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THE OLDHAM Evening Chronicle has welcomed its new advertising manager to the team. Customers are key according to Jenny Cattermole who brings with her over 20 years experience...
Date Published 01/07/2009
Cricket THE Saddleworth and District League’s under-13s representative team found the Bolton League batsmen in red-hot form on a warm afternoon at Austerlands Cricket...
IT was like the olden days last week, wasn’t it? Before Sky and Freeview, when all we had to choose from was four channels. Remember those days? When every time you...
Cricket SADDLEWORTH ‘A’ boast a 100-per-cent record in the under-13s division. Sitting pretty at the top of the table, they made it eight wins out of eight...
Football HEYSIDE JFC under-nines completed a hat-trick of tournament titles in the Avro Juniors competition held at The Lancaster Club. They impressed from the start,...
Football FORMED in April, Shaw Stars under-12s have hit the ground running in their quest for silverware. They won the Colwyn Bay Cup — an 11-a-side competition...
Football HATTERSLEY under-12s are on the look-out for friendlies as they prepare for their first season. They have a pitch and nets available and can play on either...
Here are Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards: REDCAR 6.10 Dabbers Ridge 6.40 Vilnius 7.15 Nchike 7.45 Military Call...
A TEACHER has been arrested after claims that indecent images of children were found on a computer at South Chadderton School. Nigel Hooley (32) was immediately suspended by...
Date Published 30/06/2009
ATHLETIC have been forced to splash the cash to capture highly-rated South African midfield man Dean Furman. Boundary Park officials have had to pay an undisclosed...
A KICK in the teeth! That’s the reaction to the bombshell news that Oldham College’s £80 million redevelopment is not going ahead. It is among more than 160...
OLDHAM have issued an appeal to supporters to back the team in the upcoming Northern Rail Nines competition. Tickets for the event, which takes place at Fylde RUFC on the...
AN Oldham man who attacked a party-goer with a bottle outside a Blackpool hotel has escaped an immediate jail sentence after asking the victim to forgive him. A Judge at...
Increase down to success in reporting incidents, police claim THE number of racially or religiously motivated crimes being reported to Greater Manchester Police has risen more...
MANCHESTER United are inching closer to making Antonio Valencia their first signing of the summer. The Wigan winger has cut short his summer break to try to complete his move...
Police in Oldham town centre are taking to two wheels to fight four-wheel crime. The Town Centre Neighbourhood Policing Team has two new mountain bikes, making it easier for...
Yorkshire’s White Rose will fly proudly over Saddleworth again — with the official blessing of Oldham Council. New road signs approaching the area will display a...
CHADDERTON have a hectic pre-season after arranging nine friendlies before their Vodkat North West Counties League first division campaign kicks off. They begin with a match...
Police have renewed a bid to catch a convicted killer who may be living a double life in Oldham. Abdul Salam, now 33, vanished after hiding in the back of a lorry and claiming...
OLDHAM Bangladeshi Association is due to pay back thousands of pounds in rent to council taxpayers for the flagship Millennium Centre. It is paying back arrears of...
OLDHAM Amateur Swimming Club continued their winning ways with a fine 57-50 success against Ashton in the Central Lancashire Junior League at Ashton Pool. In the 10 and under...
OLDHAM has lost another store in the Spindles-Town Square precinct with the closure of the Birthdays card outlet. Around 750 jobs will be lost at the card chain with the...
Knowsley Junior School will reopen tomorrow after the flooding caused by torrential weekend rain. The rain had overcome the guttering at the Stoneleigh Street school in...
THE Oldham & District Table Tennis League women’s team won the Lancashire and Cheshire League title for the first time in the Oldham league’s history. They...
A TOURIST office, a travel pass dispenser and somewhere to pay parking fines are among the range of ideas suggested to boost post office use. A list of additional services has...
A TRIO of machete and hammer-wielding robbers burst into Failsworth’s Morrisons store in broad daylight yesterday. The gang, who were wearing dark clothes and...
OVER 500 athletes completed the popular Freckleton Half Marathon. Stuart Carroll was the first of 21 Royton Road Runners to cross the line in 21st place, recording a time of...
Teacher dies 11 months after his young son TRIBUTES are being paid to teacher and Oldham Cricket Club stalwart Jim Gould who has died suddenly aged 56 — almost 11 months...
THE sun may have been beating down, but youngsters were heading for the ice as the Chadderton Park Football Club fun day got under way. A synthetic ice-rink was one of many...
A poignant scrap book of children’s observations on a well-loved local vicar was presented to him on his retirement. The Rev Sydney Clayton has been vicar of Denshaw for...
