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WORKHORSE professional cyclist Chris Newton, the Olympic medallist from Oldham, is helping team-mate Simon Richardson chase glory in the prestigious FBD Insurance Ras...
Date Published 22/05/2009
DELPH, riding high in the Drakes Huddersfield League, are facing a hectic Bank Holiday weekend. They have three matches in as many days, starting with tomorrow’s short...
DOUBLE World Champion Mark Williams recently paid a visit to the Oldham Snooker Academy in Chadderton — and nearly came a cropper. The Welsh star only narrowly defeated...
SHAW boxer Darren Stubbs will be bidding to punch his way to a third title on Sunday. The 37-year-old is aiming to land the vacant Central Area light-heavyweight crown when he...
OLDHAM & Royton Harriers’ young athletes finished fourth in the first match of the track and field league at Leigh. Mary Elcock lead the way in the under-15...
OLDHAM Sixth Form College netball team suffered an agonising defeat in the final of the British National College Finals, at Loughborough University. They defeated the North...
TONGE suffered a major blow to their Manchester Premier League title hopes when they lost 12-4 at home to Roses rivals Lower Hopton. The visitors from Yorkshire had six...
PAUL HILL has made a terrific start to the Chadderton Mill AC Thursday evening series. He has recorded impressive wins in the opening two matches on the club water. Hill...
PROMISING young cyclist Matthew Walls is on track for more glory. The 11-year-old, a pupil at St Joseph’s RC Primary School, Shaw, heads to Scotland later this year...
fixtures FOOTBALL Bridgewater Office Supplies Manchester League, premier division: Chapel Town v Pennington; Springhead v Gregorians. Division two: Prestwich Heys Res v...
Here are Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards: HAYDOCK 2.05 Zaffaan 2.35 Lesson In Humility 3.10 Tax Free 3.40 Set...
Pair’s fear as attacker copied film A crazed knifeman copied a scene from legendary Hollywood horror movie “The Shining” to terrorise two paramedics he trapped...
THE Chronicle can today confirm that Phil Woolas DID NOT claim for women’s clothing on parliamentary expenses — after seeing receipts a national newspaper failed to...
Ashton MP David Heyes has revealed every expenses claim to prove he is not on the Westminster gravy train. He laid bare every receipt he had submitted in the last four years...
POLICE raided a Glodwick business armed with specially trained dogs after a warrant was issued on the premises. Officers and PCSOs cordoned off the area surrounding Elliotts...
OLDHAM MP Phil Woolas and celebrity Joanna Lumley made up over a fish and chip supper hours before the Government’s U-turn over Gurkha settlement rights. The Immigration...
SECURITY bosses caught out unlicensed bouncers in spot-checks in Oldham. Investigators from the Security Industry Authority (SIA) and officers from Greater Manchester Police...
ANOTHER notice has been served on business man Vance Miller as smoke from the Maple Mill inferno continues to plague residents. Fire is still smouldering a month after the...
OFFICERS from Oldham East Neighbourhood Policing Team will be policing in the park over the bank holiday weekend. Young people are being encouraged to visit the mobile police...
THERE will be more bobbies on the beat tonight as 21 student officers join the Oldham West Neighbourhood Policing Team. Along with 10 trainers, they will be out on patrol from...
OLDHAM Council is introducing an eco-fund to encourage people to do their bit for the green cause. And the money will stretch to funding planning permission for eco...
THE corridors of Oldham Sixth Form College came alive with movement as dance students performed a lunchtime flash mob. The energetic teens astounded their fellow students when...
A LORRY driver will haul a 60-year-old tradition back into the spotlight on Sunday. Springhead’s Gerry De Maine will be appointed as the new Mayor of Austerlands during...
OLDHAM played host to the world famous Brigham Young University Singers, from Utah. They performed at the Queen Elizabeth Hall as part of a UK tour that also includes the...
Walkers and motorists travelling over the moors surrounding Saddleworth’s villages over the bank holiday weekend have been urged to take extra care. In recent weeks...
Enemies — they’re all around us, or that’s how it sometimes feels. Not burglars or terrorists, but non-human enemies in the natural world. The media describes...
HARD-UP families have moved a step closer to surfing the information super highway after attending a special event for those who qualify for help buying a computer under a...
Archive uncovers the story behind 175 years of the Blue Coat School FOR 175 years the silhouette of the Blue Coat School has dominated the Oldham Edge skyline. And now...
AN express train came within a whisker of disaster after vandals pushed huge coping stones from a Saddleworth railway bridge as it passed underneath. British Transport Police...
Date Published 21/05/2009
Councillors have controversially “bulldozed” through a move to scrap area committees — despite a volley of opposition in a heated two-hour exchange. Under...
