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Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
Date Published 07/04/2009
Four new doctor’s surgeries have been prescribed after Oldhamers told NHS chiefs what they wanted. Extra GPs services will treat some 24,000 residents in Fitton Hill...
Date Published 06/04/2009
SEAN GREGAN is likely to remain an integral part of Athletic’s plans next season. Manager Joe Royle believes every effort should be made to ensure the 35-year-old...
IT was lights, camera, action as Oldham rolled out the red carpet for its own business ‘Oscars’ - the One Oldham Awards. Stunning, amazing and splendid were just some of the...
TONY BENSON isn’t about to get swept up in Challenge Cup fever. The Roughyeds coach watched his side defeat FC Lézignan 60-30 at Boundary Park in a...
BUSINESSES big and small were recognised for their immense contribution to Oldham’s working life as the eight inaugural One Oldham award winners took to the stage. They began...
MANCHESTER United will have three of their big guns back for tomorrow’s Champions League quarter-final tie against Porto. Nemanja Vidic, Paul Scholes and Wayne Rooney,...
All the Winners BUSINESS OF THE YEAR WINNER Secure Options Group The judges felt that Secure Options deserved this award - starting from a kitchen table, and...
A CALLOUS thug who attacked a man in Oldham and left him with a fractured skull has been jailed for two and a half years. Andrew Cook (19), of Chapel Road, Hollinwood, pleaded...
A MOTHER whose 13-year-old son was left bruised and bleeding after an attack in Greenacres is appealing for help to find the gang responsible. Mrs Danuta Barker was horrified...
POLICE are investigating after a woman’s body was found near the A640 Nont Sarah’s Road out of Denshaw, yesterday. The body was found at 10.45am, at Buckstones,...
Around 37,000 pensioners in Oldham will benefit from a 5 per cent rise in their state pension from today. The change, from £90.70 to £95.25, is the biggest...
ATHLETIC were able to take heart from Saturday’s home Coca-Cola League One defeat by Peterborough United. Sometimes you have to look at the bigger picture, and this was...
MPs and councillors have combined to fight plans to open a new tip on green belt land in Bardsley. The former colliery in Coal Pit Lane was identified last month as a site...
UPPERMILL Football Club has new balls, goals and training bibs thanks to local bus company First. The club, which runs free weekly coaching sessions for hundreds of...
MORE than 170 runners raised around £1,000 for the Mayor’s Appeal with a half-marathon around Oldham yesterday. The annual event, which set off and finished...
SACRE BLEU. Those were the first words to emerge from the mouth of Roughyeds coach Tony Benson after his side made it through to the last 16 of the Carnegie Challenge Cup,...
TV presenter John Stapleton and his wife, former “Watchdog” host, Lynn Faulds Wood, helped boost the coffers at Chadderton’s Kingfisher School. The couple...
COUNCIL chiefs have defended their plans to make Crompton Moor accessible to all after criticism. Residents who use the Shaw beauty spot to walk their dogs fear their views...
THE Premier League title race took another dramatic twist yesterday on an afternoon when Manchester United found an unlikely hero in their victory against Aston Villa. Their...
MANCHESTER CITY boss Mark Hughes suffered another frustrating afternoon at Arsenal as he saw his plans for what would have been only a second away league win hampered by injuries....
SADDLEWORTH artist Sue Platt threw open the doors of her studio in an annual chance for art-lovers to take a behind-the-scenes look. Sue works from a studio at Woodend Mill,...
CHADDERTON extended their unbeaten run in the first division of the Vodkat North West Counties League to five matches following their 2-1 home victory against Daisy Hill. The...
A BIG effort from the Saddleworth Rangers pack provided the platform on which a vital 28-16 away win at Eastmoor Dragons was achieved. Jason Best picked up the...
SHEFFIELD Steelers won back-to-back Elite League Playoff Championships with a tight 2-0 win over Nottingham Panthers yesterday. A stunning strike from defenceman Steve Munn...
OLDHAM RUFC’S home campaign in North Lancs/Cumbria division finished on a disappointing note following their 34-8 defeat leaders Vale of Lune. Yet the scoreline did not...
THEY may not have been judged by Simon Cowell and co but competition was fierce as scores of youngsters battled itout to see who had the Oldham factor. The...
ERIC RAYNOR, one of the best known crown green bowlers in the Oldham area for more than five decades, has died at the age of 83. Eric, husband of the late Dorothy and father...
INDIE band Twisted Wheel will celebrate their part in a national ad campaign with an exclusive album launch gig in Oldham. The Saddleworth trio are tipped for the top and...
HIGH Crompton ‘B’ have been crowned champions of the Chadderton Snooker League, sponsored by Hillbillies Snooker and Pool Club. They clinched top honours in the...
