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Here are Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards: SANDOWN 2.10 Master Of Dance 2.40 Cawdor 3.15 Mass Rally 3.50 Imaam 4.25...
Date Published 11/06/2009
A CAFE owner has come up with a novel solution to alfresco cappuccinos and lattes while awaiting a planning inspectorate ruling. Nigel Hill, the owner of the upmarket Jamaica...
Date Published 10/06/2009
OLDHAM has been handed £350,000 to coax young hooligans away from a life of crime and back on to the straight and narrow. The controversial scheme is part of a whopping...
RAMPAGING drunks will be targeted on the streets of Oldham under a new scheme being considered by the town’s pub and club owners. Trade bodies are proposing implementing...
ANGRY councillor Dave Hibbert is demanding to know why an unpaid £1,065 bill was sent to him instead of the council. His wife Mary was shocked when she opened the demand...
A MUCH-hyped Government action plan to end the scandal of families too poor to heat their homes is doomed to failure, a damning report by MPs warns today. The Great British...
OLDHAM police are hunting robbers who threatened a security guard. The guard was collecting the takings from the petrol station at Morrisons, in Tweedale Way, Chadderton at...
OLDHAM has been urged to ditch its proposed academies after a new study cast doubt on their effectiveness. Researchers found that academies run by private companies,...
...but a replacement is the icing on the cake A worried bride thought plans for a stylish centrepiece at her wedding were crumbling after an upmarket bespoke cake maker...
THE EVENING Chronicle has been asked to make clear that Failsworth’s Chris Atherton, arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, did not collide with...
DAVID Emanuel is tackling a 100-mile challenge in memory of a fellow runner who died during a race. Starting tomorrow, he will complete the equivalent of a marathon a day when...
A DIGGLE steam enthusiast has produced a remarkable series of pictures in celebration of his own great railway journeys. Over the years, Richard Smalley’s passion for...
Boxing LOCAL lad Ronnie Heffron’s dream of boxing for Great Britain at the 2012 Olympic Games is over. In a dramatic move, the 18-year-old from Horsedge Street has...
Removed as director by ‘clerical error’ ROUGHYEDS chairman Bill Quinn has reaffirmed his commitment to taking the club forward — despite officially resigning...
Presented by Saddleworth and Oldham Metro Rotary Clubs Come and join the fun WHERE: Churchill playing field, Wellington Road, Greenfield. WHEN: Sunday, June 14...
Cycling OLDHAM cycling ace Chris Newton showed once again how versatile he is when he took second spot in the National 25-Mile Time Trial Championship in Norfolk last weekend....
FORMER Athletic captain Sean Gregan looks set to be heading for Coca-Cola League Two club Chesterfield where he will be reunited with John Sheridan. It is believed Sheridan,...
FULL-BACK STAR RELUCTANT TO SIT IT OUT PAUL Reilly admits he had to be held back from stepping out onto the field after sustaining a broken nose last week. Having been...
ROUGHYEDS coach Tony Benson has explained why he chose the front row combinations he did in the Featherstone game. With a host of options available to him in the squad’s...
Benson’s Beat by coach Tony Benson THERE were lots of good things on show in the Featherstone game and also plenty of areas for us to improve in order to play at that...
Golf STUART POTTS heads the field at the halfway stage of the Committee Cup, SADDLEWORTH’S first major of the season. In the opening round, Potts had a return of...
THESE three stunning gardens are normally hidden from view, but will be open to the public to raise money for Holy Trinity Church, Dobcross, this weekend. They are among nine...
Women’s golf IT’S the end of an era with Joan Hirst announcing she is retiring as president of Oldham Ladies Golfers Association after nine years. The 87-year-old from...
A CENTENARIAN who put her longevity down to a tot of whisky in her tea and a ready smile has died, aged 102. Alice Briscoe, of Smallwood Road, Shaw, had many friends and...
Women’s golf LINDA NEWMAN drove her way to glory in Lady Captain’s Prize at Saddleworth. In the 36-hole major, she had a two-round return of 199-56-143 to finish one shot...
PEOPLE in the Oldham town centre Dog and Duck pub must start to feel their lives are improving, an Oldham MP told Gordon Brown. Oldham West and Royton MP Michael Meacher said...
DENTON have put five points daylight between themselves and the chasing pack in the ‘A’ Division. They produced a decisive 6-2 win away at second-paced Stamford...
A SPRIGHTLY octogenarian who delivered the Chronicle Weekend into his eighties, has died aged 85. Ray Southern became what must have been the borough’s oldest paperboy...
Golf VISITORS dominated Gala Golf Week at Crompton and Royton. Four players from Haydock Park, Hindley Hall, Great Lever and Farnworth won the four-man team event as S...
FROM cold callers and annoying ring tones to dyeing a load of washing red . . . it’s the little things in life that drive us around the bend. Now a nationwide survey has...
