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FROM West View, Friarmere, to Oakfield, Droylsden, grounds were soggy and boggy in the Armstrongs Office Furniture Saddleworth and District Cricket League on Saturday. None of...
Date Published 03/08/2009
DAVID Eyres is the first Latics legend who will feature in a new ‘An Evening With...’ entertainment series Organiser Carl Spiers intends to hold such events every...
ROYTON Cricket Club’s under-11 side stumped the opposition by winning the CLL title. The youngsters from The Paddock went through the entire league campaign unbeaten,...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards: CHEPSTOW 2.10 Corrib 2.40 L’Enchanteresse 3.10 Ejaab 3.40 Waterside...
ATHLETIC striker Lewis Alessandra is expected to complete a loan move to Chester City later today. The 20-year-old has been told by Athletic manager Dave Penney he does not...
Date Published 31/07/2009
JAMIE RUSSO and Matty Ashe will both make debuts as Oldham bid to reinvigorate their push for second place in Co-operative Championship One. Russo, a 22-year-old Australian...
ATHLETIC have finalised plans for an open forum over their proposed new home in Failsworth. Before Athletic start drawing up detailed plans for the stadium and community...
Players ready to show their mettle – boss ROUGHYEDS coach Tony Benson admits the difficulties behind the scenes at the club have arrived at a bad time — but also...
CROMPTON will be hoping Monton and Weaste have one eye on Sunday’s John Willie Lees Wood Cup final when they visit Glebe Street tomorrow. Currently third in the Lake...
IF you’ve fallen off the horse, the best bet is to get back on as quickly as possible - so they say. And so it is for Saddleworth tomorrow when they bid to bounce back...
THE final of the Dunlop Oldham Junior Tennis boys doubles produced a cracking finish. Alex Nye and Liam Stafford held off a strong challenge from Peter Leatherbarrow and...
AFTER 14 matches without defeat in the Manchester Premier League, Tonge’s Gary Ellis has surrendered his proud record. Ellis, who won the league’s prestigious Last...
RUGBY LEAGUE Tonight (8pm unless stated) — Engage Super League: Hull FC v Huddersfield; Salford v Wakefield; St Helens v Wigan (TV). The Co-operative Championship:...
Three men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 30-year-old woman who was found unconscious yesterday in Delph died a short time later in hospital. Police...
A SHAW family have described their holiday from hell at a Turkish hotel that’s seen hundreds of guests fall ill over the last five years. Law firm Irwin Mitchell has...
STEVE HALL (Gilders) took first place in the Monday evening Cargate Pool sweepstake with a carp taken on worm fished into a corner followed by three big skimmers on thirteen metre...
A terrified pensioner watched helplessly as a thug ransacked her rooms in a retirement complex in Chadderton. The 87-year-old woman was woken in her bed at 2am by the burglar...
A LEADING officer investigating the murder of Junaid Khan, gunned down in Werneth, has appealed to residents to come forward with information. Det Chief Insp Steve Eckersley...
BOWL-OUTS were needed to settle the semi-finals of the knock-out competitions in the Site Electrical North Manchester Cricket League. Sunday’s dreadful weather put paid...
A JOB vacancy in the office of an Oldham Euro-MP attracted 755 applications in seven days. Liberal Democrat Chris Davies said he was overwhelmed by the response to his search...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips
Market traders are behind plans to inject new life into Oldham’s outdoor market — but worried about the new gazebo-style stalls. Around 45 traders went to a...
THESE artist’s impressions reveal the look of two new super-health centres which are on the cards for Shaw and Werneth. The multi-million pound scheme for two...
TWO judges were visiting Oldham today to assess the borough’s entry into the prestigious North-West in Bloom competition. The pair will take a four-hour tour to see how...
THIS month has been the wettest July since 1998 and experts predict there’s worse to come. Chronicle weatherman Damian Rodgers recorded 61/2ins of rainfall since July 1...
SGT Trevor Harrison from the Oldham West neighbourhood policing unit said concerns about drug activity in Werneth Park late at night were being tackled. He told people at the...
Another application for a fast-food takeaway on Yorkshire Street has been made as Oldham councillors consider putting a cap on numbers. Plans have been submitted to convert...
A fearless Oldham fund-raiser is gearing up for a freefall skydive for a special cause. Liam Standring (32), of Huddersfield Road, will experience the exhilarating thrill of...
AN OLDHAM Army medic scaled new heights to prove his fitness by conquering North Africa’s highest mountain. Rob Mercer (45) was one of a dozen Territorial Army medics to...
PLANS for a new nature reserve at Dovestone Reservoir will be on the agenda at the first Saddleworth South PACT ward forum on Monday. People will also be able to raise...
