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LIFE is bearable again for 80-year-old Josephine Johnson tormented by unruly youths after police stepped up patrols and installed CCTV. And Mrs Johnson, of Cromarty Avenue,...
Date Published 18/11/2008
AN independent watchdog has ordered Crompton House to change its admissions policy. Schools adjudicator David Taylor said the points system used by the Church of England...
TALENTED dancer Sophie Regan was crowned a doubled regional champion at her very first competition. The 14-year-old who attends Jaymar Dance Centre, Oldham, waltzed off with...
A CLEANING company has played Good Samaritan to a rugby club plagued by vandalism. And the helping hand was extended after Ian Thomas of High Level Cleaning, Fitton Hill, saw...
A FAMILY have been reunited with their dog — thanks to a Chronicle appeal. Charlie, an 18-month-old cavalier King Charles spaniel, went missing when a workman...
Last year Oldham people made almost 1.4 million visits to the borough’s libraries. They go not only for a good book, but for a chance to use computers, hire a DVD, see a...
A CAR dealer who killed a father and son when he crashed into the back of their vehicle on the M62 was warned today he faced a substantial jail sentence. Gary Proctor (47) and...
A BUILDER has escaped jail for a series of crimes against a Heyside pub landlord. Paul Thompson (32), of Middleton Road, Royton, was convicted of criminal damage, two charges...
“A Taste of Honey” Royal Exchange, Manchester THIS production makes it hard to imagine that Shelagh Delaney’s ground-breaking Manchester play could be 50...
DEANE SMALLEY will have a late fitness test ahead of Athletic’s FA Cup clash with Cheltenham tonight. The 20-year-old forward has been rated as doubtful since he picked...
ROB ROBERTS should be fit to start the season free of the back pain which troubled him throughout the second half of last year. The results of a scan on the injury which was...
WHATEVER the score, Athletic fans can expect some antics on the touchline in tonight’s FA Cup game with Cheltenham. Robins boss Martin Allen is one of the great...
ONLY one game into his Athletic career, Darren Byfield is already targeting a longer stay at Boundary Park. Byfield signed an initial one-month loan deal, but he hopes it will...
BOXING ROYTON boxer John Newell punched his way to a place in the final of the junior novice ABA’s. The 15-year-old from North Chadderton School stopped Midlands...
BOXING SHAW boxer Darren Stubbs captured the International Masters light-heavyweight title to show that age is no handicap for the veteran fighter. “It wasn’t...
TWO of Athletic’s youngsters were taken to hospital with serious injuries during the youth-team match at Shrewsbury. Richard Cowan lost consciousness after receiving a...
WINTERS BOWLS WATERLOO and Taunton gave their Inbev Winter Bowls League ‘A’ Division championship hopes a huge lift with an 11-0 whitewash of Radcliffe on the...
HORSE RACING ALL of this week’s eyecatchers were spotted by Chronicle racing correspondent KEITH McHUGH during the Paddy Power meeting at Cheltenham: BALLYDUB...
IN MOST sports, a record of one win from three games played wouldn’t be good enough to get your team into the semi-finals of a major tournament. Similarly, few...
NON LEAGUE FOOTBALL MOSSLEY bid to kick their losing habit tonight at Bamber Bridge in UniBond League division one north. The Lilywhites have lost their last four league...
TABLE TENNIS WERNETH "F" moved away from the bottom of the table fourth division table in the Oldham and District Table Tennis League for the first time this season as a...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards Hexham 1.10 Rivington Pike 1.40 Joe’s A Boy 2.10 Companero 2.40 Presque Perdre...
JOHN SHERIDAN launched a scathing attack on the referee after Athletic had striker Lee Hughes sent off in their weekend victory at Northampton Town. Hughes will serve a...
Date Published 17/11/2008
OLDHAM officials are busy trying to tie down a date for the pre-season friendly with Super League champions Leeds Rhinos. The game comes as part of the deal which saw a...
Northampton 0, Oldham Athletic 1 THERE comes a point when a blip turns into a bad run and a bad run becomes a slump. Athletic have gone a fair way through that sequence...
ANDY LIDDELL was delighted to regain penalty-taking duties as Athletic won three vital points at Northampton. Liddell was sitting on the bench seven days earlier when Athletic...
Manchester United 5, Stoke City 0 IT WAS an afternoon of milestones as Manchester United recorded a season’s best victory against Stoke City at Old Trafford. Sir...
Hull City 2, Manchester City 2 MANCHESTER City manager Mark Hughes believes his side have finally turned a corner with their away form, despite surrendering a 2–1 lead...
Oldham RU 15, Heaton Moor 32 IT IS a case of one step forward and two back for Oldham RUFC following their 35-21 home defeat against Heaton Moor in North Lancs/Cumbria...
NON-LEAGUE ROUND-UP CHADDERTON triumphed over adversity as they won 2-1 at Holker Old Boys in the first division of the Vodkat North West Counties League. A spate of late...
