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MANCHESTER United striker Michael Owen scored his third goal of the season in the Carling Cup victory against Barnsley. Owen found the target in the 59th minute of the...
Date Published 28/10/2009
MOSSLEY head to Northamptonshire for Saturday’s Carlsberg FA Trophy, second-qualifying round tie at Brackley Town on the back of a 10-match unbeaten run. The Lilywhites...
ROYTON have appointed their professional, Luke Procter, as team captain for the 2010 Lake Garage CLL season. The 21-year-old had a superb 2009 campaign for the Paddock club,...
ALAN ENTWISTLE and Andy Dunster claimed the spoils in the Ladcastle Trophy at SADDLEWORTH, a matchplay event played out over the course of the whole season. Having got through...
CROMPTON HOUSE and Blue Coat will fly the flag for Oldham in the next stage of the English Schools Cross-Country Championships. Boys and girls representing schools from...
DESPITE suffering a 4-2 home defeat at the hands of Moss Inn ‘B’, Stanley Road continue to lead the way in the Oldham Amateur Snooker League. But their advantage...
OLDHAM RU ‘A’ showed commendable battling qualities despite losing 43–17 to an efficient Broughton Park third team. They started the game poorly, allowing...
A brave team of police heroes have relived their dramatic rescue of an unconscious hiker stranded more than a thousand feet up on weather-beaten Saddleworth moor. Officers...
Football fans were arrested after violence broke out and catering stands were ransacked during last night’s Carling Cup fixture between Barnsley and Manchester United....
GUN crime has soared over the last decade with a spate of shootings in Oldham emphasising the terrifying trend. Figures released by the Tories show that offences involving...
TRAVELLERS have been given until today to move off the former Ashworth abattoir site in Royton. Around 20 caravans have descended on the land in Edge Lane in recent days....
Eighteen-year-old had £785 of heroin A TEENAGE drug dealer who tried to flee from police has been jailed for 26 months. Mudassar Khan, of Chester Street, Werneth,...
A PAIR of teenage thugs from Limeside who launched an unprovoked attack on a man in the street have been sentenced. Mark McNamara (17) of Farm Road, and Jordan Fitzpatrick...
Sports betting - THE World Matchplay golf at Wentworth was one of my sporting highlights of the autumn. The treelined Surrey course produced some stunning scenery and, with...
A determined group of Derker residents will go into battle again today to save their terrace homes from demolition. They will attempt to convince the Court of Appeal that the...
Immigration minister Phil Woolas has reignited the row over claims of a “secret plot” to boost multiculturalism with mass immigration — by claiming Labour had in...
£266m schools overhaul chief to be new college principal THE man heading the borough’s £266 million secondary schools’ overhaul has been appointed as...
BROADWAY Celtic under-12s produced an amazing recovery against AFC Oldham in the Tameside Sunday League. Trailing 4-1 with 20 minutes to go, they hit back to record a...
THE Royal Oldham Hospital is poised to switch to digital, thanks to a £5,000 charity donation. The money was given by the hospital’s League of Friends charity to...
CELEBRATIONS are in order for a couple believed to be Oldham’s longest married couple. George Oddie (94) and his wife, Rose (89), walked down the isle 70 years ago...
Organisers of Saddleworth’s summer show have received a financial boost to launch next year’s event. Veolia Environmental Services presented a £4,750 cheque...
A FAILSWORTH centenarian has died at the age of 104. Ethel Long died peacefully at Brierfields Residential Care Home, Brierley Avenue. Originally from Newton Heath, Mrs...
SAY cheese... Oldham’s cutest youngsters picked up their prizes for winning the Evening Chronicle’s Top Tots competition. Hundreds of babies and toddlers were...
OLDHAM Council invested £200,000 to make the borough’s streets blooming marvellous. And it paid off after the town won the North-West in Bloom 2009 “Best Town...
SADDLEWORTH became the fifth different name on the Chronicle Schools Golf Challenge trophy when they claimed a two-point victory at Werneth. No school has won the trophy twice...
Fans could pay for football club tax rises MANCHESTER United and City supporters could be hit with rising ticket prices to cover a whopping increase in business rates...
POLICE are hoping to make it a happy Hallowe’en for all Shaw residents. While some look forward to dressing up and having a party, others are fearful of who is knocking...
A 10-try victory for Saddleworth Rangers under-14s tightened their grip at the top of North-West Counties division two. Leyland Warriors were defeated 56-12 on their own...
SHOCKING news that one person in the UK dies from mouth cancer every five hours has prompted local health bosses to back a campaign highlighting the warning signs. Latest...
AN Oldham Police Community Support Officer has been hailed nationally for working tirelessly to help residents. PCSO Christine Gee was named runner-up in the prestigious 2009...
