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GCSE RESULTS 2009 THREE high-fliers from Royton and Crompton are celebrating after achieving top GCSE results. Rachel Bramah bagged nine A*s and five As, as well as an A*...
Date Published 31/08/2009
OUTSTANDING results again — this was the proud announcement by Crompton House School. Almost 96.9 per cent of its pupils scooped at least five A*-C grades and 81.4 per...
GCSE RESULTS 2009 FIVE whizzkids from Failsworth School are heading for bright futures after scooping top GCSE results. An ecstatic Sophie Rigney is cock-a-hoop after...
NICOLA Shenton has certainly got reason to smile — the bright Hulme Grammar School pupil scooped 9.5 straight A*s. And there were 22 fellow students achieving at least...
ATHLETIC hope to have some of their injured players back for tomorrow night’s Johnstone’s Paint Trophy tie against Accrington Stanley at Boundary Park. Chris...
ROUGHYEDS coach Tony Benson hopes to take his team into the play-offs on a roll. A sticky period of just two wins in six league games has seen his Oldham side drop to fourth...
OLDHAM boxer Mark Heffron punched his way to a silver medal in the European championships which were staged in Poland. The 18-year-old, from Horsedge Street, successfully came...
GRACIAS, Saddleworth . . . these sassy Senoritas proved their Spanish was top notch. The super six passed GCSE Spanish in just a year and will now go on to study for an...
Key for all schools: first number is A* - G grades, with A - C in brackets Hulme Boys Jason Allen 9.5 (8.5), Hasin Amin 9.5 (9.5), Rizwan Asghar 9.5 (8.5), Bradley Ashford...
Brentford 1, Athletic 1 IT was hard to judge whether injury-hit Athletic’s glass was half full or half empty after Saturday’s stalemate at Brentford in Coca-Cola League One....
THE sight of posties lugging large sacks of mail could soon be a thing of the past. Changes to the way our post is delivered are in the pipeline, with plans for posties to do...
Manchester United 2, Arsenal 1 NOT many United fans will feel sorry for Arsene Wenger. After all, the Arsenal boss has hardly endeared himself to the Old Trafford faithful,...
Portsmouth 0, Manchester City 1 MARK HUGHES insists there is more to come from his Manchester City side after they extended their perfect start to the new Barclays Premier...
FIREFIGHTER Ian Hall is to tackle a marathon rowing challenge in aid of charity. The 38-year-old will put his back into the task in Oldham’s Spindles shopping centre on...
OLDHAMERS are being urged to give blood now to save lives this winter — and have been told to bring along a relative, friend and colleague too. The dip in winter...
MORE than 150 people have been so badly attacked by dogs in the last five years they have needed hospital treatment. Twenty-nine casualties, including four under 18s, were...
Exhibition celebrates Oldham’s women of substance HERE come the girls . . . feisty females will be the focus of a new exhibition celebrating the character, independence...
PARENTS descended on Tandle Hill Park, Royton, for a natural crafts session with their little ones. The outing was organised by Oldham Play Action Group (OPAG) to promote...
THE credit crunch is a worrying time, with job insecurity a real problem for people with mortgages and bills to pay. Many will find themselves suddenly without a job, and forced...
MOSSLEY’S FA Cup exit at Cammell Laird was clouded in controversy as they lost to an injury time penalty which even the hosts did not agree with. Lilywhites left-back Leon...
GARY Ellis had a weekend to remember, clinching two of the biggest prizes in bowls to collect a cool £3,100. The Nimble Nook and Tonge star saw off a top-class field in...
OLDHAM’S economy is driven by local businesses working hard for the good of local people. And we want to do everything we can to support local industry and retail...
RAIN curtailed all but one of the matches in the Lake Garage CLL yesterday as Monton and Weaste placed one hand on the league trophy. The Wood Cup winners are set to complete...
REGENERATION is set to transform Derker bringing with it newly-built homes and a landscaped district by 2012. But those who remain face living in streets where boarded-up...
HEYSIDE and Uppermill will go head to head in the Saddleworth and District Cricket League’s Twenty20 Cup final on Thursday evening at Austerlands CC (start 5.30pm), writes...
OLDHAM RUFC 14, WIGAN 22 OLDHAM RUFC’S makeshift team produced a lively display, but were ultimately knocked out of the Lancashire Cup by Wigan in their first competitive...
Your Chronicle — backing the £100,000 Christie Oldham appeal ONE of Oldham’s most popular teachers has completed a gruelling trek to the summit of Mount...
Racing Correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for tomorrow: RIPON 2.30 Whirlijig 3.00 Eight Hours 3.30 Wing Play (n.b.) 4.00 Absolute Music 4.30 Luv...
THE ART OF GOSSIPING Now I’m not one for gossip, but a little bird has told me that it’s a pretty popular pastime and I’ve heard you already know quite a bit...
A SERVICE heralded as a lifeline for pensioners who might otherwise be housebound has been nominated for a Pride in Oldham award. The drivers and office staff of Oldham Ring...
