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Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for tomorrow’s meetings: LINGFIELD 12.20 Clear Ice 12.50 Robust Wish 1.25 The Geester 2.00 Edith’s...
Date Published 18/12/2009
TWO wins from the next three games is the minimum target for Athletic over the Christmas period. A 2-0 defeat of Exeter City at Boundary Park last weekend restored a good...
Date Published 17/12/2009
ROUGHYEDS have snapped up Leeds Rhinos youngster Joe Chandler in a move that is being described as “a real coup” for the Co-operative Championship One club. The...
SPEED cameras are to be installed at a notorious accident blackspot which has claimed nine lives in 11 years. Following a groundswell of public concern over a spate of...
PARK LIFE: DEANE Smalley hailed his performance against Exeter as the best he has produced this season. Hit by bad luck during the early stages of the campaign, the...
A CHADDERTON ward manager has been struck off after she pretended to be a patient to get free prescriptions and landed her job with false references. Sonya Davenport (39)...
A year-long campaign to transfer Oldham Council’s housing stock into private hands has been given the go-ahead. Tenants will be balloted over transferring ownership of...
UNEMPLOYMENT totals in Oldham have fallen for the second successive month — signalling a traditional economic lift in the run-up to Christmas. The number of temporary...
A new military body will be set up in April, next year, after a Nimrod spy plane blew up shortly after refuelling, killing all 14 men on board. The move comes after a critical...
Oldham teenagers are being urged to protect themselves as cases of mumps soar. Confirmed cases of the virus shot up to 38 at the end of November compared with just two at the...
THE academy which will replace Grange School is advertising for a £50,000 community cohesion co-ordinator. The successful candidate will receive £40,000 to...
PARK LIFE: SIMON Corney revealed at the recent supporters' meeting the scale of the mountain a club of Athletic's size has to climb in order to reach the play-offs. The...
TWO men from Clarksfield have been charged with grievous bodily harm with intent after a 27-year-old man was stabbed in the back. Sajad Hussain (36), and Babar Bashir (43),...
BUDGET proposals by the ruling Lib-Dems came under attack over lack of detail, content and suitable scrutiny. Proposals include making £8.5 efficiency savings,...
PARK LIFE: WYCOMBE Wanderers will enter their home clash with Athletic in confident mood. The Chairboys are in good form of late and have won their last two home matches under...
WHEN Dave Hibbert, Labour’s ferocious attack dog (mind your ankles there) sets himself up as peacemaker and Lynne Thompson, Miss Whiplash in charge of finances, turns up in...
AN MP has stepped into a row over a plan to move a key Whit Friday brass band contest to a new site. Phil Woolas, MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth, has attacked the decision...
PARK LIFE: MARTIN GRAY believes that while Athletic have toiled against some of the best sides in League One, the experience it has given to the younger elements of the squad...
An amateur football club was today mourning the death of its popular chairman, Paul Lomax. Mr Lomax (48) was the driving force behind Avro FC, which plays at the Lancaster...
PARK LIFE: GOALS from makeshift strike pair Phillip McGrath and Connor Hughes provided Athletic's youth team with a 2-1 home win over Morecambe — but it could and should...
ICE HOCKEY: MANCHESTER Phoenix's young stars continue to impress on the world stage. Ian Bowie scored a vital equaliser and provided two assists as Great Britain recorded a...
AMATEUR RUGBY: A SOLID performance from the pack saw Higginshaw overcome a stubborn Liversedge team 28-6 in the National Cup to book a home tie against Hunslet Warriors on Oldham...
AMATEUR RUGBY: WATERHEAD ruined Hindley’s 100-per-cent record in division five of the Kukri North-West Counties League and enhanced their own chances of title glory. The...
YOUTH RUGBY: SCRUM-HALF Danny Yates of Waterhead is celebrating his inclusion in the England Youth squad for a series of training camps to be held next year. The 15-year-old...
YOUTH RUGBY: SADDLEWORTH Rangers wasted a big lead as they drew 12-12 with Crusaders Colts in the Gillette National Youth League. Rod Giblin scored the only try of the first...
SNOOKER: ROYTON Cons are the new leaders of the Saw-Tech Shaw Snooker League. Despite losing the first two frames at Comrades A, they took the last three to win 4-2. All...
UP THE ANTE — Racing: THERE has been a flurry of betting activity on Saturday’s two big races at Ascot. While a buoyant market for the ultra-competitive Ladbroke...
HEALTHY food stalls, Wii Fit demonstrations and recipe challenges — it was all systems go at the opening of a new Oldham health centre. Lindley House Health Centre, in...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for tomorrow’s meetings:
AS the countdown to Christmas continues, doctors, nurses and hospital staff get ready for what is usually their busiest time of year. An increase in office parties, festive...
