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SADDLEWORTH Sing for Pleasure choir is joining forces with Oldham Music Centre Youth Brass Band for a fundraising concert. The event, in aid of the chairman of Saddleworth...
Date Published 18/06/2009
OLDHAM Lions marked a milestone with a 35th anniversary dinner at Saddleworth Golf Club. The group formed in 1974 to serve the community and is made up of volunteers who raise...
A County Durham-based charity, the National Animal Sanctuaries Support League, plans to open a branch in the Oldham area and is looking for staff. The charity says it operates...
Here are Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards:
ARE you into any of these weird and wonderful internet sites, like Facebook? Several people have suggested to me that I go on Facebook, but who on earth would be interested in...
County at home is first test ATHLETIC kick off the 2009/10 season with a home derby clash against Stockport County. Dave Penney’s men are up against a club currently...
Date Published 17/06/2009
ROUGHYEDS officials will attempt to keep Matty Ashe at the club beyond his initial one-month loan spell. The Swinton Lions half-back’s temporary deal runs out after...
CHAMPIONS Manchester United being their defence of the Barclays Premier League title at home to newly–promoted Birmingham City on August 15. Next up for the Red Devils...
Oldham make a ‘significant’ loss on Fev cup tie ROUGHYEDS chief executive Chris Hamilton has admitted the club felt a financial sting from the poorly-attended...
THE INTREPID Oldham squad reached for the skies during a session at an indoor training centre in Trafford Park. In the midst of a three-week period without a game, coach Tony...
I AM very concerned about the lay-off we are currently in the middle of, to be honest. It is difficult to know quite how it will affect us. One week without a game can either...
NICK KERIN emerged from the pack to capture the Committee Cup at SADDLEWORTH. Three shots adrift of first-round leader Stuart Potts, Kerin pulled back the deficit to defeat...
MARJORIE Bray won Lady Captain’s Prize at CROMPTON AND ROYTON, but it was Karen Heywood who stole most of the thunder after shattering the course record. Heywood shot a...
CHRIS RABBICH believes he has become a more accomplished and complete golfer following his move to America. The 20-year-old from Shaw is on a four-year golfing scholarship to...
OLDHAM could get two tram lines running through the town centre — making it the big winner from Greater Manchester’s £1.5billion transport investment package....
THE men’s Chronicle Cup, washed out two weeks ago, is replayed at Brookdale on Saturday. But the rescheduling has caused a number of withdrawals, mainly due to holidays....
AS the Oldham Golf League reached its halfway point, joint leaders in the ‘B’ division clashed. And while Brookdale went two clear with a 5-3 win, Dukinfield will...
Oldham councillors who claimed over £815,000 in allowances last year should get off the gravy train, according to outspoken critic Ken Hulme. The latest list of...
A FIRE-FIGHTER was shot at while tackling a 60-vehicle blaze in a scrapyard at Broadbent Road, Watersheddings, yesterday. A total of 20 officers from Chadderton, Hollins,...
BUILDERS, shop workers and drivers have been worst hit by the recession in Oldham, according to research published today. Across the town 260 people claiming job...
Counterfeit copies of top Bollywood DVDs have been seized in a series of raids by Trading Standards officers in Coppice and Glodwick. Three people were arrested and five...
AN Oldham woman beat up a man and caused an “ugly wound” after he racially abused her during a row. Keisha Hughes (23) was called a “n.....’’...
A CALLOUS caller conned a Watersheddings pensioner out of money after claiming she was collecting for a cancer charity. Police believe other people in the area could have been...
ENTRY has opened for the Prostate Cancer Charity Tour ride, the first event of its kind to be organised in the UK offering cyclists of all levels the chance to ride the official...
TWO new Oldham schools have scooped more accolades as they join a record shortlist for this year’s Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award. Radclyffe and...
A GRIEF-STRICKEN Abbeyhills woman told how her pet greyhound died after saving the lives of her other dogs in a vicious attack. Helen Frost (25), a studio manager, was talking...
Oldham Works — a major campaign to boost Oldham, its business, its people. Angela Freear was made redundant by text message — so she set up in business on her own...
OLDHAM’S Hulme Grammar School is celebrating a hat-rick of awards after being recognised by the Good Schools Guide. The boys got an award for outstanding results in AS...
A talented Shaw teenager has won a place at a prestigious London drama school. Kassie Deakin-Bowers (19), of Vine Close, will start a three-year degree in acting and musical...
A Church of England minister who gave up his last parish to be a community worker and Oldham councillor is the new vicar of St Chad’s, Uppermill. The Rev Howard...
