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SKIPPER Rob Roberts has handed the Roughyeds a major boost by signing a new one-year contract for next season. The 29-year-old forward had been planning to emigrate down under...
Date Published 09/09/2008
SCORES of fun-loving Saddleworth partygoers turned their backs on driving rain and freezing winds to let the sunshine in. They staged a high temperature beach party with all...
SWIMMER Sascha Kindred was today aiming for a second Paralympic gold medal in the 100m breaststroke. The 30-year-old, who used to live on Limeside, has already won the 200m...
A SPRINGHEAD fashion guru has reached the final of the North-West Young Designer of the Year. Karlie Symone beat off competition from hundreds of rival hopefuls to make it...
MOSSLEY, who tonight play hosts to FC Halifax Town, are surprise early-season pacesetters in first division north of the UniBond League. Four wins from their first five league...
MAIL-ORDER company JD Williams has upset members by including a piece of land in its expansion plans which the parish council has improved. The company let the parish council...
“HOLLYOAKS” hunk Ricky Whittle is coming to Oldham nightclub Livingstones. The 27-year-old, who plays policeman Calvin Valentine in the Channel 4 soap, was born in...
ATHLETIC striker Craig Davies feels ready to hit top form again after his self-inflicted exile from the team. A moment of madness against Rochdale cost Davies a three-match...
GREENACRES mum Zoey Stansfield returned triumphant from a 10K run, and the promise of more than £400 to bring Christmas cheer to her patients. The 35-year-old is a...
Isn’t sleeping brilliant. This wonderful thing we call sleep. My, if only the day were shorter and the night longer. Can we just imagine that for a minute, close your eyes...
JOHN SHERIDAN has warned that the millions pouring into Athletic’s near neighbours Manchester City could cause long-term damage to the English game. Sheridan fears the...
SADDLEWORTH runners were quick off their marks to take part in the Cross Keys Road and Fell Relay. Keen athletes tied up their trainers for four alternate laps round a one and...
GATES at Boundary Park have already been an issue this season, with managing director Simon Corney bemoaning the figure of just 4,673 against Cheltenham. And Athletic captain...
CHADDERTON gave a gutsy display in last night’s 3-2 defeat at Atherton Collieries in the first qualifying round of the FA Vase. Despite Collieries being from one...
NIMBLE Nook team-mates Andrew Buckley and Gary Ellis will carry Oldham hopes in the last 64 of the Waterloo Handicap in Blackpool on Saturday (10am). Buckley takes on...
A BREAK in the Royton Road Runners club championship series allowed several members to compete in other events. Ian Casey was the first Royton runner to cross the line in the...
Lancashire over-50s take on their Somerset counterparts in the semi-finals of the National Cup at Bath on Thursday. A place in the final against Cheshire or Oxfordshire at...
MY EXPERIENCE of top-level motor racing is limited to video games. Even then, you’re talking Mario Kart on the Super Nintendo rather than one of those super-realistic...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards KEMPTON 6.20 Megalo Maniac 6.50 Evasive 7.20 Cathedral Walk 7.50...
ATTACK ON PENSIONER ‘BENEATH CONTEMPT’ - POLICE AN 81-year-old man was subjected to a vicious attack in his own home by cowardly robbers — who got away with £10. The...
Date Published 08/09/2008
THE new boss of Oldham’s radio station has outlined his plans for attracting listeners. Steve Penk said 96.2 The Revolution was the ideal purchase and he aims to make it more...
The Coliseum Theatre wants to come to the rescue of Oldham’s rotting town hall with a multi-million blend of old building and new auditorium. Even though the Fairbottom...
But brave Antony is battling back A SUMMER holiday turned into a nightmare when 12-year-old Antony Bott was diagnosed with leukaemia. He was visiting family in Italy with...
It was full steam ahead today for the campaign to encourage people to vote in December’s congestion charge referendum. At busy Mills Hill station, on the...
Big day dream now a reality for lovebirds who beat the odds Lovebirds Paul Dean and Joanne Mayall can look forward to their dream wedding after winning a national competition....
A jealous thug who behaved “like an animal” while giving his girlfriend a vicious beating has escaped jail — after she agreed to stand by him. Gareth Lord...
AN Oldham man set fire to himself while suffering from a depressive illness and later died in hospital, an inquest heard. Manga Khan (57), of Park Road, Glodwick, had become...
ATHLETIC have signed Republic of Ireland ‘B’ international defender Richie Byrne on a one-month contract. The 26-year-old was drafted in after impressing manager...
LEES Library will be closed for three weeks for work to create a £536,000 community hub. It will close to the public on September 22 for a three-week period, but a...
HIGH impact prop Said Tamghart is heading home to France at the end of this season — but Roughyeds officials hope to persuade him to return to the club in 2009. Contrary...
