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CRICKET: ROYTON is the home venue as Central Lancashire take on Birkenhead in the British Parks Championship on Sunday (2pm). Steve Copeland, Colin Lane and Mark Dwayre are...
Date Published 18/06/2010
CRICKET: CROMPTON have been on the receiving end of some heavy defeats recently, but tomorrow’s Lake Garage CLL trip to Ashton gives them hope of a change in fortune....
CRICKET: TAKE cover! Stand-and-deliver batsman Loots Bosman is in action for Greenfield tomorrow against Droylsden in round two of the Saddleworth and District League’s...
£44m maternity hospital will be delivered Oldham is to get a new multi-million maternity hospital which will include an intensive care unit for babies. The...
ROBERT Hicks takes charge of a Super League match for the first time on Sunday when Leeds Rhinos take on Crusaders RL. And the Austerlands-based official (28) is determined to...
THREE major Fitton Hill and Hathershaw projects are on hold until the Government releases money which has been earmarked for building and improvement work. The biggest is the...
CRICKET: SIXTH-placed Delph host Holmfirth in the Drakes Huddersfield League premiership tomorrow. They will be looking to keep up the momentum gathered by wins against Broad...
Suspect caught on CCTV POLICE have released the CCTV image of a man wanted in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a teenage girl with learning difficulties on a bus...
Angling: TODMORDEN AS has hosted plenty of top quality action. The open match fished on the Rochdale Canal was won by Gary Smith with a massive 40lb net, comprising 11 big...
AN annual trophy is to be awarded at the Greenfield band contest in memory of a doting dad who died after being hit by a coach at the event. Alan Chamberlain (57) and his...
GOVERNMENT cuts could see plans to improve sports pitches in Fitton Hill and Hathershaw scuppered for a second time. Bosses at New Deal for Communities (NDC) are anxiously...
Tributes to woman who shaped Oldham Sixth Form College A FORMER deputy principal of Oldham Sixth Form College who played a key role in its development, has died. Erica...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards REDCAR 2.20 Tinkertown 2.55 Simple Jim 3.35 Tagseed 4.10 Solstice...
VANDALS caused £7,000 worth of damage after running amok in Alexandra Park. A gang of yobs toppled and smashed four stone urns, trashed benches and damaged a manhole...
INTERNATIONALLY renowned stained-glass artist Brian Clarke is playing a colourful part in the visit of the Pope to England in September. Brian (56) was born in Oldham and...
WORLD CUP FEVER: POLICE and paramedics will join forces in Oldham tonight as England fans flock to bars and pubs to cheer on the national side in South Africa. Following...
The fast-tracking of plans for an Oldham mosque before the local elections has been reported to a councillors’ watchdog. The plans were classed as urgent business at the...
Residents’ anger as stuck vehicles cause chaos ANGRY councillors and residents are claiming problems at a notorious traffic blackspot are causing chaos. There has been...
Metrolink’s extensions to Ashton and East Didsbury will go ahead as planned. Yesterday projects worth billions of pounds were cancelled and suspended by the new...
'It's a privilege to be an MP for Oldham' THE local Labour party is throwing a celebratory dinner tonight to honour Michael Meacher’s 40 years service as an MP for Oldham....
Saddleworth and Lees District Partnership The unveiling of the first draft of the new Saddleworth and Lees District plan caused controversy last night as one councillor...
Shaw and Crompton Parish Council A NEW member has joined the parish council to fill a vacancy. David Murphy, of Moss Hey Street, Shaw, was co-opted to the North Ward as a...
Ladies Day glamour FASHIONABLE ladies gave punters at Royal Ascot a run for their money as they donned their finest frocks and hats for a day of fundraising fun in the sun....
Chronicle Cup Prediction League How good are YOU at predicting the result of each game? If you think you’re god enough enter the Chronicle’s World Cup Prediction League....
Roger Jewsbury, Head of Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Huddersfield Taking them off the shelves isn’t such a bright move Of all the...
RUSALKA, Lowry, Salford SEVEN years on, Opera North returns to Dvorak’s best known opera with several of the original cast, including the soprano who played the title...
LIFE AND OTHER BITS: CAN we get any brighter; can we know and understand more than we do already or are we destined to stay as dim as a dead light bulb? Well, according to...
Latics face Rovers on opening day THE guessing game is over, the fixtures are out, and Athletic have been handed an away-day to kick off their npower League One campaign....
Date Published 17/06/2010
ATHLETIC chief executive Alan Hardy was happy with how the fixtures panned out but wants to move the home game with Rochdale back by 24 hours. He said: “The police rate...
MANCHESTER United open their 2010-11 Barclays Premier League campaign against newly-promoted Newcastle United. The season gets under way on August 14, and Sir Alex...
