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OLDHAM Netball Club continued their strong tradition in the English National Clubs Championships by winning the under-14s and under-16s titles - the 36th and 37th national crowns...
Date Published 04/06/2009
Royton bask in glory of Procter-inspired Wood Cup victory COCK-A-HOOP Royton are celebrating their most successful weekend of the CLL season. Saturday’s league...
SHAW captain Rick Harrington is calling on professional Warrick Fynn to start piling up the runs. The South African paid man arrived at Holebottom Clough predominantly as a...
HOLLINWOOD have turned to Asif Iqbal to deputise for fellow Pakistani professional Aamir Bashir for the remainder of the Saddleworth and District Cricket League season....
GREENGATE will go head to head with Friends in the final of the Ashton and Oldham Alliance Twenty20 shield competition. Both team recorded comfortable victories and will meet...
SADDLEWORTH league secretary Trevor Harrison is demanding clubs keep up to date with their paperwork. Mr Harrison sent out letters to all 13 member clubs, asking for...
A CALLOUS conwoman brazenly walked into the home of stalwart fund-raiser Vera Smith and pretended to be her carer before stealing nearly £300 of charity cash. The trickster,...
A thug pumped up on steroids smashed his way into a family’s flat, dragged the father out of bed and then punched him in a revenge attack — on the wrong man....
Polling got off to a low-key start under cloudy Oldham skies for the European elections today. The 129 local polling stations opened at 7am and won’t close until 10pm....
Oldham’s police chief warns trouble-makers over Saddleworth weekend OLDHAM’s police chief today issued a stern stay-home warning to potential troublemakers who may...
IT was a case of after the Lord Mayor’s Show for Uppermill thirds in division four of the Site Electrical North Manchester League. A week after amassing 314 for six, the...
TEAMS of street cleaners are gearing up to make sure one of the busiest weekend’s in the Oldham calendar is a tidy one. Tomorrow will see more than 100 brass bands from...
DARREN SHADFORD will captain the Saddleworth and District Cricket League’s representative team in round one of the JW Lees Inter-League Knock-out Trophy on Sunday week....
A five-year-old Oldham boy died suddenly after catching the flu, an inquest has heard. Saquib Usmani, from Palmer Street, died on Sunday, February 15, while he and his family...
MANCHESTER United’s reign as England’s top team extends beyond their success in the Barclays Premier League. The club’s under-16s girls are not only the...
Here are Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards:
A leading councillor has predicted shops in Saddleworth villages would struggle to survive when a new Tesco store is built. Councillor Richard Knowles made the forecast after...
Local muslims breathed a sigh of relief when plans to build a giant mosque and community centre on public open space opposite Werneth Park were finally approved. Councillors...
THREE people have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to supply controlled drugs following a series of dawn raids in Werneth and Glodwick. The arrests formed the final...
MASKED thugs threatened to shoot a policewoman when she investigated a suspected burglary in Werneth early this morning. The officer was forced to release one of the suspects...
THE arrival of Metrolink in Oldham could be used to help rid the borough of booze-fuelled violence. Oldham Council wants to use the opportunity of trams running along Union...
A project which targets the mental health of schoolchildren will be tested in Oldham. The council has been chosen to take part in a national evaluation process funded by the...
THE Saddleworth Group of Artists is preparing for its latest exhibition in Uppermill. Paintings are being hung at the Saddleworth Museum gallery in readiness for the opening...
Hundreds in line for pay-outs HUNDREDS of Oldhamers could claim millions in compensation for hearing loss caused by noisy workplaces, says a local solicitor. Following a...
YOUR planet needs you, unite to combat change . . . that’s the message from Oldham Council in the run up to tomorrow’s World Environment Day. It is an annual event...
Youngsters get hands on trophy ahead of crucial clash YOUNGSTERS at two Oldham primary schools got their hands on a cup that Roughyeds hope they’ll take a giant step...
ON June 6, 1944, thousands of brave men travelled overseas for a mission which would help to bring years of brutal international hostilities to an end. Day by day, young men...
OPERA North’s dream-team male cast is with us in Salford for this first revival in 11 years of a superior, dramatic Verdi masterpiece. In 1998 it was clear that the...
FUNNY, isn’t it, how so many things are not what they seem? Take fresh meat. It’s always packaged with pictures of cows looking over five-bar gates, or sheep...
ROUGHYEDS skipper Robert Roberts believes that the goal of a Blackpool final will provide his side with all the incentive they need to put on a top-of-the-bill show tomorrow...
Date Published 03/06/2009
