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RUGBY: SADDLEWORTH clinched a hat-trick of trophies in the Oldham Schools rugby league finals held at Manor Park and Hollinwood ARLFC. The Year sevens repelled a...
Date Published 26/05/2010
RUGBY: DESPITE trailing on more than one occasion, hosts Oldham St Anne’s under-11s earned a 12-12 draw with Leigh East. Behind to a converted try, Josh Fish was...
SPORTS AND SHOWBIZ BETTING: THERE was a time when the UK’s entry in the Eurovision Song Contest was considered to be the one the rest had to beat. Don’t get me...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards WOLVERHAMPTON 2.00 Tartaria 2.30 Yarooh 3.00 Mainstay 3.30 If...
THE London 2012 mascots have caused quite a stir since the alien-like, one-eyed creatures were unveiled. Like ‘em or loathe ‘em, everyone it seems has an opinion...
ART-LOVERS descended on Gravelhole Methodist Church to celebrate the gift of creativity. Around 200 visitors flocked to the Royton church’s second arts festival, giving...
CHANNEL HOPPING: WELLINGTON boots were the only clue for the pseudo-talented teens as they trudged off to week two of “Junior Apprentice”. Sugar daddy (don’t...
GAYNOR Wilson, the photographer behind Oldham’s racy Macmillan Calendar — a group of naked Saddleworth femme fatales with appropriately placed props — has moved...
A TELECOMS business set up eight years ago by an Oldham woman has moved back to the borough from its central Manchester base. T1 Telecoms, a voice and data solutions provider,...
AROUND 100 budding entrepreneurs and business owners attended a major conference to inspire growth and development of social enterprise. The ‘Moving Forward...
Only six face new controls SIX Uppermill pubs have been handed strict drinking restrictions in a bid to prevent troublemakers spoiling Whit Friday Band Contest celebrations....
Date Published 25/05/2010
A 26-YEAR-OLD Oldham man who carried out three serious attacks in five months has been jailed for three years. Kadir Hussain, of Pitt Street, Oldham, pleaded guilty to affray,...
Another £8m is to be spent on preparing the way for Metrolink trams in Oldham and Rochdale town centres. As work progresses on converting the Oldham loop line to...
Seniority overlooked, says councillor A CRITIC who has branded Saddleworth Parish Council “irrelevant” has failed to become its vice chairman. Instead...
OLDHAM’S director of public health has hailed a supermarket chain for backing Government plans to restrict the sale of cheap alcohol. The move by Tesco has been...
MINDLESS vandals smashed windows at a struggling Lees church, leaving parishioners with a hefty repair bill. The damage at St Thomas’s Church, Leesfield, was discovered...
OLDHAM Coroner’s Office has appealed for help in tracking down relatives and friends of a man who was found dead at his home on Saturday. The body of the man, believed...
OLDHAM Council has curbed its use of covert surveillance powers to tackle petty crimes such as noise nuisance and fly-tipping. Last year, the council was named as one of the...
Young Jamie Cattermole has become a restaurant inspector — even though he’s only 10! Jamie, from Derker, joined a panel of local children who gave their thumbs up...
FIREFIGHTERS are appealing to people not to start grass fires following a spate of incidents yesterday. Crews from Mossley tackled three separate incidents across the...
DRUNKEN teens on village streets in Saddleworth could be in for a sharp shock as local police enforce tough new measures to tackle disorder. Using revised powers under Section...
COMMUNITY groups in Oldham are being urged to apply for more than £72,000 of grant money. A total of £72,715 is still available through the Community Foundation’s Grassroots...
PEOPLE can take a closer look at a stunning piece of the borough’s sporting heritage. The ornate Oldham Standard Challenge Cup — first lifted by Heyside in 1904...
ROGER Fielding has followed in his father’s footsteps to become the new Mayor of Austerlands. Retiring Mayor Gerry De Maine handed over the clog-iron chain of office at...
VOLUNTEERS laboured in the heat to clean-up part of the Rochdale Canal. The team from Chadderton business Diodes Zetex Semiconductors, Firwood and District Residents’...
COUNCILLORS will be urged to oppose the plans to move civil court cases from Oldham to Manchester at their annual meeting tomorrow. If the motion is passed by Oldham Council,...
LITTLE Tyler Hall is on his way to fame and fortune after reaching the national finals of a Disney modelling competition. The eight-month-old, from Moorside, is hoping...
THE CANDIDATES are entering the final straight in the race to become Athletic’s new boss — and it looks set to be a three-way tussle for the line between Mark...
Log on to share views on crime LIGHTS, camera, action — students have thrown Oldham into the spotlight to help give communities a virtual voice. Tutor Mark Handscomb...
OLDHAM Roughyeds have been handed a major boost in their hour of need by the news that influential centre Marcus St Hilaire could be playing again soon. The 33-year-old former...
