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ATHLETIC captain Sean Gregan has been pulled out of all football action by Athletic due to fitness concerns. The 36-year-old, last season's player of the year, missed a large...
Date Published 25/08/2010
OLDHAM Rugby League Football Club (1997) Limited has been served with a new winding-up petition. A notice appeared in the London Gazette in which details of the petition,...
Sir Alex Ferguson today joined forces with Manchester United legend Sir Bobby Charlton in a bid to impress the FIFA team inspecting England's 2018 World Cup bid. The Scot has...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: MOSSLEY were thumped 5-0 at Clitheroe in the Evo-Stick Division One North last night. Trailing 1-0 at half-time, Mossley saw Ben Richardson receive a...
AMATEUR RUGBY LEAGUE: SIX teams will do battle for this season's Rugby Oldham Challenge title. Holders Oldham St Anne's are in the running along with Higginshaw, Hollinwood,...
CRICKET: BAMFORD Fieldhouse and Uppermill battle it out in the Tanner Cup final on Sunday (1.30pm). Bamford’s ground is unavailable on the day so, despite winning the...
Oldham-dwelling Manchester City kit manager and former Latics star Les Chapman’s football weekly THE 3-0 victory over Liverpool at Eastlands was easily our best...
GOLF: OLDHAM’S Anthony Cavanagh is one of 32 golfers bidding for glory in next week’s Audi Quattro UK cup final. Anthony, from Hathershaw, will fight for the right...
GOLF: STAMFORD fell agonisingly short of claiming a share of the Oldham and District Golf League’s ‘A’ division title. They went into their rearranged game...
RUGBY LEAGUE: LONDON is calling Moorside rugby league match official Ian Scott. The teenager is one of only seven youngsters chosen to officiate at the Carnegie Champion...
SWIMMING: Teenager Jessica Lloyd has been back amongst medals after making waves overseas. Jessica (15) was part of the women’s 4x100 metre freestyle relay team that...
Model Sarah plans a ‘Night to Remember’ for our troops A GLAMOUR model from Oldham is giving our soldiers a homecoming to remember. Sarah Longbottom (22) is...
Comrades will trek 180 miles SOLDIERS take their first steps on a 180-mile fund-raising march tomorrow in memory of a comrade who lost his life in Afghanistan. Former Hulme...
Teacher conquers fears to reach summit FOR a man who doesn’t like heights, teacher Steve Hill picked a perilous feat for his latest challenge. The deputy head at St...
AS the number of students opting for science and maths falls across the country, high-achieving pupils at Blue Coat are bucking the national trend. The seven pupils with the...
FAILSWORTH School is celebrating its best ever GCSE results with one pupil scooping an astonishing 11 A* grades and one A. Callum Slattery (16), from Failsworth, was pick of...
BANNERS were unfurled at Radclyffe and St Augustine schools to honour their record-breaking pupils. They proudly welcomed nervous teenagers who arrived to collect their GCSE...
SERBIAN teenager Aleksandra Makuca is celebrating a huge personal achievement by scooping 4A*s, 1A, 4Bs and 2Cs. Five years ago, the 16-year-old Royton and Crompton School...
CRICKET: GREENFIELD under-17s have won the Lancashire County League title for the second consecutive year after two victories were enough to pip Denton West to top spot. They...
CREATIVE youngsters are getting stuck into a campaign to reduce the amount of chewing gum on local streets. A four-week promotion — run by Oldham Council in association...
CRICKET: OLDHAM under-13s failed to make it through to the final of the Lancashire Schools’ Hacking Cup when they went down by nine wickets to a strong Bolton side in their...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
A FORMER Mayor of Oldham has lost his battle with cancer less than a week before his 78th birthday. Former Conservative Councillor John Curran, who served as Oldham Mayor in...
Volunteers team-up for club refurb A REAL team effort helped a rugby club with its dream of transforming a disused school into a thriving venue. As revealed by the...
TIME is running out for one of Oldham’s most famous landmarks as the demolition of Mumps Bridge looms ever closer. The North bridge, which stands over the road out of Oldham,...
SELF-service checkout counters are loved and loathed in equal measure — but new research suggests they could be causing longer supermarket queues. Richard Hooton asked...
A MOTHER and daughter have achieved their dream of opening a salon in Shaw. Julie and Beth Norbury have launched Rare in Trent Road, investing more than £40,000 in the...
AN Oldham business is one of five being bailed out by the the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). Dean House Financial Services Ltd, at Admiral House, Parsons...
OLDHAM-based food companies are invited to attend the world’s leading food industry show. UK Trade and Investment North-West (UKTI) has designed travel and accommodation...
Groundwork Oldham is hosting a free breakfast seminar on Wednesday, September 15, about environmental management systems and how they can benefit a business. An environmental...
