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Regional minister Phil Woolas is urging local young people to take part in a survey to help shape the future of the North-West. The 50-question poll aims to get 5,000 14 to...
Date Published 26/11/2009
A £150m campaign to tackle a terrifying sexually transmitted disease (STD) was condemned as an “inefficient failure” yesterday. A committee of MPs attacked...
UP THE ANTE: SATURDAY’S Fighting Fifth Hurdle is going to have a serious impact on the betting market for the Champion Hurdle itself. Binocular and Solwhit, the first...
ARMY pop group The Soldiers were hoping to give troops past and present a festive boost with the release of their debut CD. But a touch of Scrooge-like stinginess from their...
CHADDERTON’S Christmas lights switch-on will get the royal treatment thanks to two young competition winners. The fun starts in the precinct with a festive market packed...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for tomorrow’s meetings:
AN Oldham business handed down through the generations is still going strong after over 100 years. But Michael Cohen is the last in a line of bespoke tailors who have made...
A POLICE pensions crisis means taxpayers have had to help shore up the struggling Greater Manchester fund by almost £30 million this year. Government records reveal the...
The science behind how a wax candle becomes a bright lasting light was explained to pupils at Farrowdale House Preparatory School in Shaw during their science week. Science...
AN interesting thought struck me in the pub a couple of weeks ago. I was sharing a pint with my friend Brian — a cheerful soul, much influenced by his ever-smiling father....
ATHLETIC boss Dave Penney will pick out loan transfer targets today as he bids to inject new life into a faltering campaign. A disappointing 3-0 reverse at Walsall last night...
Date Published 25/11/2009
OLDHAM Roughyeds have agreed to play a third and final pre-season friendly up at Whitehaven in a testimonial game for Howard Hill. The game takes place on Sunday, January 10...
Walsall 3, Athletic 0 BACK to square one. After a stirring two-goal salvo secured a point against Colchester at the weekend, Athletic travelled to Walsall with heightened...
MANCHESTER United will bid to confirm their status as group ‘B’ winners when they host Besiktas at Old Trafford night. But victory won’t result in a more...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: THERE was no repeat of last weekend’s heroics as Mossley were beaten 2-0 by Ilkeston Town in last night’s Carlsberg FA Vase third qualifying round...
GOLF: STAMFORD professional Mark Smith and three-handicapper Matthew Nixon teamed up to win the Manchester Alliance four-ball better-ball tournament at Withington Golf Club....
FOOTBALL: HEYSIDE Juniors under-16s twice came from behind to clinch a place in the last 16 of the Manchester County Cup with a 4-3 extra-time win over Droylsden Youth Centre....
HARRY SOUTHERN played a dual role as 3D Dynamos under-13s overcame Glossop North End in the Tameside and District Junior League. He had a spell between the sticks in the first...
FOOTBALL: Six-year wait is over for Joel Joel Butterworth scored his first Chaddy Hoppers goal for six years as under-13s Blue swept aside Bury Amateurs 7-2 in the North Bury...
LEONI HARLAND was the star of the show as Heyside Angels Blues under-14s proved too good for Heyside Angels Clarets in the North Manchester Girls League. The young hot-shot...
Sports and showbiz betting: THE only predictable thing about England’s one-day cricket team is their unpredictability. One week our bowlers are smashed all around the park in...
RUGBY: SADDLEWORTH Rangers under-15s piled up the points as they booked a semi-final berth in the Lancashire Cup. Free-scoring Rangers ran-in 11 tries, eight of which were...
RUGBY: SADDLEWORTH Rangers under-13s came from behind to record their first win of the season. Trailing 16-6 at the interval, they scored four unanswered tries in the second...
CROWN green bowls has received a huge shot in the arm with the announcement of a sponsorship deal for the Internet screening of six major tournaments in 2010. Top bowls...
SQUASH: Tame Valley’s winning run in the North West Counties Squash League was ended after seven successes when they were edged out 3-2 by Division Three North East leaders...
Leah leads the way for St Joseph’s ST JOSEPH’S dominated the Year Five/Six race for girls in the primary section of the Oldham Schools Cross-Country Championships....
LEAGUE VICTORY for Stanley Road has put them back on top of the Oldham Amateur Snooker League alongside Springbank B who managed a battling 4-2 victory at home to Chadderton...
Chadderton Wellbeing Centre will cost EIGHT times more to run than first thought A COUNCIL blunder has left Chadderton’s new £17 million Wellbeing Centre massively...
A TEACHER was found guilty of using physical contact to inappropriately reprimand a child at a Failsworth primary school. At a hearing of the General Teaching Council, supply...
