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Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
Date Published 09/08/2010
Adrenalin junkies rise to latest challenge Most people would call it quits after jumping out of a plane at 14,000ft, but for Uppermill adrenalin junkie Chris Gaynon, it was just...
CONTROVERSIAL plans to install squat toilets to a shopping centre in Rochdale have been flushed. Bosses at the Exchange Shopping Centre wanted to convert two toilets last...
The art of HUMOURING SIBLINGS: As you can imagine, being an expert in everything is pretty exhausting. I can’t just throw these pieces together. Each topic has to...
NEW loan signings Oumare Tounkara and Jean-Yves M’Voto are expected to make their Athletic debuts when the npower League One campaign gets under way at Tranmere tomorrow....
Date Published 06/08/2010
I KNEW when I took the job here that it was not going to be at all easy and that I faced a big challenge, says PAUL DICKOV. Thankfully, I like challenges. I enjoy working...
GERRY TAGGERT COLUMN WHEN Paul Dickov and I were growing up, we were given our chance to play first-team football at a young age. It served us well for the rest of our...
DON'T panic . . . that’s the message from Roughyeds coach Tony Benson following his side's surprise defeat against South Wales. Well beaten on home soil by a Scorpions outfit...
LEAGUE One new boys Rochdale will not be short of motivation when they kick off the season at home to Hartlepool tomorrow. As if the prospect of playing in a higher division...
OLDHAM caused one of the shocks of the Lake Garage CLL season when winning at Norden in June. On that occasion, Craig Joy crashed 10 sixes and five fours in a devastating...
AUSTERLANDS are targeting a first Moore Cup triumph this weekend. Paul Barnes’ young side face a Sunday showdown against Bamford Fieldhouse at Thorpe Lane in the...
TONGE are a massive 25.5 points clear at the top of the Manchester Premier League after a convincing 13.5-3 (196-136) victory at Tottington. Andrew Cairns led the way with a...
MICK Tighe won the first of four Medlock Bridge AC evening matches on Park Lake with 13lb of skimmers, tench and chub. Conrad Taylor followed with 11lb 14oz, ahead of Dave...
TROUBLE-MAKING youths will be given the elbow from parks across Oldham as police launch an anti-social behaviour crackdown. The move comes in response to complaints from...
A CHAINSAW-wielding yob launched a mindless attack on trees at the Eldon Street Estate. The council is appealing for information after elderly residents saw a man in a hooded...
ELLEN Brierley will never be forgotten because her work for education, children and the borough will live on, mourners at her funeral service were told. St Patrick’s RC...
The new Failsworth Trust Committee should be scrapped and replaced by a group including local people, according to Labour leader Councillor Jim McMahon. He has sent a formal...
A Fitton Hill dental practice is expanding to give around 1,000 extra people NHS care. The Ravat and Ray Dental Care in Fitton Hill is taking on a new dentist and anyone...
A FORMER soldier facing a possible death sentence in Iraq has appealed to the Prime Minister to help him. Danny Fitzsimons, a former pupil at Our Lady’s RC High in...
FEARS of racial tension at one of Oldham’s planned showpiece academies were revealed by white and Asian pupils last night. BBC’s “Newsnight” programme...
CHADDERTON’S youth have a smart new building to call their own. Their new-look youth centre, which has been transformed by a £45,000 refurbishment scheme, was...
CONTRACTORS have been appointed to construct tram lines through Oldham as Metrolink moves ever closer. The announcement follows the approval for trams to run along Union...
CHADDERTON TV star Suranne Jones will open this year’s Southport Flower Show. The former “Coronation Street” star will lead the grand opening ceremony on...
Ditching his trademark burgundy jacket and opting for a pristine white waistcoat, adventurous traveller Alex the meerkat has made his latest appearance — at a wedding in...
ROB PURDIE came through his first run-out in an Athletic shirt unscathed as the reserves pipped Rhyl in a 5-4 thriller in North Wales. Playing alongside another long-term...
Date Published 05/08/2010
AN Oldham family today told how their grandmother came within seconds of being swept to her death in the devastating floods in Pakistan. Naz Parveen (59) was travelling to...
A BLUEPRINT for the future . . . that is the path Athletic youth team boss Tony Philliskirk believes the club are going down in giving young players a chance. Since coming in,...
A CHANGE was as good as a rest for Jason Jarrett. Disillusioned with professional football, Athletic’s new centre-back convert gave up the game completely last season save for...
A WOMAN was left fighting for her life after becoming trapped under the wheels of a reversing van. Horrified passers-by looked on as swarms of police, three fire engines and...
A LAST-DITCH attempt is being made to stop an asylum seeker being kicked-out of an Oldham children’s home today. Around 20 people took part in a vigil yesterday to...
