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GROUNDWORK Oldham and Rochdale has received recognition for helping local volunteers reach their potential. The trust has gained the Reach quality standard for youth...
Date Published 18/05/2010
CRICKET: ROYTON CC professional and captain Luke Procter made his LV= County Championship debut for Lancashire against Warwickshire at Edgbaston yesterday. The 21-year-old...
INTREPID teacher Steve Hill has set his sights high for his latest mammoth fund-raising challenge. The deputy head of St Joseph’s Primary School, Shaw, has vowed to...
SPEEDWAY: BELLE Vue ended the night with three fit riders and crashed to a 55-36 defeat at the hands of Poole. Top two Hans Anderson and Peter Karlsson both failed to...
HEALTH chief Colin Scales is lacing up his trainers and hitting the road to raise money for a good cause. The 37-year-old, who is director of commissioning at NHS Oldham, is...
RUGBY UNION: Club’s bid to cut down on travel costs set to fail OLDHAM RUFC’S attempts to reduce travel costs next season appear to have fallen through....
OLDHAM Community Choir celebrated its 25th anniversary with a special afternoon concert in Lees. Zion Methodist Church hosted the event, which gave local musicians and...
Table Tennis: OLDHAM men’s veterans’ team scooped silverware success at the Lancashire and Cheshire cup finals at the Hilton Table Tennis Club. Three sides,...
BOWLS: TONGE and Nimble Nook players Colin Lane and Matt Gillies were the stand-out performers as Central Lancs and Pennines made a successful start to the defence of their...
CRICKET: OLDHAM CC are holding a sportsman’s dinner at the Pollards on Friday (7.30pm) when the guest speaker is ex-Athletic winger Mark Ward. The comedian is Chris...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards GOODWOOD 2.00 Memory 2.35 Thaahira (nap) 3.10 Hypnotized 3.45...
A new car has been donated to the Saddleworth and Lees Neighbourhood Police team by local construction company owner, Phil Wiggett. The Vauxhall Astra, which has cost the...
THE Brits are renowned for talking about the weather. But you can be forgiven when you have swapped Royton for the Sunshine State. That’s what teenager and former top...
THE horror of the Holocaust was brought home to teenagers through the experiences of a man whose family was split apart in the Second World War. North Chadderton School and...
A CHARITY football tournament raised £3,000 for the Oldham Muslim Community Centre. The Football Festival, which was held at Grange School and sponsored by Tesco’s...
PYGMALION, Royal Exchange Theatre AS “The Philadelphia Story” is to the musical “High Society”, so is the relationship between this Bernard Shaw play...
Laughter in the Rain, Opera House, Manchester THEY said Neil Sedaka would never be a rock star because he smiled too much. How wrong could they be. Now he can look back on...
WHAT KATI DID NEXT: I’ve talked about this before, I know I have, but I’m afraid I’m going to have to talk about it again. Why is there nothing on television...
BEATS: blonde bombshell Diana Vickers plays Manchester Academy 2 tomorrow after transforming herself from “X Factor” loser to chart-topping superstar. The...
BEATS: INGRID Michaelson truly did her bit for girl power when she became history’s most successful unsigned artist. The 30-year-old, who will play at Manchester’s...
BEATS: AFTER filling the support slot for both Lily Allen and Tinchy Stryder, Example is raring to hit the road on his own UK tour. His top 10 smash “Won’t Go...
BEATS: JACK of all trades Bryce Avary demands full control of every aspect of his career. Avery will bring his rock project The Rocket Summer to Manchester’s Academy 2...
BEATS: TONIGHT: A Wilhelm Scream — Moho Live; Mr Hudson — Academy 2; Trembling Bells — Band on the Wall; Midas Fall — Ruby Lounge TOMORROW: Hayseed...
Harvey to the rescue Three-year-old hero Harvey Povah knew just what to do when his mum knocked herself unconscious and lay bleeding from a head wound. Despite his tender...
Date Published 17/05/2010
AN Oldham man who abducted a schoolgirl with the intention of committing a sexual offence has been jailed for 12 months. Ehsan Imran (22) had exchanged text messages with the...
TWO men were attacked and one robbed outside a supermarket in Oldham. The friends were sitting in the trolley bay at Sainsbury’s, Union Street, when they were approached...
Latics draw up boss short list SPECULATION continues to grow over the possible identity of Athletic’s new manager, with a host of high-profile names now linked with the...
Cloud grounds flypast of legendary Lancaster THE dreaded ash cloud managed what the Luftwaffe failed to do — keep a Chadderton-built Lancaster bomber from flying. It...
A 23-year-old man remains critical but stable three weeks after a car crash in Chadderton. He was rescued by firefighters and treated for a fractured hip as well as back and...
KIERAN Lee has signed a new one-year deal to stay on at Athletic. The versatile 21-year-old came through a tough first 18 months at Boundary Park to become a firm favourite at...
