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GET on in school, get online at home — that was the message as parents gathered at Counthill School to learn about a scheme which offers families help to buy a home...
Date Published 25/05/2009
Train guards who kept passengers informed with mobile phone text messages from their controllers have been given “smart phones” — beloved of city high fliers...
GREEN-FINGERED wizards helped to arrange grand floral displays bursting with civic pride in preparation for this year’s North-West in Bloom competition. The council is...
Local sport: cricket LOCAL restaurateur Mohammed Zaman Khan served up a gourmet display as he almost single-handedly steered Crompton to a four-wicket derby win at Royton....
Man City 1, Bolton W 0 IT WAS more about looking to the future than dwelling on the past as Manchester City defeated Bolton Wanderers yesterday at Eastlands in their final...
Youngsters proved they weren’t faint-hearted when it came to scaling the heights. Members of Werneth and Freehold Project’s junior club got the chance to put their...
Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher has backed the rest of the club’s senior stars to go on and win the Champions League without him. Fletcher must sit out...
ALL-singing, all-dancing — it’s a formula that’s clearly worked for the choir at Our Lady’s RC High School. The group only formed in February and was...
HEYSIDE, the holders, suffered a first-round exit in the Saddleworth and District Cricket League’s Tanner Cup — but they pushed Bamford Fieldhouse all the way at...
RUGBY legend Barrie McDermott braved the rain to present certificates to a blooming brilliant bunch of people. Residents at Threshold’s Spring Street Centre, in...
ACTIVE pupils at Rushcroft Primary School helped an Oldham MP officially open their new outdoor play area. Phil Woolas, MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth, was joined by...
SHAW have struck form with a vengeance in the Armstrongs Office Furniture Saddleworth and District Cricket League. After losing their first three games of the season, Rick...
DELPH bowed out of the Huddersfield League’s Sykes Cup, beaten by 30 runs by Scholes in the second round yesterday. Scholes were restricted to 149 all out (Lilley...
A TALENTED retired teacher has been invited to add a touch of glass to an elite group of Saddleworth-based artists. John Orson, a 58-year-old former Oldhamer living in...
WERNETH yesterday completed a weekend double in style with a 10- wicket derby win at bottom club Oldham to climb to joint second in the table. After defeating Monton &...
Here are Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards: LEICESTER 2.00 Vanishing Grey 2.30 Taste Of Honey 3.00 Hatta Diamond...
CHESS champs from Greenfield Primary School proved worthy opponents after scooping top spots in the chess Megafinal competition. Megan Brierley was named the girls under-eight...
PUPILS at St Hugh’s Primary School were in fine voice to scoop some silverware. The Holts school received the Audrey Carter Trophy from the recent Oldham Primary Schools...
Violent attacks are thankfully pretty rare, even in our fraught times, but would many of us know what to do if we were targeted? Personally, as a feisty but tiny little lady with...
The Art of Growing Old MY grandad used to say, “there’s now’t down for this growing old”. And he was right. I hit the big 3-0 a few months ago and all...
NEW Athletic manager Dave Penney has returned to former-club Darlington to make his first signing. Versatile Rob Purdie, who played in six different positions for Darlington,...
Date Published 22/05/2009
ATHLETIC have been alerted that their former player Will Haining is keen to return to English football. Haining has spent the last two seasons playing in the Scottish Premier...
OLDHAM head into the important game at local rivals Swinton with a clean bill of health on the injuries front, save for Paul Highton. The veteran vice-captain is still feeling...
Paul Scholes has admitted no words of sympathy from him could ever make Darren Fletcher feel better about missing the Champions League final. Fletcher is set to be one of the...
ROUGHYEDS coach Tony Benson wants every member of his first-team squad to be up to speed come crunch time in the season. With a roster of 24 players who have turned out for...
ONE week after being crowned champions, Man-chester United will on Sunday have a major say in which teams are relegated from the Premier League. And there is certain to be...
MANCHESTER City head into Sunday’s final Premier League fixture against Bolton at Eastlands with the future of two of their brightest young stars in doubt. Neither...
ROYTON and Crompton have been treading almost identical paths in the Lake Garage CLL this season, so something has to give when they clash at the Paddock tomorrow. The two...
HEYSIDE did it nine months ago, so there is no reason why they can’t do it again — beat Bamford Fieldhouse in the Tanner Cup. At stake on that glorious September...
LOCAL league bragging rights are up for grabs on Monday when Uppermill, from the Saddleworth League, play host to CLL outfit Oldham in round two of the Barclays Wealth LCB Cup...
