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A dedicated group of international artists have made the long trip to the Saddleworth hills to capture the borough’s beauty in their work. Budding painters travelled...
Date Published 13/08/2010
DR ROGER JEWSBURY head of department of chemical and biological sciences, University of Huddersfield, reveals how decay can tell us a lot more than how long something has been...
Les Miserables, Lowry, Salford Once again to the barricades, and not at all a chore. Having seen this new, 25th anniversary production of the greatest of all modern...
LIFE AND OTHER BITS: OH to be a banker now that the recession’s here. While millions face the horror of unemployment and even more of us wonder how we will make ends...
TOM Eaves has signed for Bolton Wanderers. The 18-year-old striker has ended weeks of speculation by putting pen to paper on a three-year deal with the Premier League club,...
Date Published 12/08/2010
PHIL McGrath's injury curse has struck once again. The unlucky 18-year-old left winger left the field on a stretcher last night as Athletic's reserves went down to a 2-1...
DJENY Bembo-Leta was beaming after netting his first goal in senior football. The 18-year-old was brought into the Athletic side to face Scunthorpe in Tuesday’s Carling...
WHO would you put your money on to emerge as the fastest player on the Roughyeds' books? Over the course of the season so far it's been whittled down to two — wingers...
CRICKET: ROYTON believe the four players who refused to play for the first team against Walsden last Saturday have “let down” the Paddock club. And, unless the...
THE Tanner Cup semi-final between Greenfield and Uppermill is to be replayed. Following new evidence provided by Uppermill, the Saddleworth and District Cricket League...
Woolas slams £8,900 donation AN £8,900 donation from local charity Life for a Life to a Nottingham-based organisation which works mainly in India has been slammed...
A DOUBLE header takes place at the Whitebank Stadium this weekend. The reserves bid to complete a double over Leigh on Saturday (2pm kick-off), a day before the first-team's...
THE heartbroken family of a teenager who died after suffering a reaction to a late-night snack wants lessons to be learned by the ambulance trust that treated him. Christopher...
WITH the end of an already-memorable season in sight, Roughyeds fans are invited to start thinking about which players have impressed most at both first team and reserve team...
ACTOR Ricky Whittle has been cleared of deliberately knocking down a photographer in Liverpool. The Oldham-born former “Hollyoaks” actor, who came second in the...
HAVING splashed the cash, Manchester City kick off their most eagerly-anticipated season in decades at Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday lunchtime. The eyes of the world are on...
An angry Oldham woman has been left fuming after her new bed collapsed from under her on the first night she slept in it. Caroline Pollard (38) and husband Judd (65) were...
OLDHAM’s jobless total fell last month by 25 but worryingly, the number of women out of work in the borough rose by 42. The number of men who are out of work fell by 67...
Paul Scholes does not know when his career might end — or whether he might take up coaching. What he does know is that, at 35, he will continue to savour every game for...
AN Oldham Euro-MP is calling for a review into the smoking ban in pubs and clubs across the country. Paul Nuttall is writing to every MP in the North-West urging them to...
TWO giant shire horses paraded through Delph to celebrate the White Lion pub winning a Cask Marque ale excellence award. It was a sight to behold as excited locals braved the...
TWO primary school boys from Cornwall will make a 650-mile round trip to support the Roughyeds in Sunday’s derby clash with Rochdale Hornets at the Whitebank Stadium....
CRICKET: BAMFORD Fieldhouse are through to the semi-final of the ECB National Knock-out Cup after seeing off Walmley. On a difficult wicket, Bamford batted first and scrambled...
A campaign supporting the rights of ex-servicemen and women is being backed by Oldham UK Independence Party Euro MP Paul Nuttall. The Equality For Veterans Association (EFVA),...
CRICKET: DELPH suffered defeat in the Romida Sykes Cup final for the third time in five years when they were beaten by Skelmanthorpe at Honley. Skipper Grant Jones identified...
THE Chronicle has linked up with Dr Kershaw’s to have a Summer of Fun with the Royton hospice’s latest fund-raising mascot Alex the meerkat. The popular cuddly toy...
CHADDERTON FC Juniors under-eights are carrying all before them. The youngsters clinched the double in the 2009-10 East Manchester Junior League season. And they have...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
FORMER pupils from Hathershaw Technical High are invited to relive their school days at a reunion party. The school was open from 1955 to 1966 and the party, which will take...
PAV’S PATCH: I ENJOY reading obituaries and I reckon the best on offer are in The Economist. Last month they printed a brilliant one about Egon Ronay, the food critic....
