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ELECTION 2010 Campaign statement: Helen Roberts, UKIP candidate, Oldham West and Royton AS the mother of two teenage boys I have become disillusioned with the poor way in...
Date Published 29/04/2010
AN Oldham man involved in a sophisticated drugs operation in which pharmaceutical cutting agents were intended to bulk out a large haul of cocaine failed to convince Appeal Court...
NETBALL: OLDHAM maintained third place in division one of the Netball Premier League with an impressive 53-30 win at Southampton side Stash Blades. The visitors made a rapid...
A THUG punched a woman three times in the face as he tried to steal her laptop in Oldham. But the 23-year-old victim refused to let go of the computer and he eventually fled...
DISCLOSING top secret MI5 files about the July 7 bombers to the families of those killed in the attacks would be “impossible”, it was claimed yesterday. A hearing...
NETBALL: OLDHAM Netball Club’s under-14s are setting their sights on the National Championships at the Sugden Centre, Manchester. They booked their place in the two-day...
Major roadworks to resurface a troubled stretch of the M60 motorway in Oldham start next weekend. The work is on six miles of the last section of the Manchester outer ring...
RUGBY: ROCHDALE Cobras have two matches left in which to try and topple Oldham St Anne’s at the head of the Rugby Oldham Challenge table. With an average points total of...
The Mayor of Tameside visited his old school in Oldham — and found his name on the prizemen’s board for winning the governors’ silver medal. Councillor John...
OLDHAM’S wildlife is being put under the spotlight, and conservationists need local nature-lovers to give them a helping hand. Plans to create a record of wildlife across the...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
FANS of fiction are invited to attend Oldham Writing Cafe’s very first book launch tonight. The writing group, which meets on Saturdays at Canon George Hall, Chapel...
Horse riders should get better views when crossing Huddersfield Road at Delph after new waiting restrictions are imposed. The riders have asked Oldham Council for help at the...
THE spring tradition of skipping round a maypole is being revived on Sunday by the third generation of the same family. Patricia Johns (47) will watch her daughter Michaela...
PAV’S PATCH I FOUND myself watching a repeat of “Bullseye” the other night. You know, the one with Jim Bowen where he kept saying “super,...
A PAIR of goals from Ryan Brooke set up Athletic for a tasty Lancashire Senior Cup final clash with Premier League giants Liverpool. The 19-year-old striker, who has made only...
Date Published 28/04/2010
SAQIB Murtza has had his Roughyeds contact terminated by mutual consent. The former Bradford, Salford, Batley and Sheffield forward — who became the first ever player...
FOOTBALL: KEVIN Watkin’s 83rd-minute goal condemned battling Oldham Boro to a 2-1 defeat at Holker Old Boys in Vodkat North-West Counties League division one last night....
MARTON Fulop was expected to train with Manchester City today after the Premier League blocked the Champions League–chasing Blues from prising Joe Hart back from Birmingham....
ROUGHYEDS ROUND UP: PREPARATIONS for Oldham Roughyeds’ first-ever game at their new Whitebank Stadium home are coming on apace, with the club “hopeful” that the...
ROUGHYEDS reserves did the club proud in the Cheltenham Nines Festival when they went agonisingly close to reaching the final of the most prestigious tournament — the All...
JOHN Power completed a superb achievement in rowing a marathon 26 miles in five hours and 26 minutes in the Carnegie Challenge event at Leeds Metropolitan University. It was...
GOLF: BEATEN in a three-way play-off last year, Graham Dowd went one better when he scooped the first major of the season at CROMPTON and ROYTON. The 54-year-old, from Shaw,...
ALL four home sides made flying starts in the Oldham and District Golf League ‘A’ division with resounding wins for Ashton, Dukinfield, Denton and Stamford. But it...
GOLF: CROMPTON and Royton women’s team defeated Ashton and Lea 4-1 with wins from Bernice Fitton, Zoe Styles, Lynn Truelove and Sarah Penney. And there was also success...
CRICKET: THE Lake Garage CLL’s version of the Duckworth-Lewis Method has, on the whole, been a success since it was brought in last season. Rain-affected matches were...
GORDON Brown visited Oldham today during a whistle-stop tour of the North-West to bolster support in key marginal seats. The Prime Minister spoke of Labour’s hard-hitting...
AMBITIOUS Woodhouses made a winning start in their quest for Lees Brewery Lancashire County League honours. After bowling out hosts Dukinfield for 97, new signing Sam Sweeney...
More than 300 take to streets in protest Drug-dealers and burglars were told to stay away from Coldhurst, Westwood and Chadderton when residents took to the streets for a...
At 20 she’s one of youngest landladies REGULARS at the Tandle Hill Tavern know their new landlady well . . . so well many remember when she was born! For Sarah Tetlow is...
