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A TORY MP with years of experience at the top was guest speaker at the Oldham West and Royton Conservative Association annual dinner. Lady Ann Winterton, who has been MP for...
Date Published 16/10/2008
As the credit crunch bites and the gloom deepens, a man with £90million to spend on housing must be a popular figure. Alastair Graham heads the Oldham and Rochdale Housing...
CAN you believe it? Today, if I’ve got my facts right, is the 50th anniversary of the first “Blue Peter”. I used to love the programme as a young lad —...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
MICHAEL WARD, a rugby star in both codes, has been nominated for a Pride in Oldham award. The 17-year-old centre made his first-team debut for Oldham RUFC last season. And...
BRETT ORMEROD is aiming to blast Athletic back to the top of League One after completing his move from Preston. The experienced striker – who needs just one more goal to...
Date Published 15/10/2008
THE Oldham squad for next season continues to take shape after Tommy Goulden pinned his colours to the Roughyeds mast for another 12 months. The second row or loose forward...
MOSSLEY manager Chris Willcock sustained a bizarre and painful injury as he celebrated at the end of last night’s President’s Cup tie win over Radcliffe Borough. Willcock...
YOUNG snooker sensation Ryan Duffy is in the pink after clinching a major regional title. The 15-year-old Waterhead potting machine won the North-West Under-16s Championship in...
OLDHAM’S new £30 million Catholic high school will be built in Chadderton. The Bishop of Salford has chosen the former Radclyffe lower school site in Broadway, but...
OLDHAM boxer Ronnie Heffron will be aiming to punch his way to glory on a world stage later this month. The 18-year-old from Horsedge Street is one of only two Great Britain...
A TAXI-driver was stabbed by two armed robbers in a vicious attack in Oldham. They assaulted the 67-year-old cabbie as he drove, causing him to lose control of the car....
DUNWOOD Park, Shaw, is one step closer to a revamp, now that supporters have received a windfall to help them develop their £1 million Lottery bid. The Heritage Lottery...
LOCAL golf clubs are facing an anxious wait to see what effects the credit crunch and dramatic downturn in the British economy has on them. It will not be until the end of the...
OLDHAM’S care homes are to get a new lease of life thanks to a £265,000 windfall. Age Concern Oldham celebrated news of its Big Lottery Fund hand-out yesterday by...
SADDLEWORTH’S Village Shield was won by Uppermill/Greenfield with a score of 157. Their four were Simon Tait, Martin Heap, Bryn Lawton and Jack Shaw. In the individual...
A JILTED man who set fire to his ex-girlfriend’s house has been jailed for three years. Alan Wharmby (26), of Elm Road, Limeside, pushed a lighted piece of kitchen towel...
FAILSWORTH and Hollinwood residents will vote against the Manchester congestion charge unless simple changes are made to the scheme, an MP is warning. David Heyes, whose...
CROMPTON and Royton came out tops when they claimed the team prize in the inaugural Oldham and District Captains invitation weekend held at the English Golf Union’s...
OLDHAM RUFC ‘A’ XV found top-of-the-table Heaton Moor too hot to handle as they crashed to a 37-0 home defeat in division four east of the North West Intermediate...
TWO men have been convicted of crimes against a pub landlord who was subjected to a hate campaign. Paul Thompson (32), of Middleton Road, Royton, and Michael Kenyon (31), of...
Royton, Shaw and Crompton Area Committee CLAYTON playing fields could be turned into a state-of-the-art sports village, under ambitious plans to transform the site. A...
SCORING his first victory of the season in the North West Cyclo-Cross League, Rob Pugh took first place in a tough race at Bogart Hole Clough on Sunday. The FP Mailing CT...
NIMBLE Nook retain top position in both tables in the Oldham Amateur Snooker and Card League this week with a fine 4-2 win at snooker and a 4-0 at cards away to Oldham Cricket....
ENGLAND’S 1966 hat-trick hero, Ashton-born Sir Geoff Hurst, has honoured a Shaw school which scored a footballing quadruple. He presented St Joseph’s RC Primary...
County Cup HEYSIDE Juniors under-14s struck double figures in the County Cup. Joshua Marsden’s four-goal salvo was the highlight, with Elliott Wild (two), Ross Brown...
A JUDGE sitting in Oldham has ruled in a landmark case over parking on private land. Oldham County Court heard the case Combined Parking Solutions (CPS) versus Stephen Thomas...
OLDHAM Community Leisure has been rewarded for improving the lives of local people. The group received a certificate in recognition of innovation and good practice using...
A WEST Sussex businessman who traces his roots back to Oldham, owes the success of his cosmetics company to his gold-mining great-grandfather. David Lees runs Queen, a...
THOMAS Stubbs is proving a knockout in boxing after becoming the first Oldhamer for 21 years to win a senior ABA title. And the distinction has earned him a nomination for...
