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A Springhead playgroup is thanking local businesses after scooping over £2,500 at a fund-raising dinner. Saddleworth Special Needs Playgroup, based at the former clinic...
Date Published 26/02/2009
ROYTON boxer John Newell, the reigning junior novice ABA champion, punched his way to victory in his latest bout. The 15-year-old pupil from North Chadderton School gained a...
SOME of the best riders in the country will come to the North West this weekend when the Clayton Velo Spring Classic road race is staged, marking the start of the new season....
A former Army chaplain who has travelled the world will be putting down roots as the new vicar of Oldham. The Rev Derek Palmer (54) starts work as Team Rector on Tuesday,...
from the second team made all the difference as Uppermill ended a run of five consecutive defeats in the Huddersfield and District League. They drew 1-1 at fellow division one...
Aspiring basketball player Gina Brierley took her ball skills to new heights — with the Royal Air Force. Gina (11), of Chadderton, took part in an RAF basketball camp in...
BELOW-PAR Royton Town saw their Gilgryst Cup hopes evaporate at the quarter-final stage. The Glebe Street outfit were beaten 2-1 by Stockport Georgians, who took full...
CHADDERTON residents are being urged to avoid ‘shed-ache’ by following simple security advice. Chadderton neighbourhood policing team’s Shedache campaign...
OLDHAM RU 2nds are on a terrible run of form which has seen them slip from fourth to seventh in the table and Burnage 3rd were the latest team to inflict defeat on the local side,...
A PROJECT to help people in Africa earn a living for themselves and their families has won the support of Chadderton and Failsworth Rotary Club. The “Tools for Self...
LITTLEBOROUGH celebrated their first win of the season in Open Division One of the Oldham and Rochdale Badminton League as they overcame Balderstone. They started with wins...
THE talk is all of grown-up politics but, for some, the journey through political puberty is proving tortuous — and never more so than at budget time. True, we had no...
PEOPLE often ask me how I became so mellow. “How is it that you’re so at ease with the world?” they ask me. “How come nothing seems to rile you?”...
A MIDWEEK Standard Cup victory over rivals Oldham St Anne's made it two out of three for Saddleworth Rangers. Keith Brennan's men overcame Saints 22-6 in the remaining...
Manchester Phoenix ace David Beauregard says he’s surprised he has scored so many goals in the Elite Ice Hockey League this season. He heads into tonight’s...
Saddleworth Cricket Club will be aiming to do the double over reigning Oldham and District Table Tennis League champions Glodwick when they clash at Well-i-Hole tonight (start...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
ATHLETIC’S players were ordered in for extra training this morning as their day off was cancelled in the wake of last night’s home defeat by Bristol Rovers in...
Date Published 25/02/2009
ROUGHYEDS duo Chris Baines and Luke Menzies will be pushing hard to impress coach Tony Benson in training this week. The pair are both strongly in contention for places in the...
Athletic 0, Bristol Rovers 2 THE stayaway fans were the lucky ones as Athletic’s play-off hopes were dealt a massive blow following last night’s home defeat...
Inter Milan 0, Manchester united 0 SIR Alex Ferguson leapt to the defence of Spanish referee Luis Medina Cantalejo after last night’s goalless Champions League draw with...
Mike Ford warned England RU will have to be “a step ahead” of Ireland if they are to win in Dublin for the first time since 2003. Oldhamer Ford was responsible for...
IF YOU can keep your head while all around are losing theirs, you’ll be a man my son. Give or take a few lines, the Kipling poem ‘If’ seems suitable to...
JAMIE I’Anson says he was spurred on by his captain Robert Roberts to score what could be a crucial last minute try against Sheffield. The 21-year-old prop forward...
THE SKY Sports cameras were at Boundary Park for the Rochdale game last week to film a piece on the Roughyeds’ Ireland connection. Wayne Kerr and Stevie Gibbons have...
ATHLETIC goalkeeper Mark Crossley is quick out of the traps when it comes to his knowledge of greyhound racing. There was a time when the 39-year-old, who is a successful...
Michael Coates came up with an 18-point haul to send his Saddleworth Rangers team into the final of this season's Standard Cup. Rangers, the holders of the competition,...
RUTHLESS loan sharks are ruining lives of debt-hit Oldhamers as the credit crunch bites. Oldham’s Labour leader Councillor Jim McMahon says there are a number of local...
A SHOCKING website created by students at Hulme Grammar School encourages fellow pupils to wish death on a 12-year-old girl. The group, which was formed on social networking...
SCHOOLS in Oldham have been criticised for hoarding almost £4.5 million that ministers say should have been spent on children’s education. Official figures...
