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The family of an Oldham man who died following a collision on the M60 near Sale has paid tribute to him. Denis Livesley (60), a recovery driver who was tending to another car...
Date Published 23/12/2009
IT has caused traffic mayhem and disrupted flights from Manchester Airport — but the snow and ice has added a winter wonderland effect to Oldham’s scenery. From...
LATICS have teamed up with Oldham Community Leisure to create a veterans’ league. The 5-a-side league is aimed at over-35s and club bosses hope to give older football...
FUNDS to improve canal-side paths for cyclists, walkers, anglers and disabled people have been boosted by an extra £20,000 from the Environment Agency. Oldham Council...
ART lovers across the borough have voted for their favourite Oldham Open artist. The biannual exhibition, which ran from September to November at Gallery Oldham, showcased...
THIS year’s race to be the Christmas number one was the most exciting Top of the Pops festive battle for years. An internet campaign pitted rock band Rage Against the...
DAVE Penney will set his sights on adding League One know-how to his squad when the transfer window reopens in the New Year. The Athletic boss has been forced into fielding a...
OLDHAM Roughyeds have confirmed they will run a Reserves team for a third year in a row in 2010, with John Hough staying on as coach. The 11-club competition, which is due to...
MARK Hughes’ sacking as Manchester City boss came out of the blue and his successor, Roberto Mancini, will certainly need to get more out of Emmanuel Adebayor and Robinho if...
CRICKET: FRIARMERE, from the Saddleworth and District Cricket League, have named young Australian Joshua Butler as their professional for 2010. The 18-year-old left-arm...
CRICKET: SADDLEWORTH and District Cricket League player Dave Roberts is setting records on the other side of the world. While Oldham shivers, the 26-year-old Bamford...
A SHAW man has come up with a magic idea which he is turning into a business. Michael Jackson has established Wizard Innovations Ltd to develop and market a product aimed at a...
KICK-BOXING: SIOBHAN MOORE is basking in gold-medal glory. The Year Nine pupil from Saddleworth School was a cut above her rivals at the World Karate and Kicking-Boxing...
AMATEUR FOOTBALL: SNOW and ice made last weekend a miserable one for the town’s amateur footballers and officials as all matches were postponed. Even Hollinwood’s...
AMATEUR FOOTBALL: A SETTLED side can be one of the keys to success at any level of football, a fact Oldham Hulmeians know only too well following a topsy-turvy start to the...
Matches commence 1.45 pm, (September 1.15pm). Sunday, April 25 Stayley v Glodwick; Shaw v Moorside; Friarmere v Saddleworth;Uppermill v Bamford Fieldhouse;Greenfield v...
Saddleworth is celebrating an extra rosy glow this Yuletide because of the efforts of two enterprising businesses. Business partners Peter Percival and Tony Harratt have come...
SPOTS AND SHOWBIZ BETTING: BING Crosby got that song all wrong. I’m Dreaming Of A White Christmas? Well, maybe he was, but he didn’t have to dig his car out of three feet...
AN Oldham car retailer is aiming to provide some charity festive cheer this Christmas by helping those unable to spend the season at home. The Cumbria Flood Recovery Fund will...
SNOOKER: STANLEY Road returned to winning ways in the Oldham Amateur Snooker League with a 5-1 triumph at Little Cot ‘A’. S J Raynor took a tight first frame by one point...
OLDHAM ‘A’ ended 2009 with back-to-back wins in the Greater Manchester Ability Counts League. They defeated Oakwood Sports College 3-0 — S Ferris (two) and A...
Channel Hopping; “WE live in Manchester — not Dick Whittington’s London,” blasted Corrie’s manic mechanic Kevin Webster. Ideas above stations...
Joy as Lyndhurst net basketball bonanza BASKETBALL: BOYS and girls from Years Five and Six had a slam-dunking experience at a Counthill cluster schools basketball tournament....
FOOTBALL: CALLUM LENIHAN just missed out on the perfect 10 for Chaddy End FC — but nine goals ain’t bad. The young sharp-shooter was the scurge of Uppermill ‘A’ with a...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for tomorrow’s meetings! Sorry everyone — no racing today, so no tips!
CLAIMS that some areas were not gritted during the borough’s white-out weekend have been blasted by the department under fire. Councillor Mark Alcock said 10 gritters...
Date Published 22/12/2009
MOTORISTS faced another day of misery as plummeting temperatures transformed the borough’s roads into treacherous ice rinks. Temperatures dropped to -8.1C last night...
A man’s skull was fractured when he was attacked outside the Last Orders pub in Yorkshire Street, Oldham. The attack happened about 9.30pm on Thursday (17) when the...
A LONG-DISTANCE lorry driver from Oldham charged in connection with a suspected £5 million cocaine seizure believed he was transporting Christian books, a court has heard....
A TAKEAWAY owner whose premises were infested with mice has been forced to pay out almost £4,000 in fines and court costs. Oldham Council successfully prosecuted...
