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White Hart is region’s only pub to get top grade in Michelin guide The White Hart at Lydgate has been awarded a “Bib gourmand” in the Michelin Hotel and...
Date Published 05/02/2009
GREATER Manchester Police officers should spend more time on front-line policing and not piloting controversial ID cards, MPs have said. Rochdale MP Paul Rowen is among a...
Empty terrace houses in London Road and Ramsay Street, Derker, will be knocked down this week as part of the Housing Market Renewal programme. Oldham Council is working with...
The man at the helm of the health service is being invited to Oldham to study how help is offered to prescription drug addicts. Health Secretary Alan Johnson is being urged to...
ROYTON decorator Christopher Taylor went to 10 Downing Street to extol the virtues of being an apprentice. The 21-year-old top trainee made the journey as part of a delegation...
TRUE LOVE LIES, Royal Exchange, Manchester Hang on, what’s all this? Brad Fraser, enfant terrible of Canadian drama, keen on stage nudity, homosexual love, snakes and...
EXCUSE me if I gloat a little, but I won a quiz the other night. I am now the proud owner of a voucher entitling me to £15 of free ale. I realise that this may surprise...
DANIEL JONES is relishing a return to Boundary Park to help Athletic in their pursuit of promotion from Coca-Cola League One. The 22-year-old Wolves player completed a second...
OLDHAM have snapped up a second Ireland international in the shape of half-back or hooker Stevie Gibbons. The 20-year-old has signed a one-year deal with the club to end a...
Amateur football 1 Failsworth Athletic 2, Avro under-19s 1 THIS was a case of men against boys in the truest sense as Failsworth Athletic earned a priceless three points...
Amateur football round up II ROYTON Town suffered a last-gasp hammer blow as they went down 2-1 at table-topping Gregorians in the Bridgewater Office Furniture Manchester...
MANCHESTER Phoenix have one foot in the Challenge Cup final after beating Basingstoke Bison 5-2 in the first leg of their last-four tie last night. Adam Walker and Josh...
Amateur rugby round up KEITH Brennan admits he is preferring life away from home at Saddleworth Rangers right now. The Greenfield side’s latest defeat, 14-6 in an...
Rugby union OLDHAM RUFC Extra ‘A’ achieved what the first team were unable to do on the same day — defeat local rivals Aldwinians in a league fixture. The third team...
OLDHAM and Royton’s Chris Brown maintained his 100-per-cent record in the fourth and final race of the South-East Lancashire Cross-Country League at Heaton Park. The...
Up the Ante THE introduction of the Fred Winter Juvenile Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival has simplified a major puzzle for punters. With two potential targets for...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards SOUTHWELL 1.20 Provost 1.55 Gurteen Diamond 2.25 Grimes Faith 3.00 Ebert...
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‘I thought he was going to kill me’ A MOTHER-OF-THREE has described the moment she thought she was going to die when she was stabbed in a supermarket car park. The brave...
Date Published 04/02/2009
Armed with cash, council’s team is primed for action THIS is war . . . a special credit crunch fighting fund has been set up by Oldham Council and partners to attack...
Icy blast has Latics playing catch-up ATHLETIC’S preparations for Saturday’s trip to Coca-Cola League One leaders Leicester City — one of the club’s...
A CANNABIS farm containing plants up to 6ft tall has been found at a house in St Mary’s. The discovery — the 26th cannabis farm uncovered by police in Oldham in...
AN Oldham mother charged with terrorism offences has admitted producing a leaflet encouraging people to go abroad to fight a holy war. Shella Roma (28), was arrested after she...
TOMMY Goulden is raring to go against his former club Rochdale. The 27-year-old second row man missed the Roughyeds’ final warm-up match at Barrow due to a mystery foot...
MORE changes to Oldham Council’s senior management team will be discussed by councillors next Monday. The current total of 17 second tier managers will be cut to 11, all...
Decision follows C-charge ‘no’ vote EMPLOYEES in Oldham will not face a tax on their parking spaces at work — and their bosses need not fear supplementary...
ROBINHO is confident he can still achieve his goal of becoming the world’s best player after swapping Real Madrid for Manchester City last summer. Robinho moved to City...
THE squad numbers for next season have been released, but Roughyeds coach Tony Benson isn't placing much emphasis on who has snapped up which particular shirt. The 26-strong...
