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A HOST of golden daffodils will be on show in Shaw next spring after a mass planting campaign by local rotarians. New president Peter Lomas, of Crompton and Royton Rotary...
Date Published 17/11/2009
Len’s still all-singing, all-dancing at 90 LEN Quinn is proof that you are never to old to dazzle on the dance floor. For the sprightly great-grandfather from...
STAFF at BAE Systems in Chadderton took a trip down memory lane thanks to a welcome delivery from the Oldham Evening Chronicle. General manager Stephen Kilroy found out that...
THE founder of a martial arts club in Royton paid a surprise flying visit to see her former friends, colleagues and students. Paula Hundertajlo, who now lives in Canada,...
HARVEST time has proved more than fruitful for a Failsworth project bringing the good life back to Oldham residents. The Grassroots Project, based in Marlborough Drive, has...
What Kati Did Next AN advert. Abi Titmuss will be performing the part of Lady Macbeth at The Seagull Theatre in Lowestoft from November 18, 2009. Not that far from...
SHE may be bolshy, bold and brassy but Lily Allen has done a whole lot for girl power. Keith Allen’s daughter worked hard to make it as a recording artist after creating...
YOU may not have heard of Alice Russell (above) yet but that’s all about to change with the release of her new single. The charismatic Brighton belle provides lead...
THE Magic Numbers burst on to the scene in 2005 and gained fans with jolly ditties such as “Forever Lost” and “When I See You, I See Me”. But two...
REMEMBER The Fratellis and their impossibly catchy hit “Chelsea Dagger”? Well lead singer Jon Lawler has joined up with glamorous Glaswegian chanteuse and...
TONIGHT: Beverley Knight — Bridgewater Hall; Lily Allen — Apollo; 65 Days of Static — Academy 2; Michael Wollny — Band on the Wall; Alison Moyet —...
Furman suspended and club are fined ATHLETIC have been left counting the cost of an ill-disciplined second-half show in defeat to Gillingham. Combative midfielder Dean...
Date Published 16/11/2009
PHIL Joseph has departed Oldham for Co-operative Championship One rivals Swinton Lions. The powerful utility forward, a big figure in the Roughyeds’ line-up for the past...
Gillingham 1 Athletic 0 - Third defeat in a row follows same pattern
MOSSLEY recorded only their fourth win of the season in UniBond League division one north on a surface more suited to flippers than football boots. A deluge prior to kick-off...
SADDLEWORTH Rangers won 52-12 at Heworth in National Conference League division one, with Tom Lever scoring a hat-trick of tries. In division two, the game between Shaw Cross...
OLDHAM Council has been forced into an embarrassing U-turn over a bungled decision to charge Dr Kershaw’s Hospice an extra £8,000 a year for rates. Plans to charge...
TALENTED fly-half George Ford has been shortlisted for the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Award. The Rishworth School pupil and son of former Oldham Roughyeds...
ATHLETIC’S promising youngsters are in action in the second round of the FA Youth Cup when they take on Rochdale at Boundary Park on Wednesday, November 25 (7pm kick-off)....
THOUSANDS of festive revellers packed the streets of Oldham town centre for the borough’s biggest ever Christmas lights switch on. Star guest Angelina Ballerina pushed...
A SHOCK 6-0 defeat for Springbank against Moss Inn A brings the leaders back to just two points ahead of second-placed Chadderton Cot A in the Chadderton Snooker League, sponsored...
A MAN is fighting for his life after he was assaulted in Clarksfield. Police called to Cranbrook Street at the junction with Lees Road at 8.15pm on Thursday, discovered a man...
FURIOUS villagers have launched a “United Republic of Saddleworth” in a bid to ban Gary Glitter from their community. The convicted paedophile is tipped to fly to...
Manchester Phoenix showed why they are English Premier League title favourites with another two victories at the weekend. Adam Walker nabbed three goals in the two games, with...
A MAN is in intensive care after escaping a fire at a house in Derby Road, Failsworth, last night. Crews from Hollins and Chadderton were called out at 10pm to find the...
THE funeral of a former Hulme Grammar School pupil, who died while on duty as a military policeman in Afghanistan, will take place on Friday. Cpl James Oakland was killed by...
Two Manchester United football stewards were due in court today accused of breaking the legs of a Manchester City fan at September’s derby match at Old Trafford. Mark...
AN Oldham yob jailed for five years after beating up a New Year’s reveller and then threatening him if he persisted in pressing charges, has won a year off his sentence,...
Our boys in Afghanistan to receive a taste of home comforts SADDLEWORTH’S “Mother Christmas” is urging the public to give British troops in Afghanistan an...
Concerned neighbours played good Samaritans when a 95-year-old widow fell on a path in freezing conditions. They wrapped Ethel Bradbury in a blanket and brought cushions from...
