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HERE we go again. England expects and all that. Tonight’s World Cup qualifier against Croatia, in Zagreb, has sparked the usual nonsense in certain sections of the...
Date Published 10/09/2008
A GROUP of aspiring golfers have graduated from a training course at Saddleworth. Young Masters Golf is an initiative aimed at attracting children into the sport. The...
OLDHAM Cricket have stormed into top position in the Oldham Amateur Snooker League courtesy of their second 6-0 whitewash of the season. G Dawson set the tone, winning the opening...
MEMBERS of recently formed Cobra Karate Club displayed plenty of venom at the National All Styles Tournament in Birmingham. The nine members came away from the Cocksmoor Woods...
CHADDY Hoppers and Moorside met international opposition when a group of youngsters from Malta spent a week in this country. Hoppers’ under-nines Green team won 6-2, with two...
THE new season started with a bang for Oldham St Anne’s, who defeated Folly Lane 36-26 at home in division one of the North-West Counties Youth League. Greg Worrall and...
THE newly-formed Association of Cricket Officials is holding an umpiring course at Royton CC starting on Wednesday, October 1 (7.30pm). Running for nine weeks and costing...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards SANDOWN 2.20 Aahaygirl 2.55 Pretty Bonnie 3.30 Atlantic Sport 4.05...
Council laptop taken from under car seat A COUNCIL laptop containing sensitive information about vulnerable adults with mental health problems has been stolen. The £1,000...
Date Published 09/09/2008
Staff and customers shocked at morning raid ARMED raiders threatened frightened staff and bundled a shaken elderly couple to the ground at a busy building society yesterday....
A sickening attack on a tiny kitten has appalled vets. The kitten, nicknamed Angel, was kicked senseless by two thugs in Coldhurst and then lashed with a metal bike chain....
A FORMER Oldham paedophile has been sentenced to three years in prison for molesting a school girl. Leonard Hoy (69) used a covert camera to secretly film himself interfering...
Construction work has started at Christie’s new £17million radiotherapy centre in Oldham — and it will save patients the equivalent of travelling to the moon and...
Chadderton supermodel-turned-mum Karen Elson is the new face of a British retailer’s fashion advertising campaign. Instead of haute couture she will be the face of high...
LOCAL Lib-Dems have hit out at Government plans for youngsters to stay on at school until they are 17. They say the legal requirement will lead to almost 1,000 children across...
PATIENTS in Oldham are the victims of a postcode lottery according to a new report which reveals some London health trusts spend more than twice as much on certain diseases....
PIE-LOVING patients and visitors at the Royal Oldham Hospital could be faced with empty shelves amid plans to tackle soaring food and energy price hikes. The Pennine Acute...
AN Oldham man has denied that his dog bit a Conwy councillor when he appeared before a judge. Security guard Michael Butler (51), appeared before Caernarfon Crown Court...
FORMER home economics teacher Gilly McMullen is the new acting head teacher at Grange School. The 44-year-old has taken over from Graeme Hollinshead, who has retired after 37...
AN angry Tommyfield trader has hit out after he was forced to close his stall because of a leak in the market-hall roof. The recent downpours have proved a washout for Abid...
JOINT administrators of the Hillstone firm — which was developing three major sites in Oldham until the business ceased trading in June — are investigating the...
MANY women in Oldham were reeling today after hearing that the Motorcise franchise in Rochdale had closed permanently. The business, which offers exercise programmes for older...
A NEW care service has been launched in Oldham to help vulnerable people live in their own homes as independently as possible. Run by Housing 21, the flexible service offers...
HEALTH bosses say two key re-appointments will help them meet the needs of patients. Oldham Primary Care Trust (PCT) has announced that non-executive directors Tony Kane and...
SADDLEWORTH Parish Council is urging people to attend a meeting about the congestion charge to be held at the civic hall, Uppermill, on Monday. Keith Howcroft, a...
More than 115,000 motorists across Greater Manchester will be hit by the controversial shake-up of car tax, the Government has admitted. Chancellor Alistair Darling plans to...
DRIVERS and commuters face months of chaos in Manchester city centre as buses replace trams for eight weeks while repairs are carried out to Metrolink tracks. But transport...
WHEN people succumb to drug addiction, they are rarely the only casualty. Each pill, line or needle leaves behind it a trail of unseen victims, as sons and daughters, parents,...
ATHLETIC winger Chris Taylor has missed out on the League One player of the month award. Taylor was shortlisted for the honour following his superb displays throughout August,...
CRIME across Hollinwood has dropped during the summer months according to latest figures. Comparing July and August, 2008, with July and August, 2007, police took fewer calls...
