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LIFE AND OTHER BITS: SO, we are after all in for a bit of cosy political hokey-cokey (left and right legs in and plenty of shaking it all about) with Howard Sykes welcoming Jack...
Date Published 28/05/2010
ATHLETIC hope to announce the identity of their new manager “as soon as possible”, following the conclusion of the interviews process. The club have revealed they...
Date Published 27/05/2010
CRICKET: THREE captains from the Saddleworth and District Cricket League believe something needs to be done to make cricket more competitive. Bamford Fieldhouse, with a rich...
FOOTBALL: FOR once, dressing room favourite Les Chapman was temporarily lost for words when he was given the special award for outstanding contribution at Manchester City’s...
OLDHAM Rugby League Club has received a double boost from local businesses in its continuing effort to improve the Whitebank Stadium. Specsavers has agreed to sponsor the new...
FOOTBALL: BLACKPOOL and Manchester City may be separated by only 50 miles of tarmac, but the financial gap between the two is distinctly long-haul. The Tangerines, still...
SWIMMING: OLDHAM Amateur Swimming Club earned an emphatic win in the Central Lancashire Junior Jubilee League. They overcame rivals Darwen, Chadderton and Ashton-under-Lyne in...
CRICKET: Greengate suffered their first defeat of the season in the Ashton and Oldham Alliance when they were beaten at Newtonhurst, who replaced them in top spot. The...
Pub closes door on band contests A defiant pub landlord is calling time on his busiest day of the year tomorrow because of controversial security issues at the brass band...
FOOTBALL: SPRINGHEAD AFC hosts the Live4Soccer open day festival on Sunday. Organisers have lined up an under-nines and under-13s mini-soccer tournament as well as an open age...
Police have launched a tough new operation to clamp down on drug dealers and break up organised crime in and around Oldham. Operational Brunel aims to swoop on groups of...
THE Lake Garage CLL under-18 team to play the Ribblesdale League at Rochdale next Monday (1.30pm) is: Scott Butterworth, capt, Greg Butterworth, Tom Avery (Rochdale), Grant...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards BRIGHTON 2.00 Ask Jenny 2.30 Afkar 3.05 Timocracy 3.40 Aestival...
A CRACKDOWN on drug dealing and anti-social behaviour is taking place this week in a bid to clean up Coldhurst. Officers from the Oldham West Neighbourhood Policing Team are...
A market trader is to face a Crown Court trial accused of sexually abusing two young boys more than 30 years ago. Ian Stanner (50), of Hollins Road, Oldham, appeared before...
Tributes flow as David Jones becomes Mayor THE “Welsh wizard” spoke of his pride at being honoured by the people of Oldham as he became the borough’s new...
LABOUR councillors hit out during yesterday’s annual council meeting claiming they had been deliberately blocked from the council’s Cabinet. The Cabinet has a...
TRIBUTES were paid to four former councillors Aileen Bell, Mohib Uddin, Stephen Barrow and Philip Rogers, who lost their seats during the recent local elections. Conservative...
OLDHAM Council unanimously agreed to oppose plans to move civil courts from Oldham to Manchester. The Court Service has plans to stop circuit judges travelling to Oldham, and...
Brass band ethusiasts and beer walkers are gearing up for another glorious Whit weekend of celebration in Saddleworth in what is often referred to as the greatest free show on...
Truancy in secondary schools has gone down in Oldham but still remains higher than the average across England. Figures for the autumn term, 2009, show 1.35 per cent of all...
A PROSTHETICS student put her university work into practise when she gave a Fijian teenager a new lease of life. Lisa Buckley secured funding to help to bring 16-year-old...
A brass band from Guernsey will perform in Oldham this weekend — to thank locals for helping their Channel Island relatives during the evacuation of the Second World War....
Art teacher Simon unfazed by epic ride CHARITY cyclist Simon McRoyall will swap his painting palette for a pair of wheels when he makes the mammoth journey from Land’s...
TOP students from Oldham Sixth Form College are the first to win a sliver rosebowl left to the borough by a well-known businessman and secret millionaire. They won the...
POLICE have confirmed they are investigating a formal complaint made by journalist Stuart Littleford. Mr Littleford, editor of Government and Public Sector Journal and a...
POLICE staff are fearing for their jobs as GMP looks to save money to meet budget constraints. The force, working closely with Greater Manchester Police Authority, has been...
Community champion recognised for relentless charity fund-raising A community champion who has helped her workmates raise £6,500 for the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign has...
COUNCIL SURVEY: A FERRET, a meerkat, the snake in Jungle Book and an old war-horse were all star performers on the Late Show that ushered Mayor Councillor David Jones into his...
PAV’S PATCH: BACK on one of my (many) soapboxes this week. I’m returning to the subject of television cookery programmes and specifically, “Masterchef”....
