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CRICKET: SHAW-BASED coach John Stanworth will lead a team of England youngsters on a visit to India later this month. The under-18 squad face 16 days of intense...
Date Published 03/02/2010
OLDHAM MP Phil Woolas has revealed he is accused of being racist every day in his role as Immigration Minister. The Oldham East and Saddleworth MP said it was racist not to...
SQUASH: Tame Valley’s first team extended their winning sequence to six matches with a 5-0 success over Ellesmere 1st thanks to Jamie Maddox, Amir Manachouri, Dave...
AMATEUR SNOOKER: VICTORIES of 5-1 and 4-2 have put CBC back on top of the Oldham Amateur Snooker League but its getting tight at the top with just five points separating the...
SPORTBET: YOU have to feel sorry for British tennis star Andy Murray. Labelled a choker in some quarters following his straight-sets defeat at the hands of Roger...
OUT-OF-HOURS GP care for patients in Oldham is faring well despite fears of a national overnight cover crisis. A new study revealed there is a minimum of six doctors on duty...
Inquiry ordered into pub’s mystery stink Defiant landlady Sharon Hirst has reopened the doors of her beleaguered pub — despite being haunted by mystery smells....
YOUTH FOTBALL: LEADERS Uppermill and reigning champions Harpurhey United were locked together at 1-1 in the under-14s division of the North Manchester Girls League. Ellen...
YOUTH FOOTBALL: GIRL power is aiding Fails-worth Dynamos under-12s. Millie Bradley and Mia Welsh are starring in the Tameside Sunday League after an appeal to the...
YOUTH RUGBY: A DEPLETED Oldham St Anne’s under-16s were beaten 26-4 by West Hull in round two of the National Cup. Trailing 6-4 at the break, fatigue set in the...
INDOOR CRICKET: SOMETHING had to give when Saddleworth One and Woodhouses went head to head in the Oldham Cricket Development Group’s under-11s Indoor League....
SAILING: GREENFIELD’S Andy McKee had plenty to smile about at Dovestones Sailing Club’s annual prize presentation evening. He proudly displayed the Flying...
GOLF: Brian Smithies, Geoff Grace, Jack Fellows and John Cartmel came out as winners in Crompton and Royton’s team medal at the weekend. Their combined score of 124 was a...
LACROSSE: Oldham were beaten 10-8 at home by Mellor A in Division 3 of the North of England League. In the preliminary round of the Nigel Wayne Trophy, Oldham A defeated...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards WOLVERHAMPTON 4.50 Fantasy Fighter 5.20 One Slick Chick 5.50...
CHELSEA footballer John Terry’s alleged affair with an England team mate’s former partner has caused a furore in the media. Richard Hooton asked shoppers in Oldham...
TWINS John and Robert Williamson raised £930 at their 80th birthday party to help terminally ill children. The pair, who grew up in Ash Street, Oldham, asked for...
OLDHAMERS have given the borough’s waste collection services a massive thumbs up. The council surveyed residents about changes made to rubbish collections over the past...
OLDHAM dignitaries will join survivors and relatives affected by the M62 coach bombing at an act of remembrance on Sunday. The Mayor and Mayoress of Oldham, Councillors Jim...
Liberal Democrats want to know how many police officers there will be in Greater Manchester after reports that the force is shedding 300 through natural wastage because of budget...
HOUSE prices in the North-West more than doubled over the last decade, new figures show. Local estate agents say the research by the Halifax — which revealed the average...
BRYAN Beckingham bid a fond farewell as he attended his last Oldham National Union of Teachers (NUT) annual meeting as secretary before retiring. NUT national vice president...
Oldham Council must raise its game and recruit more apprentices to deal with rising unemployment and joblessness, the Government has warned. According to Government...
MORE than £60,000 has been awarded to businesses across Oldham to beef-up security. Home Office Minister Alan Campbell said 14 businesses across the borough had...
THE Government is facing a series of national strikes by hundreds of thousands of civil servants in the run–up to the general election in a bitter row over cuts to...
POUNDS and pennies of lose change helped decorate a school playground as part of a fundraising event for the Haiti earthquake appeal. Kind-hearted Year 6 pupils at St Thomas...
DID you meet the love of your life on a bus? First Manchester is looking for passengers who met their perfect partner on board to help spread the love this Valentine’s...
CHANNEL HOPPING: BECKY was in bits . . . had brandy for breakfast then bolted to the bus stop with a bin-bag and more booze. Cue Hayley: “There’s something the matter...
AN Oldham-based toy maker has announced a sales rise of 1.2 per cent in the first four months of this financial year against the comparable period 12 months earlier. Character...
UNIVERSITY Campus Oldham and Unity Partnership are the latest organisations to join the growing list of sponsors for the 2010 One Oldham Business Awards. Both have committed...
