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Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
Date Published 12/03/2010
Police return £66,000 seized in raids on kitchen business MORE than £66,000 has been returned to Vance Miller following the collapse of the multi-million pound...
PAKISTANI officials have apologised after wrongly stating that kidnapped Shaw youngster Sahil Saeed had been found safe and well. Reports yesterday morning said the...
A TEENAGE girl was sexually assaulted at a bus stop on a busy main road in Oldham. The 16-year-old was waiting for a bus near to the Smut Inn, Manchester Road, when a man made...
250mph rail link gathers pace OLDHAM East and Saddleworth MP Phil Woolas is looking forward to the time when he can reach the House of Commons from his house in Lees just as...
Oldhamers would be able to travel from their doorsteps to the heart of Europe under Tory plans for high speed rail. As Transport Secretary Lord Adonis announced the findings...
CLEAN living, plain food, fresh air, exercise and hard work are the secret to long life for Annie Ormrod. And the great-great-grandmother should know after celebrating her...
Take That star Mark Owen revealed today he has been struggling with a drink problem for at least a decade. He told a newspaper he had discussed his drink problem with...
HITTING 40 and a looming mid-life crisis prompted Oldham barber Ian Bishop to pull on his running shoes . . . and he’s never looked back. Three years later and...
The country's top girl guide official, Denise King, will visit her home town when she speaks at the Oldham guides' annual meeting next week. Denise, Chief Executive of...
PUPILS could start and finish earlier at North Chadderton School. The school is consulting parents on proposed changes to the school day from September which could include a...
BNP members will not be banned from teaching following an independent review. The Government-commissioned report said that barring school staff from being members of groups...
Pubs to open at 7am EARLY risers will soon be able to get their coffee fix, their breakfast or even a pint as Wetherspoon pubs across the country open at 7am. The chain...
MUSIC lovers of all ages can join Oldham Symphony Orchestra tomorrow for a family concert. The concert, at The Salvation Army Church & Community Centre, in Failsworth, is...
Songs from the shows set to boost chairman’s appeal EARS will be ringing for all the right reasons this weekend as the performing group Musical Friends takes to the...
A Chadderton councillor is calling for a new medical centre in Chadderton on the old library and baths site. Chadderton North Councillor Jack Hulme, the Tory group leader,...
One of the region’s best known painters, Delph artist John McCombs, has six paintings — the maximum allowed — in this year’s Royal Society of British...
A congested area of Shaw is to get a mini park with almost £30,000 spent on it. The area off Gordon Street, near Linney Lane, is surrounded by roads, houses and the Shop...
A new joint forum is being set up to advise on access to the countryside in Oldham, Rochdale and Tameside. The trio currently have various cross-border initiatives. The...
DR PAUL ELLIOT, a lecturer in chemistry at the University of Huddersfield, looks at the latest theories for the extinction of the dinosaurs Asteroid collision had force of...
DOG walkers could be forgiven a double take at this notice in Shaw — which appears to be 36 years out-of-date. The sign in Milnrow Road warns that anyone who allows a...
THE FRIDAY THING LIFE AND OTHER BITS: UNTIL you go round Oldham market on a wet Saturday morning and examine the assembled throng, the idea of 1,000 people willingly stripping...
MEDIA spotlight . . . the national press gather in Shaw Hopes that snatched Shaw five-year-old Sahil Saeed had been found were dashed this morning as the police chief leading...
Date Published 11/03/2010
ATHLETIC will today renew efforts to bring in a striker on loan — after revealing that a deal for a new player was scuppered on the eve of the Leyton Orient match. A...
JAMIE I’ANSON is back with the Roughyeds — and is fighting fit for a place in the squad to play at Hunslet. The 22-year-old former Leeds Rhinos prospect, who left...
THE battle for control of Manchester United has taken another twist following confirmation that a leading global investment bank has agreed to advise on a possible acquisition of...
David Beckham is backing Manchester United for Champions League glory following their four–goal demolition of AC Milan at Old Trafford last night. It was not the way...
Lucky escape for passengers as shards slash bus Dozens of people had a lucky escape when a shop explosion blasted razor-sharp shards of glass into a passing bus. Fire...
PARK LIFE: Dean firmly set as Latics number one GOALKEEPER Dean Brill is a rehabilitated man, according to his manager Dave Penney. The former Luton stopper cut a nervous...
UP to 140 flats for hospital workers could be built next to Oldham Athletic’s ground. Plans for the development, which ranges from three to six storeys, also include a...
