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AMATEUR FOOTBALL: HOLLINWOOD, from the Bridgewater Office Supplies Manchester League, are gearing up for an assault on three pieces of silverware. Paul Bennett’s...
Date Published 05/02/2010
OLDHAMERS are urged to “get them knees up” and join in a fundraising aerobathon. The NSPCC is organising Monday’s event to raise money for the...
AMATEUR FOOTBALL: CHADDERTONIANS wasted a bundle of first-half chances in a 1-1 draw at home to second-placed Howe Bridge Mills in the Lancashire Amateur League premier...
AMATEUR RUGBY LEAGUE: SADDLEWORTH Rangers and Higginshaw must do things the hard way to get through to the third round of the Ace Insurance (Europe) BARLA National Cup...
ICE HOCKEY: MANCHESTER Phoenix must beat title rivals Guildford Flames tomorrow (6pm) to keep taps on English Premier League pacesetters Milton Keynes Lightning. Phoenix...
TONGE have strengthened their squad for the defence of their British Team Championship title at Irlam Steel in the spring. As reigning champions, Tonge must concede eight...
ANGLING: THE Hebden Bridge lengths of the Rochdale Canal suffered from a hard overnight frost as weights plummeted. Anglers fishing the second round of the TRI-CAST...
A leading figure in science and research has paid a visit to Royton and Crompton School. The specialist science college in Blackshaw Lane welcomed Anthony Tomei, who is...
PARISH councillors have welcomed plans to provide leisure facilities for youngsters in Shaw. Shaw and Crompton Parish Council planning committee recommended approving an...
OLDHAM RU take on league leaders Wigton at Manor Park tomorrow with high hopes of improving on their result against the Cumbrian club earlier in the season. Although Oldham...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards LINGFIELD 1.25 Stanley Goodspeed 2.00 Ginger Grey 2.30 Ravi River...
BUDDING musicians can pick up tips from a leading expert in the field. Cartmel Priory organist Adrian Self is hosting a training afternoon at St Paul’s Church, Royton,...
Theory of our evolution from a single cell Professor Mike Page, professor of organic chemistry at the University of Huddersfield, looks at one of the most debated topics in...
LIFE AND OTHER BITS: THE next thing we hear about free-scoring John Terry and his ball control is that he has been admitted to a plush private clinic in some leafy corner of the...
Edward gets film nod from director Sir David LITTLE star Edward Ackroyd is heading for the big screen. The Denshaw six-year-old, who has a rare muscle-wasting disease, was...
Date Published 04/02/2010
OLDHAM COUNCIL MEETING VANCE Miller had his first taste of local politics when he attended last night’s meeting — but the controversial businessman left less than...
FIVE years of commuter misery could be on the cards for rail passengers caught up in the Metrolink fall-out. Councillor Jack Hulme said it was still “utter confusion on...
Council to review all its land and building assets EVERY building and piece of land owned by Oldham Council will be logged, retained, emptied, demolished or sold under a...
Taxpayers have forked out almost £1,500 over the last 18 months to pay council officers for their time in responding to questions posed by Saddleworth parish councillor, Ken...
OLDHAM COUNCIL: OLDHAM COUNCIL’S existing housing debt of more than £214m could be written off by the Government if plans for the housing stock to be transferred to First...
THE former head of Oldham police, Chief Supt Caroline Ball has been thanked by the council for her hard work and dedicated service during four years in Oldham. Councillors...
Firm must move to save jobs A SHAW firm is planning to sell its site for a development of 80 houses to enable it to relocate. P+D Northern Steels Ltd says it has to sell...
£50,000 needed to avoid demolition RAILWAY enthusiasts are running out of time to save the historic canopy at Mumps station in Oldham. The line closed in October for...
TRIBUTES were paid and a one minute silence observed for former Mayor of Oldham Alwyn Bywater McConnell who died aged 88 on New Year’s Day. Mr McConnell, who died in...
Postponement fails to put off Irish Latics fans THE luck of the Irish certainly evaded Billy Scanlan when he flew from Galway to Oldham to watch his beloved Latics in action...
HASNEY ALJOFREE has boosted Athletic’s back-line options by signing a permanent deal with the club. The 31-year-old defender had his contract at Swindon Town cancelled...
The force of nature has caused a major sewage pipe to burst and leak at Snipe Clough, Oldham. Creeping tree roots have damaged the pipework beneath a copse at the side of...
MAYFIELD Sports Centre in Castleton, Rochdale, should be confirmed as the Roughyeds’ temporary base for Sunday’s ‘home’ Northern Rail Cup tie against...
GREATER Manchester Police’s computer system is now fully operational after a virus was removed. Officers had been cut off from a national database and other criminal...
Oldham and Rochdale councils are working on a deal to work more closely together. Oldham councillors are keen to get more services delivered by its big business partner in the...
