08/2010