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BOUNDARY PARK LIFE: ATHLETIC are preparing for a potential £1million giveaway this summer. The club's board of directors have given the green light to a scheme whereby...
Date Published 18/02/2010
Duo are keen to progress CHANGES to the top of Oldham Police are continuing with two new superintendents. Alan Greene has joined the division as Superintendent of...
BOUNDARY PARK LIFE: MARK Allott’s wonder strike against Huddersfield last season could be in line for a Football League award. After each club was invited to submit...
Oldham Planning Committee PLANS to transform the former site of Delph’s Lumb Mill into homes have been resurrected after stalling during the credit crunch....
A middle-aged pervert from Oldham who molested a frightened schoolgirl after a Christmas celebration has been sent on a sex- offenders’ programme. Shaun Chaplin (43), of...
DRIVERS in Failsworth are facing diversions as work to bring the Metrolink to Oldham continues. Only pedestrians and cyclists can now make their way under the railway bridge...
Twelve families are better off after visiting Oldham Council’s credit crunch roadshow and learning about benefits they did not know they were entitled to claim. The...
A BUNGLING burglar was collared when he targeted a house — unaware that a police meeting was going on close by. The hapless break-in triggered an alarm in Rochdale Road,...
AN Oldham Euro-MP has welcomed a move to end the cruelty suffered by horses transported for slaughter. Lib-Dem MEP Chris Davies says its great news for campaigners trying to...
Green revolution could put wind turbines on homes A POWERHOUSE of the industrial revolution is on the brink of £20 million green revolution to cut energy bills....
Oldham Library will be a crime hotspot when hard-hitting writer Mandasue Heller offers an insight into her life. Her nine thrillers have seen her touted as Manchester’s...
AMATEUR RUGBY: HIGGINSHAW got back to winning ways with a 40-0 home rout of Widnes Tigers, a victory which sees the team move into third place in division four. Jonathan...
AMATEUR RUGBY: A MISERABLE season for Hollinwood continued as they were beaten 54-16 at home by Underbank in division four. Despite one of the worst records of points for and...
Victory is sweet for pub pair A pair of chefs from a popular pub/restaurant took a panning — and won a top prize. Simon Turner and Danny Wilde, from the Three Crowns...
AMATEUR RUGBY: SADDLEWORTH Rangers’ under-18s scrum-half Tom Whitehead has signed a one-year professional deal with Salford City Reds. He is the third player from the...
THE Royal Oldham Hospital has been given the thumbs up for the quality of its public and patient information. Pennine Acute Trust, which runs the hospital, has been officially...
Up The Ante AT THE Grand National: AT this time every year, I bang on about the folly of backing horses set to carry more than 11 stones in the John Smith’s Grand National....
SPORTS coaches of the future are being put through their paces this half term. Teenagers are taking part in a range of Sports Leadership Courses around the borough in netball,...
YOUNG engineeer David Bickerstaffe has took a step closer to his dream career. The 17-year-old, from Owler Lane, Chadderton, has been offered a place at Trinity College,...
THE door is still open for Chadderton’s Thomas Stubbs (pictured) to represent Great Britain at the London Olympics. A two-time ABA title holder at light-flyweight...
Pav’s Patch: ONE of the effects the Arctic winter has had on me is to get me to curl up in front of the fire with a book. At the turn of the year I reread a few of my Bill...
County Cup AVRO under-14s moved into the semi-finals of the County Cup with a fine performance at the Lancaster Club against a very good team from Boothstown. A goal by...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
THE Hungarian connection at Boundary Park has survived - despite the departure of four players and two coaches. Patrick Tischler, David Kalnoki-Kis and Norbert Csiki —...
Date Published 17/02/2010
BLACKWOOD Bulldogs of South Wales will provide the opposition for Oldham Roughyeds in the third round of this season’s Carnegie Challenge Cup. The draw, made last night...
AC Milan 2, Man United 3 Two-goal hero right up there with the best — Ferguson SIR Alex Ferguson is banking on Wayne Rooney to smash through the 30–goal...
Stoke City 1, Man City 1 Stoke boss Tony Pulis was left fuming after Manchester City snatched a controversial draw to move fourth in the Barclays Premier League last night....
FOOTBALL: OLDHAM-BORN Hearts winger Andrew Driver has vowed to bounce back quickly from the “massive disappointment” of missing out on a Scotland call–up after...
NORTHERN Thunder moved level on points with Hertfordshire Mavericks in the Co-operative Netball Superleague table thanks to their 45-38 victory at Bury. Tips, trips and...
LEAGUE leaders Tara Leisure kept up their winning streak in the Shaw Snooker League by beating Comrades B 4-2 but only managed to win the aggregate by four points in the final...
