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SOUTHAMPTON are hot favourites at the bookmakers to finish clear of the pack in npower League One this season. Alan Pardew’s men suffered from a 10-point deduction last...
Date Published 04/08/2010
AN Oldham student has reached the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro and raised £4,000 for charity. Arif Ahmed Mohid from Coppice climbed the 5,895 metre African peak in...
PAUL Rowbotham’s remarkable run of six successive Werneth club championships has been ended – by his eldest son. Lee (24) took the title with two level-par rounds...
Oldham’s gateway to the country — Manchester’s Victoria Station, which was named the worst in the country last year — WILL be modernised despite losing out...
THERE will be a final-day showdown to decide the Oldham and District League’s ‘B’ Division title winners. Denton host leaders Brookdale knowing any kind of...
A STATE-of-the-art breast screening service that provides clearer and faster results has opened in the town centre. The service, commissioned by NHS Oldham, at the Integrated...
AUSTERLANDS and Milnrow are in a fight to the finish for the Saddleworth and District Junior Cricket League under-17s title. They are separated by three points with two games...
A £22MILLION project to repair crumbling retaining walls across Oldham is well under way. Government funding was approved to strengthen 120 walls across Oldham,...
THIS weekend’s Oldham Carnival promises to be the best yet with a packed programme of entertainment. The event takes place at Alexandra Park on Saturday and Sunday and...
A CHILDREN’S charity has praised the bravery of a 14-year-old Rochdale girl who helped convict nine men after she was sexually exploited. The vulnerable teenager was...
Oldham fire-fighters will swop fire engines for cycles when they pedal coast to coast in aid of charity. They are tackling the 210-mile route from Connah’s Quay in North...
FAMILIES had a blast at Stoneleigh’s annual Party in the Park. Attractions included go-karts, a climbing wall, a bouncy castle, face painting and stalls. The event...
ATHLETIC manager Paul Dickov has boosted his defensive ranks by snapping up trialist Rod McDonald on a one-year contract. Released by Stoke City in the summer, the 18-year-old...
Date Published 03/08/2010
ROUGHYEDS coach Tony Benson will make checks on his weary and wounded troops at training tonight. A mystery illness apparently affected Wayne Kerr and Marcus St Hilaire in the...
SIMON Corney says he can’t wait for the new campaign to get going, despite the recent upheaval behind the scenes. Former chairman Simon Blitz and director Danny Gazal...
NOBODY who watched Sean Gregan last season could begrudge him his raft of player-of-the-season trophies. A highly frustrating campaign saw Athletic perform below the level...
ATHLETIC ’keeper Dean Brill puts his excellent pre-season form down to improved confidence levels. The former Luton Town stopper had a mixed campaign last time out....
THIS season, Athletic will travel a distance greater than the entire length of the Great Wall of China. Over the course of the campaign, the poor loaded-up executive coach...
Cricket by KEITH McHUGH LUKE PROCTER was cruelly robbed of an LV=County Championship debut for Lancashire. The 21-year-old Royton CC professional pulled a calf muscle...
GREATER Manchester overwhelmed an outclassed North Midlands side to reach the final of the Endsleigh County Championship. Featuring several local players, Manchester won by 27...
MATT Gillies (pictured) clinched his first major title of the season when winning the Hilltop Sports and Social Club Open Handicap at Blackrod BC, near Bolton. Gillies, the...
NEW Oldham RU coach Guy Lovegreen can’t wait for the North Lancs & Cumbria division one season to get under way. Lovegreen (32) takes his Manor Park side to Blackburn on...
TRAMS have been given the green light to roll into Union Street by spring 2012. Greater Manchester transport bosses have approved the £89 million extension into the heart of...
Greater Manchester is to get the only all-night tram system in Britain when the Metrolink extension to the Airport opens –with cheap fares for its 19,000 staff. The...
MUSIC runs in the family for John and Costello Marshall, who attended the event of a lifetime at Buckingham Palace. The couple, from Prince Edward Street, Clarksfield, were...
An 18-year-old Royal Navy recruit from Royton has marched out on parade to celebrate completing his basic training at HMS Raleigh in Cornwall. Trainee air engineering...
THE tragic death of an Oldham naval rating which features in the Imperial War Museum North’s latest major exhibition has prompted local memories. The Evening Chronicle...
NO Oldham schools have applied to become part of the Government’s new wave of academies. Education Secretary Michael Gove wrote to every primary, secondary and special...
MAGISTRATES sympathised with an Oldham man who snatched the keys of a drunken pal to stop him from driving. Robbie Clarke’s good intentions backfired after he jumped...
A 40-YEAR-OLD man who downloaded extreme pornographic films featuring animals and children has been jailed for 16 months. Darren Toone, of Mossley Common, Worsley, pleaded...
