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EVEN the OIdham Cricket Development Group Indoor League couldn’t escape the cold snap. The under-11s competition was set to start tonight, but it has been put back a...
Date Published 08/01/2010
THE word “archives” may conjure visions of dusty old crumbling documents covered in a raft of cobwebs — but that’s only because we don’t know how to...
SIR Alex Ferguson is getting ready to hand Senegal striker Mame Biram Diouf his Manchester United debut. Diouf was signed from Norwegian outfit Molde in the summer, but has...
ICE HOCKEY: Manchester Phoenix expect to have top scorer Ed Courtenay available for this weekend’s crunch English Premier League fixtures, at home to Peterborough tomorrow...
THE weather conditions we are experiencing are not what you would call ideal for fishing - unless of cause you are an Eskimo. The new year has brought with it some of...
FOOTBALL Lancashire and Cheshire League, division one: Irlam Steel v AFC Oldham 2005. Division two: Oldham Victoria v New East Manchester. Cup: Whalley Ranges Res v Santos FC...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards LINGFIELD 12.35 The Dial House 1.05 Lovers Causeway 1.35 Prince of...
LEARN new skills and make new friends at the latest meeting of the University of the Third Age (U3A) in Oldham. The national organisation brings older people together to share...
THESE full-body airport scanners will be a real boon to flashers and exhibitionists in this cold weather. After all, standing in the warm in your overcoat on in a cosy airport...
Christmas trip to Oz takes five days - and bags go missing A DREAM family Christmas in Australia was ruined after delayed flights created a tortuous five-day journey across...
Date Published 07/01/2010
ICY roads and sub-zero temperatures greeted morning commuters following what is believed to have been our coldest-ever night. The big freeze saw temperatures plummet to -10.9C...
HARDY police officers spent nearly seven hours in the freezing cold talking down a suicidal man from a motorway bridge. They found the man threatening to jump off the Hollins...
Emergency services spend 90 minutes locked out AN angry son has hit out after his 80-year-old mother lay in agony on the floor with a broken hip while her helpless rescuers...
TWENTY-eight jobs at the Co-op store in Royton have been saved. Haldanes Stores, a new supermarket company launched less than two months ago, has acquired the Market Square...
A doctor praised a retired businessman who stayed at the side of a seriously injured woman for two hours on snow-covered moorland. And today, neighbours who helped support...
THE phrase “everybody needs good neighbours” has never been truer for a Grotton pensioner who needs regular life-saving treatment. Asimes Chakrabarti, of Thornley...
Mum’s fear for baby as lane is left ungritted THE big freeze has left a mother trapped at home with a seven-week-old baby who has a heart defect. And Lynette...
Oldham’s mountain rescuers needed rescuing when a vehicle smashed into their Land Rover as they went to help a stricken ambulance. But a Stockport truck company stepped...
POLICE officers and staff have been praised for battling the horrendous weather to get to work — and even using the snow to catch criminals. Greater Manchester Police...
A BULGARIAN lorry driver blocked a Mossley street after his lorry slid down an icy hill on Tuesday. Neighbours called police at 7pm after the HGV slipped on ice in Carrhill...
OLDHAM MPs have poured cold water on attempts to destabilise Gordon Brown, insisting they should instead focus on policies that matter to the public. Two former ministers...
ATHLETIC have named their price for striker Chris O’Grady — now it is up to Rochdale to match it. The long-running saga over the striker’s future is set to...
HIGHLY-RATED young prop forward Ben Marsden has signed for Oldham Roughyeds, despite competition from Super League clubs Huddersfield Giants and Wakefield Trinity. The...
LONG-standing plans to create the Beal Valley Golf Course have been hit into the rough. Golfers will have to wait five more years after Oldham Planning Committee agreed to vary...
TWO floodlight pylons at Mossley’s Seel Park ground have collapsed. The pylons, which were erected in 1972, came down after strong winds and sub-zero temperatures caused...
PARK LIFE: ATHLETIC’S players should, by rights, be feeling the pace right now. A strenuous bout of action across the Christmas period, featuring games at home to...
PLANS to extend a mosque in a terraced house in Shaw have been refused by Oldham Planning Committee. The Mohammedia Masjid and Islamic Centre in Refuge Street wanted to...
PARK LIFE: SEAN Gregan is the runaway leader in the race to be Chronicle Star Man for season 2009/10. At the halfway point in the League One season, Athletic’s captain...
PARK LIFE: THE WINTRY conditions have severely hindered Athletic’s preparations of late. Prior to the Hartlepool game, the squad was able to train on grass only once in...
FORMER Athletic loan star Alan Sheehan has extended his spell at Swindon Town until the end of the season. The Leeds United left-back — who still tops the assists charts...
