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There was a time when magicians ruled the world. Not when Paul Daniels was on telly, but in the days of Merlin. They all had white beards and cloaks back then and were...
Date Published 15/06/2009
ATHLETIC are close to completing the signings of four new players as their plans for the 2009/10 season move into overdrive. Manager Dave Penney’s persuasive skills and...
Date Published 12/06/2009
SALARY cap reductions are likely in the rugby league Championship divisions next term. Contrary to a report in the trade press earlier this week, no details of the plan have yet...
Manchester United fans have demanded all the £80million received from Real Madrid for Cristiano Ronaldo is reinvested in Sir Alex Ferguson’s team – with Carlos...
MOSSLEY Football Club is in danger of dying after local undertaker and benefactor Steve Astley quit as chairman. The Lilywhites, who are heavily in debt, are involved in a...
THERE a few things more frustrating in sport than registering a morale-boosting victory only to wait ages for a chance to build on it. Alas, that is the reality facing...
Saddleworth Cricket League preview BUOYED by a couple of strong performances, Moorside go in search of more Armstrongs Office Furniture Saddleworth and District Cricket League...
TITLE-CHASING Delph will be hoping for a break in the weather when they visit Barkisland in the Drakes Huddersfield League tomorrow. The two teams were due to go head to...
FIVE Oldham and Royton Harriers headed to Halifax for the Halifax Town Centre 5k — part of the celebrations for Halifax Harriers’ 125th anniversary. Mike Smith led...
Surface works to rumble on STRUGGLING businesses already battling the recession fear long-term roadworks could see trade hit the skids. Firms in Shaw Road, between...
AN axe-wielding intruder smashed a front door during an attempted burglary in Failsworth. The 52-year-old victim was at home in Holt Lane Mews at 11.30pm when the door was...
JONATHON Copeland sets out on his bid to emulate his father David, the 1995 champion, when he plays in the heats of the Oldham Evening Chronicle Bowling Handicap tonight. The...
“OLDHAM Works”, the Chronicle campaign launched this week to highlight success stories around the borough, has already started to make waves. As soon as the...
OLDHAM has been promised £230,000 to help young people leaving care and boost teaching provision for teenagers in the town. Children’s Secretary Ed Balls announced...
WIND and rain greeted Oldham Central AC competitors at Baden Hall Fisheries Lodge pool. The conditions were tough going, but Dave Barnett wasn’t complaining. The...
HOUSING bosses in Oldham are looking to go greener after committing to an environmental policy. First Choice Homes Oldham chairman Harry Burns and chief executive Hugh...
SHAW’S only leisure centre has been saved from the bulldozers after being taken over by new management. In March, last year, the Chronicle revealed that the owners of...
Tory councillors have attacked raids on Oldham’s book fund. They say that children will miss out on £2,500 worth of good reads. The Conservative councillors...
CRICKET Site Electrical North Manchester League, division one: Failsworth Macedonia v Tottington St Johns; Springhead v Elton Vale. Division two: Fothergill and Harvey IIs v...
A NATIONAL crime-fighting charity is urging Oldhamers to help police rid communities of drugs. The Crimestoppers initiative co-incides with the National Tackling Drugs,...
NHS Oldham reports FLU jab targets in Oldham could be boosted this winter over fears of a swine flu epidemic. NHS Oldham, responsible for health services across the...
Here are Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards: SANDOWN 1.50 Dancourt 2.20 Bravo Echo 2.50 Pravda Street 3.25...
Today’s Friday science feature looks — courtesy of Dr Pauline Balac, senior lecturer in biology at the University of Huddersfield — at the characteristics of...
OLYMPIC fever swept Hathershaw College of Technology and Sport as pupils found out more about the work involved in staging the games. Workshops at an enterprise day for year 8...
Oldhamers are being invited to think about how they travel to work as part of the first-ever regional commuter challenge. It is one of a number of cycling events organised...
A DAY in the sun and a little hard work reaped huge rewards for residents of a Diggle hamlet. It meant they cleared the road leading to their homes of weeds and rubbish, and...
OLDHAM sea cadets sailed through their annual inspection. The Derker-based unit came under scrutiny from Lt-Col John Davies, of the Royal Marines, to ensure that they meet the...
SUNDAY sees the ever-popular Saddleworth Summer Show taking place at Churchill playing fields, Greenfield (10.30am-5pm). There will be day-long attractions for all the family...
‘Please don’t throw my wife out of the UK’ A HEARTBROKEN husband said his Filipina wife could be facing deportation because of an administration error....
Date Published 11/06/2009
QUIZZED about the BNP prohibiting non-whites from joining the party, leader Nick Griffin told a press conference in Manchester yesterday that it would need to be considered by the...
