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THREE out of three is the aim for Saddleworth Rangers tomorrow afternoon, but it will be no easy task at home to Eastmoor Dragons (2.30pm). The Wakefield outfit have recovered...
Date Published 26/09/2008
OLDHAM pupils and Latics players joined forces to kick out racism for good at a special film screening. Sixty pupils from local primary schools went to Boundary Park to watch...
THE lure of Lord’s has proved too great to resist for three members of the Lancashire Over-50s cricket team. Skipper Alan Whiston (Crompton), Howard Lyons (Flowery...
THERE’S lots of local interest in the finals of the John Willie Lees Classic at Springbank on Sunday (2pm), when the winner will pocket £350. Draw: W McDermott v G...
THE biggest wind farm in England has officially opened after years of planning controversy — and it is can be seen from Oldham. The 26 turbines — which stand more...
CHADDERTON’S Richard Blakeman will be racing almost on his own doorstep tomorrow as the latest round of the British Supermoto Championship takes place on waste ground...
MEDLOCK VALE AREA COMMITTEE POLICE have been focusing their efforts on anti-social behaviour in and around St Cuthbert’s Church which has suffered from vandalism in...
OLDHAM RUFC already appear in a relegation dogfight in North Lancs/Cumbria division having lost their first two fixtures. And tomorrow’s battle of the bottom two against...
A NATIONAL festival has been launched in Oldham — but in an alternative reality. Oldham’s virtual world, called Second Oldham, is the venue for an internet arts...
FOOTBALL Bridgewater Office Supplies Manchester League, premier division: Elton Vale v Chapel Town; Prestwich Heys v Springhead; Royton Town v Avro; Wythenshawe Amateurs v...
THE managers of Oldham Primary Care Trust (PCT) were given a resounding vote of confidence at the annual meeting for getting the public involved. Paul Mainwaring, chairman of...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
FORGET Bear Grylls and Ray Mears, Oldham scouts have it all sewn up when it comes to survival skills after winning a unique cooking competition. The 79th Oldham troop, based...
YOU CAN SEE THE HILLS (Royal Exchange Studio, Manchester) DOES posterity work like statistical charts, where the best and worst results are discarded and the ones in the...
THIEVES have brought double heartbreak after tricking an invalid pensioner out of £80 — and then stealing her husband’s war medals. The pair posed as council...
Date Published 25/09/2008
TWO men have been arrested after cannabis valued at £300,000 was discovered in Oldham. Police went to Hopwood Mill, Lees Road, Clarksfield, at 9pm yesterday after an...
DI HEFFERNAN, a charity stalwart who never seeks the limelight, has been thrust centre stage as the 2008 Woman of Oldham. Mrs Heffernan (73), wife of Oldham and Saddleworth...
OLDHAM Athletic’s £80 million stadium redevelopment has ground to a halt — the latest victim of the credit crunch. Latics bosses have blamed the delay in...
OLDHAM Mountain Rescue has saved the day again, finding a pensioner who had wandered away from home. The team launched a search for the 70-year-old in the area around her...
FIVE Saddleworth roadside retaining walls damaged by car crashes will cost £26,500 to repair. They are at Well-i-hole Road and Manchester Road in Greenfield; Delph road,...
AN immunisation programme to protect teenage girls from cervical cancer is now well under way in Oldham’s schools. All 12 and 13-year-old female pupils at Blue Coat and...
CONCERN is growing for a 14-year-old girl who has been missing from her Hathershaw home for more than a week. Aneta Telickova has not been seen since leaving her home in Groby...
THE Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive and Northern Rail have announced October 3, 2009, as the date when the Metrolink expansion will become a reality for...
POLICE chiefs say a new state-of-the-art control room used for the first time during the Labour Party Conference will create a legacy for the people of Greater Manchester....
A FAMILY of five had to evacuate their home after unattended candles sparked a blaze. The mother spotted the fire in the dining room of a house in Duchess Street, Shaw, at 3am...
A CHADDERTON-born physicist involved in the world’s most powerful particle experiment will have to wait until next year to see any results after a costly setback....
THE boss of a security firm protecting the Alexandra Retail Park has hit out at a report which condemns the site for hundreds of crimes. Brian Lawrence, managing director of...
FROM making your biggest dreams come true to fulfilling the simplest of requests, the cult TV classic “Jim’ll Fix It” had audiences glued to their screens during...
CRAIG DAVIES sent out a play-me plea to Athletic manager John Sheridan after last night netting a hat-trick for the reserves. The Welsh striker blasted a 21-minute first-half...
MORE than 20,000 primary school pupils in Oldham could get healthy free school meals, under plans unveiled by the Government. The move is part of a £20 million drive to...
