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CONGRATULATIONS go to ROCS FC under-14s, who have been crowned Oldham Girls League champions. They clinched top honours in style thanks to an 11-1 win over Uppermill...
Date Published 25/03/2009
WITH just a week to go until we reach the finish post the Heavy Mob look to have pulled away in the race for top spot. They notched up an impressive 59 points in week 9 while...
AVOIDING creamy sauces, keeping an eye on portion sizes and opting for boiled, baked and poached rather than fried are all ways of cutting down on calories when you’re eating out....
JOE ROYLE admits this is a defining week in Athletic’s bid for promotion from Coca-Cola League One. Tonight’s trip to Cheltenham and Saturday’s away-day at...
Date Published 24/03/2009
A controversial landfill site could be extended to accommodate more waste, shocked anti-tip campaigners learned today. The revelation — in a 74-page public consultation...
ROUGHYEDS coach Tony Benson admits there is a lack of confidence within his side at present — but is staying well away from the panic button. The 34-26 defeat at...
A LEADING Hollinwood based charity is celebrating after scooping a £75,000 grant from the Department for Children, Schools and Families. The ACE Centre North provides...
THE head of the further education funding body has quit amid heavy criticism after building projects at 79 colleges were halted — including Oldham College. Learning and...
ATHLETIC need to be on their guard in tonight’s Coca-Cola League One fixture at bottom club Cheltenham Town. Twelve points adrift of safety with only nine games left,...
‘GAGGED’ Warren Bates made sure he got his message across after he was banned from the Failsworth Area Committee for six months. And two security staff were on...
ON-LOAN Steven Kabba is happy to be a wanted man at Athletic after being told he had no future at Watford. The 28-year-old striker, who spent the first half of the season on...
WHITE and Asian children from two schools united for the latest scheme aimed at building bridges in Oldham. More than 40 pupils from Royton and Crompton and Grange schools...
IAN WESTLAKE, who has swopped a scrap against relegation for a tilt at promotion from Coca-Cola League One, is relishing his “exciting” new challenge. The...
BUDDING Danny Boyle’s from Hathershaw and Fitton Hill have held their first film premiere. And while the “Slumdog Millionaire” director scooped an Oscar for...
THE garden centre at Chadderton Hall Park has taken delivery of 16 new feathered friends. And the team of horticultural trainees whose job it is to care for them, are eagerly...
THIEVES stole potentially lethal butchers knives from a meat suppliers in Failsworth. The shutter doors were forced open at the premises in Failsworth Industrial Estate,...
A new partnership for Oldham and Rochdale councils will be lighting up the borough with a multi-million pound upgrade of street lamps. Both councils and their project manager,...
ATHLETIC are one of 41 clubs to be awarded the ‘Football League Family Excellence Award’ for 2008/09. The award recognises the matchday experience young fans and...
The changing face of Hill Stores, and the expanding Tesco store, are captured in these shots taken from the top of the 12-storey Littlemoor House tower block. The former Co-op...
ATHLETIC lost 2-1 at Shrewsbury in the North-West Conference of the Puma Youth Alliance. As in previous matches, they failed to take the chances they created and were punished...
ATHLETIC have made an application to rejoin the reserve-team totesport.com League in 2009/10. The club withdrew from the league after being hit by a crippling injury list last...
MP Phil Woolas proved his worth when he dug deep to plant a tree after being announced as the first patron of Groundwork Oldham and Rochdale. The Immigration Minister and...
IT’S a case of Oldham Town hoping lightning strikes twice and Mossley doing their best to avoid it as both have important league fixtures tonight. High-flying Town are...
A CHURCH bell in Failsworth is once again calling a congregation to prayer after a 30-year silence. The bell at St John the Evangelist Church, Oldham Road, has lain dormant...
THE LAST two weeks have produced a pair of cracking examples of what the Germans call Schadenfreude — mischievous pleasure taken from the misery of others. Firstly there...
LATEST horses to catch the eye of Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh are: BRONZE CANNON (trained by John Gosden): Seemed to be struggling for part of the way in...
A TASTE of life in the armed forces was given to the Oldham Hulme Grammar Schools’ Contingent of the Combined Cadet Force. Youngsters from both the Army and RAF sections...
THE semi-finals of the Divisional Handicap Cups in the Oldham & District Table Tennis League produced some good finishes - none more so than the Division 2 game between...
AFFORDABLE housing, local jobs, tourism and transport were burning issues thrown into the melting pot of future plans for Oldham. Councillors raised their concerns for...
Keith McHugh's tip for tomorrow's national hunt meetings
