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OLDHAM Athletic has joined forces with football clubs across the country to raise funds for members of the armed forces. All 72 Football League clubs have united for a week of...
Date Published 09/03/2010
CAMPAIGNERS have asked Oldham Council to consider a land-swap with the owner of a controversial quarry in a bid to resolve issues. The Birks Quarry Action Group made the...
SHOPPERS will be kept up to date with the latest news thanks to a big screen in the town centre. The 6ft screen will be put up at Tommyfield Market, facing down Albion Street....
AN Oldham vicar is helping to lead a campaign to improve housing conditions for asylum seekers in the North-West. Reverend John Simmons, of Christ Church in Block Lane,...
FELL runners from across the country descended on Saddleworth for the first Chew Valley Skyline race in 10 years. The gruelling 13-mile race, over the exposed fells...
OLDHAM Cancer Support Centre has grown from strength to strength since if began as a germ of an idea in the mind of leukaemia victim Chris Hoyle. He surrounded himself with a...
KEEN gardeners are joining forces in an attempt to win a Lydgate in Bloom award and increase community spirit. Residents living in the area are being encouraged to dust off...
LOCAL teenagers are invited to embrace their passion for rock music and join a brand new orchestra. The Oldham Youth Rockestra will feature 20 musicians on electric guitars,...
STUDENTS Faisal Mohyud-Din and Mohammed Azeem are locked in a tight clinch in a bid to beat the world hugging record. The pair began their challenge at 10.20pm yesterday, and...
LORD ARTHUR SAVILE’S CRIME, Palace, Manchester VERY much second cousin to Wilde’s “Importance of Being Earnest”, this tale comes from a short story rather than a stage play —...
Traces, Lowry, Salford ENERGY and youth abound in one of the latest takes on the newly revamped circus scene made popular again by the world-wide hit Cirque du Soleil. But...
WHAT KATI DID NEXT: You have no idea how hard we have worked over the past few months. Every day struggling and getting nothing back. It’s been a nightmare. I can hardly...
BEATS: WHEN Australian muscleman Peter Andre released “Mysterious Girl” in 1996 he was seen as a bit of a laughing stock with his spiky gelled hair and outrageous...
BEATS: Manchester Apollo, Friday The Surrey quintet —Josh Franceschi (vocals), Max Helyer (guitar), Chris Miller (guitar), Matt Barnes (bass) and Dan Flint (drums) — have...
BEATS: JAKE Burns was so moved by a Clash performance that he set up his own band and started making music . . . fast-forward 22 years and Stiff Little Fingers are still going...
BEATS: THEY’VE been on a touring hiatus of late but fans of Blood Red Shoes will be pleased to know the Brighton duo are back. Steven Ansell and Laura Mary-Carter...
Beats: TONIGHT: (Hed) Pe — Moho Live; Katatonia — Academy 3; Cesar Millan — Arena; Nik Bartsch’s Ronin — Band on the Wall; Gold Teeth —...
ATHLETIC will make a decision today on the future of loan striker Jason Price. The Millwall man’s loan spell is now up after a return of one goal in seven appearances...
Date Published 08/03/2010
ROUGHYEDS coach Tony Benson was a happy man after a record-breaking performance from his team in the Carnegie Challenge Cup. Welsh side Blackwood Bulldogs were blown away 80-6...
Exeter City 1, Athletic 1 NO POINTS, a point, three points. All the possibilities were at one stage probabilities for Athletic as a subdued relegation tussle burst into...
OLDHAM 80, BLACKWOOD BULLDOGS 6 OLDHAM scored at a rate of a point a minute as they defeated Welsh amateur side Blackwood Bulldogs 80-6 in the third round of the Carnegie...
PAUL SCHOLES breathed a sigh of relief after finally notching his 100th Premier League goal in Manchester United’s 1-0 win at Wolves – now he can look ahead to far more important...
Shay Given is hoping the galvanising effect arising from Wayne Bridge’s well–publicised problems could spur Manchester City on to claim fourth place in the Barclays...
MOSSLEY produced another show of determination to record a 3-2 win at Wakefield in UniBond League division one north. A sublime piece of skill from Lee Blackshaw — the...
SADDLEWORTH Rangers and Higginshaw will contest this year’s Standard Cup final after both came through their last-four ties yesterday. Rangers won 35-4 to defeat Oldham...
ICE HOCKEY: MANCHESTER Phoenix ended a run of six defeats with morale-boosting victories over Romford Raiders and Peterborough Phantoms. Adam Walker scored a hat-trick in...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards SOUTHWELL 2.10 Sir Nod 2.40 Dream In Blue 3.10 Dunaskin 3.40...
POLICE in Pakistan are closing in on the men who snatched five–year–old Shaw boy Sahil Saeed, authorities said today. And the kidnappers have been warned to let...
AROUND 500 cannabis plants have been seized in a raid on a terrace house in Failsworth. A 31-year-old man was arrested in connection with production of a controlled drug after...
THE cheeky grin of Moors Murders victim Keith Bennett provided a poignant backdrop as his tearful mother paid tribute to him at a moving memorial. Frail Winnie Johnson spoke...
