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Ascot 12.55 Mad Max (nap) 1.30 Massini’s Maguire 2.05 Shoreacres 2.40 Kew Jumper 3.15 Yardbird 3.50 Cornas Exeter 1.05 Fistral Beach...
Date Published 20/11/2008
HOLLINWOOD failed to live up to the levels set in last week's victory over Selby, paying the price against Drighlington 'A' in division four. Ultimately, the home team have...
A LITTLE girl from Chernobyl, who faced the stigma of a serious squint in both eyes, now has a bright future thanks to kind Oldhamers and the skill of a surgeon. Treatment was...
AN OLDHAM paramedic is supporting a new campaign to protect ambulance crews after her own life was threatened. Lorraine Dunlop (47), based at Oldham Ambulance station, in...
A GROUP of friends were attacked with a hammer after getting into what they thought was a taxi in Oldham. In a chilling attack, the driver took the trio away from their...
RADIO boss Steve Penk is up to his old tricks again — this time getting one over on multi-millionaire pop supremo Simon Cowell. The 96.2 The Revolution presenter, who...
YOUNG people need safe places to socialise, cheaper transport options and access to good news stories to help them feel more included in their local community. That’s...
A PANTO dame met the Sheriff of Nottingham this week . . . but it was a civic not slapstick affair. Kenneth Alan Taylor has notched up a quarter century of pantomimes in...
A PIONEERING local programme designed to steer young people down the right path has won a national gong. Positive Steps Oldham has won the Institute of Career Guidance award...
PRIVATE details of 78 BNP members in Oldham have been exposed after the entire national membership list was posted on the internet. The information includes jobs, company...
OVER 50 voluntary groups are sharing more than £5,000 raised from this year’s Failsworth Carnival weekend. The local organisations and the Mayor’s Appeal...
ANY parent who has not returned their child’s secondary school admission form needs to act quickly. The deadline for getting the forms sent back was October 24. Anyone...
MYSTERY surrounds why hundreds of old wheelie bins have had their lids sawn off — but council chiefs say they will be put them back into use. Hundreds of bins —...
MORE than 225 firms have pledged their support for Greater Manchester’s proposed public transport revolution — and the controversial congestion charge. The...
A FORMER Oldham Evening Chronicle journalist who became one of the best writers on “Coronation Street” has scooped a top award. John Stevenson (71) won the Royal...
A lonely 64-year-old Springhead woman found comfort in a friendship with a neighbour. But relatives of David Frost, who lived at the caravan at Woodbrook Farm, took exception...
AN Oldham boxing gym is encouraging families to get fit together with a series of free fitness sessions aimed at parents and children. Dads, lads and lasses is an eight-week...
A PINK-THEMED fundraiser at a Lees hairdressers raised over £2,400 for a breast cancer charity. Staff at Wilson and Rogers Hairdressing and Beauty, in Acorn Street, held...
ROYTON Air Training Corps put in an impressive display at the National Marching Band Championships at RAF Halton, Buckinghamshire. And the squadron, which was representing the...
THE man behind the wheel of car which crashed in Chadderton killing three people was banned from driving, it has emerged. Paul Bunting (30) died, along with Christopher...
Date Published 19/11/2008
ATHLETIC manager John Sheridan has admitted he fears losing Chris Taylor during the January transfer window. The Boundary Park club turned down substantial summer bids for...
DANNY Halliwell is to visit a specialist next week in order to determine whether he needs a hernia operation. The former Halifax and Leigh centre, who agreed a new one-year...
“STAR Trek” actor Patrick Stewart opened University Centre Oldham’s new £5.5 million extension yesterday. And he believes that the state-of-the-art...
Oldham Athletic 0, Cheltenham 1 WHEN it comes to facing Cheltenham Town in the cup, Athletic always break out in a cold sweat. Call it effaycuppaphobia but, having been...
THE British National Party has demanded a police investigation after a full list of party members was posted on the internet. The list includes 78 people with Oldham...
A ROYTON beauty is in the running to be crowned Miss England 2009 — and is appealing to Chronicle readers to help her make her dreams come true. Jenni Meanock is in the...
JAMES Coyle reckons Oldham are better equipped than ever for an assault on promotion. The 22-year-old scrum-half (pictured, right), now into his third week of training along...
OLDHAM is leading the fight against homophobia in schools following the results of a shock survey. A National Union of Teachers (NUT) survey revealed more than 85 per cent of...
A TOTAL of 26 first-team players are currently signed up for the 2009 season under Tony Benson. The majority of those have signed renewed contracts after playing with the...
A DEDICATED youth worker has been nominated for a prestigious regional gong after helping to change young lives across the borough. Jill Eckersley, from Royton, led Groundwork...
