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Businesses in Oldham are undergoing mixed fortunes at the moment. For many, operations are continuing as normal, some are just about managing to stay afloat, then there are those...
Date Published 11/08/2010
FOOTBALL: CHADDERTON FC Juniors under-eights are carrying all before them. The youngsters won the double in the 2009-10 East Manchester Junior League season. And they...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards SALISBURY 2.30 Classic Voice 3.05 Barq 3.40 Calatrava Cape...
And they’re off! STAFF donned their best dresses and smartest suits as legal firm Harold Stock and Co., which has offices in Mossley and Failsworth, rewarded them with a...
NEW striker Dean Kelly will be a potent weapon this season. That is the verdict of Athletic boss Paul Dickov, who is set to give the Irish rookie his starting debut in...
Date Published 10/08/2010
ATHLETIC expect to have the Tom Eaves transfer wrapped up in the next couple of days. The big striker has been the subject of speculation for weeks, but it appears that an end...
FORWARDS Craig Robinson and Luke Sutton will give Oldham boss Tony Benson a boost this week in the build-up to Sunday's big derby clash with Hornets RL at the Whitebank Stadium....
Dickov expects positive display in cup test MAKE NO mistake — when Athletic go to Scunthorpe tonight, they go there to win the game. This early in the season, it can...
CRICKET: ROYTON Cricket Club's Lake Garage CLL campaign took a bizarre twist at the weekend when four selected members of the first team opted to withdraw from the side. Their...
SPEEDWAY: Belle Vue returned to Elite League action with a 56-38 home victory over Peterborough. With matches running out, Aces must win all of their remaining home fixtures...
Subscriptions taken, then gym ceases trading ANGRY keep-fit customers have been left out of pocket after subscribing to a gym that closed down just days later. They claim...
THE Mayor of Oldham is rallying the community to come to the aid of flood victims as monsoon rain continues to take lives in Pakistan. Many Oldham residents, particularly in...
ICE HOCKEY: MANCHESTER Phoenix face a tricky opening weekend to the new English Premier League season. They travel to Basingstoke Bison on September 18 before welcoming Slough...
An independent investigation will be held into the crash which killed 17-year-old Oldham driver Waqar Ahmed Alyas. He died in the early hours of July 30 when his Ford Focus...
Police launch appeal to find culprits THE parents of baby Taimoor Ahmed have suffered another blow only days after what would have been his first birthday. Taimoor was...
A GANG of youths viciously attacked and robbed a man in Alt as he walked to a takeaway. The 41-year-old victim was in Abbeyhills Road at 11pm on Friday, July 30, when he...
OLDHAM actor and “Strictly Come Dancing” star Ricky Whittle deliberately knocked down a photographer with his car in frustration, a court heard yesterday. Whittle...
CHLOE Oldham beat Natasha Banjac 6-3 in the final of the Dunlop Oldham and District Championship’s under-15s competition. For the the first time in the competition's...
CLINT Murfitt shed a great weight from his mind when he made the decision to Shrink4Pink. Eighteen months ago, the 46-year-old Littlemoor man topped the scales at 18-stone...
RUGBY: OLDHAM Rugby Union Club hosts the annual Dennis Truelove 10s competition on Saturday. Rochdale Cobras, Village Spartans, Hollinwood, Ashton-under-Lyne, Aldwinians,...
A BIKER gran marked her 102nd birthday today by revving the engine of a world-class motorbike. Born in the year the Model T Ford was introduced, sprightly Hilda Wright is a...
ROYTON Assembly Hall should be brought back into public ownership to put an end to the on-going saga, according to a Labour councillor. The hall was purchased by Whispers...
THE former head of the Royal Oldham Hospital Trust has died after a short illness. Gloria Oates was chief executive of the Oldham NHS Trust, which ran the Royal Oldham...
Oldhamers are to get a second public transport boost when Metrolink trams come to the town centre in 2014 — a new Victoria Station in Manchester to travel to. Renovation...
BOWLS: REIGNING champion Darren Griffiths, his Tonge and Nimble Nook team-mate Colin Lane, and Springbank’s Ged Smedley have qualified for the finals of the Moorside...
A listed mill in Werneth has become a derelict eyesore. That’s the view of Labour ward councillor Shoab Akhtar, who wants Oldham Council to buy Hartford Mill. But...
Oldhamers complain about their public transport more than almost anyone else in Greater Manchester while neighbours in Rochdale are happiest with their services. Only...
GLOBE trotting meerkat Alex is getting closer to nature on a luxury trip to the Philippines. The furry faced Dr Kershaw’s mascot enjoyed a day at the exotic Mantigue...
EVERY year an army of green-fingered workers and volunteers transforms villages, towns and cities across the country. Reporter Karen Doherty found out more about the in-bloom...
WHAT KATI DID NEXT: THIS weather is a bit of a pain isn’t it? Not knowing whether its going to rain or shine makes for heavy packing when you are travelling around with...
